Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

Finished up the sheath for the knife . Hand stitched with waxed thread. Also added a belt loop

 

[mountainguyed67]

for hailing wood too.

So you actually kneel down and worship the wood?

Most of us just mean it figuratively.

 

[LondonNeil]

Oops, predictive text typo.

Hauling

 

[rarefish383]

I've bought myself a trailer! eBay purchase, not collected yet but fingers crossed it's as good as it looks, in which case it was a bargain as I was the only bidder. Just a little 5'*3' 750kg unbraked. Want it for family camping trips but will be useful for hailing wood too. I've gone and bought a wood hauler! Tow bar fitting booked for s couple of weeks, then I can go and collect.

Perfect size for London. If you went bigger you would need a bigger tow vehicle. Then with a bigger tow vehicle you’ll want a bigger trailer, maybe a dump trailer, so an even bigger tow vehicle. Then it’s too big for your neighborhood, so out in the country you go. it’s a slippery slope when you start buying equipment.

 

[MustangMike]

We had a couple of visitors this morning. They were previously inside my backyard fence. Guess it only keeps the dog in!

 

[Logger nate]

Saw one laying on log pile at moms the other day, guess he didn’t like laying in the snow
Sure glad I don’t have to limb these by hand . How many wheel barrow loads? Lol
Picture my brother in Alaska sent me

 

[Brufab]

Some oak blow down scrounge for the super 754s.

 

[Brufab]

754 getting down with the scrounge!

 

[SS396driver]

We had a couple of visitors this morning. They were previously inside my backyard fence. Guess it only keeps the dog in!

They can climb very well . Had a litter occupying my barn a few years ago . 3 little one were climbing up and down the apple trees

 

[GrizG]

Saw one laying on log pile at moms the other day, guess he didn’t like laying in the snow

Maybe he decided the hawks and owls were onto something...

 

[SS396driver]

So damn tired of winter . Really can’t do much outside so I made a mallet . Ash head with black walnut all from the firewood stacked in the basement I planed a piece of hickory for the handle but decided on the Walnut

 

[bob kern]

So damn tired of winter . Really can’t do much outside so I made a mallet . Ash head with black walnut all from the firewood stacked in the basement I planed a piece of hickory for the handle but decided on the Walnut View attachment 961680View attachment 961682View attachment 961683View attachment 961684View attachment 961685View attachment 961681

Nice work sir. Love the grips!

 

[SS396driver]

Nice work sir. Love the grips!

Thanks . The grips were a last minute addition used a small gouge chisel and eyed them

 

[djg james]

I've have Osage Orange from maybe 30 years ago and when I got more this past year (or two ago?) I thought I'd burn a piece every now and then. I put a piece of the new stuff on with over hardwood splits. I thought it would burn fast and hot, but it burns really slow. Which is good. I can put a piece on before I go to bed and still have coals when I get up in the middle of the night. Is this normal (not the bathroom breaks but the slow burn) or is it due to it not being completely dry? It was uncovered.

 

[LondonNeil]

Perfect size for London. If you went bigger you would need a bigger tow vehicle. Then with a bigger tow vehicle you’ll want a bigger trailer, maybe a dump trailer, so an even bigger tow vehicle. Then it’s too big for your neighborhood, so out in the country you go. it’s a slippery slope when you start buying equipment.

Very true. Storing anything larger would also be a challenge. This size should make recycling centre runs, wood scrounging runs, and most importantly family trips, easy. Instead of hours trying to pack the car using every last bit of space and planning carefully what to take and what not, I've now got almost twice the space in a trailer. So long as the trailer is easy to get to and hook up and go, then it's a simple throw stuff in and go. Hopefully!

 

[GeeVee]

I've have Osage Orange from maybe 30 years ago and when I got more this past year (or two ago?) I thought I'd burn a piece every now and then. I put a piece of the new stuff on with over hardwood splits. I thought it would burn fast and hot, but it burns really slow. Which is good. I can put a piece on before I go to bed and still have coals when I get up in the middle of the night. Is this normal (not the bathroom breaks but the slow burn) or is it due to it not being completely dry? It was uncovered.

If it burns, you might need a shot of penicillin?

 

[svk]

Going to be -31 overnight. Here’s some pork stroganoff to tide us through.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Going to be -31 overnight.

What temperature will it be in your house?

 

[svk]

What temperature will it be in your house?

It’s close to 80 right now lol. Had three burners going on the stove for close to two hours.

 

[H-Ranch]

It’s close to 80 right now lol. Had three burners going on the stove for close to two hours.

Ha! Mine is close to 80° also. I was out picking up my daughter and my wife texted her that the house was 80°! Got home and the furnace fan was running continuously. I figured it was the limit switch that has tripped before. But to my surprise it wasn't. OWB was operating perfectly. Something on the furnace circuit board or wiring was causing it because the fan stopped when I moved the board. We'll see - if I wake up sweating then I'll know it happened again. But right now it seems to be working