Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Oh ok, I see! Your a hard man to read sometimes BL. The same has been said about me before!

haha, but i am not as nieve as you! lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Sometimes those drawers are tender when pulling in and out

there was a news story about just such tonite on the 10 pm....

then the dude popped himself... but he first did in her 3 sisters! i mean

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

G'day fellers,

Got out on the scrounge today. First though, went for a run. I haven't missed a day so far this year, but it is easy when you've got mornings like this. When it is thumping down rain in winter things might get tough.

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Waited until 9am then went out to Mitch's farm. This pile of mostly bluegum junk had a few peppermint logs and bonfire poles which I winkled out. Got half a load of peppermint that can be burned this year out of it.

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Then I went down to these candlebark logs from last week.

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Cut one and a bit of those logs. Pretty green but will be fine for winter next year.

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SM should like that early dawn moonrise pix!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Ended up with this for the morning

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Or to put it another way (with a few sneaky bits in the ute)...

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Loaded up the bonfire poles on the way out and tied down with over-the-top lashings of rope so Mr Plod didn't feel obliged to pull me over for who-knows-what.

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Sure enough, passed a highway patrol car on the side of the road on the way home. He didn't stop me.

tap your feet now, folks.....

 

[Sierra_rider]

those lil drill/mills are great! i have spent hundreds of hours using one to make specialty parts. their utility and accuracy goes way up with HD clamps and machining table vises... i have on i bolt to x-y bed i can barely lift... no end mill chatter at all! rigidity is the key!

machining center line looks ideal! ~

I've got a decent compliment of lathe tooling, so now I'm trying to stock up on milling equipment. Luckily I received a whole buck of end mills with the lathe when I bought that. I kept them as I had a feeling I'd end up with a mill eventually.

I've got a 1/2 decent vise for it and a 6" rotary table so far. Also got a couple sets of clamps that came with the lathe as well. Of course a set of R8 collets too.

looks like that mill flattens beer cans quite well!!

There are some beer cans, but most sparkling water nowadays. I've been on a sparkling water kick, as it keeps me from drinking as much alcohol as I used to. The mill chips get hidden in the recycling, adds weight.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I've never loaded firewood in one, but I have loaded X-mas trees into one, and it was a PITA.

i can remember being on a helper crew. pal had a Peterbilt going OTR... and managed to get into town with trailer trouble... full of vegetables. i forget what kind. and they all... needed to be pulled and put into another trailer! think it was an almost forever job! but - got free dinner out of it and couple

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

There are some beer cans, but most sparkling water nowadays. I've been on a sparkling water kick, as it keeps me from drinking as much alcohol as I used to. The mill chips get hidden in the recycling, adds weight.

i like ur shop! mill, lathe and a welder and a man can make many things....

i have read some amazing alcohol tales of woe here on the AS. some even rival those LD shots and that elk across the valley hillside... a few clicks! lol that were a miss....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I hear that. Never loaded any myself. Have however unloaded more of those than I could count. For years after going from construction to a desk job unloading freight 2 or 3 early mornings every week kept me in shape. Didn't mind the extra income tho.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I helped harvest X-mas trees for several years to hustle a few extra bucks and I don't honestly recommend it to anyone!

then there was the summer up in PNW... when usns kids were going to get rich.... picking strawberries!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Spent the day cleaning up the split wood trash, used it for fire pit fuel. Was a nice day here in KY, I think we are almost out of the woods as far as cold weather goes. At least I hope so because I’m out of seasoned wood. Hope you fellers are staying warm.View attachment 1059025

hi Bstihl - i pulled out some seasoned firewood couple days ago. put it up some 45 years ago. still burns like 2nd seasoned oak!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

A nice place to sit bro


First day of the week and off to a good start for me

i thot so too!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

When I was heavy into shooting silhouettes, it was chickens at 50 meters, pigs at 100 meters, geese at 150 meters and rams at 200 meters. I'll do a little bragging right here and say I won 13 matches in a row with my S&W M-29. I loved that shooting game!

SR

I did ya know......

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I've never shot silhouette, but it looks like a lot of fun to me.... pretty serious skill required, I'd say.
I enjoy shooting steel at 100 plus yards with wheel guns.

i like shooting aluminum at 25'.....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

If it ain't alive or moving, I'm not the best shot, I'm more of an instinctive shooter. If I start thinking too long....

"like, shoot from my hip.... even out draw my shadow..."

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Kodiak Kid, I bet there is lots of used truck tire chains around your way. Just buy a few sets and modify them to fit. I have maybe 25 sets of tire chains laying around. I double them up on my tractor for a smoother ride. Also makes less of a mess in mud. When I die there are gonna be a lot of happy people. Not just my wife.

Don't I need special tools for making tire chains?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Never lost one from vibration. Lost plenty out in the woods by dropping them in the moss and such when chaining up a fresh loop though. However, I torque them down a bit tighter then spec also.

i put a drop of Loctite Blue on mine, never lost one yet! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You shouldn’t really need them for that.

that's what i was thinking too... light fresh snow... fluffy blow-a-way stuff...

but since i have never run a skidder plow in snow....

 

[Kodiak Kid]

i put a drop of Loctite Blue on mine, never lost one yet! ~

If I did that every time I did a chain re up. I'd have empty lock tite bottles everywhere and never get anything done!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Sounds like my wife unit but usually with empty brass

i had to look it up

 

[Kodiak Kid]

haha, but i am not as nieve as you! lol

Nor as good looking I'm sure.