Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[singinwoodwackr]

That's amazing. I burn a week or two and remove a full bucket.

2-3 days for me

 

[bob kern]

Chicken of the woods?

I don't believe so. I have a good book on mushrooms. I'll try to look it up.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Scored a free saw today...it doesn't run, but has compression. Original owner long term-loaned it to someone and it came back a year later, not running. He's of the age that his cutting days are behind him, so he figured I could make best use of it.

When I'm not busy on all the other projects I have going right now, I'll take a look at it. Even if it really is roached, it'll make a cool wall hanger at least.

 

[bob kern]

I don't believe so. I have a good book on mushrooms. I'll try to look it up.

Closet I found was brown haired white cup

 

[chipper1]

Cut a bucket of firewood that went right to the woodshed for 24/25 season, the kids put it in there for us. When they were doing that I cut a couple more buckets worth up, no proof because my camera/phone was in the house. I also moved a few yards of dirt from the pond, it's really starting to look like a pond rather than someplace someone borrowed some dirt from lol.
I'll get some pictures later .
Hope you all had a good day.
Everyone got plans for the weekend?

 

[bob kern]

Cut a bucket of firewood that went right to the woodshed for 24/25 season, the kids put it in there for us. When they were doing that I cut a couple more buckets worth up, no proof because my camera/phone was in the house. I also moved a few yards of dirt from the pond, it's really starting to look like a pond rather than someplace someone borrowed some dirt from lol.
I'll get some pictures later .
Hope you all had a good day.
Everyone got plans for the weekend?

Hope to haul a tree home I cut for a lady after the tornado a while back. No one ever took it and it's still in their yard.
Probably look at the black suburban's brakes as it still pulls hard left after getting the new 4x4 switch. It hasn't been driven much for a while so I may have some sticky caliper slides to address.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Cut a bucket of firewood that went right to the woodshed for 24/25 season, the kids put it in there for us. When they were doing that I cut a couple more buckets worth up, no proof because my camera/phone was in the house. I also moved a few yards of dirt from the pond, it's really starting to look like a pond rather than someplace someone borrowed some dirt from lol.
I'll get some pictures later .
Hope you all had a good day.
Everyone got plans for the weekend?

Weekend?... Did the first teardown today...toasted crank bearing.
The other two, crushed, saws have good compression, lol
These saws were so abused I'm not sure how they ran at all. I'm hoping to make 2 good saws out of the pile + the needed new/used parts.
Gonna go buy a couple cases of "Awesome" at the dollar store tomorrow...

 

[sean donato]

Just got home from work... long night 1 to 12.... got some training on our new ride. Pretty sweet from a maintenance perspective. Busy weekend ahead.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Just got home from work... long night 1 to 12.... got some training on our new ride. Pretty sweet from a maintenance perspective. Busy weekend ahead.

Beer 30....

 

[Cowboy254]

Hope you all had a good day.
Everyone got plans for the weekend?

Yep. Scrounging!

 

[Cowboy254]

G'day fellers,

Bit of a gloomy day here but nothing that a bit of scrounging couldn't brighten up. Went back out to Will's farm today to help out Roscoe. Mrs Roscoe feels the cold and has mastered the art of shoving wood in the fire but has not yet worked out how to come out and assist in its collection.

Anyway, here's Limby with his new 25in bar. I remember those days . I was initially disappointed that the old bar couldn't be rehabilitated but now I wonder if I might get extra street cred from having a non-Stihl bar on there. The original bar prolly cut somewhere in the vicinity of 40-50 cord of wood so I don't think it owed me anything.



I had Roscoe and his son Linc picking up all the dead tops that broke off to slice up on the sawhorse, then start splitting and loading the wood I cut on Wednesday.



Meanwhile, I selected a place on the trunk further up where I thought I might be able to get through without getting squashed. I wasn't convinced I could so made three cuts (from each side) then chunked out some of the wood of those two rounds.



Finally, I was satisfied I could get through without losing a limb by crushing and worked my way through.



Glad we had young Lincoln there because I didn't want to split this.



Alright, I split it since he is 14 and weighs about 80 pounds. Thank goodness peppermint is agreeable.

TBC...

 

[Cowboy254]

There's a lot of wood in this tree. Not sure it is quite as big as the Monstromint but it could be a 3-4 cord tree. Peppermint again. Termites love it too, unfortunately, but stihl large amounts of good wood in it.



I split chunks of these rounds while Roscoe and Linc worked on Wednesday's cutting.



There were two loads like this on Roscoe's trailer but he drove off with the first before I could take a pic. I don't think the single axle would take a full overloading. 8x5 ft trailer.



And this in my trailer that I took around to his place.



So a satisfying scrounge. Prolly 4+ cubes into Ross's carport now, or a cord and a bit.

Scrounge on

 

[grogetr sawguy]

This log should get me about full in the wood shed. 17’ ash. I cut 7 of them down next to the house that had died.

 

[grogetr sawguy]

How does everyone haul their saws and everything you need when you go cutting so you don’t run over anything or forget something. I made this box for the back of my tractor. Works great

 

[djg james]

....... There were two loads like this on Roscoe's trailer but he drove off with the first before I could take a pic. I don't think the single axel would take a full overloading. 8x5 ft trailer.....

That's about all I put in my SA 5x8 trailer. Any more and tires start to bulge.

 

[djg james]

...... Everyone got plans for the weekend?

Still working in the garden. Should finish up soon. We've been having pleasant weather, low temps/humidity, here in StL area. Long days. Haul more compost and mulch if I have the energy.
Zero turn has been leaking massive amounts of hydraulic oil for a while. Got a new carb on my pressure washer and cleaned it out yesterday. I'll start it up and investigate the problem sometime this weekend. It's a brand no longer manufactured in StL, but the place still may be a parts center.
On the plus side, BBQ, baseball games and cold beer all thread days (after work).

Edit: Put a new carb on my mini cultivator, but it still won't stay running. More head scratching.

 

[djg james]

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Weekend?... Did the first teardown today...toasted crank bearing.
The other two, crushed, saws have good compression, lol
These saws were so abused I'm not sure how they ran at all. I'm hoping to make 2 good saws out of the pile + the needed new/used parts.
Gonna go buy a couple cases of "Awesome" at the dollar store tomorrow...
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Where do you start on a mess like that?

 

[singinwoodwackr]

G'day fellers,

Bit of a gloomy day here but nothing that a bit of scrounging couldn't brighten up. Went back out to Will's farm today to help out Roscoe. Mrs Roscoe feels the cold and has mastered the art of shoving wood in the fire but has not yet worked out how to come out and assist in its collection.

Anyway, here's Limby with his new 25in bar. I remember those days . I was initially disappointed that the old bar couldn't be rehabilitated but now I wonder if I might get extra street cred from having a non-Stihl bar on there. The original bar prolly cut somewhere in the vicinity of 40-50 cord of wood so I don't think it owed me anything.

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I had Roscoe and his son Linc picking up all the dead tops that broke off to slice up on the sawhorse, then start splitting and loading the wood I cut on Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, I selected a place on the trunk further up where I thought I might be able to get through without getting squashed. I wasn't convinced I could so made three cuts (from each side) then chunked out some of the wood of those two rounds.

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Finally, I was satisfied I could get through without losing a limb by crushing and worked my way through.

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Glad we had young Lincoln there because I didn't want to split this.

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Alright, I split it since he is 14 and weighs about 80 pounds. Thank goodness peppermint is agreeable.

TBC...

Time to get a 42" for the 661

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Where do you start on a mess like that?

With one saw and just take them all apart, lol. Need to get a case splitter as 2 of the cranks seem ok. Only enough good cases for one saw, however.

 

[SS396driver]

Found this isn’t a wood blade it was used to cut ice from lakes to be used in summer