Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[zogger]

I got the second tree today, which was an ash. I cleaned it up and then went back to the first tree because I had left the big trunk. I had already changed my chain earlier and i was on my last cut with only like 3 inches to go. The chain some how slipped off the bar, but I didn't notice it being loose before this happened. When I inspected the chain sprocket teeth were broke. This was a brand new Stihl chain. Luckily I had another one still in a box.

OOps! Hate when something like that happens.

 

[Eagleknight]

We've got another nice day in the forecast for tomorrow and I know where there's another big spruce that died last spring , Pioneerguy600 has a few saws that he just built and wants to run them so I think that big spruce is gonna come down .
svk , Oregon bought Carleton a few years ago .
On a side note , if the site crashes, some of us are regulars on the pig site as well , so we're still around and easy to find on the world wide web .

So what does the pig site refer to?

 

[Ambull01]

You are this close to scoring a trailer..all of us know this.....

It's not really the transporting that I was wondering about. Mainly it's how I'm going to get the pieces to the van. Wheel barrow wouldn't work, there's snow all around the site. I'll have to drag it all with a sled. Going to be tough work.

That's because you've never tried full chisle. Once you go full chisel you won't go back. Everything your cutting is clean and so the edge would last as long as you can keep it ou of the dirt at the end of your cut.

So is this like needing a 60cc saw to cut firewood?

I dunno Ambull , pretty sure I could fit it in mine LOL

Yes sir, I have no doubt. Although if you can take all these rounds in one trip that will be kind of depressing. I have more off pic. I'm hoping this is at least 2 cords.

 

[stihly dan]

I also would like to know about the Pig site. I like pigs, well except the ones that eat donuts.

 

[Marshy]

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So is this like needing a 60cc saw to cut firewood?

No, more like snow tires in the north. Sure you don't need them to get where your going but if you want to be able to rip 60 mph down a back road covered in snow and still be able to stop or turn then you'll need them.

 

[Ambull01]

No, more like snow tires in the north. Sure you don't need them to get where your going but if you want to be able to rip 60 mph down a back road covered in snow and still be able to stop or turn then you'll need them.

lol. That much difference huh? We'll see. I will test a new semi vs chisel back to back.

 

[SteveSS]

On a side note , if the site crashes, some of us are regulars on the pig site as well , so we're still around and easy to find on the world wide web .

I poked around over there the last couple days. A lot of the same threads there as here, but no scrounging thread. It also amazed me that some of the guys here that have 5 digit post counts, also have 5 digit post counts over there. That's some dedication for sure.

Saw junkies gotta have that fix.

 

[svk]

Took a ride to my hunting cabin this afternoon. Or should I say attempted. As the crow flies only 20 miles north but the snow is easily double from the family cabin. Honest knee deep snow meant my truck didn't even get up the first hill. Oh well I guess have to save my cutting projects up there until things warm up.

 

[mainewoods]

Well it looks like I won't be doing any scrounging for a while. I just got home, after 2 days in the ICU, from a darn heart attack. Had to have a stent put in due to an 80% blockage of one of my arteries. Please do yourselves a big favor and have your cholesterol checked. It isn't called the silent killer for nothing. I had no idea mine was as high as it was. But I have been one of the lucky ones, so far! Still a long road to recovery ahead when a heart muscle gets damaged. But I'm still alive, so you aren't getting rid of me that easily!!

 

[Philbert]

I just got home, after 2 days in the ICU, from a darn heart attack.

!!!!!!!! Hope you are doing OK


Philbert

 

[1 stihl nut]

Well it looks like I won't be doing any scrounging for a while. I just got home, after 2 days in the ICU, from a darn heart attack. Had to have a stent put in due to an 80% blockage of one of my arteries. Please do yourselves a big favor and have your cholesterol checked. It isn't called the silent killer for nothing. I had no idea mine was as high as it was. But I have been one of the lucky ones, so far! Still a long road to recovery ahead when a heart muscle gets damaged. But I'm still alive, so you aren't getting rid of me that easily!!

Holy crap dude! That's not good.

Well....I guess it's good you're still here.

Taker easy for a while, and get that cholesterol under control.


Not Philbert.

 

[SteveSS]

My heavens, Clint! Hope you're feeling ok. Good advice though. I just got my Cholesterol tests back in the mail yesterday. They pissed me off and I threw them in the trash. I'm only a couple points inside the "high" zone right now. It's probably time for me to look at a little self reflection and make a few changes. Best wishes for a speedy recovery buddy.

 

[svk]

Well it looks like I won't be doing any scrounging for a while. I just got home, after 2 days in the ICU, from a darn heart attack. Had to have a stent put in due to an 80% blockage of one of my arteries. Please do yourselves a big favor and have your cholesterol checked. It isn't called the silent killer for nothing. I had no idea mine was as high as it was. But I have been one of the lucky ones, so far! Still a long road to recovery ahead when a heart muscle gets damaged. But I'm still alive, so you aren't getting rid of me that easily!!

Man that's serious! Take it easy and listen to the Dr. Very glad to hear you are doing alright.

 

[MustangMike]

Recover quickly Clint. Hope you have a doc that gives good advice on rehab, if not, find one.

I cut way back on Ice Cream and started exercising regularly some time ago, cause otherwise my #s go high.

I've probably said this before, but it bears repeating. My Dad always said Mother Nature gives you the first 40 years, after that you better work on it!

The older I get, the more obvious it is to me that he was correct.

 

[MustangMike]

Reid, break down and buy a loop of Stihl RS. It is a little more expensive, but it will come sharper right from the factory (so U will know what it should cut like) and it will hold an edge longer.

 

[Ambull01]

Well it looks like I won't be doing any scrounging for a while. I just got home, after 2 days in the ICU, from a darn heart attack. Had to have a stent put in due to an 80% blockage of one of my arteries. Please do yourselves a big favor and have your cholesterol checked. It isn't called the silent killer for nothing. I had no idea mine was as high as it was. But I have been one of the lucky ones, so far! Still a long road to recovery ahead when a heart muscle gets damaged. But I'm still alive, so you aren't getting rid of me that easily!!

Yikes! Was wondering what you were up to. You're usually quick to "like" posts. What does recovery entail? My grandfather had at least one heart attack and two bypass surgeries I believe. Father had a stroke so this stuff runs in my family. I'm living my life a bit different though. Don't smoke, drink, and exercise.

Recover quickly Clint. Hope you have a doc that gives good advice on rehab, if not, find one.

I cut way back on Ice Cream and started exercising regularly some time ago, cause otherwise my #s go high.

I've probably said this before, but it bears repeating. My Dad always said Mother Nature gives you the first 40 years, after that you better work on it!

The older I get, the more obvious it is to me that he was correct.

Health advice is extremely confusing. You remember when eating eggs were seen as a really bad thing? They used to say it would raise your cholesterol so you should at least throw out the yolks. Finally they're changing it to make it clear dietary cholesterol has little bearing on your body's cholesterol level. Read a book by Gary Taubes called "Good Calories, Bad Calories." It was excellent. Main take away is regular sugar is just as bad as the infamous high fructose corn syrup, saturated fat isn't bad for you, carbs in general are the devil, etc. I've been researching a lot about supposedly healthy diets and basically everything I thought I knew was wrong. I've been driving my family crazy for months lol. Just kinda pisses me off how this nation is getting fatter and there's so much misinformation out there it's really hard to find the truth.

Reid, break down and buy a loop of Stihl RS. It is a little more expensive, but it will come sharper right from the factory (so U will know what it should cut like) and it will hold an edge longer.

Will do. Guess I have to stop my boycott of Stihl products. I'm already buying their Ultra HP oil now I'm breaking down and buying their chains.

 

[farmer steve]

Well it looks like I won't be doing any scrounging for a while. I just got home, after 2 days in the ICU, from a darn heart attack. Had to have a stent put in due to an 80% blockage of one of my arteries. Please do yourselves a big favor and have your cholesterol checked. It isn't called the silent killer for nothing. I had no idea mine was as high as it was. But I have been one of the lucky ones, so far! Still a long road to recovery ahead when a heart muscle gets damaged. But I'm still alive, so you aren't getting rid of me that easily!!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Clint. just sit by the fire and watch the snow melt.

 

[olyman]

This is the damage I did yesterday. The semi chisel rips through large white oak so I don't really see a need for chisel.

A close up:

Still have a bunch of trees waiting for me. As I walked away for the day, a thought came to me. How in the hell am I going to get all this stuff in the van?

build a container,,to go between the luggage rack rails, for more capacity...........

 

[dancan]

Geez Clint , sure am glad that you're here and able to be posting .
I think that it was brought on by stress myself , the stress of feeding them deer and turkeys and seeing them when the season was closed ....
Just consider the recovery time a forced vacation , it'll give you a couple of months to take inventory of your firewood and find a neighbour's kid that want's a summer job while you run the skiddah LOL

 

[mainewoods]

Thanks you guys. The good news is that I had a "mild" heart attack, by cardiac standards. If I hadn't gone to the hospital when I did it would have been a totally different outcome. I thought it was heartburn. Wife , being a nurse for 40 years, said you need to go, now! My LDL ( bad cholesterol) was off the chart. I had another attack 2 days before that, in the middle of the night, but I told her I thought it was heartburn because it went away within minutes. Never self diagnose! After talking to a cardiac therapist, I found I have been eating just about everything wrong over the years. Biggest offender---- sodium. Biggest producer of sodium---- processed food and restaurant meals. It has taken 62 years to build it up to these levels, but make no mistake, it's building. Listening to cardiac specialists for the last few days has taught me a lot about what not to put into your body. I am very grateful to have been around to hear it. Huge wake up call!!