Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

I managed to scrounge up some wood related items yesterday.
First was a wood splitter about 10 min from my house,
second was the Super Jolly,
third was the creamsicle ms290 and 4 extra chains.
Hope to have the splitter and saw sold quick to pay for the grinder, just have to see what happens though.

 

[chipper1]

Going to be too muddy in the bush for awhile so I need to find something else to keep me busy. Thinking I could use a 3 pth grapple for pulling logs and tops. My front mount one is just too heavy for my tractor and not much good for unloading logs. Got the wooden templates made today, start on the steel tomorrow. Going to take awhile to build it. I keep 2nd guessing myself as to how to do the jaws. My other one has 2 cylinders but some online have only 1 cylinder. Throat will open about 40" which should be lots for all I want to do. Any wider and it means the whole thing has to be higher which raises my tipover point higher than I want. Also puts more stress on my 3 pth arms. I don't plan to move brush with it and my biggest logs are 24" any bigger and I would just chain them anyway. Too heavy and too much chance of breaking 3pth arms AGAIN. I hope it rains all weekend, I hate working in the shop when it's nice out.
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Looks great cantoo.
I sure hope that wood is tempered for that application .
I was thinking about you yesterday when I bought the splitter I was talking about in my last post as I bought it about a mile north of Bruce Doll's house.
Good luck getting the grapple done this weekend.

 

[Agent Orange]

need some ID on a couple sticks in my scrounge pile. Very wet and stringy. Red/Slippery Elm, Black Walnut ? The bark had been knocked down a little and that's white paint, not growth.

 

[svk]

No scrounging today but sure was pretty behind the house this A.M.

Great pics! Is that a river or pond?

 

[svk]

need some ID on a couple sticks in my scrounge pile. Very wet and stringy. Red/Slippery Elm, Black Walnut ? The bark had been knocked down a little and that's white paint, not growth.

Calling our elm expert @Whitespider

 

[Whitespider]

Calling our elm expert Whitespider

That sure appears to be Slippery (Red) Elm to me.
Does it have a slimy/slippery substance under the bark??
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[farmer steve]

here's what happened to some scrounged wood yesterday when two scroungers got together.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

here's what happened to some scrounged wood yesterday when two scroungers got together.
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Very nice! How much for the rocking sofa in the third picture?

 

[nomad_archer]

Here is FS running a husky.

 

[beentown]

Great pics! Is that a river or pond?

Technically a creek. It is at its widest behind my house. About 40 yards wide. There us a spillway on the neighbors side.

 

[Philbert]

here's what happened to some scrounged wood yesterday when two scroungers got together.

I like the chaps and the noodles!

Philbert

 

[dancan]

Going.......
.... I hope it rains all weekend, I hate working in the shop when it's nice out.
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Well , if bust up that grapple from lifting something too heavy you can always throw it in the furnace

 

[MustangMike]

So, I did the tax return at the house with the big Oak I took down last year. He wants me to drop 2 more in the Spring.

Here is a shot from his deck, the wood is looking good!

 

[chipper1]

So, I did the tax return at the house with the big Oak I took down last year. He wants me to drop 2 more in the Spring.

Here is a shot from his deck, the wood is looking good!

Give to Ceaser what is Ceaser's and to Mike what is Mike's.
Great score mike.
Looks like creamsicle heaven there.

 

[Agent Orange]

Got the last scrounge split.

Anyone want to guess how much cordage is there in the pile? Most of it is 18".

 

[farmer steve]

got the wood all split and cleaned up from yesterdays saw carnage. made a nice pile. thanks nomad_archer.

 

[Agent Orange]

got the wood all split and cleaned up from yesterdays saw carnage. made a nice pile. thanks nomad-archer.
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Nice pile o sticks.

 

[farmer steve]

Got the last scrounge split.

Anyone want to guess how much cordage is there in the pile? Most of it is 18".

Nice pile o sticks.

likewise AO. I'm guessing 4.67 cords in them stacks. not counting whats laying by the splitter.

 

[zogger]

Got the last scrounge split.

Anyone want to guess how much cordage is there in the pile? Most of it is 18".

More than 1.5 and less than 2.0 cord.

 

[zogger]

got the wood all split and cleaned up from yesterdays saw carnage. made a nice pile. thanks nomad-archer.
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I like the farm defense atlas rocket in the background..

Those your poultry houses back there?