Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[hamish]

Out with my little helper this morning. Damn near perfect conditions, beer wont freeze or get to warm, and hey no bugs!

 

[svk]

@Wood Nazi You snob!

I'd never turn down free wood unless it was punky or one of those stinky species.

 

[svk]

Picked up this little guy today from @WetGunPowder 's shop.

This will be my kid training/light limbing/walking trail cleanup tool of choice.

 

[macattack_ga]

Neighbour saved me the stem from a blow down. About 24" diameter. Red oak.

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[dancan]

I'm officially a wood snob. Guy has 6-8 large dump trailers of poplar cut in 6-12' lengths. No brush. Will deliver for free. I turned it down. It's hard to sell anything but hardwood around here.
But it was free and delivered!! It's killing me!!

Turn it into kindling and campfire wood , pay for that electric trolling motor ....

 

[MustangMike]

It was beautiful T shirt weather and I got out today and did a half day of cutting. Took down a solid Oak and a hollow Hard Maple. Also lowed that 40+" stump a level.

When I got home, I got my newly acquired MS440 running. I must have done OK cleaning up the jug cause there was no smoke at all! I deleted the gasket, advanced the timing and installed a dp muffler. Fingers crossed it runs strong when I put a b&c on it.

 

[dancan]

As bad as that weather looked yesterday after the 5" of snow fell it started to rain , 34* and it rained for about 18 hours so the snow was all gone this morning
Not much sun this morning and with a northerly wind it wasn't the nicest out there , the ground was still covered but at least it wasn't snow

I had gone to one of the piles Jerry and I left roadside , figured it was time to start getting it home .
Speaking of dump trailers ....

I got one load in before lunch .

And went back after lunch to clean up a second roadside pile .

I've got all the no split wood put away
Stacked I ended up with 1 1/2 cord and about 1/3 of a cord to split
The plan was to board in the sides of the trailer so I could load better than a cord in it but at the height the sides are at now it makes it real easy to load , not sure what I'm gonna do now ??

 

[MustangMike]

I would leave it as is, looks real good! And, FYI, I was cutting in a T-Shirt today! About 40 this morning, then it warmed right up. We did have a hard frost the night before, so it is a bit finicky.

 

[svk]

We hit 81 today. It's still 76.

 

[Fourced]

Is it considered a scrounge if they deliver it to your house?

 

[Philbert]

Yes. If it was otherwise going somewhere else!

Philbert

 

[Fourced]

I made sure it was not going somewhere else.

 

[JustJeff]

Turn it into kindling and campfire wood , pay for that electric trolling motor ....

I know. I've had a hard time with turning it down. Last year I had a couple cord of poplar and soft maple. Managed to sell 4 cord (face cord) as camp fire wood at 50 bucks a cord but the phone wasn't exactly on fire over it. Still have a bit left. So 6-8 large dump trailers could be anywhere between 20-40 cord. If I can't sell it, all I have is a mess. Besides, I have some free hardwood coming.

 

[JustJeff]

As bad as that weather looked yesterday after the 5" of snow fell it started to rain , 34* and it rained for about 18 hours so the snow was all gone this morning
Not much sun this morning and with a northerly wind it wasn't the nicest out there , the ground was still covered but at least it wasn't snow

I had gone to one of the piles Jerry and I left roadside , figured it was time to start getting it home .
Speaking of dump trailers ....

I got one load in before lunch .

And went back after lunch to clean up a second roadside pile .

I've got all the no split wood put away
Stacked I ended up with 1 1/2 cord and about 1/3 of a cord to split
The plan was to board in the sides of the trailer so I could load better than a cord in it but at the height the sides are at now it makes it real easy to load , not sure what I'm gonna do now ??

Fold down sides.

 

[cantoo]

I was splitting wood until 9:30 tonight by moonlight. Went to hook up the lights and I had pulled the wire apart. It was bright enough anyway. 3 loads on the truck, took about 1 1/4 hour to do each load. I'll stack it in the crates in a couple of weeks after it's dried abit.

 

[cantoo]

I use the forks to load the rounds onto the truck. Cutting down the manual lifting as much as I can.

 

[farmer steve]

It was beautiful T shirt weather and I got out today and did a half day of cutting. Took down a solid Oak and a hollow Hard Maple. Also lowed that 40+" stump a level.

When I got home, I got my newly acquired MS440 running. I must have done OK cleaning up the jug cause there was no smoke at all! I deleted the gasket, advanced the timing and installed a dp muffler. Fingers crossed it runs strong when I put a b&c on it.

what brand of DP muffler Mike? or homemade? doing an 044 for my buddy and he wants one on his saw.
BTW if you don't already know today is international Ford Mustang day. 4/17/64 when the mustang was unveiled at the worlds fair in new york. 22,000 sold the first day across the country.

 

[Agent Orange]

It's not firewood but I did scrounge all the lumber from work, pallets,crate, plywood, 2x, and 1x. I think i have about 30.00 in it. Ducks will be moving in soon. Any of the real farmers out there have any tips?

 

[MustangMike]

what brand of DP muffler Mike? or homemade? doing an 044 for my buddy and he wants one on his saw.
BTW if you don't already know today is international Ford Mustang day. 4/17/64 when the mustang was unveiled at the worlds fair in new york. 22,000 sold the first day across the country.

I did not know that, thanks, but as a kid I was at the 64 Worlds Fair. My parent were very disappointed that my brother and I just wanted to ride the go carts the whole time, that and watch the Hell Drivers tip cars up on two wheels and go over jumps! I do remember we went to the Ford exhibit, but I was 12, wasn't driving just yet (at least not cars).

Went with the Huztl dp muffler, got the whole can delivered for less that $15 (purchased 4). They are painted flat black, are a little thinner than stock so they are also lighter.The main hole is huge, but they do not have any provision for screens (which is OK with me). They are 2.3 oz lighter than stock, and if you get rid of the heat shield (necessitated cause of the restricted muffler, they are not on my 044s) you get rid of an additional 1.1 oz. I installed it w/o and modifications. The dual port slot is normal size, but the primary hole is huge!

 

[dancan]

Sunny , 29* and no wind , perfect splitting weather

One of the big pines had black ants in the bottom 2' so I left it behind .
I was wrong , shoulda left the bottom 3 1/2' behind .