Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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F'in stinks!
Load 5. All elm we think.
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nomad_archer
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No matter what it is, it looks like BTU's to me.
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Plowboy that is one heck of a tree. Did you need a background check and permit to own that saw in CA it seems as though it would be mighty dangerous and be regulated by the overreaching CA legislature. I am only kidding. I just couldnt help myself as I wonder what universe some of the laws in California came from. Nice saw by the way.
When you come to this side of the world where every critter isnt out to maim, poison, or kill you.
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Marshy, I've only bought a couple of brand new stoves but when I did I just fired them outside for a day or so to burn the stink out of them. Took a couple of days for my Hotblast but was worth it. I'm sensitive to a lot of smells so I always keep stuff like this in mind. Just spent a stormy day in the shop and was doing some wood working using a router and a grinder with flap wheel and the dust is now killing me. By tomorrow my voice will be pretty well shot due to the dust in my throat. It's getting worse as I get older and too stubborn to wear my dust mask.
Went out to the houselot this afternoon , figured I'd get sumthin done today as the rain held off to a bit of come and go drizzle .
I forgot to grab my pintle hitch at the shop so I had to improvise .
It worked fine
Until I got stuck in the mud with a granite rock between the tractor and winch , it don't take much to bind up a little tractor lol
A bit of shoveling and off I went .
I picked up some more Zoggerwood on the way out and gave this load away , Billy was happy to get it , said he was going to use some to fix a few fenceposts around the house and cut up the rest for next year , I told him to build a sawhorse because there was more wood on the way .
I forgot to grab my pintle hitch at the shop so I had to improvise .
It worked fine
Until I got stuck in the mud with a granite rock between the tractor and winch , it don't take much to bind up a little tractor lol
A bit of shoveling and off I went .
I picked up some more Zoggerwood on the way out and gave this load away , Billy was happy to get it , said he was going to use some to fix a few fenceposts around the house and cut up the rest for next year , I told him to build a sawhorse because there was more wood on the way .
I went back after lunch , wanted to swap the winch onto the 336d .
Since it all went smooth I drug out a spruce blowdown .
All rotten and shaggy looking , here's why , white sawdust
Solid core and dry , even had that turps smell when I split it , too good to pass up
Since it all went smooth I drug out a spruce blowdown .
All rotten and shaggy looking , here's why , white sawdust
Solid core and dry , even had that turps smell when I split it , too good to pass up
It is quite heavy. On par or heavier than the oak.
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That's awesome! What dreams are made of! It'd make a beautiful tabletop
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Finally got an air compressor yesterday. Got the new kobalt quiet tech one. It's crazy quiet no where near as loud as the pancake ones much less the old oil 220v compressors I'm used to. Has to run a lot more, but it handles my needs right now. ( I have an old 50s model craftsman 220v compressor, just waiting to build my shop to hook it up. My circuit breaker is full.) Got my saws all cleaned up and had to put my new stihl full chisel chain on my cs590. Wow what a difference. I noodled some pieces up and it was effortless. Going to start buying stihl chains from now on for all my saws.
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Only the determined ones lol
I tested that spruce
I tested that spruce
it's a nice hot fire on a cold an windy fall day. setting at the throat of a fire burning monster with your feet up against a stool keeping the beast fed and happy ! even if it is short lived with an easy rest and a cold one in hand between feeding's... fire away and be happy.
Lol yeah the saw is very dangerous. It gave me 13 stitches last year when I tripped over some branches limbing with it. It wasn't bad though right above the knee and didn't bleed much. That damn saw causes cancer in California also I can't figure why it doesn't in any of the other 56 states. Sorry Obama joke
The guy that had it in his back yard paid some guys to cut it down for him about 3 years back. I'm thinking they gave up when they started getting into the big wood. It worked out for me they left the last 35ft of it just had to drop it. Didn't get nothing done on it today rained all day. I was hoping to get the rest cut up and start splitting always next weekend I guess. If you ever get out this way there plenty more to cut up
Did it cause any indigestion to the SS?Load 5. All elm we think.
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Hi guys. Left MN just in time on Friday heading south. Last I heard the town near my hunting cabin led the nation in snowfall from this storm with over 2' on the ground.
Spent last night with my uncle at his place in western NC. What a beautiful, remote, rugged area. Didn't see any wildlife but I scored an invite for turkey hunting.
Did I mention the trees down there? There's hardly a tree on his property that isn't a 16-30" oak of some type.
He is a very efficient scrounger. He walks up the hill behind his house and cuts rounds off blow downs and they just roll down the the landing behind his house.
He's running two 42 cc saws (one Husky and one Poulan) so I'll be sending one of my larger saws down there for permanent vacation so he can attack the bigger trees.
I guess I forgot to get pics of his two nice Federal stoves.
Spent last night with my uncle at his place in western NC. What a beautiful, remote, rugged area. Didn't see any wildlife but I scored an invite for turkey hunting.
Did I mention the trees down there? There's hardly a tree on his property that isn't a 16-30" oak of some type.
He is a very efficient scrounger. He walks up the hill behind his house and cuts rounds off blow downs and they just roll down the the landing behind his house.
He's running two 42 cc saws (one Husky and one Poulan) so I'll be sending one of my larger saws down there for permanent vacation so he can attack the bigger trees.
I guess I forgot to get pics of his two nice Federal stoves.
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In my parts i can run naked through the woods and take a nap in a field, the only thing to worry about is a tick that may have lime disease.
Is that the one that was at the CT GTG?
