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Zoom in on it and you can tell on the pieces just right of center and the one right of center closest to the side. I thought red and white oak when I saw it, once zoomed in it was a dead ringer for sycamore.
Around here it's easy to pick out. Usually near water of some sort or fashion.

Shea
 
See you don't want to forget it.
I have a good sized tool box in my Excursion, behind it is 2 floor jacks, 25' jumper cables, 4-way, tow strap, extra bars for various saws, big shot(large slingshot device to shoot throw bags/line into trees, to the left is a pry bar, pipe to fit over wrenches/ratchets, jack handles, zip straps,flexible securement dealy, and an assortment of other things one might possibly need. That's just the left lower 1/4 of the back :oops:.
I see no problem bringing a small tool box, or two, or even three :cheers:. But I'm still gonna razz you about it :yes:.
Pretty sure I posted these before, but here you go. This is what it should look like, but I also have a pile of ratchet straps.
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No wonder you don't get good gas mileage. :innocent:
 
I looked up sycamore trees there's some monster ones that it takes 4 or 5 people or more hand to hand for the circumference. That really surprised me.
The larger of the two was around 30"+. My 28" bar couldn't cut through it at the base. When I go back to get the rest I'll get a pic. I also have to drop a huge, but mostly rotten(I think) Maple. My 084 carries a 36" bar and I know that isn't big enough. I'll probably cut that in chunks and pile it up either near their burn pile or in the wood line.

Shea
 
See you don't want to forget it.
I have a good sized tool box in my Excursion, behind it is 2 floor jacks, 25' jumper cables, 4-way, tow strap, extra bars for various saws, big shot(large slingshot device to shoot throw bags/line into trees, to the left is a pry bar, pipe to fit over wrenches/ratchets, jack handles, zip straps,flexible securement dealy, and an assortment of other things one might possibly need. That's just the left lower 1/4 of the back :oops:.
I see no problem bringing a small tool box, or two, or even three :cheers:. But I'm still gonna razz you about it :yes:.
Pretty sure I posted these before, but here you go. This is what it should look like, but I also have a pile of ratchet straps.
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I knew it I knew I knew it!!!
 
Apparently there’s a world wide shortage of pallets at the moment. I read an article a few years ago that the biggest reusable pallet company is Chep, they have 600 million pallets in circulation at any time. Amazingly they are an Australian company.
When I was scrounging pallets for the local company, she told me "DO NOT" bring in any Blue Chep pallets. They lease theirs, and she could not reuse them. I think they had a big Canadian factory that supplied a lot of the US. She said the average life span of the average Oak, Beech, Maple pallets was 7 years, and sold for about $13-$15 new. She sold her remanufactured pallets for $7. I think she said, at the time, Chep got $25 or $35 apiece for theirs. But, if you had a lease with them, and a pallet failed, they just gave you a new one. Chep pallets are made much heavier than a standard US pallet, but are often made of Spruce, Pine, Fir.
 
I stayed in my stand till dark tonight, it was the last day of deer hunting this year, and my last day in my 60s. Next year my age will start with a 7!

The 6" Spike I harvested a few weeks ago made it 6 years in a row I have taken deer (7 deer total), a personal best for me.

They include 2 with the Cross Bow, 3 with the MZ, one with a rifle and one with a shotgun. 2 does, a Spike, a 4 pt, a 7 pt and 2 - 8 pt bucks.

I guess it's not a bad way to go out of my 60s!

I'm hoping I will be just as good in my 70s! Fingers crossed!
MD has a late 2 day deer season, it's this Friday and Saturday. I didn't even get my MD license this year. Got one little buck in WV and was happy with that. Last week I was cutting firewood on a farmer friends place and saw a ginormous buck. I've got to call her tomorrow and see if I can hunt Friday. I might wind up getting my first senior license, on the last day of season.
 

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