Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

How about adding a port on the front cover?
Like this...
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Just gut the insides out. It should make a big difference.

 

[bob kern]

My wife got me this shirt for Father's day last year. I haven't gotten any grief for it yet. View attachment 1072459I do wish it had a man's saw on it not a MS170!

Or the least the infamous 170 with a 4' bar!!

 

[bob kern]

Looks like I'll get to scrounge 2 hackberries and a cherry from the tornado damage. Might cut tomorrow but won't be able to scrounge it out of there til it dries up some more. I would have to hire HR before I'd wheelbarrow it that far! He'd make it look easy I'm sure.

 

[JimR]

Tough Titties Abuser, at least you get to drink it this morning, I'm going in for a procedure, and can't have anything. My wife made a pot, and will take a turean with her, so I can have some in the recovery room........

Good luck with the procedure.

 

[svk]

People have the right to drive on the road, not into your yard or mailbox.

As has been discussed with the other fellows, there are laws governing the road right of ways, and certainly if somebody constructs something with a purpose of maiming somebody who hits it, they may be hung out to dry

 

[JimR]

I thought it was so you could cut a hole in the fire wall to swap ignition chips when they went out from the cab.....

There were points and condensers back in the beginning from 1955.

 

[svk]

Hi guys. Loaded three of my kids into the truck today and we headed over to the north shore of Lake superior. It’s really a unique area, the only place I can really compare to is the north east part of the US-except we have freshwater.

This is an old resort on the way. I looked at buying it about 20 years ago and at that point it was still salvageable. Now it is sadly beyond repair.


Here’s a view coming down to the lake. The other shoreline is Wisconsin about 40 miles away.


Split Rock lighthouse


Grand Marais harbor and lighthouse

 

[svk]

I asked one of the museum workers why some of the bricks were different color on the lighthouse. They said that at the time it was built all the supplies were shipped by boat up from Chicago, so there was just some differences in colors in a different lots of bricks.

 

[chipper1]

Ah, you mean like this...

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I boxed up some noodles to give me some firestarter before Cowgirl dug it all into her horticultural compound. The 1,000kg bag was full after my candelbark noodling before she started stealing it

Cut some more pieces off the big cherry this evening after work, even made a bunch of noodles since it's gonna be dry tomorrow.

Put a new x-cut chain on the 261 since I dulled the other one, it was cutting nicely, but it wasn't real happy noodling, clutch cover kept getting plugged up.

Waiting for the guys with bandsaw mills to run over and get all this HVC

Don't worry, I got the next round off there before and after that.

Depends on chain brand. Stihl calls for 13/64. Oregon and some others call for 7/32 on 3/8 size chain.

Sometimes I use the 12/64 .

Am I delusional though? I'm positive that the Oregon chains called for 7/32", right?

Yes, the 13/64 is only for the 25" chains .

Sorry fellars.
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Was a bit warmer yesterday near toledo/bowling Green area , little windy too.

 

[Lee192233]

Shame your so far away, I'm actually looking again. Put an application in with a local ups warhouse as a building/ line mechanic. Pension, great medical insurance, 401k and steady shift hours. I enjoy working at the park, but I was morning shift all week, now Friday and Saturday I'm 1 to 9 and Sunday I'm 12 to 8 then back on morning shift Monday again. Next month's prospective schedule came out and it's more of the same. Whatever hours they want me scheduled for is what happens. I talked to my manager this morning about it. Basically said his hands are tied with where I fall in seniority and how many first class guys and the second and third class guys not being able to do the shift work. To make matters worse our director stuck his head in, just to remind me I should only have to deal with this for a few more years amd should be great full that I only will have to deal with a crappy schedule for 5 to 6 years.
Later in the day we had a union meeting, where the company now wants to limit us to 16 hours on the clock with a mandatory 6 hours off. All this does is screw us even further once concert season starts. Just getting real old. I want to work for a company that appreciates their employees, pays fairly and has good benefits. I don't personally see this as asking too much, it used to be the golden standard.

So Tuesday I have a phone interview, if that goes well there's a written skills test, if that goes well a practical test, and hopefully if that goes well I'll have a new job. Won't lie, I'm a bit nervous about the electrical portion of the test (s). We use all this stuff at work but I usually have an electrician with me on the drives and plc type stuff. So we'll see how things go.

Man, those are some brutal hours. It's me and 3 other techs. The two young single guys work 7-4 and I and the other fella who have kids work 8-5.

It sucks when companies don't appreciate their employees. The whole stick it out and things will get better doesn't work anymore. There's too many better options for anyone who is willing to work.

Good luck on the interview and tests.

 

[Ambull01]

Anyone ever use scrounged logs to make lumber/woodworking material? Just built my wife a gardening bench and now I’m really interested in getting into woodworking. I’ve been messing around with MIG welding too, so many damn hobbies lol.

 

[user 158015]

Great pics

Hi guys. Loaded three of my kids into the truck today and we headed over to the north shore of Lake superior. It’s really a unique area, the only place I can really compare to is the north east part of the US-except we have freshwater.

This is an old resort on the way. I looked at buying it about 20 years ago and at that point it was still salvageable. Now it is sadly beyond repair.
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Here’s a view coming down to the lake. The other shoreline is Wisconsin about 40 miles away.
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Split Rock lighthouse
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Grand Marais harbor and lighthouse
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[JustPlainJeff]

It’s 74 here right now .Working on my 68 putting the wood bed back in View attachment 1072927View attachment 1072928

That's a beautiful wood bed. Did you JUST clear it?

Watch FB MKPL for 330 gallon totes. They hold 43 cubic feet of wood. I bought most of mine for $35 - 50 apiece. I did get one for $25.

Yup, that's exactly what I'm looking for. I'd use the 275 gallon ones for my personal use, but figure it'll make for easier "math" using the 330 gallon ones when selling face cords, or even full cords.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

I'm gone for a few hours and come back to 40 alerts?? Holy crap! That's probably nothing to a lot of you guys that are on multiple different threads though.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

@chipper1 how do you like those Xcut Husky chains? I haven't tried them. Better, worse, or indifferent to the Stihl chains?

 

[WoodAbuser]

70 here today also.

Do I even need to tell you which of my lists you made it onto? At least you are in good company. Now back to my regularly scheduled morning activity.

 

[farmer steve]

Any of you guys using cover crops on your fields when you are not scrounging firewood?

Mostly oats and or wheat. I'm to cheap to get into the fancy stuff.

 

[farmer steve]

@sean donato. For the electrical part of your interview just say trust me.

 

[chipper1]

@chipper1 how do you like those Xcut Husky chains? I haven't tried them. Better, worse, or indifferent to the Stihl chains?

Nothing better than the x-cut chains currently in the market out of the box. They are very comparable to the stihl RS for durability, which means you go thru more files if you're used to the husky branded Oregon chains or the standard Oregon chains. The Oregon EXL chain is nice cutting, not quite as fast and certainly not as smooth as the x-cut chain(close to RS in cutting speed and durability) , but there was some hardness inconsistencies yrs ago when they came out that they seemed to iron out.
Edit;
I should say, this has been my experience cutting primarily hardwood. I answered as I figured you'd be doing the same, but then I thought about it a bit and figure I'd better clarify in case your not, and for others .

 

[chipper1]

Anyone ever use scrounged logs to make lumber/woodworking material? Just built my wife a gardening bench and now I’m really interested in getting into woodworking. I’ve been messing around with MIG welding too, so many damn hobbies lol.

Lots of that going on in here.
Good to see you around .