Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Did a full wrap for the 266XS , one more to go View attachment 1171095View attachment 1171096View attachment 1171097View attachment 1171098

Yeah, but it's the wrong yr handle .
Got my new to me jred a bit of dust on it. First time out with her so I took it easy on her. Dropped a nice little pine at a buddies, limbed it, bucked it up and flush cut it. I'll help him split if for his bonfire pit later and I'll grind the stump. One more to go in his back yard, may grab a 60cc saw for that. Unfortunately I can't have a fire at the moment because it's real windy here now .
Not sure if this is more of an @Logger nate move, or backyard lumberjack lol.

 

[chipper1]

There was a fairly long period of time when my two sons and I would go through 2-3 cases of shot shells in one session. My philosophy back then was for them to be worn out before we ran out of ammo and clays... .22s and .38 Special handguns were treated the same. I cannot imagine going through 500 - 750 rounds of factory ammo in one session today... especially the 28 gauge and .410. Lots of reloading over the 51 years since I started!

I don't got thru that much very often, now if you include my buddies, it would go a bit over that. They also like the tannerite(or tangerine if you're spellchecker). I like fires and shooting things that blow up, but I'm cheap .

 

[Squareground3691]

Yeah, but it's the wrong yr handle .
Got my new to me jred a bit of dust on it. First time out with her so I took it easy on her. Dropped a nice little pine at a buddies, limbed it, bucked it up and flush cut it. I'll help him split if for his bonfire pit later and I'll grind the stump. One more to go in his back yard, may grab a 60cc saw for that. Unfortunately I can't have a fire at the moment because it's real windy here now .
Not sure if this is more of an @Logger nate move, or backyard lumberjack lol.

If you can find me period correct, let me know, 266 full wraps are kinda rare,

 

[chipper1]

If you can find me period correct, let me know, 266 full wraps are kinda rare,

You know I know, just gotta give you a hard time.
Maybe you could use a 372oe wrap instead of the xtorq. Bummer is, those aren't easy to find either.

 

[Squareground3691]

You know I know, just gotta give you a hard time.
Maybe you could use a 372oe wrap instead of the xtorq. Bummer is, those aren't easy to find either.
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Exactly, not easy to find, and the price is right, sill eye balling that roll of X-cut ,

 

[chipper1]

Exactly, not easy to find, and the price is right, sill eye balling that roll of X-cut ,

Yes sir.
Saw this today.
Nice price for a cheap green dot plastic aperture optic .

https://www.natchezss.com/viridian-gdo-25-green-dot-electro-optic-2-moa-dot-black

 

[Squareground3691]

Yes sir.
Saw this today.
Nice price for a cheap green dot plastic aperture optic .

https://www.natchezss.com/viridian-gdo-25-green-dot-electro-optic-2-moa-dot-black

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Nice ,

 

[sean donato]

Got this done this evening after messing with the 1-76 a bit. (Even got it to fire off for a little bit!.) Yes the tubes are to grade, that's just how much back fill I'm going to need. The one at the back of the shop I sank into the hill 4 feet and still have about 3 feet of tube above grade. Tell ya what, taping sona tubes together is a pain in the rump! Gonna give it about an hour then run the trowel over the tops again and call it done.
Wife is egging me to go to a bow shoot tomorrow, so I guess it will be good to let them sit till Sunday to set the posts in them. I'll need to test down the front half of the wood shed at this point anyway to get the timbers for the head boards anyway. Hopefully I'll have made some good progress till the weekend is over.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Got this done this evening after messing with the 1-76 a bit. (Even got it to fire off for a little bit!.) Yes the tubes are to grade, that's just how much back fill I'm going to need. The one at the back of the shop I sank into the hill 4 feet and still have about 3 feet of tube above grade. Tell ya what, taping sona tubes together is a pain in the rump! Gonna give it about an hour then run the trowel over the tops again and call it done.
Wife is egging me to go to a bow shoot tomorrow, so I guess it will be good to let them sit till Sunday to set the posts in them. I'll need to test down the front half of the wood shed at this point anyway to get the timbers for the head boards anyway. Hopefully I'll have made some good progress till the weekend is over.

Glad to see you have a chair there so you can take a break.

 

[H-Ranch]

Well, the log pile is bigger than I expected. And there's another pile next to it. And a few more older piles if I really got ambitious.
Load 1:

Barely made a dent - the close pile is probably 6' tall, 20' wide, and 20' long. Mostly oak, with cherry, maple, and a few others. Looks like I'll be busy this week.

 

[sean donato]

Glad to see you have a chair there so you can take a break.

Thats for John, my neighbor, not me lol.

 

[MechanicMatt]

It is actually a Magnolia tree, but the wood is sold in lumber stores as Poplar! It is a soft hardwood, good for making bowls on the lathe, etc.

Also, FYI, Danial Boone had a 60' dugout canoe made from a Tulip tree. They grow fast, straight and large.

Remember the one at my grandmas house??

 

[chipper1]

Well, the log pile is bigger than I expected. And there's another pile next to it. And a few more older piles if I really got ambitious.
Load 1:
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Barely made a dent - the close pile is probably 6' tall, 20' wide, and 20' long. Mostly oak, with cherry, maple, and a few others. Looks like I'll be busy this week.
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That's a heck of a score.
You need that trailer.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Did a full wrap for the 266XS , one more to go View attachment 1171095View attachment 1171096View attachment 1171097View attachment 1171098

What did you have to do to make that new style handle fit the 266?
And, does that standard flag work with it?
Sure looks nice.

 

[MustangMike]

Remember the one at my grandmas house??

Sure do, right near the garage.

 

[Logger nate]

Yeah, but it's the wrong yr handle .
Got my new to me jred a bit of dust on it. First time out with her so I took it easy on her. Dropped a nice little pine at a buddies, limbed it, bucked it up and flush cut it. I'll help him split if for his bonfire pit later and I'll grind the stump. One more to go in his back yard, may grab a 60cc saw for that. Unfortunately I can't have a fire at the moment because it's real windy here now .
Not sure if this is more of an @Logger nate move, or backyard lumberjack lol.

Jred?? I thought straight handles were in the same category as front tensioners?
Back Yard

 

[mountainguyed67]

Can she bring her girlfriend?

They might get twice as much work done.

 

[Cowboy254]

G'day fellers,

A PSA.

If you are offended by scrounging pics, I recommend you skip forward the next umpteen pages

 

[Cowboy254]

Now that you are all duly warned, I went out to Mitch's this morning. He had taken down a big candlebark 12 months ago that was in his way and the guy that does his earthmoving said he wanted the logs. Predictably, he didn't pick them up in 12 months. They were in Mitch's way so he asked if I wanted them. Well, der. They've been sitting on the ground for a year though, it would be nice if I had some way of getting them off the gr.....





Hello 20 ton excavator. He held 'em, I cut 'em. Then he'd split the biggest rounds (~30in) with a good poke



Or just impale rounds to move them out of the way



TBC...

 

[Cowboy254]

I put 3 tanks through Limby and maybe half through the 460.





Unlike the other big candlebark that was all of 50m away and not that much fun to split, this was some of the easiest splitting I've had. I halved several of the biggest rounds with two hits from the X27.



Chucked some in the ute and I was off home.



TBC...