kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
Well after tomorrow's and Christmas days feasts I might need to borrow the bike hydro unit, oh and I forgot, im the x-mas cookie taste tester tonight, better get my fat pants out of the closet.
Today's Scrounge--post the free btu's
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It wasn't worth a new thread but I found a smart place fer an ash dump w/ snow for safety.....
It started at the base on the side a few weeks ago.....
Gonna collapse soon. Coulda used a boomstick, but those are very salty and hard to find.
It started at the base on the side a few weeks ago.....
Gonna collapse soon. Coulda used a boomstick, but those are very salty and hard to find.
3 days later the stump is now gone ! ! !
Gotta few more stumps to go........... Glad it worked. I took the longest to dry the thing,
then it just smoldered itself into oblivion.
Gotta few more stumps to go........... Glad it worked. I took the longest to dry the thing,
then it just smoldered itself into oblivion.
we had a massive wind event here, and the elm that I have been waiting to take down took care of itself. I had a friend call me up and tell me he has a bunch of cut and split wood for me.... came in to work, and everyone is telling me I can come get wood out of their yards from the trees that came down...
HitzerHillbilly
Feeling the Heat
First load from a tree crew trimming for local utility, supposedly the easement hasn't been maintained in 30 years. More loads to come I hear!
husky345 vermont resolute
Feeling the Heat
i'm pretty sure what i picked up was cottonwood... not really my finest choice, but it will keep me warm for a little bit 
I also got to get out and use the saw for a little bit, and helped a friend clean up their yard. Turns out one of my co-workers is renting my friends house, so when I discovered i knew who lived there, I stopped raking up the mess I didn't make :D
I also got to get out and use the saw for a little bit, and helped a friend clean up their yard. Turns out one of my co-workers is renting my friends house, so when I discovered i knew who lived there, I stopped raking up the mess I didn't make :D
it feels a lot lighter than walnut... that would be nice. I will split a piece later and see what the split looks like...
Took a walk in the woods after yesterday's wind storm....future scrounge of beech that fell across the 4 wheeler path...perfect!
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turns out it had been dead for a while, so maybe it is walnut!
That's walnut. Given your location, it could be a walnut that has succumbed to Thousand Cankers Disease:http://www.thousandcankers.com/
Not sure if I did this right, but this was yesterday's "scrounge". Customer of mine is selling his house and moving in the next few weeks. I asked him about the wood pile while I was moving a shed for him.
It helped that it was covered in snow and 20 degrees. He said If I could get it gone before the closing I could have it for free.
I figure maybe 4 cords or a bit more? All been cut for about 3 years and fairly small peices so it is easy to manage.
I have a bit more to go back for, but the dump trailer was full and I have a sander in my truck at the moment, and my back was done for. Busted my butt and did it in 6.5 hours including 15 minutes drive to my house to unload, sharpening etc. 4 trips total. Very very happy about this, my wife wasn't thrilled about the wood strewn around the yard
It helped that it was covered in snow and 20 degrees. He said If I could get it gone before the closing I could have it for free.
I figure maybe 4 cords or a bit more? All been cut for about 3 years and fairly small peices so it is easy to manage.
I have a bit more to go back for, but the dump trailer was full and I have a sander in my truck at the moment, and my back was done for. Busted my butt and did it in 6.5 hours including 15 minutes drive to my house to unload, sharpening etc. 4 trips total. Very very happy about this, my wife wasn't thrilled about the wood strewn around the yard
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Haha yeah in theory. Probably won't deal with it until I have time to split it at the same time.
Bishdude,
I have some of that too in my scrounge mess somewhere. LOL
It was very pretty purple-ish inside and very thick bark, almost an inch thick.
Been busting away at the 4X8 pallets and getting it into the wall o' wood.
That whole mess was in no particular order, just stacked by MC. Used up a fair bit
by now and the replacements are stacked more loosely. Kinda cool changing the flavor
of the day and testing out different combos as noted in the "what's in yer stove right now" thread.
Allagash,
I always split my scrounge as soon as I get it home, and do only about a dozen rounds per trip.
Similar to your pattern. The problem in the pics was a blown shoulder socket and healing nicely
now. Also a borrowed splitter on site to shred the uglies. There's so much scrounge in this area
I haven't cut a single limb yet even living in the forest, and look what the cat dragged home over 7 months!!
(three years at home and another 2-3 permissioned waiting for me to haul back in the scroungemobile)
It's insane that the C-stores sell out those ridiculous bundles of 6 dollar firewood and they sell fast too!
Lots of rich folks from the Chicago area have a 2nd home here. Some have fireplaces and still let me
scavenge their frontage??? Whatever, and thanks. LOL It's all about keeping the AEP bill around $100
here @ Cheap Acres.
Even more insane is that I don't have a working saw. A neighbor gave me three that need a carb rebuild but waiting
till summer for that messy sitting-still chore outdoors.
Third pic is from the lil' November heatwave, temps were in the 60's, and 2/3 of the trees
had dropped their leaves.
I have some of that too in my scrounge mess somewhere. LOL
It was very pretty purple-ish inside and very thick bark, almost an inch thick.
Been busting away at the 4X8 pallets and getting it into the wall o' wood.
That whole mess was in no particular order, just stacked by MC. Used up a fair bit
by now and the replacements are stacked more loosely. Kinda cool changing the flavor
of the day and testing out different combos as noted in the "what's in yer stove right now" thread.
Allagash,
I always split my scrounge as soon as I get it home, and do only about a dozen rounds per trip.
Similar to your pattern. The problem in the pics was a blown shoulder socket and healing nicely
now. Also a borrowed splitter on site to shred the uglies. There's so much scrounge in this area
I haven't cut a single limb yet even living in the forest, and look what the cat dragged home over 7 months!!
(three years at home and another 2-3 permissioned waiting for me to haul back in the scroungemobile)
It's insane that the C-stores sell out those ridiculous bundles of 6 dollar firewood and they sell fast too!
Lots of rich folks from the Chicago area have a 2nd home here. Some have fireplaces and still let me
scavenge their frontage??? Whatever, and thanks. LOL It's all about keeping the AEP bill around $100
here @ Cheap Acres.
Even more insane is that I don't have a working saw. A neighbor gave me three that need a carb rebuild but waiting
till summer for that messy sitting-still chore outdoors.
Third pic is from the lil' November heatwave, temps were in the 60's, and 2/3 of the trees
had dropped their leaves.
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Lloyd the redneck
Feeling the Heat
today's btus. Been picking at my neighbors log pile for a few weeks and finally we decided it makes more sense to use the skidder and load the trailer. Cut out atleast one handling. Should last me a month. I hope.The forest service has been doing some thinning to reduce the danger of wildfire. They took a bunch of trees down and bucked a bunch of wood. I called my county and they said I could take it. I got 4 loads of wood. It is a mix of Elm, Russian Olive, Ponderosa Pine, and Juniper. Mostly Pine.
buddythehuman
New Member
NaturalCauses
Member
First scrounge since I started burning, I think I might get addicted! Not good at IDing wood yet, but it's BTU's, so I'm happy [emoji3]
