Today's scrounge

[2broke2ride]

Mostly sugar maple with a bit of white oak mixed in, town was doing some roadside cutting, there is probably another truck load I'm gonna try to get tomorrow. The poor old dodge was laid right out on the bumpstops. The ride home was kind of hairy, good thing it was only a couple of miles.

 

[Shane Collins]

Nice stuff. I need a pickup so I can go scrounging. Not sure I'd like to ride so low though!

 

[2broke2ride]

I hear ya, this is an old truck, built when a half ton really was only a half ton. I used to have a 98 F150 that had heavy duty rear springs and I could put 2k plus in the bed and it would just level it.

 

[Anumber1]

It is a nice day when I can load my truck to the max with free wood!

I totally understand that feeling of satisfaction!

 

[Jay106n]

Nicely done

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Man that is a beautiful Fall scene right there, and a great scrounge, but my back hurts just looking at the size of those rounds!

 

[MaintenanceMan]

Can't beat that! You could try beating it with a stick, but you'd just break the stick...

 

[Omaha419]

Damn it's been a while since I had a scrounge like that. Have fun with the CSS.

 

[2broke2ride]

Ok, got this load today from the same place, I was in a hurry so I threw it on without cutting it to length, it was all small enough to handle anyway. Gonna try for one more load next weekend.

 

[barmstrong2]

Good looking load of logs. I just can't handle those big ones anymore. I'll do OK to get them up onto the tailgate but stacking them like that kills me these days. Great score!

 

[2broke2ride]

Yeah, I guess I'm still young and stupid lol...... Although my body is feeling it tonight. One of those logs on the bottom not shown in the pic was about 10 ft long and 8 inch diameter. I had to get one end on the tailgate then have my wife back the truck under it [emoji15]

 

[jatoxico]

I had to get one end on the tailgate then have my wife back the truck under it

You do that and you know you got da wood fever. Nice scores though, good stuff.

 

[Jay106n]

Man lookin great! Be careful not to take out the back window!

 

[bad news]

Jeez...that buggy needs a few more leaves in those spring packs haha. That's a good score.

 

[claydogg84]

Something is going to break on that poor truck.. Hopefully it's just a leaf spring when it happens. Nice score though.

 

[Beer Belly]

Great score.....question...in the first pic, you have these rather large rounds....you didn't load those on your own, did ya ??.....gotta watch that back, bud

 

[mass_burner]

Great score.....question...in the first pic, you have these rather large rounds....you didn't load those on your own, did ya ??.....gotta watch that back, bud

Like those times when folks are able to lift cars off people in emergencies, wood scores give you superhuman strength.

 

[2broke2ride]

Great score.....question...in the first pic, you have these rather large rounds....you didn't load those on your own, did ya ??.....gotta watch that back, bud

Ya, I lifted them up there. I don't really have anyone to help me so I do what I can......... If they where any bigger I would have had to split them on sight.

 

[bad news]

Perhaps you could get (or build) yourself some ramps to take the load off your back? Those are some big ol' rounds.

 

[claydogg84]

Perhaps you could get (or build) yourself some ramps to take the load off your back? Those are some big ol' rounds.

I was thinking the tailgate is so low he could just lean one end on the gate and flip it up and in.

 

[Longstreet]

What engine do you have in that dodge? I like how it sits so low. At my office everyone likes to jack their truck up. My back hurts just looking at them, but they don't use them for work so they don't care.

 

[Starstuff]

Perhaps you could get (or build) yourself some ramps to take the load off your back? Those are some big ol' rounds.

Two pieces of landscape timbers work great.

 

[2broke2ride]

What engine do you have in that dodge? I like how it sits so low. At my office everyone likes to jack their truck up. My back hurts just looking at them, but they don't use them for work so they don't care.

It's a 225 slant six, automatic trans....... It really only sits so low in the pic because it's so loaded lol but yeah it's 2wd so it sits lower than most newer 4x4s. I like it, I just need to beef up the rear springs some, trying to figure out how to do it cheap, I only have about $1000 wrapped up in the truck as it sits.

 

[Longstreet]

No kidding, a slant six? I haven't heard of one of those on the roads in forever. I bet she loves to work. I bet she doesn't break any speed records either. Awesome truck man.

 

[claydogg84]

It's a 225 slant six, automatic trans....... It really only sits so low in the pic because it's so loaded lol but yeah it's 2wd so it sits lower than most newer 4x4s. I like it, I just need to beef up the rear springs some, trying to figure out how to do it cheap, I only have about $1000 wrapped up in the truck as it sits.

Inflatable air shocks.