For safeties sake, one should never, I repeat, never bring their crack pipe into the woods when actively logging, cutting or bucking. This is a rule for our group when we head out into the thicket. We used to allow crack pipes and other adult "toys" when we would head out for overnight or longer forays into the wood. We had occasional issues with aggressive or inappropriate use of a crack pipe but nothing alarming. Once we started discovering the benefits and styling of bare assless chaps, the occasional crack pipe prank became a nuisance. As more women joined our logging crews and really began rocking the assless chaps, that was it, we had to prohibit crack pipes from coming in the woods. Folks were spending more time on the pipe than they were on the saw. Once we are out of the woods and the entire crew heads to the local lounge, the brewskies flow and the pipes glow. I am a pretty old and conservative guy, but I will have to say if you head to our local lounge after a long stay in the woods, you will see more crack than a toilet seat. As far as cutting alone in the woods, not something we recommend. We do have the occasional straggler who ends up alone in the woods, but they are not cutting with a saw. Typically they fall behind because of playing with their crack and pipe.
Serious concern Jazz (in spite of your anti Cast hysteria ): are you near the Ferguson Fire, or CA Route 140 ?
We hope that this is not affecting you.
Our Northeast climate is wet and humid with very rare forest fire such as friends have in California and Oregon.
Stay safe.
).I know cast is ignoring me so he wont see this but oh well. He thinks i am pretending to have worked on new vc stoves just because i wont spend the time to go through my recods to find the manufacture dates of the stoves and part numbers replaced. Give me a break.There you go again Jazz.
"Normal" is not accepting fact based experience and getting personal.....unneeded. One poster fakes working on certain newer models of stoves just to sound like the expert; never posts any specifics about what he knows (ignored). Each of us has a unique life experience....accept it. No need for us to lie about anything except to sound knowledgable and macho.
Glad you're OK. Fires like that out West are rare here. That Firefighter Jake probably has more knowledge of fire than most of us.
Most of us have large acreage of woodlots and farmland with homes and barns surrounded by woodland. Yards are well cleared of brush and timber within at least a 50 meter radius to buildings. ( Note "meters"
Prayers for all the folks in those areas. I’ve experienced small multi acre fires but we don’t ever experience anything of that magnitude. That’s one positive about living in CT, we seldom have natural disasters of great significance. And the weather is never too extreme. Yup, that is about the only good thing if your one of the unfortunates pulling the wagon.
