Had a jack mormon tennat one winter and he used to say "fire wood is money"
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Had a jack mormon tennat one winter and he used to say "fire wood is money"
I once bought firewood from a guy with my minivan. He laughed about the van until he saw how much it would hold. It only took the kids a little while to get all the black widows out.
Kidding
If acquiring wood wasn't as easy as picking it up for free off of the side of the road, I wouldn't bother heating with wood, but since it's so plentiful here....
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That 4Runner carries about 1/3 of a cord, which is about all I care to cut, carry, and stack shy myself in a day. It's green wood, kind of heavy.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
I've loaded my cruiser to the gills and my utility trailer with some wood graciously donated to us by our neighbor. About half was bucked. It was a full day event to drive, load, unload, buck, and stack. Splitting was a whole other event.
PT Cruiser?Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
Land cruiser :)
Phew
I had a rental pt cruiser once for a work trip in Santa Monica. Faux wood siding and all. Rollin in style to my meetings.
My goal is 3 cords. I haven't started, my only running saw is a MS 180 16", and this year I only have a Honda Element. Gonna be a sporty wood season.
Last winter I sold 3 cords to people who hadn't really prepared. Used to buy a pair of skis.Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Its strange how location and equipment circumstance change what people will do. Here collecting firewood in fall is crazy as its been raining for 2 weeks. No wood not under cover would be any good this winter. I can't even light a brush pile as its just too wet. I modified my trailer sides so I can pack 2 cords in there now as opposed to 1 and a bit maybe 1.25. I would use just my truck to pick up some cedar for kindling but not firewood.
i think using a vehical for a purpose that it was not intended is fine ... until its not
a while back we went to pickup some stems off a woodlot that had been abandoned on the landing, not enough for a load to the mill or sft sez roomy but anyhow it was a real easy gig, chain saw them into 8-10 ft pieces & 2 man over the ditch into the truck.
Roomy had a full on heavy duty F-350 4x4 diesel with good tires and we were towing a trailer made from another ford 3/4 ton box & frame both all cribbed up over the side of the box
It was pre winter so the road was instantly an unfrozen muddy mess, buddy was in 4 low and we just barely churned outa there and I think we did that twice to get 2 loads except we ditched the trailer for the second trip ...roomey was a little freaked
a week later buddy blows the transfer case out on a road trip,
coincidence or the result of over stressing the vehical... always wondered?
Z-bo...
I thought he died in the same helicopter crash as Tanner Hall
Cedar makes fantastic kindling, easy to chop into thumb sized pieces. I buck into 11.5" long so can fit into a wine box. Put a bow on it and you have a Xmas host gift.
Same thing.
Not our kids!
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Good for a couple months
God fucking dammit this worthless forum inverts my photo however I position it
Because it's probably too large. Downsize it. It may work.
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I gots so much wood, pedoherp69 might report my pic to the mods. (It was good for me, but the tree really wanted me to leaf it alone.)
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37 outside
73 inside
wife is “freezing”
It sounds like she is a good candidate for vapor barrier :P
Tell her to come inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
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Stove is cranking.
Cutting and thinning right now during breaks from the day job, skiing, and parent duties. Fun times!
Widowmakers. What are the techniques? Dealt with a smaller one today. Saw it before I started cutting. Shook tree and it fell a little closer down, but thoroughly tangled in branches of the tree I wanted to cut and the adjacent tree. I'm thinning in a very dense area. I cut down the tree standing on the opposite side of the trunk than the loose branch (i.e. it wasn't overhead). The loose branch is still hung up in the other tree. I can now knock it down. Using a ladder and a long pole, if I wanted. It was no big deal today, but got me thinking....
Shotgun with a slug
Banana slug? :P
Today's post-work fun while I smoked some chickens
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Close shave:
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Full haircuts:
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Originally Posted by bodywhomper
Smoke some chickens and watch this:
Ha. One of them and a masticator, please!
Getting a jump on next winter.
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With the low snow year, FS is starting to open some roads around here for the summer. As CabinFever is doing, I am also going to get an early start on firewood. We have plenty of Beetle Kill, but I would like to hunt down some Douglas Fir. Do any of you have some tips for the best areas to look...aspect, elevation, etc?
where are you located?
SW ColoradoQuote:
Originally Posted by TacocaT
moister sites primarily rockier north facing aspects 6500ish to 9500 feet. Areas with a little shelter. It has been a few years since I lived in Colorado but I seem to remember some large patches killed off by tussock moths east Pagosa.
My normal spot is around 11k and southeast facing. I am going to explore the other side of the valley which is closer to what you recommend. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by TacocaT
This is the first year I burnt wood from not on property or pretty close by, which is pine 60%/aspen30%/spruce10%. This year burnt Doug fir (75%) and birch and even with fairly cool winter burnt a lot less. Usually burned about 4.5 cords in a normal year. But this year not quite 3 and a lot less ash ~ 50% less.
Went through maybe 3 cords (95% pine) so far. It's hard for me to tell when a lot is in unmeasured piles. Will probably burn tonight.
I got some help today on the area that im thinning
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