In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

Beachcombing Firewood Alert Bay BC

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by campinspecter, Jan 7, 2016.

  1. Farmchuck

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    As I read this post I’m reminded of a humorous video I watched a year or so back. I’m not sure how close echo bay is to you folks but it put me in mind of what you folks are working at! I don’t know how to get the video from you tube over to here but I remember the title.
    “The madness of collecting firewood for an off grid home”
    Maybe some of you even know these people?
    If someone knows how to get that video over here I think it might be entertaining. Thanks.:)
     
  2. DaveGunter

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    Just copy and past the url

     
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    Billy is taking risks to get that wood, that's for sure! I guess he must know what he's doing... adding water to chainsawing looks pretty scary.
     
  4. campinspecter

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    Echo Bay is close to us I will look, for the video .
     
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    Billy Proctor has lived in the area all his life and is now a published author of several books. Here is a link to a short excerpt from one of his books.

    Lessons from a life lived in the wilds
     
  6. campinspecter

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    Billy Procter is a legend in this area, commercial fisherman (troller), logger, built his own marine ways and boat repair facility off the grid, and conservationist!
     
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    Thank you sir!
     
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    Lots of good logs washing up today!
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    This is a town beach though so they don’t really like you driving on it to go get the wood. There’s plenty of other places that will have good logs where you can drive right up to them.
     
  9. g60gti

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    Couple more shots just to give you a idea of how much wood is there.
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  10. campinspecter

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    That wood is really going to be hard on chain with the sand driven into the logs!
     
  11. HoneyFuzz

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    I never knew anything about this !
    Thanks for posting....and showing us the best looking country on Earth :)
     
  12. g60gti

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    Uh, yeah it is. Like 3 cuts and resharpen, no matter how much I try to broom or blow it off. Luckily I have enough clean wood that I don’t have to harvest any of this right now. I have in the past though and it’s not bad for free. Got a nice mix of walnut, ash, oak and poplar a few years back. No need to tie it up to claim the wood either, it’ll sit there for years. Most people just pile it up and have a bonfire.
     
  13. B.Brown

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    Oh boy, nice wood, that would be fun to scrounge wood like that off the beach.
     
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