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

Thanksgiving morning.

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by jo191145, Nov 24, 2022.

  1. jo191145

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    Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
    Yesterday Eric Wanderweg sent me a CL score near my house. Some Honey Locust. Not cords upon cords but the mania must be answered.
    Sent an email, received a reply around 6.00am. Come anytime. Got there by 7.00. Tight residential neighborhood. Quiet is the rule of the day. A dump trailer sounds like a kettle drum at 7.00am LOL
    Normally wouldn’t load rear heavy but shhh,,,,quiet. I even used the winch and quiet strap to load the bigger ones. Theyz heavy in the morning. Couple pieces of cheery in there too.
    Thanks Eric. May the locust gods smile upon you today :)

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  2. Eric Wanderweg

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    Well, I’m smiling over the fact that it worked out and you were able to scoop it up before some greenhorn did (who probably would’ve split and burned it today too :picard:) Enjoy your holiday :handshake:
     
  3. buzz-saw

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    Great teamwork.
    Nice to see so many members here from our state working together.
    Let's keep it going!
     
  4. Chud

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    Beautiful big rounds of hl :salute:
     
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    Nice team work and nice look rounds of Honeylocust... :handshake:
     
  6. jo191145

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    some greenhorn did beat me to it. Picked up most of the tree but never came back as promised. Lady was very happy to see it go.
    Now for the thanksgiving punky burn.

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  7. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Great work guys. Nice stuff there. You gonna get honey locust mania now Joe? Strange to see rounds and not logs in your trailer.
    Great little contingent we have in this state. Proud to be part of it. Hoard on guys!
     
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    Yup. We need a 400 GTG! ;)
     
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    We need to reinfect Eric with locust mania.:loco: :crazy: He hasnt scored any in recent memory!
     
  10. Eric Wanderweg

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    LOL I have some petrified barkless BL beside the stove right now. I’m not exactly running out… yet ;) I’ve decided I’m done with that bark-on variety. Half the rack space ends up being bark :picard:
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    Yeah not a fan of bark on either unless i can get it under good cover right away. I have roughly three cord of bark on splits from nearly two years ago that never got stacked including most if the stuff we scrounged together.:emb: Im wondering if it will "petrify"?
     
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    Those rounds gots to be heavy :jaw:
     
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    I like logs for the ease and speed of loading. September I was cleaning up a bunch of rounds I had laying around. Started by moving them one at a time with the log arch. Easy but slow. So I loaded em on the trailer with the winch and tongs. Back up to the splitter, raise the bed a little and auto load em right onto the log lift. Don’t even need to bend over and roll em. Now that’s Fast!!

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    I tried to lift the first one up. Even with the hatcharoon for a handle my body slapped my brain across the cheek ;) Thank God for push buttons.
     
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    That's a nice start to Thanksgiving day! Congratulations on the score!
     
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    7 am??!! They should have been up and cooking! They were already late!
     
  17. jo191145

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    You won’t even be allowed in Connecticut with that attitude hahahaha
     
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    Oh no! Look what I've gone and done!
     
  19. jo191145

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    Maybe if you’re quiet until 8.00 we can overlook this :)
     
  20. Backwoods Savage

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    Wow. More people helping people! Great to see and some great firewood too.