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This could be an interesting winter

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Backwoods Savage, Nov 29, 2014.

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  1. Loon

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    Not sure? Just a pic i found on the net. ;) It is quite the machine! :)
     
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    Just reading this, and was wondering on alternative solutions. ( You are a cracking neighbour btw)

    Rather than both of you struggling physically and perhaps compounding your respective health problems (bad back = bloody horrible) , would it be easier to ask everyone to have a whip round to buy in his wood?
    Just enough to see him over the winter, your stocks wont be depleted and both your health issues wont be further compromised. It sounds like there are a lot of people who would help your neighbours over a difficult time. I know I'd be happy to stump up a portion of the cost if it was my neighbour. It may also prompt him to think earlier about his situation next year if he still cant process his own.

    Just my two penneth worth.
     
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  3. bogydave

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    Pick a a day, a weekend , couple local guys a couple/3 days this winter.

    Seem to be 10 or so in driving range.
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    An hour or so drive, 6 to 8 hours of cutting ,
    Even one or 2 just bucking it up takes the pressure off.

    Dennis sits & splits in the spring, just need to get the rounds to the splitting area.
    Funnest part of wood processing is running the saw :)
     
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  4. Backwoods Savage

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    It is 128 cu ft. :thumbs: Well, perhaps you meant the price. Mostly around $150-$180 around here.
     
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    I didn't get to see the man today so I am hoping tomorrow to load the trailer and take a small load to him and find out what he is thinking. I also probably will be talking to other neighbors. If we could get 3 or 4 of us contributing some, it would help a lot. So this week may find me out talking to neighbors. Maybe even tomorrow as they say much colder tomorrow with falling temperatures. That usually means a nasty cold NW wind. If it is too nasty, I don't do much work outdoors. I'm old enough I can pick and choose my days to work or not work.

    My wife and I went back this afternoon. I hate working on Sundays but the weather was perfect. 50 degrees with a light wind and cloudy. Easy to work up a sweat for sure. I did some cutting and she did some brush stacking. We worked for maybe an hour and were both ready to call it quits. But, little by little it will get done.

    Thanks all for your kind words.
     
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    Dennis, the high for today happened in the overnight hours...temperature just kept dropping all day long.
    With a nice little 10mph breeze from the nw. So you should be getting it tomorrow, right on schedule!
     
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    I figured that as our temperature started falling after noon. Didn't fall much but still going down. Seemed odd though that the fire was out when I got up. Didn't start it until after we cut some wood. I think around 4:00 or a bit after. Warmth feels good again. They are saying the temperature should fall all day tomorrow. Dang. I was hoping for a nice warm December.
     
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    Looks like your stuck with winter for a while.

    Sunny days should be nice working weather though :)
     
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    Way to go Dennis! :thumbs: If there's a GTG at your place, I'm in! You'll be sitting on that milk crate all summer after we leave! :saw::saw::D
     
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    G2G plans
    Working out the logistics, working on the metric system conversions for Canada (miles or kilometers)
    passport, lots of gas cans (liters in a gallons, or a gallons of liters , quarts/gallons :confused: might have to buy new gas jugs :) )
    3,811 miles one way, @ 19 mpg, how does imperial gallons math work ?
    LOL :)

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    Might be a little quicker to go across the bridge Dave, and more interesting too.
    If you leave now, you'll get there just in time.:D
     
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    Yea, return trip a different route. Be cool to drive the Mac bridge.
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    Could swing by your place & maybe Yooperdave's
    The 3 Dave's , might remember names that way LOL :)
     
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    Holy cow!! There's at least one road connecting Alaska to the lower???
     
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    Alaska is a beautiful place.:)
     
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    Sometimes it's kinda nice being a bit isolated , like the UP , eh ?
    Just a bit more isolated here.

    Only one road, but we get filtered out at the border.
    + Federal Background checks to get a passport

    When I drove it, road was a loosely used term, trail comes to mind.
    Needed extra tires & headlights, & at least 10 gallons of extra fuel & time , Was an adventure :)
    Much better now, I hear it's all pavement .
     
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    Your route looks similar to what we took with the exception, no way we'd go through Chicago. Besides, going across the Big Mac Bridge would save about 250 miles or more and much better scenery and a whole lot less traffic. Somehow it just seems wrong to us to go through cities...
     
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    Update. Today I took a trailer load of wood to the neighbor. It was appreciated and I could not help but notice he had cut a small ash or someone did it for him but it was a live tree. The stuff I took was 4 years old. Does anyone wonder how the two woods will burn? I took him mostly ash but there was still quite a bit of cherry in there and one elm split.

    The plan is tomorrow he is coming with his tractor and trailer. We'll plan some strategy from there. One nice part is the tractor has a front end loader so that very well could come in handy. But I can imagine how it might look with two old farts half crippled up out cutting firewood. No pictures!
     
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    Aw Dennis, don't worry about taking pictures. They'd probably have a fingertip covering part of the image or ya might even be holding the camera backwards!:rofl: :lol:
     
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