Scavenge wood or go fishing?

[fishki]

Headed out early to do some fishing when I spotted this pile the country dropped at one of their burn spots. Looked like alot of blackjack in there, figured the fish could just wait another day.

This burn pile was right by the road.


Taking a peek to see whats hiding in there.



Time to go get the trailer and some help. I think I want this.

Pulled out the easy ones.




I'm debating on that big heavy thing in the back....



Sure, why not. I aint scared.


Chains getting dull, some of these were caked in mud from the county pushing them up in the pile, time to load up and head home. And its starting to get hot out, 97 for the high today, and the humidity sucks like usual.



Not bad for a couple hours work.

 

[Lloyd the redneck]

Looks good! I see stuff every day and have to remind myself that's not what we're doing today. Had a storm blow thru a few days ago. My neighbors collected anything worth burning and are waiting for me to come get it. I just have to tell myself there's more closer to home!

 

[Rangerbait]

Wat to capitalize on an opportunity! You, my friend, are a true wood scavenger.

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

Not bad for a couple hours work.

Good job, looks like some nice wood! Around here about the only thing that nice is Pacific Madrone. Actually Madrone is a bit better than Red Oak in that it's usually easier splitting and slightly more btu's but it's quite scarce. I haven't had any to burn for three or four years so I'm envious of your load!

I do have a GIANT Madrone in my yard (about 12 feet from where we sleep). It's the second biggest Madrone I've ever seen. Of course my wife would kill me if I cut it down so it just sits there getting bigger every year. I have to make do with an occasional branch or two that might come down after a big storm.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

You made the right choice! Who would have thought that all that fuelwood was hiding in that "junkpile"?

 

[Jeffm1]

Headed out early to do some fishing when I spotted this pile the country dropped at one of their burn spots. Looked like alot of blackjack in there, figured the fish could just wait another day.

This burn pile was right by the road.
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Taking a peek to see whats hiding in there.
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Time to go get the trailer and some help. I think I want this.

Pulled out the easy ones.

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I'm debating on that big heavy thing in the back....
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Sure, why not. I aint scared.
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Chains getting dull, some of these were caked in mud from the county pushing them up in the pile, time to load up and head home. And its starting to get hot out, 97 for the high today, and the humidity sucks like usual.

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Not bad for a couple hours work.

You definitely made the right choice. That stuff will burn much better than fish!

 

[lost in the woods]

i have to disagree ! my program is to cut wood balls to the wall in winter time and then in spring/summer you can do your fishing, turkey hunting, morrell gathering ect. . .

 

[fishki]

Good job, looks like some nice wood! Around here about the only thing that nice is Pacific Madrone. Actually Madrone is a bit better than Red Oak in that it's usually easier splitting and slightly more btu's but it's quite scarce. I haven't had any to burn for three or four years so I'm envious of your load!

I do have a GIANT Madrone in my yard (about 12 feet from where we sleep). It's the second biggest Madrone I've ever seen. Of course my wife would kill me if I cut it down so it just sits there getting bigger every year. I have to make do with an occasional branch or two that might come down after a big storm.

I had to look that tree up on google, those things look solid! Wish I had a couple growing in my yard, I like the way they look but doubt it would survive long in kansas

i have to disagree ! my program is to cut wood balls to the wall in winter time and then in spring/summer you can do your fishing, turkey hunting, morrell gathering ect. . .

Trust me, it was a tough decision, but after seeing what was in the pile I couldn't resist

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

I had to look that tree up on google, those things look solid! Wish I had a couple growing in my yard, I like the way they look but doubt it would survive long in kansas

You're right. They are known to grow within 100 miles of salt water but it's much more common to see them within 5 miles of the coast.

Trust me, it was a tough decision, but after seeing what was in the pile I couldn't resist

Ha! I don't blame you. I wouldn't have been able to resist wood like that either!

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

I had to look that tree up on google, those things look solid! Wish I had a couple growing in my yard, I like the way they look but doubt it would survive long in kansas

OK, I took some measurements and photos of the giant Pacific Madrone in my yard that I can't cut down without creating a domestic situation. Maybe it will succumb to storm winds:

That's 11' - 10-1/2" when measured above the wider butt! I wonder how many cords we have here...

There's a lot of nice wood hiding in that upper canopy. If it falls down in my lifetime I'll have the best wood supply I've ever squirrelled away! This is right next to our house built in 1957. We are the third owners. The second owners had heard this tree was the defining landmark of this residential lot before the houses were built. Around 1955 the soon-to-be first owner marched into the land sales office and announced "I'll take that lot with the giant Madrone tree on it!".

 

[HisTreeNut]

Headed out early to do some fishing when I spotted this pile the country dropped at one of their burn spots. Looked like alot of blackjack in there, figured the fish could just wait another day.

This burn pile was right by the road.
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Taking a peek to see whats hiding in there.
View attachment 198074 View attachment 198075


Time to go get the trailer and some help. I think I want this.

Pulled out the easy ones.

View attachment 198076 View attachment 198077


I'm debating on that big heavy thing in the back....
View attachment 198078


Sure, why not. I aint scared.
View attachment 198079 View attachment 198080

Chains getting dull, some of these were caked in mud from the county pushing them up in the pile, time to load up and head home. And its starting to get hot out, 97 for the high today, and the humidity sucks like usual.

View attachment 198081

Not bad for a couple hours work.

Nice score there...you can always go fishing another day...

 

[fishki]

OK, I took some measurements and photos of the giant Pacific Madrone in my yard that I can't cut down without creating a domestic situation. Maybe it will succumb to storm winds:

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That's 11' - 10-1/2" when measured above the wider butt! I wonder how many cords we have here... View attachment 198129
There's a lot of nice wood hiding in that upper canopy. If it falls down in my lifetime I'll have the best wood supply I've ever squirrelled away! This is right next to our house built in 1957. We are the third owners. The second owners had heard this tree was the defining landmark of this residential lot before the houses were built. Around 1955 the soon-to-be first owner marched into the land sales office and announced "I'll take that lot with the giant Madrone tree on it!".

That tree is HUGE, almost 4' diameter where you measured. How tall do you estimate it to be? Makes me wonder how old it is, especially if it was a big tree 60 years ago.

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

That tree is HUGE, almost 4' diameter where you measured. How tall do you estimate it to be? Makes me wonder how old it is, especially if it was a big tree 60 years ago.

As a rough guess, I would say it's 90-110 feet tall. I should measure it by triangulation. It must be around 150 years old. I've seen it claimed that Madrone can live up to 150 years but I'm sure the oldest are considerably older than that. Madrone is Canada's only native evergreen deciduous tree. I think they have a sort of anti-freeze in their leaves that allows them to retain their leaves through hard freezes.

I'll have to buy a new saw if it falls over because my longest bar is 20" and that will leave substantial wood uncut, even after attacking the trunk all the way around the perimeter. One time I took two 18" slabs off a cedar stump having a diameter of 4 feet using a 20" bar but that was only possible because the trunk had big flukes and by pivoting the saw back and forth between the flukes the bar tip was able to reach the center. That was a real workout for the little Stihl 026 but it didn't complain a bit, it acted like the little engine that could. I didn't even need to insert my wedges because the slabs were supported by a bed of saw chips and slid right off with a decent push. Of course Madrone is a much harder wood.

 

[Jags]

I would have went fishing. 97 degree days are meant for water, not wood gathering.

 

[johneh]

Fishing defiantly FISHING

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

Fishing defiantly FISHING

Would you be fishing defiantly because you would rather be cutting wood?

 

[fishki]

Would you be fishing defiantly because you would rather be cutting wood?

That ^ is the funniest use of a typo I have ever seen .

 

[CheapBassTurd]

Funny thread and excellent score !!