Work Done in 2019

[johneh]

Here is a link. Mine runs a 65 db at 23 feet Also mine is at an unused end of my summer kitchen
They are available in Ottawa at Home Hardware, Home Depot, and Lowes also some Canadian tires

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[thewoodlands]

The first two pics are some storm damaged popple, one went into the woods and the other was in the trail which I cleared. The rest of the pictures are from a storm damaged maple, I did get some of it home, hopefully the rest will get back here tomorrow.

We had more storm damage with some nice hemlocks that bit the dust, I'll get those pics up tomorrow.

I picked up a parts saw and took the carb out of a three year old 290 and put it in the 310 the day of the storm, the 310 with the old carb would run for twenty minutes and then start acting up but with the newer carb in it, I ran it all day today.

 

[Diabel]

That I had to deal with this morning.

This can wait until spring.

 

[thewoodlands]

The first three pics are on the lot the I do most of my cutting of firewood and the rest are from around the house. Some I'll take care of and hopefully mother nature will bring down the widow maker. These are the pics that were going up tomorrow.

I still need to check about four more areas and two of those are the highest in elevation that we have, I'm sure we'll have more damage from those areas.

 

[SpaceBus]

John, can you send details on this unit, a link. Is is truly quite?
Thanks

I too find that my definition of quiet differs from others.

 

[SpaceBus]

I forgot to take pics and then it got dark. Today I put another bundle of shingles on the house and then put a bunch of insulation in once the sun disappeared behind the trees.

I think at least a dozen trees within view of the house went down. I'll have to see what the linemen did with the tree that popped the power company pole that feeds my private pole.

 

[HitzerHillbilly]

Do you have an auto start system? Our neighbor (like 1/8 mile away) has an old propane generator, probably from the 80's, that started when the power went out screamed for eight hours yesterday. We definitely don't want anything like that. The fridge kept our food cold until the power came back on.

It is not auto start. It’s a portable generator.


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[heavy hammer]

Been working 16's since Friday. Almost everyone has power back but they are anticipating heavy snow so I'll be back at it tomorrow for a little. Been nice coming home to a warm house though.

 

[thewoodlands]

Been working 16's since Friday. Almost everyone has power back but they are anticipating heavy snow so I'll be back at it tomorrow for a little. Been nice coming home to a warm house though.

How much snow are they calling for?

 

[SpaceBus]

Been working 16's since Friday. Almost everyone has power back but they are anticipating heavy snow so I'll be back at it tomorrow for a little. Been nice coming home to a warm house though.

You do some crazy work! I have a lot of respect for linesmen.

 

[thewoodlands]

I had a late start today but I was able to get another load of maple rounds back home and split enough that I finished stacking this face cord.

I'll have to sure up the right t-post and finish that side, I think there are pine roots on that end so it might not be possible.

 

[heavy hammer]

They originally were calling for 1 to 3 inches and 3 to 6 in the snow belt but around my area we got nothing. Today was actually a pretty nice day. stacked some wood in the garage blew all the leaves into the woods and even cleaned out the gutters here and at my mother in laws. I was able to run the younger lab for a few hours today as well I only worked a few hours today everyone has power back on.

 

[sweedish]

I cut split and stacked a cord of standing dead elm, first time cutting since about April.

 

[thewoodlands]

This came down when we had the high winds , hopefully by the end of the week that area looks cleaner.

Pic 9828 is the tree after the high winds took it down and the rest are from today.

 

[shortys7777]

Jealous of the land and time you have to gather wood. Good work!

 

[thewoodlands]

Jealous of the land and time you have to gather wood. Good work!

Thanks @shortys7777 , at first it was fun running around getting the downed wood but it has become a full time job. I still like it but the older you get, the harder it is on the body.

We might get 3-6 inches of snow starting tomorrow night so I better get my azz going and get that pine out of there. We have a tree in the brook (not big) that needs to be pulled out so that should be fun this time of year.

 

[SpaceBus]

A storm came through just as I got the chimney for the cookstove finished up. Most of the new plumbing for the house and cook stove is in place, just waiting on a few more parts. I've almost finished one gable end with shingles. With winter rapidly approaching my masonry chimney might be waiting until next year for a new liner. After erecting the chimney with scaffolding, I don't think I want to use this method for the masonry liner. This week I want to get the new plumbing and cookstove operational, but the two are connected. Things are starting to wrap up nicely, I'm hoping for a bit of a break this winter from working on the house! Processing firewood sounds like a break.

 

[thewoodlands]

I got rid of four loads of branches at the town wood dump today. Picture 9828 is what the area looked like after mother nature snapped the pine off and the rest are after.

 

[HitzerHillbilly]

Officially fired the Heatmor today! Temps are supposed to drop off here soon.


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[thewoodlands]

Officially fired the Heatmor today! Temps are supposed to drop off here soon.


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We're still burning pine but earlier this week we saw the 10 day forecast with the cold coming in so we brought some yellow birch in.

We have beech,sugar maple and ironwood for the coldest months.

 

[johneh]

Snow tonight cold next few days may
have to fire the wood furnace
Got to keep the house toasty

 

[HitzerHillbilly]

Snow tonight cold next few days may
have to fire the wood furnace
Got to keep the house toasty

We are maintaining 72* presently


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[heavy hammer]

Most of the country is in for some cold so I'm sure everyone is getting the better wood for a few cold nights. I will be burning some ash and locust for the cold days coming. I'm hoping we actually have a winter this year instead of a freeze then a warm up every other couple of weeks. I'm ready to run the tractor in the woods and continue to process firewood if the conditions work out. I really don't feel like tearing up the yard just to try and get some things done.

 

[EODMSgt]

Making some progress. The first picture was how it looked a couple weeks ago. Since then I now have eight cords in the shed (a bit less now since I have already been burning) and just shy of two more stacked. I'm estimating there is at least two more cord left to be split and stacked (possibly more) so hopefully we won't have major snow for a little bit longer. Well shy of the 15-20 cord I hoped to have before winter but that's life. Still better than where I was this time last year. If the weather holds off, I'll keep trying to add to the stash.

 

[Rob711]

EODMSgt, how do you keep the vertical sides so g damned plumb!! My stacks on pallets tend to widen, I’m probably just sloppy!