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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by TimW - Today at 11:22:28 PMThe Cutrine Plus ruined the seals in a hand pump sprayer I left it and didn't rinse out.
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Firewood and Wood Heating / Re: The Daily Firewood Picture...
Last post by beenthere - Today at 11:01:24 PMMS362C
Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
I like the split wood rack you have fashioned. Looks simple and secure.
Leads me to wonder if some straight 2-3" diameter poles of limb wood or upper branch wood could suffice for the treated wood 2x4's stuck in the concrete blocks ??
Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
I like the split wood rack you have fashioned. Looks simple and secure.
Leads me to wonder if some straight 2-3" diameter poles of limb wood or upper branch wood could suffice for the treated wood 2x4's stuck in the concrete blocks ??
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 10:53:40 PMOne of them booster batteries can come in handy. But gotta be ready charged. 
I keep one on the buggy. I upgraded my battery to a heavier one because them small bike batteries last maybe 4 years. Them things that come with the buggy will barely turn over a buggy motor. With the heavier battery you barely have to touch it. 
I trickle charge my buggy battery all winter, I just installed it back into the buggy yesterday and went on a couple runs up on the snow covered road by the woodlot. The battery framework and strap works good, no mods to install it securely. It probably won't fit in a generator though, as they are pretty tight spaced. I keep the gen battery on trickle charger to. I probably got 7 years out of the original generator battery.
I keep one on the buggy. I upgraded my battery to a heavier one because them small bike batteries last maybe 4 years. Them things that come with the buggy will barely turn over a buggy motor. With the heavier battery you barely have to touch it. I trickle charge my buggy battery all winter, I just installed it back into the buggy yesterday and went on a couple runs up on the snow covered road by the woodlot. The battery framework and strap works good, no mods to install it securely. It probably won't fit in a generator though, as they are pretty tight spaced. I keep the gen battery on trickle charger to. I probably got 7 years out of the original generator battery. #4
Firewood and Wood Heating / Re: The Daily Firewood Picture...
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 10:44:13 PMNice buggy load. 
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Firewood and Wood Heating / Re: The Daily Firewood Picture...
Last post by Magicman - Today at 10:41:58 PMWelcome MS362C. Wonder what chainsaw you are using.
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Forestry and Logging / Re: What are you cutting 2025?
Last post by SwampDonkey - Today at 10:41:24 PMI can remember 40 years ago a logger thought he was going to put his road across dad's potato field (winter time), but it was going across where dad said it will cross. The guy had no legal right of way across that field to that piece of land he was accessing. The only legal way was to build a road down the crown reserve corridor which was all woods. So he was lucky he could even cross that field. Then in the end it was a rutted up and compacted hard mess about 3 times as wide by spring time that took several passes with equipment to bring it back. No wood or brush on it. The same kind of stuff would go on during hunting season only they would make their road on top of potatoes and no permission. It had gotten so bad that DNR now says anyone hunting needs a permit from the farmer. You no longer have to post Ag land here. Includes Christmas tree farms, orchards and reforestation tree plantations.
https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/nr-rn/pdf/en/Wildlife/HuntTrap.pdf
pages 8-9
https://www2.gnb.ca/content/dam/gnb/Departments/nr-rn/pdf/en/Wildlife/HuntTrap.pdf
pages 8-9
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Firewood and Wood Heating / Re: The Daily Firewood Picture...
Last post by MS362C - Today at 10:17:01 PM
New poster long time lurker, i have always enjoyed this thread!
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Forestry and Logging / Re: Timberjack 230/240 Owners ...
Last post by ehp - Today at 10:16:30 PMThing is you need to look at what model your talking about cause lots of differences between the letters behind the numbers , the newer the skidder the heavier it was built , bigger pins in blade and things . You can find parts at most parts store for a 230 or 240 , I got a 460D and have to buy parts from Johndeere . Another thing I have seen more than one person claim a 230 weighs close to 30,000 pounds , sorry but thats not even close , my 230A with cummins power and doors plus brandnew 23.1 by 26 ties is just less than 18,000 pounds, the 460D with 30.5 by 32 with single arch and winch is just under 34,000 pounds as where the machines sit when not using them has a govt 200,000 pound truck scale so can weigh them as many times as I like
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Forestry and Logging / Re: 5W-40 Synthetic Oil in JD ...
Last post by ehp - Today at 10:04:49 PMI make sure I got a good oil pressure gauge in machine , I run 5 -40 in winter and 15 - 40 synthetic oil year round , I'm fine with the 5-40 till my oil pressure is 20 pounds or less on idle which means its fairly warm out then switch to 15-40 , what I have to watch in the cooler weather but not winter is the oil pressure at startup cause with 15-40 I will be at around 100 psi which is pretty high
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Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. / Re: What kind of pine tree is ...
Last post by caveman - Today at 10:01:46 PMThis may help some differentiate between shortleaf and loblolly pines. WDH helped me and even left a shortleaf branch in a maple tree in the Perry, Ga Cracker Barrel restaurant parking lot one time. He had left to go to the Outer Banks to catch redfish and I was taking a forestry team to a national contest in Kentucky or Indiana (I don't remember the year). The little "mini craters" in the bark are a dead giveaway for the shortleaf.
I miss getting schooled up by WDH on dendro, but I am thankful to have this amazing resource to look back on for information and to revisit posts from him and others.
January 15, 2020, 08:43:47 PM
Yes sir. LobloLLy pine cones are about the size of your closed fist, maybe a bit bigger. Shortleaf cones are much smaller, about the size of a lemon or half the size of your fist. LobLLoly needles are 6" to 8" long, and are in bundles of three. Shortleaf needles are 3" to 5" long and are in bundles of mostly two's, sometimes threes, and they can be mixed on the same branch. Also, the bark of shortleaf pine has pitch pockets, lobLLoly bark does not. Pitch pockets look like little mini-craters, like the ones on the moon. They are small, about the diameter of a grain of rice. Check out the pic of shortleaf bark in this link and you will see some of the distinctive little crater-like pitch pockets.
The reason that I suspected your tree in the pic was lobLLoly was that the needles looked a bit too long to be shortleaf, but, the crown was a long way away in the pic, and I could be mistaken. Go look at the needles and see how long they are. LobLLoly needles are always in threes's, never two's. You will have mostly two's on shortleaf as well as some three's. Cone size is a dead give-away as lobLLoly cones are three times the size of shortleaf cones.
I miss getting schooled up by WDH on dendro, but I am thankful to have this amazing resource to look back on for information and to revisit posts from him and others.
January 15, 2020, 08:43:47 PM
Yes sir. LobloLLy pine cones are about the size of your closed fist, maybe a bit bigger. Shortleaf cones are much smaller, about the size of a lemon or half the size of your fist. LobLLoly needles are 6" to 8" long, and are in bundles of three. Shortleaf needles are 3" to 5" long and are in bundles of mostly two's, sometimes threes, and they can be mixed on the same branch. Also, the bark of shortleaf pine has pitch pockets, lobLLoly bark does not. Pitch pockets look like little mini-craters, like the ones on the moon. They are small, about the diameter of a grain of rice. Check out the pic of shortleaf bark in this link and you will see some of the distinctive little crater-like pitch pockets.
The reason that I suspected your tree in the pic was lobLLoly was that the needles looked a bit too long to be shortleaf, but, the crown was a long way away in the pic, and I could be mistaken. Go look at the needles and see how long they are. LobLLoly needles are always in threes's, never two's. You will have mostly two's on shortleaf as well as some three's. Cone size is a dead give-away as lobLLoly cones are three times the size of shortleaf cones.
