Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[hunt4570]

Every time I wear chaps I have wear suspenders to hold them up from dragging on the ground, I thought it was (one size fits most), I'll look for the high water chaps next time.

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA Good one OP..

 

[hunt4570]

Anyone here ever heard of fatwood stumps?? I wonder if Rick knows.

Rick knows all man!!

 

[Oldpath05]

The latest fad in fire starting, you can buy a 25 lb box from Bean's for the low, low price of $39.95. (plus shipping) Fatwood Box Or you can get a wooden, recyclable box for just 54.95... of course it only includes 10 lbs of wood.

We commoners simply use cedar or pine, finely split. Add a little newspaper and the fire is just as warm.

It comes from the stumps of old pine trees, preferably which have been struck by lightening.
The retired forester who first showed a piece to me called it "ghostwood", he carried a piece in his pocket for an emergency fire starter. I doubt that he bought it though, more likely he dug it out of the ground.

Guess I'm a commoner to cause that's how fires are started here, I wouldn't got that in a million years, you must get out more then I do. Maybe it's called ghost wood in October only.

 

[John_Mc]

The first pair of chaps I ever purchased was like that. I mistakenly thought the length measurement was an inseam measurement, In fact, most measure from the belt line to the bottom of the chaps. (Chainsaw pants do go by inseam measurement.)

I thought Labonville changed that crazy size system. I got bit by it too.

I thought every brand of chaps used that crazy size system.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Thanks for your reply! I'll look them up.

I just looked them up. Place is called Southern Traditions.

 

[John_Mc]

Not really a tractor, but it will be used like one on occasion:

I bought this 1952 M37 Truck a couple of weeks ago - mostly to have a vehicle with some character to drive around on local trips and occasionally take in the woods to grab firewood.

I'll be fixing up or replacing a few things on it, but the intent is to keep that "it's been around the block a few times" look, not to have a showpiece. Still need to figure out how I'm going to address the fact that it has a pintle hitch, and all of my trailers are set up for a 2" ball.

I like that it still has the fold-up troop transport seats in the back. I may look in to adding the hoops and canvas top over the back. The current tires are 11.00x16 which are a few inches oversized for this vehicle. I'll probably eventually switch them back to 9.00x16 which was the stock size,

 

[hunt4570]

The latest fad in fire starting, you can buy a 25 lb box from Bean's for the low, low price of $39.95. (plus shipping) Fatwood Box Or you can get a wooden, recyclable box for just 54.95... of course it only includes 10 lbs of wood.

We commoners simply use cedar or pine, finely split. Add a little newspaper and the fire is just as warm.

It comes from the stumps of old pine trees, preferably which have been struck by lightening.
The retired forester who first showed a piece to me called it "ghostwood", he carried a piece in his pocket for an emergency fire starter. I doubt that he bought it though, more likely he dug it out of the ground.

So its a pine tree that dies and remains standing , don't think it matters how it died,. all the sap settles back down into the stump and super-saturates it. Not sure about the latest fad thing, its been in use for millennia.. or something. Its just a matchlight thing no paper needed, works nice. I have 4 stumps harvested off my land here, one my tractor struggled with picking it up to move it... and now I want to process it and I'll have a lifetime supply of it to start my fires with.

 

[Jstpssng]

So its a pine tree that dies and remains standing , don't think it matters how it died,. all the sap settles back down into the stump and super-saturates it. Not sure about the latest fad thing, its been in use for millennia.. or something. Its just a matchlight thing no paper needed, works nice. I have 4 stumps harvested off my land here, one my tractor struggled with picking it up to move it... and now I want to process it and I'll have a lifetime supply of it to start my fires with.

That may be the case, but it's only been recently that kindling was commanding premium prices from mail order companies.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I bought this 1952 M37 Truck a couple of weeks ago - mostly to have a vehicle with some character to drive around on local trips and occasionally take in the woods to grab firewood.

Hey nice truck- I think it will fit the bill for what you describe nicely. Looks in good shape too. You could replace the pintle with a receiver then do pintle or ball. Not exactly stock but close. Have fun with it.

gg

 

[hunt4570]

That may be the case, but it's only been recently that kindling was commanding premium prices from mail order companies.

Yeah, that could be although I've seen it listed with Bean for a long time.. never bought any. And now its free out in my woods.