At Home In The Woods

[PAGUY]

Obed - time to spend more of your money. You need one of these.

Truck Bed Cargo Unloader

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I need to get me one of those Do-rags, they make some with a cooler built in where you put it in the fridge or freezer. Not sure how those work.

Do-rag is superior to turban. (sp?)

 

[Larro Darro]

Plus with the do-rag, you get to sport the Willie look.

 

[Shutesbury]

I recently bought several 'cooling towels' on a daily deal type site. I cut one into strips, that doubled over, wrap around my forehead nicely. They really work well, pulling away sweat and giving great evaporative cooling. If there's the slightest breeze, your forehead feels chilled.

Just search for 'cooling towel' and you'll see descriptions like this: Dampen this synthetic space age towel to create a cooling aid significantly coler than ambient air. Advanced PVA material activates easily and quickly when run under water for one minute. Super-evaporative; Wear for hours, or wipe off for quick relief. Simply re-wet the towel to reactivate. Reduces the effect of heat stress and fights fatigue; Machine Washable

For now, I've been using a long rubber band to hold it in place. I plan to sew the ends together at some point, but haven't yet. They sell just premade headbands, but for the price, I went with a 4 towel set.

Paul

 

[MotorSeven]

I need to get me one of those Do-rags, they make some with a cooler built in where you put it in the fridge or freezer. Not sure how those work.

Do-rag is superior to turban. (sp?)

Dual purpose,,,,under the helmet in the summer & keep it wet for cooling. Under the helmet(switch to a all leather one) in the winter to contain as much heat as possible. Both just plain work.

 

[dave1949]

Remember this guy? Floyd R. Turbo.

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[dave1949]

I think I have one of these somewhere. Good stuff for really nasty cold weather.

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[Obed]

Obed, I didn't see that mulch pile on Google earth pic of your place???? I'll have to go back and check. Haha just kidding!! ;-)

clemsonfor,
I'm working on a cloaking device for our place. So far, I am only able to cloak the mulch pile.
Obed

 

[Obed]

Obed - time to spend more of your money. You need one of these.

Truck Bed Cargo Unloader

Paguy,
I've seen those but didn't realize they were so cheap and didn't realize they could just be strapped onto the tailgait without installing something. Hmmm... I'm sure I will be getting more mulch. If that thing really works, it would be worth the cost to me for just one pile of mulch. Thanks for the tip.

Obed

 

[Obed]

Obed - time to spend more of your money. You need one of these.

Truck Bed Cargo Unloader

Paguy,
I've seen those but didn't realize they were so cheap and didn't realize they could just be strapped onto the tailgait without installing something. Hmmm... I'm sure I will be getting more mulch. If that thing really works, it would be worth the cost to me for just one pile of mulch. Thanks for the tip.

Obed

I just noticed that the $40 HF model is for compact pickups. Northern Tools has a full-size truck model for $110. I have to consider a little harder at the $110 price.

 

[clemsonfor]

i heard that they wont come close to unloading firewood or gravel, mulch?????

 

[CurlyDave]

I just noticed that the $40 HF model is for compact pickups. Northern Tools has a full-size truck model for $110. I have to consider a little harder at the $110 price.

Around here, I can get 15 yards of anything delivered for $75, plus the cost of the mulch. If I need a lot of anything: sand, gravel, or mulch this is the way to go.

 

[Bill 55]

I am not familiar with that one, but I have a Load Handler that I have used to unload gravel, crushed limestone, leaves, and firewood. Has always worked great for me. I can unload about a ton of stone in a couple of minutes. If you have a driver you can spread rather than dumping in a pile. You can't use it with the spray, or paint on bed liners, but they also sell a slick pad to make it work with those liners and rusty or wood beds. Little more money but I have used the heck out of it. I think I paid $114 at Loadhandler.com

 

[Obed]

I added some shingles to the round firewood stack.

 

[ENG18LT]

Obed that stack of wood is amazing. I am going to go back and reread the posts about the building of it. Supposed to keep the wood from the weather better as I recall, correct?

 

[Larro Darro]

The wood pile reminds me of making quick lime from oyster shells. I burned a few shells, just to see how the lime mortar worked. My rick was much smaller than the one pictured. This one was at Colonial Williamsburg. I used a round rick like theirs, but it was only about waist high and three feet across.

 

[clemsonfor]

Glad to see you posting again.

I too did a bit of splitting and stacking yesterday. I personally think i am way behind on my wood work. I need to get in gear.

Dont get me wrong i have at least 2.5 cords maybe closer to 3 i cant remember in my shed for this winter that was cut and stacked mostly over a year ago. I also have close to 3 cords cut and split for the future. But my goal is to be burning 3 year cut adn split wood so i still need about 3 cords before say february to feel good.

 

[Obed]

Obed that stack of wood is amazing. I am going to go back and reread the posts about the building of it. Supposed to keep the wood from the weather better as I recall, correct?

Lee,
They have been using round firewood stacks in Europe for centuries. I don't know if they actually work better than a straight stack. Round stacks have some benefits.

You can throw all the irregular sized logs in the middle without need to stack. This is my favorite reason.
You can build a "roof" over the top with logs to shed water.
You can stack the wood in a smaller space than a long straight stack.
It is easier to stack the wood high without it falling over.
I find the round stack more attractive and interesting looking than a straight stack.

Obed

 

[Obed]

The wood pile reminds me of making quick lime from oyster shells. I burned a few shells, just to see how the lime mortar worked. My rick was much smaller than the one pictured. This one was at Colonial Williamsburg. I used a round rick like theirs, but it was only about waist high and three feet across.

I never heard of that. Of course we don't have a lot of oyster shells in Tennessee.

 

[Obed]

Glad to see you posting again.

I too did a bit of splitting and stacking yesterday. I personally think i am way behind on my wood work. I need to get in gear.

Dont get me wrong i have at least 2.5 cords maybe closer to 3 i cant remember in my shed for this winter that was cut and stacked mostly over a year ago. I also have close to 3 cords cut and split for the future. But my goal is to be burning 3 year cut adn split wood so i still need about 3 cords before say february to feel good.

Yes, I'm still behind. I wonder if I will ever catch up. We didn't burn much wood last winter while my mother was living with us. That helped.
Obed