Recent content by Loaderman22

My preferred strap are these I get from Lodi Metals. They have the wire hooks, but also a "free range" steel loop that is just around the webbing, not sewn into a loop or anything. This allows them to slide the entire length of the strap. I loop the strap around whatever I'm hauling and the...

YES, he's the "tillerman".

But yet here you are fishing for comments on a specific only to Andrew Camarata Thread...

I have learned something, as I had heard this from a lot of what I thought were reliable sources.

Especially with a screen name like Fuddy Duddy!

Yes 100%! Cut out a chunk from the vine, chopping against the tree trunk, that way the vine doesn't swing around and hit you. I use a machete set aside for just P.I. again, not for me, but for the wifes protection. It will heal itself if the ends of the cut are still touching, so removing a...

I would never burn it, but I'm sure in one of the bigger burn piles there was a vine or 2 mixed in. Occasionally I'll get wood dropped off from a tree guy, some of those have vines and I just assume they're from P. I. so I remove it during splitting hoping that its all dried up before my wife...

We could digress and talk about the rattlesnake instead if you want!!!

I have heard from many places that you cant get it on the palms of your hands since the skin has too thick of a dead skin layer (aka callouses) and its not susceptible to the oils in the same way. However that doesn't say that you can't get it between your fingers, or anywhere else you touch...

I don't get Poison Ivy, don't think I ever did. I used to grab the vines with my bare hands and pull it off the trees, never even thought about it. My wife gets it, so now I've been more cautious and have a system, that I don't touch anything once I come inside after exposure, I put my clothes...

A bit off the OP's topic, but in the late 90's we had a couple top handle style Huskys that absolutely ran circles around anything else. Don't remember much about them except it was the first I had heard of a Husky, 1st time seeing those bright orange cases, sounded like a 2 stroke dirtbike...

There is a Youtuber that wondered something similar, so he decided to do an experiment. He took a IBC tote in his pickup and went to the local weigh station for a baseline. Then he loaded the tote with freshly cut and split "green" Red Oak & Cherry and went back to weigh it. I don't remember...

I cut my openings even wider, I go one more vertical and have had no issues. That being said, if you plan to stack them, I would not remove the opening like I do.

I hear ya! Yes it's not as effective as bucking it up, but the pieces are 6' to 8' long only, and every little bit helps. It was 84°F yesterday, too hot for me to be bucking logs. I still have to move the rest from down by the road up to the house, which will likely take thru Sunday. We'll...

A couple reasons: -the Maple is very green and the hickory is very heavy, I just don't want to lift it when it's this wet. - no rush since I won't be burning it this winter anyway -keep my crates open for this winters wood, if I split it, it's going in crates, not on the ground just to be...