I found out where Thumbpicker rode his Harley.....

VonBonfire said:
Florida summers can get a little long and I say that as someone who is a fan of endless summer. You're looking at early-mid march until late october/early november 90+ degrees and very humid. When it first cranks up you ask yourself "how am I going to make it through this summer?" The only time I really wore a shirt was to buy beer at the store. :LOL:
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"No shirt, No shoes, No beer"
 
Monkey Man said:
I'll take Florida's winter temps any day of the week.
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I spent many Christmases opening gifts with 70 and 80 degree temps outside. It's really nice there in the winter. I'm thinking about catching a flight to see my old man come Nov or Dec when it's cold here.
 
Monkey Man said:
Oh I know bro'. It's the winters down here that are killing me, especially seeing as I can't afford heating.

House gets down to 10ºC on-average, with my record being 4ºC (fridge temp) for a week.

I'll take Florida's winter temps any day of the week.
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It's when I'm thankful for my wood furnace, throw a few more logs on the fire and open the damper a little more...serious heat.
And "logging" is damn good exercise.
 
84superchamp said:
It's when I'm thankful for my wood furnace, throw a few more logs on the fire and open the damper a little more...serious heat.
And "logging" is damn good exercise.
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Just finishing my coffee and headed out to cut a few trees down myself. I'm behind the curve this year. I have some wood already stocked but I need more. I got an oak blocking my view and a cedar that has been dead for about five years. Cleaned out the stove and chimney pipes yesterday and did a little maintenance on the glass window. It was getting loose. @Dan Gleesak thinking of you while I haul that wood uphill this a.m bro, lol
 
VonBonfire said:
Just finishing my coffee and headed out to cut a few trees down myself. I'm behind the curve this year. I have some wood already stocked but I need more. I got an oak blocking my view and a cedar that has been dead for about five years. Cleaned out the stove and chimney pipes yesterday and did a little maintenance on the glass window. It was getting loose. @Dan Gleesak thinking of you while I haul that wood uphill this a.m bro, lol
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I enjoy wood cutting. Splitting & stacking is usually the easiest part but my horizontal splitter requires lifting....i got out my engine hoist to lift the big sections onto the splitter and once they're halved, i can handle them.
Hey, happy lumberjacking VB!
 
84superchamp said:
I enjoy wood cutting. Splitting & stacking is usually the easiest part but my horizontal splitter requires lifting....i got out my engine hoist to lift the big sections onto the splitter and once they're halved, i can handle them.
Hey, happy lumberjacking VB!
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Thanks superchamp. I do enjoy it too but it's still hot as blazes out. Usually I try and do it during the cooler part of spring but I was busy finishing tracking for a record so it got put on hold.

One hour, one tree. Cut and hauled and I stacked the small branches for burning. Helps having the saw ready to go the night before. I can only dream of a woodsplitter, it's all by hand, which means some of the larger live oak rounds never get split. It's amazingly tough (and heavy) and some of the pieces that are gnarled, which is most of them, almost shatter more than they split. The cedar splits easy, like pine, so I been transitioning to mostly cutting cedars the past few years. I've found when it's split and dried out it burns more efficiently than I previously had thought.
 
VonBonfire said:
Thanks superchamp. I do enjoy it too but it's still hot as blazes out. Usually I try and do it during the cooler part of spring but I was busy finishing tracking for a record so it got put on hold.

One hour, one tree. Cut and hauled and I stacked the small branches for burning. Helps having the saw ready to go the night before. I can only dream of a woodsplitter, it's all by hand, which means some of the larger live oak rounds never get split. It's amazingly tough (and heavy) and some of the pieces that are gnarled, which is most of them, almost shatter more than they split. The cedar splits easy, like pine, so I been transitioning to mostly cutting cedars the past few years. I've found when it's split and dried out it burns more efficiently than I previously had thought.
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Amazing differences in wood "texture" when it comes to splitting. Tried some green sycamore trunks about 30 inches diameter & gave up, like splitting wire mesh. Will let it sit a few months. Maple is easy, have a lot of those but cedar is rare, too many uses for it before it becomes scrap (firewood).
And the projects that will happen someday....this might be a clock:
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Monkey Man said:
Oh I know bro'. It's the winters down here that are killing me, especially seeing as I can't afford heating.

House gets down to 10ºC on-average, with my record being 4ºC (fridge temp) for a week.

I'll take Florida's winter temps any day of the week.
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I sleep with the window open in the middle of the winter for strength
 
japetus said:
I sleep with the window open in the middle of the winter for strength
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Strength indeed.
I like it chilly too but getting out of those warm blankets to pee every 1 1/2 - 2 hours is a frosty experience. 😫
 
japetus said:
Lmao, there is no shame in getting your prostate checked, its only gay if you get a boner
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Heh heh, i suspect there are some members here trying to schedule 3 - 4 urologist visits per year.
 
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