Do I buy a battery powered chainsaw, or a battery powered reciprocating saw.
Plain Truth said
01:33 PM Jun 26, 2018
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Shhhesh . If he has a chain saw doesnāt mean heās going to flatten the forest out there . People go the nark on things these days like we donāt care or have any idea . Modern age . Go for it . One good thing is battery can be shared with other complianceās . Btw Itās STILL exercise., Enough to keep arthritis at bay it hope . Itās all about enjoying life .
Your are right,some people just don't have any idea.
If you look at the photo of the fire the ladies still have their jackets on,it is quite cold,also there are 10 of us sitting around sharing the fire.
Also the Park has stopped logging,and the Park Managers are clearing lots of the river sites of trees for campers,and also taking out lots and lots of widow maker overhead branches.So heaps of wood for campers.
Disclaimer, No Living Tree was cut down for firewood.
iana said
01:52 PM Jun 26, 2018
With regard to the cutting and splitting of logs/forest discussion, I think both sides have merit, an un-caring chainsaw operator could do a lot of damage out there, and so I would hope we are all acting responsibly, (here's me saying that and I haven't tried it yet!), and I have split plenty of red gum, it can be split with an axe, depending on the log size and its texture, you just cut it across the rings, i.e. around the circumference, and its ideal for a cooking stove. All nighters need to be long and split across the middle (radially), either with a Canadian, or an Australian log splitter, they are different, a different angle on the head, or by using a wedge and sledge hammer.
As for the choice between a reciprocating saw, or a battery powered chainsaw, there seems to be equal arguments either way, perhaps angling towards the chain saw.
I have also committed the cardinal sin, by posting this on Wiki Camps, and the response there is also the same.
Mike Harding said
01:54 PM Jun 26, 2018
Plain Truth wrote:If you look at the photo of the fire the ladies still have their jackets on,it is quite cold,also there are 10 of us sitting around sharing the fire.
Actually, I'm really impressed by the four camp ovens! I have one Bedourie camp oven and find that quite enough for a cook of my abilities to cope with, don't think I could manage four! :)
One thing I have discovered is that you need the right wood for camp ovens; quite a bit of the Vic High Country wood is not dense enough for C/O cooking, redgum and mallee roots are ideal.
Doing the occasional meal in a C/O gives me enormous respect for the drover's cooks who would travel ahead of the herd each day but have to find good wood and get the camp ovens on to feed 10/20/30? hungry, tired and dirty men by sundown and such men would not take well to being kept waiting!
Edit: typo
-- Edited by Mike Harding on Tuesday 26th of June 2018 01:56:46 PM
Your are right,some people just don't have any idea.
If you look at the photo of the fire the ladies still have their jackets on,it is quite cold,also there are 10 of us sitting around sharing the fire.
Also the Park has stopped logging,and the Park Managers are clearing lots of the river sites of trees for campers,and also taking out lots and lots of widow maker overhead branches.So heaps of wood for campers.
Disclaimer, No Living Tree was cut down for firewood.
As for the choice between a reciprocating saw, or a battery powered chainsaw, there seems to be equal arguments either way, perhaps angling towards the chain saw.
I have also committed the cardinal sin, by posting this on Wiki Camps, and the response there is also the same.
Actually, I'm really impressed by the four camp ovens! I have one Bedourie camp oven and find that quite enough for a cook of my abilities to cope with, don't think I could manage four! :)
One thing I have discovered is that you need the right wood for camp ovens; quite a bit of the Vic High Country wood is not dense enough for C/O cooking, redgum and mallee roots are ideal.
Doing the occasional meal in a C/O gives me enormous respect for the drover's cooks who would travel ahead of the herd each day but have to find good wood and get the camp ovens on to feed 10/20/30? hungry, tired and dirty men by sundown and such men would not take well to being kept waiting!
Edit: typo
-- Edited by Mike Harding on Tuesday 26th of June 2018 01:56:46 PM
Four Camp Ovens.
1, for two roast chickens.
1,for roast lamb.
1,for spuds,pumpkin and onions.
1,for sprouts,beans and carrots
Breakfast next day,Bubble and Squeak.