Author Topic: Hunting the elusive Michigan Pudding stone (Read 26653 times)

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #20 on:** June 16, 2008, 06:48:18 pm »

Why are those stumps so high

beenthere · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2008, 07:00:09 pm »

That puddingstone is interesting material. Prowled around a bit, and find it is referred to as St. Joseph puddingstone in your neck of the woods.

Also,
http://toadisland.tripod.com/drummond/pudding.html

Is there more info about it, that you know of, Jeff (the high stumper)?

Jeff · « **Reply #22 on:** June 16, 2008, 07:11:55 pm »

No puddin stone hunting today, just lots of clearing. Made some headway today.

high stumps are easier to remove there wasthere...

isawlogs · « **Reply #23 on:** June 16, 2008, 07:51:52 pm »

Harrold , those are for him to rest his derriere between cuttings

Ya heard of " pull yourself a stump ... " He is taking it litteraly

Jeff · « **Reply #24 on:** June 16, 2008, 08:19:27 pm »

low stumps aint easy to hook a cable to and they aint easy to push against with a dozer or pull over with a hoe. Harold, I never dreamed I'd have to explain such a thing to you.

isawlogs · « **Reply #25 on:** June 16, 2008, 08:32:47 pm »

Also makes counting the trees you cut much faster .

Corley5 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 29, 2008, 12:26:55 am »

You got some good ones

I brought home a biggun from the Pigeon River SF the other day to add to the collection.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #27 on:** June 29, 2008, 07:56:19 am »

I was taught, cut 'em low enough to drive over, and not snag taars, and they rot out faster. No need to have to push dirt to fill in the holes

Guess y'all like to do double-triple the work

Jeff · « **Reply #28 on:** June 29, 2008, 08:07:55 am »

I guess things are done differently in other places. Never seen a place yet where they build over top of stumps.

Reddog · « **Reply #29 on:** June 29, 2008, 09:28:05 am »

Quote from: Jeff on June 29, 2008, 08:07:55 am

I guess things are done differently in other places. Never seen a place yet where they build over top of stumps.

They don't have frost laws down south. Wait till he sees the holes you have to dig for foundations/footings.

thecfarm · « **Reply #30 on:** June 30, 2008, 07:28:17 am »

Building??? What are you building?? House-camp???

Jeff · « **Reply #31 on:** June 30, 2008, 08:14:11 am »

We're building a building site.

No definite plans for the actual building yet but our dream has always been to live in the U.P.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #32 on:** June 30, 2008, 11:25:55 am »

Guess y'all Northreners never heard of PILINGS for a deep solid base, for house support, or STILT Houses

Y'all GOTTA get out more.

Google up "Stiltsville", in the Biscayne Bay.

Jeff · « **Reply #33 on:** June 30, 2008, 12:32:06 pm »

Sure we heard of pilings and piers. That's how the cabin is built, on concrete block piers built on poured concrete feet. We still removed the stumps under it as why would you want to have rotting vegetation and wood under your home to attract insects and termites and such? You don't let the wind and snow and animals under your homes either so they are enclosed regardless of the foundation for sanitation and heating purposes. So, in retaliation, No coon dogs underneath, and no bug eaten floors to fall on them.

I figured a New Jersey Boy would have that all figured out.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #34 on:** June 30, 2008, 01:34:39 pm »

SPIKER · « **Reply #35 on:** July 03, 2008, 10:50:55 am »

nice looking stones there

we get conglomerates like that around here but more rare I guess. also they may not be good where heat can get to them. we (as kids) used to find them and use em as fire rings build fire then when good & hot toss them into water & watch em explode. if there were already wet they often exploded when heating up ... I have been collecting rocks for 3~5 years at my place to build outside BBQ use rocks for foundation & outer srfaces. will get a tile cutter and split a lot of the smaller fancy ones and maybe polish them as countertop

should be very nice if my back is ever fixed. (been stuck flat on floor for week and half now.)

mark M

Jeff · « **Reply #36 on:** July 22, 2008, 12:32:19 pm »

The week I originally posted this, Tammy had spotted what she thought was a big pudding stone in the rock trail, but by the time she caught up with me and we went back to look, we could not find it. Only a small patch of stone appeared and it probably got covered with dust when we passed it. This last week while on a ride with my sister, I found it. I dug around it a little and saw it was probably bigger then I could handle. The next morning I got up and announced that I was going to go get the rock. I was deemed crazy and touched and was told I was on my own. Not nothing new.

The following is a pictorial and videography of my catching up to and bringing the stone back, on my own. We are pretty certain that it weighs 1000 lbs+

I missed getting a picture of something other then in my mind, was the black bear that ran just in front of me on the trail as I set off to get the rock. That was just too Cool. Quite a surprise for him and me.

Getting the rock dug up was the first challenge, then out of the hole a bigger dilemma, then on to my little trailer another sort of challenge. I took pics on getting it out of the whole, and the videos are the attempts from failure to success on trying to get it on the trailer.