got a small load of firewood yesterday from Ericjeeper

[dsm382]

Thanks out to Ericjeeper. Took a little drive down to his place (only 14miles) in a short time we put a small load on my old chevy.
Nice place he has down there. and he has a hell of a big Beach for the GTG.
a buddy of his came over and we cut and split a load for Eric and hauled back to the house not sure he needed it though....he has a few stacks under cover already.
Thanks also to this site, without it I might not have stumbled upon Eric agian, had not seen him for almost 8 yrs, and i even need new windows to boot...
he also let me run one of his 'big' saws, well big to me... cut like hot knife through butter made my MS310 seem like a 'toy'.... guess i need to put that on the Christmas wish list, but chaps for sure will be here this time for sure...

Nice to get someone to do the splitin' for ya.

the right equipment shore do help

Eric cheats.....

thanks Eric

The baby loves to help unload

two rows 11 feet long so i guess the new side boards allow me to haul what almost 2.5 rick? or almost a full cord? so if i stack and pack tighter next time a Full cord is possiable... might need some new spark plugs first, almost did not make it home....

thanks again Eric

 

[AOD]

Nice work guys!

 

[bore_pig]

Nice to see a couple guys get together to help each other out. Can sure get a lot more done when not working by yourself!

 

[ericjeeper]

Did anyone notice who was doing the work?

Seems like I was the only one working. LOL>
You are welcome Dave. I remember many years back when I was needing some jeep body parts, you came through for me. Just paying it forward.

 

[dsm382]

Seems like I was the only one working. LOL>
You are welcome Dave. I remember many years back when I was needing some jeep body parts, you came through for me. Just paying it forward.

well someone had to take some pics
not a problem it all comes around don't it?...
now after a taste of the power of your saw, i need to get me one of those or something that size
I did split and stack another rick today, but it sure did take longer..

 

[bore_pig]

Noah, on Building a Jeep

Noah is a Jeep owner...and God comes back to check on progress after one year...

"Well, it's not quite finished yet, Lord. I decided to put some 38-inch Swampers under it for extra flotation, then realized that I'd get some rubbing on the gunwales, so I did some trimming on the side to fit the tires. But while I was under there, I saw where I could move the shock mounts up and get more travel, and figured since we don't know what kind of terrain we'd be coming back down to, I might want to make the modification. Well, it went ok, except that it made the rear suspension kind of spongy, so I decided to redo the 5-link in favor of some leaf springs...which is a whole 'nuther story. I had to rig up a new crossmember, and while I was at it, I put in a 2" body lift and replaced the stock crossmember with one that had better tuck, since I didn't know exactly how much higher the flood would go than the mountains, and I didn't want to get stuck on some awful mountain in Turkey or somewhere. So I go to do the body lift and then realize that the engine will need to be lifted, too, to resolve some drivetrain problems and also to keep the radiator fan out of the shroud. Then I realized, 'radiator fan? water crossing?', and I went ahead and took out the clutch fan and put an electric in. I also upgraded to a 3-core radiator. Since we were going to be over water so much, I also stripped the body down completely, in order to Rhino Line it, inside and also underbody. That took forever because of the the tamper-proof torx bolts, but I finally got the cage out and figured while I'm at it, I might as well do a complete six-point cage, but the local shop had nothing but rolled tube and I wanted DOM, so there was a delay there. So we get the tub put back together, the new cage in, and I saw that the underside was really unprotected, so I decided to add some armor. Made up some custom skid plates that attached to the new crossmember I'd made, and also some rocker protection that has built-in flotation devices...you know what that means: on-board air. Well, I scraped around in junkyards for a while till I found the right York compressor and fabbed up a bracket for it. Also got a K&N filter to move the stock airbox so the compressor would fit. Now I'm looking at all that armor I'd added (1/4" steel) and realize that the pitiful little 4 cylinder is not going to cut it with all that weight, not to mention all the animals and food and stuff, so I found a V8 that would fit (I figured that the DMV of all things would not be around after the Flood anyway, which is why I felt ok about doing a V8 instead of sticking with a stock motor), but I needed a new bellhousing etc. and realized that I might as well upgrade the transmission and transfer case at the same time..."

At this point God interrupts Noah, "That's ok, Noah. I figured this might happen, so I also enlisted your wife to help, and she's picked out a nice used Suburban that will do just fine. Just go on down to the dealer and pick it up and you..."

Noah breaks in, "yeah, okay ... and with some fender trimming and a body lift, I could fit some "35s" ... yeah that'll do ... and maybe put a winch on the front ... and"

God: "Uh, Noah?"

Yes, Lord?

Never mind!!!!

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[danrclem]

That is a good load. I sure wish that my truck would haul that much.

 

[dsm382]

That is a good load. I sure wish that my truck would haul that much.

and it's not enough, want to get a full cord in it, but might have to wait till i can trade on a 1ton dualy with taller sides.
with fuel prices i want to get as much as i can in one trip.....

Noah, on Building a Jeep

OH YEAH!!!!!!!

reminds me of a client i have that just wanted to remove the dual 4barrels on his '39 plymoth, and 8 months later had a new paint job, new interiour, new transmisson, ya get the idea

 

[wdchuck]

Way too much fun for two guys with machines.

Cab high load of rounds would equate to more wood once split, but that wasn't the program in this case. Or leaving the tailgate down and making your own setup to extend the box.

 

[ericjeeper]

LOL Yes but

Way too much fun for two guys with machines.

Cab high load of rounds would equate to more wood once split, but that wasn't the program in this case. Or leaving the tailgate down and making your own setup to extend the box.

My new speeco splitter sits higher and is a lot handier than DSMs low to the ground out back at his house splitter. LOL

 

[KMB]

The baby loves to help unload

She's a cutie!

Kevin

 

[dsm382]

My new speeco splitter sits higher and is a lot handier than DSMs low to the ground out back at his house splitter. LOL

yes, yes it is. plus i did not have to handle it twice this way
oh, and a rebuild of my splitter is in the future, get it off the ground.

She's a cutie!

Kevin

yes, yes she is as is yours.......thankyou. and she LOVES to help, and has her own gloves..

Helping me build the side boards.

helping clean up an apple in the front yard.
not sure how much longer she will 'want' to help, but i am enjoying her helping for now...

 

[toddstreeservic]

train em right when they are young and they will love to work even when they get old.