lmbrman
stumped
I heard from a guy that he cuts his pockets out so they dont catch chips and dust
-and he's always got sumptin to play with
-and he's always got sumptin to play with
Laundry Machine vs Woodchips
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The wifey makes our laundry soap. borax, baking soda, and grated castille soap?(the castille may be sumthin else its her recipe and she went to bed... might be some sniffy junk in there too???) gets most everything out in the first go, diesel is pretty hard to get rid of though, that and kerosene, so generally after changing filters or draining fuel tanks (hope i never have to do that again...) is when I get the double warshing, but most times every thing comes out nice and clean, and at a fraction of store bought detergent prices. did I mention we're cheap bastards as well...:biggrin:
Rounder
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Chips in the house must mean we're making lots of money.........That's what I tell my wife anyhow...........
c5rulz
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I have heard about that to, the guys name was Dave.:rolleyes2:
c5rulz
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I don't know about wood chips and the washing machine. But two weeks ago I ran 2 five gallon pails of golf balls through the wash along with bath towels for scrubbing action. Worked great!
Of course it was the day before the wife was getting a new washer too.:jester:
Of course it was the day before the wife was getting a new washer too.:jester:
lmbrman
stumped
so, when she is gone you scrub your balls?
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
Its not so much the chips, its the black oil lines and smudges. A gallon of bar oil a day slung off the saw has to go somewhere. All my work stuff gets washed seperate. Then a load of towels to follow. When I'm ####in around with hydraulic leaks she gets ugly. I just replaced the water pump on my washer and all the lines are about 1" so chips will run right through. Its that sock at the end you gotta watch. Forgot to change mine a couple of weeks ago and she dropped into the drain and plugged er right up. The basement floor got a bath. Oh yeah clean out yer lint trap! Thats my real fear!
Hammer- I fold wash too although I really try to avoid it. I'll take the dishes, scrubbin the can, or sweepin the floor any day!
Hammer- I fold wash too although I really try to avoid it. I'll take the dishes, scrubbin the can, or sweepin the floor any day!
treemandan
Tree Freak
Our newer HE washer will suck hot water when set on the cold cycle, our 20 year old maytag didn't do that.
If you pull out the agitator on most washers you will see a screen under there that may get clogged with chips and is easy to clean.
As far as sticking anything with fuel on it in there: DON'T DO IT!
Sometimes I just wash my #### with degreaser in the utila-tub. Simple Green, Purple Power, Lysol,etc. You can use that stuff in a machine too. Sometimes I have to run an empty cycle of bleach and baking soda through the machine.
My favorite is when I pay for something and end up leaving a pile of chips on the counter.
If you pull out the agitator on most washers you will see a screen under there that may get clogged with chips and is easy to clean.
As far as sticking anything with fuel on it in there: DON'T DO IT!
Sometimes I just wash my #### with degreaser in the utila-tub. Simple Green, Purple Power, Lysol,etc. You can use that stuff in a machine too. Sometimes I have to run an empty cycle of bleach and baking soda through the machine.
My favorite is when I pay for something and end up leaving a pile of chips on the counter.
We are getting domestic again! http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/220545.htm
I don't have the space, but if I did, and I regularly had clothes like that, I might think about hooking up a second, old washer to keep the logging clothes separate from the 'unmentionables'.
Started using a permanent lint trap several years ago. Shown here installed, with a spare (sorry for the sideways photo). About $8 at a local home center. Works good. Has hole in the top to prevent overflow.
Philbert
A trick someone taught me for washing rags was to place them in a bucket in the laundry tub, under the washer discharge hose. It pre-washes them for a few cycles with the slightly used (but much less dirty) wash water.
Philbert
The fuel in the warsher isn't so bad, besides if it catches on fire then insurance will bail me out of an upside down loan...:msp_w00t:
fuel and gasoline in gas fired dryers is a no no, but we're running ellectrickity... so house is still standing...
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
What happens? I've been doing it for years with no problems. Diesel, gas, all kinds of oils....
tennis ball full of silver nitrate is far more impressive...(approx. 1/4 stick of tnt) ah the good ole days before the alphabet soup goons cracked down on reservation fireworks...
Humptulips
ArboristSite Guru
My god loggers are getting prissy now a days, :censored: laundry.
Many a logger I've worked with solved this problem by never washing their work clothes. Tin pants don't get washed. Why should anything else?
Is kind of bad though when you wake up in the morning with a headache and still wearing your riggin clothes. Must have been fun though, if I could only remember.
Many a logger I've worked with solved this problem by never washing their work clothes. Tin pants don't get washed. Why should anything else?
Is kind of bad though when you wake up in the morning with a headache and still wearing your riggin clothes. Must have been fun though, if I could only remember.
Humptulips has a point. I asked a hooktender about his laundry method. I got a blank stare and then, "Wash riggin'pants? No, or only once in a while at a laundramat."
But he wasn't a faller god. I assume you have to be immaculate. :msp_biggrin:
But he wasn't a faller god. I assume you have to be immaculate. :msp_biggrin:
Immaculate? Sure. Every Monday morning for about fifteen minutes. :msp_biggrin:
HuskStihl
Chairin'em for the sound
My problem is the socks. I wear long ones and pull 'em up over my pants to look really cool, but more importantly keep the fire ants out (they really suck and have an annoying habit of making giant mounds at the base of trees). The chips just brush off my work shirts and pants, but not the socks. I've started just keeping my working socks seperated. My wife got one of those high efficiency, front loading machines, but it wouldn't get the diesel stink (which I like BTW) out of the clothes, so I re-hooked up the old one.
Three observations:
1) I absolutely cannot believe this thread exists
2) I am either extremely jealous or very concerned that 4x4 has the need for a dedicated "lingerie machine"
3) I am 100% not joking about this, I am beginning to think Philbert may be the smartest man in the world
Good luck with your washing machines you manly men you
Three observations:
1) I absolutely cannot believe this thread exists
2) I am either extremely jealous or very concerned that 4x4 has the need for a dedicated "lingerie machine"
3) I am 100% not joking about this, I am beginning to think Philbert may be the smartest man in the world
Good luck with your washing machines you manly men you
4x4American
Got Sawdust?
hey now...i dont got a dedicated lingierie machine, so dont be jealous or concerned. as for warshing my work clothes, they're the only clothes i got, so I warsh em every so often.
careful yer spelling is starting to slip a little, its permanent ya know...
