Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[firebrick43]

I want that in my Caddy.

Why???, caddy wouldn't go anywhere, the frame would be on the ground.

Had to go look that engine up. It's huge! This comes from a guy that makes 6000 hp Diesel engines. Ours turns over at 900 rpm instead of 600. Ours leave the factory on a rail car or a semi and trailer with up to 20 axels if the gen is attached and is still smaller than that old beast

 

[mainewoods]

Way to go ambull, they can't say "no" until you ask.

 

[Marshy]

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A church right down the street from me had a tree cut down in their parking lot. The remains have been lying on the ground for about a week. I'm going to ask them if I can cut it up tomorrow or Sunday. They'll probably say no though for liability reasons. Also going to ask a homeowner about 5 houses down about a stack of wood sitting in their side yard. It's been sitting there in rounds since the summer. They also have really large rounds sitting in the same disheveled manner that the tree service left it. Weeds are growing all over it. Jeez, people should have a little more respect for free heating fuel.

Might want to reconsider cutting it up on sunday, apparently its a big day for them or something...

 

[Marshy]

Why???, caddy wouldn't go anywhere, the frame would be on the ground.

Had to go look that engine up. It's huge! This comes from a guy that makes 6000 hp Diesel engines. Ours turns over at 900 rpm instead of 600. Ours leave the factory on a rail car or a semi and trailer with up to 20 axels if the gen is attached and is still smaller than that old beast

Yup, only thing this engine would fit into is something on rails. It was paired with a generator and installed as a skid. It is 600 rpm 4-cycle diesel and has a 13.5" cylinder bore and 16.5" stroke. The turbocharger is 18" diameter. Any pictures I get will be just parts of the engine and not the whole thing. Its in a room and I couldnt even get half of it in one picture. The interesting thing is this starts and runs smoother than most normal automotive engines.

 

[Ambull01]

Might want to reconsider cutting it up on sunday, apparently its a big day for them or something...

After church silly. It could be their Christmas present to me

 

[Marshy]

No disappointments here.
Here are the valve covers looking over the top of the engine. As you can see it's about 20' long and each side has it's own platform on the side to be able to walk down the length of the head.

Valve cover off you can see the rocker arms, valve springs, half of the injector with the red cap...

Here is a cylinder head removed and the top of the piston.

Head bolt torque on this is over 1000 ft lbs.

Here a picture of a con rod, my hand for scale. Yellow blocks are counter weights.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Nice Marshy!

 

[SteveSS]

Very cool, Marshy!

 

[wudpirat]

I saw one about as big on a diesel sub many years ago. iirc it was a 16 cylinder and it was long.
The old sewer pipes reaked of diesel, not like the fresh air we had on the carrier.
I went aboard to watch a movie. They strung a bed sheet across the mess deck and half the crew sat on each side of the "screen". I got the side where every thing was backwards. Got to look through the periscope, that was neat.
There's more to this story but that's for another time.

 

[Axfarmer]

We had some good weather today and I got to split a little. I hope to get a few more cords done in the next couple of days.

 

[UpOnTheHill]

We had some good weather today and I got to split a little. I hope to get a few more cords done in the next couple of days.View attachment 386466

More pictures of that power king please!

 

[Axfarmer]

More pictures of that power king please!

UpOnTheHill, here you go sir.

 

[UpOnTheHill]

Very nice, thank you. I don't know a whole lot about them, but I've always liked the looks of em. They seem simple and easy to work on. I've seen a lot of attachments for em on the net.

 

[dancan]

Another few sticks scrounged up and added to the pile today
I had spotted a couple of leaners this fall but they were too far in to go snatch with the van so I waited ....... LOL
Went out today with the Bota and drug them out

So I drove the Bota to them and drug them out .

While not my favorite place to block up wood , I junked up what I drug out , went home and got my trailer , returned and drug the rounds home and got it all split before supper

 

[Axfarmer]

Very nice, thank you. I don't know a whole lot about them, but I've always liked the looks of em. They seem simple and easy to work on. I've seen a lot of attachments for em on the net.

I have had about 6 of them in all types, dual trans, loader.3pt hitch. They are pretty rugged for their size. I only use this tractor to move my splitter. I have a few more tractors too.

 

[MuskokaSplitter]

My first go at milling...ill have some more pictures tomorrow.

 

[zogger]

first ever load, red oak, on the zogger bogger MkI

 

[mainewoods]

That Kubota sure beats the way you used to do it,eh Dan?

 

[dancan]

Yup Clint , it sure does LOL
But , that sled haulin sure caused me a ton of pain but a world of good
The tractor would not have gotten me to where I am today .
I guess now I'll have just make a much larger sled

 

[MustangMike]

MecanicMatt is having some computer trouble, so he asked me to post this pic of his work with the Fiskars today: