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Was out sitting on the porch and got to see old toothless, earless Tom cat catch n kill a gopher. Didn't think the old fart had it in em.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Seems a bit harsh, but I guess they must have deserved it.
Choose your friends carefully @James Miller
I wanted to say... I mean a cabin w/o a fireplace??
but, alas... maybe its a fishing cabin. or? and other purposes prevail. not everybody has to have 7 wood burning fireplaces...
fast fwd a week down here. same thing. off n on... but when on, same feelings!
today... X 3
great wood for cooking...
That's the biggest problem I have with the stihl mix, it makes it look like stale gas, the other thing I'm not a fan of is the smell, but if I have it I run it!
I know a guy who would use 10/30 oil in his saws, I'm not talking 20 yrs ago, the last time I saw him do it was 2 yrs ago in a 372XT. He's very hard on equipment
I use the Ultra and like it, but I mix a gallon at a time. no old smell, saw likes it... so I like it!
lol, right! straight gas, straight truth!
mowed couple days ago. rains been a lot past week or so... afternoon showers, just enuff to keep grasses green n growing... then after mower stowed... noticed a section I had not mowed!
oh well...we slow down, but never get to put the equipment up for winter!... one way or another I mow year round in town...
temps, up n down...
sure do! I have a 'bolt cart'. sae bolts, mm bolts, lock, flats, sae nuts, mm nuts, metal screws, etc. 40 years in the collecting. not really a collector, or scrounger... sometimes I keep something for the fasteners... but I just don't toss any out! and then there are all the 8-32 sized stuff, too. 6s and 10s etc. and then containers of this n that, old fasteners... and then there is the nails cupboard... I rarely have to go out and buy nuts n bolts!
some times... I do have to hunt for it! lol... especially the small stuff, but I usually find it sooner or later. most of the small stuff recently got reorganized for more efficient searching...
like the Triumph 75o Bonneville I am helping a friend resurrect to running condition. hasn't seen light of day in over 5 years. 'someone' who will not admit to it... bumped it in rear. broke lens and bent bracket and lost one of lens screws. I took it, and found 2 new matching in my small stuff... nice cadium plated. test nut screws on all 3 nicely! guess they will do...
it took to being cleaned, washed and out in the day light quite well...
I have an old, barely id'able mechanix creeper with old punky wood... I burned some of it today... but won't toss it out, wheels off long ago... 'cause there are some nice 1/4 x 2o bolts, washers n nuts all over it... 
ok, 9 pages is enuff. ez to get behind, but interesting to catch up. well, try... almost 1:30 am. I did get some of my scrounged wood of late, cut up for campfires... pretty happy about that...
some old oak, side pieces...
no wood, no campfires...
ez to get behind, but interesting to catch up. well, try... almost 1:30 am. I did get some of my scrounged wood of late, cut up for campfires... pretty happy about that...some old oak, side pieces...
no wood, no campfires...
then went down the road few houses and cut up most of a 10 cu ft bucket. city stuff... it rains oak where I live...
my lil Echo chugged along with the focus of a 'point man'... not as quiet, though...
this wood is a bit hard, but it cut it just fine...
chain still sharp from last sharpening. I hand file my chains... sure can tell the dif. always put off til... then fresh again... omg, nice! "why did I wait?"
this wood is a bit hard, but it cut it just fine...
chain still sharp from last sharpening. I hand file my chains... sure can tell the dif. always put off til... then fresh again... omg,
nice! "why did I wait?"
We're getting to the end of the burning season now, prolly just a few more weeks of morning/evening fires. With the ash factor not being an issue now, I'm burning a combo of yellow box bark and black locust. Works well, keeps us warm....and shovel out the heater every third day 
. But that's ok at this time of year.
The yellow box bark is quite thick and heavy (for bark). Quite a few BTUs in it for what it is.
. But that's ok at this time of year. The yellow box bark is quite thick and heavy (for bark). Quite a few BTUs in it for what it is.
You're a good man, Kiwi. It is a shame to see all your painstaking work not come up quite as good as you had hoped but I'd bet folding money that they'll still be stoked to see it and won't see the imperfection you see. No-one is anywhere near as critical of their art as the artist.
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