SteveSS
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It's like an island paradise here then. We were twice as warm this morning at 7:00 with 14F. Warmed up to 20F by the time I left the house.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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It's not the cold, but the wind that gets you.
Snowshoeing in -40 with no wind is glorious. Provided you've got the right clothing. And you've got the woods completely to yourself.
Snowshoeing in -40 with no wind is glorious. Provided you've got the right clothing. And you've got the woods completely to yourself.
SteveSS
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Lot's of fun there. I have a 6" barreled 17hmr revolver that I take pot shots at the ground hogs with.
When I was cutting last week it was zero and windy. Did all of the work in a hooded sweatshirt. Being able to work full bore and not overheat rules.
Now that's fun right there!
zogger
Tree Freak
To me, it is now official polar vortex weather, even if they aren't calling it that yet!
So..I started hitting the official polar vortex stash, ash and oak. It's winter, yaaa! This is my put aside pure good stuff.
And some bonus pics!
Another winter change for me is the lake builds up enough, I have to uncover the overflow pipe. I leave a rock in front of it or the beavers plug it up. Uncovered during the day, rock in place at night. This will last until late spring usually. First "whoosh" was yesterday. It makes a spectacular little series of waterfalls later on when it gets even deeper.
So..I started hitting the official polar vortex stash, ash and oak. It's winter, yaaa! This is my put aside pure good stuff.
And some bonus pics!
Another winter change for me is the lake builds up enough, I have to uncover the overflow pipe. I leave a rock in front of it or the beavers plug it up. Uncovered during the day, rock in place at night. This will last until late spring usually. First "whoosh" was yesterday. It makes a spectacular little series of waterfalls later on when it gets even deeper.
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Nothing wrong with redundancy in saws , I have 3 50cc saws , 6 6occ saws , 2 70cc saws , most being same models and various others LOL
Makes it easy for spare parts because one part fits many .
5* tonight with the wind thrills of -15*
I'll be burning a pile of scrounged wood for this week for sure .
Makes it easy for spare parts because one part fits many .
5* tonight with the wind thrills of -15*
I'll be burning a pile of scrounged wood for this week for sure .
Well , here's my thread derail for the week .
Around lunch time I had a first time customer needing a ride home so I driver her home , she needed to get in the house so she took her keys ,went up her steps , unlocked the door , turned around , came down the steps but somehow missed the last two or three steps .
I heard a crack when she hit bottom ---------------------- "Phuck , that's not good'' is what popped into my mind , I jump out of the car , at least she didn't hit her head but she's in a ton of pain , leg and back , I make her stay there , ask her a bunch of questions that I've heard once or twice and make sure she's coherent , go in the house , find her phone and call 911 , grab a couple of blankets and a small pillow off of a couch on the way out and cover her up because it's windy and cold and wait for the ambulance , I helped her with her cell phone , made sure she could call who she needed , I find out she's a widow , has an autistic daughter but at least she has some family close , went and got her phone charger and put that in her purse , got her meds and set the thermostats in the house when the ambulance got there .
Just before the ambulance got there and after all her calls were done she's laying in the driveway , looks at me and says "I don't even know your name ..."
I much prefer Saturday's in the woods .....
Hope you guys had a calm day .
I talked to the person that helps with the daughter just before supper , broken ankle and a possible broken tailbone .
Scrounge on ladies and gentleman but remember that it don't take much to get sidelined .
Around lunch time I had a first time customer needing a ride home so I driver her home , she needed to get in the house so she took her keys ,went up her steps , unlocked the door , turned around , came down the steps but somehow missed the last two or three steps .
I heard a crack when she hit bottom ---------------------- "Phuck , that's not good'' is what popped into my mind , I jump out of the car , at least she didn't hit her head but she's in a ton of pain , leg and back , I make her stay there , ask her a bunch of questions that I've heard once or twice and make sure she's coherent , go in the house , find her phone and call 911 , grab a couple of blankets and a small pillow off of a couch on the way out and cover her up because it's windy and cold and wait for the ambulance , I helped her with her cell phone , made sure she could call who she needed , I find out she's a widow , has an autistic daughter but at least she has some family close , went and got her phone charger and put that in her purse , got her meds and set the thermostats in the house when the ambulance got there .
Just before the ambulance got there and after all her calls were done she's laying in the driveway , looks at me and says "I don't even know your name ..."
I much prefer Saturday's in the woods .....
Hope you guys had a calm day .
I talked to the person that helps with the daughter just before supper , broken ankle and a possible broken tailbone .
Scrounge on ladies and gentleman but remember that it don't take much to get sidelined .
Well it's a good thing you were still there.
Ambull01
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Took me a while to figure out a .17hmr was a gun. I got chainsaws on the brain.
Yes, what's that quote again. Two is one and one is none or something like that.
I thought this post was going to turn into an X rated blow by blow report.
All that in a very short period of time Ambull and not my first rodeo with someone I don't know on the ground waiting for an ambulance .
dancan, sorry to hear about that, at least you were there to help, if not she could have froze. Good to hear there are good folks around.
My wife slipped on some iced up concrete where it met gravel, snapped 1 leg bone and fractured other. Not a pretty picture. But that was about 2 years ago and no ill effects now. Stay safe and keep scroungin
My wife slipped on some iced up concrete where it met gravel, snapped 1 leg bone and fractured other. Not a pretty picture. But that was about 2 years ago and no ill effects now. Stay safe and keep scroungin
I guess I had to decompress a bit LOL
You know we always talk about being safe in the woods or when running saws but this happened in front of me on a clear and sunny day , no snow or ice in the driveway or steps , no tripping hazard or loose stepboards and no alcohol involved in a familiar to the lady environment .
You know we always talk about being safe in the woods or when running saws but this happened in front of me on a clear and sunny day , no snow or ice in the driveway or steps , no tripping hazard or loose stepboards and no alcohol involved in a familiar to the lady environment .
1project2many
ArboristSite Guru
There's fraud, and then there's Certified Fraud...
take the heavy power wire off of the alt. charge battery. do this in the evening.. next morning, if the batt is up, bad diode in the alt....[/QUOTE]
You can do even better than that. There should be no current draw through the alternator. If you connect a test light in series with the alt it shouldn't glow... not even a little.
Good quality drums and rotors make a big difference in stopping. The parts sold at Advance Auto are ok, but good brands like Bendix, Wagner, and even Centrix can perform much better over time. The quality pads are better, too. We've tried bunches of shoes for the rear of our 1 ton dually buses but we've settled on Delco as the best for the longest. Stop and go driving really heats up shoes and the Delco parts are the only ones that last. You might also look into using parts from a light 3/4 ton van. Sometimes they fit in without too much work. Larger spindles and rotors will make a big difference.
The biggest issue is the design of the front brakes. They're called "quick takeup" brakes and they resist fast brake applications like crazy.Believe it or not, if you switch to a master cylinder from a '95 van then most of the issues will go away.
Dancan... wow! What a mess, huh? Glad to hear you were close enough to call help.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Hey make sure that big red wire you unhook doesn'tfind chassis ground. Oh and good luck with your motortucked in under the cab. Ambull, do you own a multimeter?
Wildwinger
ArboristSite Member
Different type of scrounge but a score nonetheless.
My coworker's dad is moving into assisted living. He (my coworker) doesn't do any wrenching/woodworking and only one of the grand kids spouses wanted any tools from grandpa. He asked me to go over and take a look. Now there's no "you suck" scores but tons of good stuff. I got a nice weber gas grill with three 20# cylinders, bench grinder, two work tables, collapsing saw horses, probably 50 pounds of bolts/nuts/screws, a half of a 5# coffee can worth of drill bits and enough stuff to fill a 6.5' box plus the inside of an extended cab truck. I'm invited back to get as much as I can take this week before the cleaners come and trash everything that is left.
This is like adult trick or treat.
My coworker's dad is moving into assisted living. He (my coworker) doesn't do any wrenching/woodworking and only one of the grand kids spouses wanted any tools from grandpa. He asked me to go over and take a look. Now there's no "you suck" scores but tons of good stuff. I got a nice weber gas grill with three 20# cylinders, bench grinder, two work tables, collapsing saw horses, probably 50 pounds of bolts/nuts/screws, a half of a 5# coffee can worth of drill bits and enough stuff to fill a 6.5' box plus the inside of an extended cab truck. I'm invited back to get as much as I can take this week before the cleaners come and trash everything that is left.
This is like adult trick or treat.
Now you can be an old phart too! I don't know how the younger generation will survive without metal coffee cans and glass baby food jars . . . .
Philbert
Philbert
