Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Brushes must be going out in the plow motor. I whacked it with a wrench and all is well again.

 

[MustangMike]

That is why they call the hammer "the fixer"!!!

 

[turnkey4099]

That is why they call the hammer "the fixer"!!!

Everybody needs a BFH in the toolbox.

 

[turnkey4099]

Well..bugger it. Changed oil in the splitter yesterday, running fine, did my two loads of big rounds. This morning fired it up, split half a load of rounds and motor slowed way down smoking badly. Shut it down. Now WTF?. Close examination showed that some A-hole had left the dipstick out of the hole and motor now froze up.

Off to North 40 or Home Depot in the morning for a new splitter. Not much more than the cost of a new motor and shop time to install it and I need it NOW.

 

[cantoo]

Harry, let it cool down and try it again. See if you can spin if backwards by hand at least a little. Sometime you get lucky and it's only a light seize. You got nothing to lose.

 

[hamish]

That is why they call the hammer "the fixer"!!!

I refer to it as the up and down wrench!

 

[Short timer]

Good luck brother, ticks are the freaking worst!

They say if you remove the tick within 24 hours you will not get it … I just think I've been lucky. I've removed several of them, but have never come down with anything.

If you are bit, they used to give you some antibiotic as a preventative, but they don't do it anymore. Too many antibiotics have other negative effects.

If you make your illness resistant to antibiotics w/o getting rid of it, you are in real trouble.

I treat my clothes with permethrin.

I’m in the woods/fields a lot and haven’t had lymes, yet, and it’s pretty bad here in NJ.

https://sawyer.com/products/permethrin-insect-repellent-treatment/

 

[H-Ranch]

I refer to it as the up and down wrench!

I'm partial to the "Crescent hammer".

 

[Jeffkrib]

New Year’s Eve, 42c (108f) here in Sydney.
Anyone like to swap some of our heat for your cold!

 

[NElogger]

New Year’s Eve, 42c (108f) here in Sydney.
Anyone like to swap some of our heat for your cold!

You could send about 20° to Nebraska! We are -3°c right now before windchill!

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[Jeffkrib]

Sounds good +20 coming your way..... the deal is swap +20 for -20.
But how do I know if I can trust your going to honour your end of the deal

 

[NElogger]

That could potentially be difficult beings I haven't been able to leave my house for 2 days because of the blizzard!

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[MechanicMatt]

https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/hvo/d/brewster-veermeer-50-skidder-with-3-4/7023627530.html

What do you guys think?

 

[MustangMike]

I thought you already had a job … and a tractor?

 

[MechanicMatt]

I thought you already had a job … and a tractor?

I have a great job, pay wise anyways, but my tractor has no front bucket and no winch. Thinking about getting a winch that slides into the hitch receiver and some cable, but then hell for a couple more bucks..... could have a toy to get all the wood I and Kent will ever need and can use it to open the trails all up at the cabin

 

[MechanicMatt]

Use your imagination Uncle Mike....

Just imagine opening up that old trail from Warrens to ours, the deer would use it as a highway. Think about all the firewood we could get..... that thing is less then you paid for your quad!

 

[MustangMike]

But it would take a long time to make it to Joe's, and my ATV will skid anything that is up at my property. (since it has been logged, there are no huge trees).

A front loader would be nice! Doesn't Bill have a tractor with a front loader you can borrow?

 

[MechanicMatt]

Uncle Mike, your quad is not gonna skid those cherry trees I dropped when opening up the shooting lanes....

and Billy’s loader is a toy JD, glorified garden mower

 

[KiwiBro]

Got this mo-fo table upright again and another coat on it. Mitre not perfect but acceptable. Will try a flood coat on it tomorrow and see what happens.

 

[turnkey4099]

Harry, let it cool down and try it again. See if you can spin if backwards by hand at least a little. Sometime you get lucky and it's only a light seize. You got nothing to lose.

I'll give it a try but I seriously doubt it. It was really smoking and hot, barely able to keep going on wide open govenor.