Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[muddstopper]

Well F, I just typed a long post and it disappeared before I hit summit. If that don't turn a smile upside down.

As I was saying, my 2018 ford escape with only 12,700miles on it took a crap yesterday. Took it in to dealer for a oil change, inspection and tire rotation and the service manager tells me he needs to keep the car overnite to do a pressure check. Pressure check what?, Said the car was low on coolant and he wanted to find where the water went. Today he calls and said the engine block is cracked and they would have to replace the short block. While I am glad they caught the problem while everything is still under warranty, I have lost all faith in the dependability of the car. Internet search's revealed the 1.5 engine has had a lot of coolant leak problems, but usually not until around 50k miles and over. they gave me a loaner car, 2017 fusion, but my wife didn't like it so we headed down to the dealer to see what else they had since they would have to order a short block and then install it so I knew I would be driving the loaner for a few weeks. We discussed the fears we had about reliability issues possible with a know engine problem and decided to just trade the car in for a new one. They where giving $5000 off sticker on new 2019 and they had one that was the exact same color as the 2018 we where trading in, but with a 2.0 engine and it was AWD, our 2018 was only 2wd. So half a day at a dealership buying a car we hadn't even thought about buying this morning when we got out of bed, but here is a firewood picture to keep on topic, sort of.

 

[KiwiBro]

How's the building going, muddstopper?

 

[muddstopper]

How's the building going, muddstopper?

Havent even bought a 2x4, spring is just around the corner.

 

[chipper1]

Well F, I just typed a long post and it disappeared before I hit summit. If that don't turn a smile upside down.

As I was saying, my 2018 ford escape with only 12,700miles on it took a crap yesterday. Took it in to dealer for a oil change, inspection and tire rotation and the service manager tells me he needs to keep the car overnite to do a pressure check. Pressure check what?, Said the car was low on coolant and he wanted to find where the water went. Today he calls and said the engine block is cracked and they would have to replace the short block. While I am glad they caught the problem while everything is still under warranty, I have lost all faith in the dependability of the car. Internet search's revealed the 1.5 engine has had a lot of coolant leak problems, but usually not until around 50k miles and over. they gave me a loaner car, 2017 fusion, but my wife didn't like it so we headed down to the dealer to see what else they had since they would have to order a short block and then install it so I knew I would be driving the loaner for a few weeks. We discussed the fears we had about reliability issues possible with a know engine problem and decided to just trade the car in for a new one. They where giving $5000 off sticker on new 2019 and they had one that was the exact same color as the 2018 we where trading in, but with a 2.0 engine and it was AWD, our 2018 was only 2wd. So half a day at a dealership buying a car we hadn't even thought about buying this morning when we got out of bed, but here is a firewoodView attachment 787070 picture to keep on topic, sort of.

That's happened to me before too . Sometimes I just reload the page and it's all there .
Bummer about the car, but at least you are at a point in life where you have options.
I had to search the internet to figure out what wipers my little Honda hatchback took today, the little book that was in the store didn't go back to 97 .
My options today with the car where 2 wipers and a couple gallons of husky juice(orange windshield wiper fluid ).
Nice pile of wood, should be a few Btu's in there.

 

[chipper1]

I managed to get another row of wood I split into the woodshed today. Now there's about 2/11's of next yrs wood in there. I wanted to make sure I got something done before the nasty weather coming, real pleased with what we got done, the kids did great today.

Found a little something in a round of cherry when I split it, it's obvious that whatever "necking" they were doing it's working .

Pulled them apart a little so you can see it's two.

 

[abbott295]

That's a good load of wood for an Escape. With the new one or the old one?

 

[MustangMike]

Pulled them apart a little so you can see it's two.

That is one bullet with the lead core separating from the copper jacket.

 

[chipper1]

That is one bullet with the lead core separating from the copper jacket.

No, its not!

 

[muddstopper]

That's happened to me before too . Sometimes I just reload the page and it's all there .
Bummer about the car, but at least you are at a point in life where you have options.
I had to search the internet to figure out what wipers my little Honda hatchback took today, the little book that was in the store didn't go back to 97 .
My options today with the car where 2 wipers and a couple gallons of husky juice(orange windshield wiper fluid ).
Nice pile of wood, should be a few Btu's in there.

Yea, sometimes reloading the page works and sometimes it don't.
I kind of got to give a thumbs up to King Ford in Murphy. How often does a oil change result in a full inspection that could find a potential cracked block in a engine that wasn't even overheating. Someone in the shop must have a very good eye for details. I have bought several new vehicles from King Ford over the years. They have always given me the best price and have been great to deal with. I am a True blue Chevy man when it comes to hotrods, but I have had nothing but good luck with fords for the family car. Most would have well over 200k before getting rid of them and only major repair up to now has been a timing belt on a 2001 escort, I bought new at Kings Ford. My grandson is still driving that car and it has well over 300k miles on it. Heck it had 290k on it when I gave it to him. I don't do as much driving now as I did when I worked. We bought the 2018 in Dec of 2017 so it was just over a year old and we had driven it only 12,000 miles. When I worked, I could put 1000 miles a week on a car. 3 or 4 years and a car was worn out and wouldn't bring nothing as a trade in. This one should last me until I am at least 75 yrold, might even get it paid off by then. LOL

Whoops, forgot the on topic firewood pic.

 

[muddstopper]

That's a good load of wood for an Escape. With the new one or the old one?

 

[svk]

High of 6 tomorrow but I will be making firewood from my neighbor's blow downs. I figure if I can get through January with scrounged wood then I will definitely have enough in the pile to get till spring. Or if we get some more mild weather I will keep on scrounging and save that stuff for next year!

 

[Haywire]

Whoops, forgot the on topic firewood pic.
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Looks like either your camera or the operator were drunk in that pic!

 

[Haywire]

Not much snow this year so far, but the kiddo's been wanting to get the sled out for a rip. The good 'ol Tundra will climb over anything, so we cruised the old logging road up behind the house. Lot's of good scrounge up there.

 

[muddstopper]

Looks like either your camera or the operator were drunk in that pic!

Not going to confirm or deny the possible consumption of any type of alcoholic beverage during the taking of that picture

 

[svk]

Not much snow this year so far, but the kiddo's been wanting to get the sled out for a rip. The good 'ol Tundra will climb over anything, so we cruised the old logging road up behind the house. Lot's of good scrounge up there.

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Nice pics. What towns are you near? I spent time in Bigfork last summer.

 

[chipper1]

Looks like either your camera or the operator were drunk in that pic!

It was perfectly clear to me .

 

[Haywire]

Nice pics. What towns are you near? I spent time in Bigfork last summer.

West of Kalispell

 

[svk]

West of Kalispell in a little area called Kila.

Nice, not too far away. I bought my cowboy boots and some antique cast iron pans in Kalispel.

 

[Haywire]

Nice, not too far away. I bought my cowboy boots and some antique cast iron pans in Kalispel.

Cool. I worked as a canoe guide in Ely for a summer back in '98. Is that anywhere near you?

 

[svk]

Cool. I worked as a canoe guide in Ely for a summer back in '98. Is that anywhere near you?

Yup, an hour away!