Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Long, long, time ago! Stamps at gas stations and food stores to keep you coming back!

 

[muad]

With the Blizzak tires and Steeda suspension the Mustang is a great car to make up time in when scooting to appointments this time of year. There are a lot of twisty/hilly roads.

Had 5 appointment yesterday.

I love RWD in the snow. I put some blizzak wannabes on the Vic (came with the car). Still need to install the Ford Tacloc, as it’s an open diff right now. Once thatMs in, she should work real good in the snow.

 

[svk]

I worked at a car dealership in college. My job was to fill the lot cars so I would get hundreds of stamps per week. One of the salesmen would try to shake me down for the stamps. Apparently he felt entitled to them LOL. The sales manager more or less told him, knock it off this is not socialism.

 

[Plowboy83]

Had to drive to the big (maybe medium) smoke today, came back and took this snap of a red gum that @Plowboy83 might like.

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Quite old and has probably dropped more branches over that time (as red gums do) than it has left.

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Imaginative name. 9.2m (30 feet) circumference makes for a diameter of 2.3m or 9.52 feet or 114 inches.

Better bring the big saw.

That’s awesome cowboy. Thanks for sharing

 

[U&A]

Fuel and oil changes are the killer for a diesel, I sold my f350 crew cab when diesel was just under $4, for a bit it was at 4.50 a gallon up here. The good thing is I was driving then and the speedway rewards program gave you .10 per dollar spent on fuel not per gallon(they changed it not long after lol), so I was filling the ford up every other week for free, the semi I was driving only got 4.8-5.2 mpg so I was racking up the points pretty quite.
I like the one in the picture, 5 speed with manual windows and steering, it does have A/C though . My old eg got much better fuel economy, I checked it over 8k and it got 38.56 mpg and I got on that little 1.5 L pretty hard, I liked it better except the red paint. I have a 2000 insight that I hope to get on the rd again some day, the lifetime average on the car is 54mpg, it's nice for chasing down saws and generators.
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There is definitely a huge savings driving something like that.

I have just seen TO MANY people die in a car crash that was not their fault for me to drive something small.

Just this week, at 4:30am i was on my way to work. A tractor trailer merged into my lane (i was passing on the left) and i was seriously inches away from him smashing me in between the concrete dividers at the median. Had to STAND on the breaks and i JUST made it out.

If i was taking a drink of coffee or even looking in my rear view mirror it would have happened.








Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[muad]

I wish my F350 was diesel. Instead it’s the 460EFI, which is a great motor. She’s at just over 200K and doesn’t use or leak any oil. But, she only gets 8-10MPGs, and I have to run at least 89, most of the time 93; otherwise I get spark knock. It has a banks power pack system (I/H/E), and my buddy thinks maybe it was chipped or tuned at one time. Hence needing premium.

Love the truck, at some point I dream of dropping a 6bt in it, and a manual trans.

 

[SS396driver]

Not sure if I posted this one in here.
Saw it over in Lansing the other day, big tree for sure.
The limb on the front left would take a 40" bar to clear above the branch that forks off .
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Looks like my ash that needs to come down over 5 ft at the trunk

 

[muad]

Looks like my ash that needs to come down over 5 ft at the trunkView attachment 797506 View attachment 797507

I’m gonna miss the white ash once it’s all gone. I have some small ones in my woods, but the bore gets them as soon as they get a few inches round.

It’s great wood. I kind of wished I had saved a good log to make some benches out of.

 

[svk]

Looks like my ash that needs to come down over 5 ft at the trunkView attachment 797506 View attachment 797507

You do not normally see an ash of that shape. I am wondering if it received some top damage as a sapling to cause it to branch out like that.

 

[SS396driver]

Love my CTD . Gets 13 - 14mpg towing . I've gotten 16+ empty and going easy . Really only use it to tow though. Only thing I've done to the engine is the water pump which is very easy to do. Can be done on the side of the road with minimal tools and about 20 minutes.

My everyday ride in winter is my XL7 27 mpg 4x4 with a six banger. This is my usual summer ride. It gets 13mpg with a 50 mph tail wind.

 

[SS396driver]

You do not normally see an ash of that shape. I am wondering if it received some top damage as a sapling to cause it to branch out like that.

Had a few like that . They were in open areas as this was an operational hay farm untill the early 40's then it became a fern farm for NYC flower shops . Untill the 70's . I have two stumps a little smaller that I cut down last summer had trouble dragging them with the kubota

 

[svk]

@MustangMike cut a couple of big ash trees for me up at the children's camp but they were all single leader or forked once a ways up. The one he had to cut from both sides with his ported 460 and 28" bar. That one made a lot of wood!

 

[chipper1]

There is definitely a huge savings driving something like that.

I have just seen TO MANY people die in a car crash that was not their fault for me to drive something small.

Just this week, at 4:30am i was on my way to work. A tractor trailer merged into my lane (i was passing on the left) and i was seriously inches away from him smashing me in between the concrete dividers at the median. Had to STAND on the breaks and i JUST made it out.

If i was taking a drink of coffee or even looking in my rear view mirror it would have happened.








Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

That would be "TOO MANY" .
You know those truck drivers just can't be trusted, but if you would have had a small car you could have just finished passing.
I know what you for sure, but I still enjoy driving my small cars. It is kinda odd, and it was real funny when I would get out of the semi and get into a small car.
I rely more on myself to keep out of the way of other drivers. Yesterday I had a guy coming at me when he passed in a turn(no asking zone), I didn't slow down at all, I think he'll hold out a while before trying that again .
I've seen a lot of stuff out on the roads, some stuff that made me not want to go to work the next day driving, freak things happen as well as just the unexpected, then there's the expected.
These were in the last week, semi just drove off the rd, no skid marks or nothing and managed to make it between the cables without hitting them.
The pile of cars off the rd would be explained by many as bad rds or distracted driving, I call it a lack of driving, people only know how to watch the car right in front of them and don't get the big picture of what's going on. When I was delivering drywall another driver would have to help me out sometimes, he hated riding with me cause "I never looked in front of me", but also said "somehow you always know what's happening".

I like the ford leading the way, c'mon guys , then the next two are rear wheel drive SUVs .

 

[svk]

Almost looks like there is a GTG going on in that last picture. Seriously hope nobody was hurt though.

 

[chipper1]

Looks like my ash that needs to come down over 5 ft at the trunkView attachment 797506 View attachment 797507

That is about as big as that one branch. That tree is massive, I wish I wasn't in a hurry as I would have gotten some more with the kids around it and the car pulled forward, there aren't to many that big around.

 

[U&A]

That would be "TOO MANY" .
You know those truck drivers just can't be trusted, but if you would have had a small car you could have just finished passing.
I know what you for sure, but I still enjoy driving my small cars. It is kinda odd, and it was real funny when I would get out of the semi and get into a small car.
I rely more on myself to keep out of the way of other drivers. Yesterday I had a guy coming at me when he passed in a turn(no asking zone), I didn't slow down at all, I think he'll hold out a while before trying that again .
I've seen a lot of stuff out on the roads, some stuff that made me not want to go to work the next day driving, freak things happen as well as just the unexpected, then there's the expected.
These were in the last week, semi just drove off the rd, no skid marks or nothing and managed to make it between the cables without hitting them.
The pile of cars off the rd would be explained by many as bad rds or distracted driving, I call it a lack of driving, people only know how to watch the car right in front of them and don't get the big picture of what's going on. When I was delivering drywall another driver would have to help me out sometimes, he hated riding with me cause "I never looked in front of me", but also said "somehow you always know what's happening".
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I like the ford leading the way, c'mon guys , then the next two are rear wheel drive SUVs .
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Trust me. There was no time to finish passing regardless of the car. I was doing 63 and he was probably doing 60. [emoji6][emoji1303]


Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[chipper1]

Almost looks like there is a GTG going on in that last picture. Seriously hope nobody was hurt though.

A ditch gtg, one way to make new friends lol.
I never saw an ambulance and I headed a good bit further to the west so that's a good sign, but it still makes for a rough day for all involved.

 

[svk]

I am glad that I live out in the sticks now. 11 miles of secondary paved roads from home to work. **** can still happen but it won't happen at 75 MPH with cars 4 wide and umpteen deep.

When I lived outside of Minneapolis I saw a number of accidents and many more that slowed up both sides of the road due to rubbernecking. And even saw rubber neckers get into accidents.

 

[muad]

Looks like may get my wish. 4-6 inches of snow on the way. I sure hope we get all of it and more.

Hoping for a level 3 so I can stay home and play in the snow with the kids

 

[svk]

We have some crazy weather here. Nearly at freezing point yesterday, 20's overnight. Now the wind has picked up and it's on it's way to -22 overnight. Then looking at a high of 40 next week.