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Finally my wife cleaned up the tree work I did. I drop, cut and limb it and she complained about having to split and stacked it. What is a guy to do? Took her over 3 days, one day it did snow and rain, so guess it only took her 2 days.IMG_20200411_152316783.jpgIMG_20200409_094943389_HDR.jpgIMG_20200409_094956402_HDR.jpg
 
Scouted out teh willow clear cut job at Von's this morning. That huge willow will come down but it looks to be rotten at bottom and will probably bind the bar if I try to undercut. I'll tackle it with the 441/32" and teh 362/28" as back up. May wind up as a "beavver job" tojust whittle it down fromthe back side.

Upside is many brush piles to be burnt, a coupld of them huge. I'm getting up a burn party for Monday or Tuesday.
Back home and laid into the big knots, chunks, etc ugly pile. Noodled the whole lot. Saw fired right up for me but I had it warming up in the sun before even trying to pull it....Forgot to try the decomp valve though. I need to get in the habit of using it.

Legs felt like two very weak rubber bands time the noodle job was done. Obviously I am not ready for any serious work yet.
 
Funny, every time I say something about not buying Chinese products everyone just wants to say it's how a world economy is.
Whatever, people choose what they are supporting with their $.
I know what I choose and have for many yrs, and it certainly isn't china!
For years the mantra has been about comparative advantages so that resources move to the areas around the globe that are most efficient at producing specific products. I've argued for almost two decades with all-comers about this. It has merits but the opportunity costs and comparative disadvantages are never considered enough in the race for the almighty dollar. It's nowhere near as simple as who can produce the cheapest or the fastest or the most.

I got thrown out of an economics lecture because I was holding up about 80 people from learning whatever BS they were trying to feed us without scrutiny. Aparantly, asking questions many were thinking but too afraid to ask is considered disruptive. Never went back, failed that paper.
I'm convinced the change needs to come from the ground up, not top down. But the resistance to that change will be enough for serious unrest. Also, if **** gets serious enough people won't be rebelling against the system, they'll simply demand the heads of a few bad actors and concentrate instead on survival. Under the hood, the system that is failing us in many aspects of our lives will remain unchanged.
 
2 more loads of ash.
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2 loads of miscellaneous kibbles and bits. Dumped some of it by the OWB to use tonight.
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Figure I've done over 45 wheelbarrow loads in 2 weeks working here and there on it. Always used 9 loads = 1/2 cord as my ballpark estimate. That would be over 2.5 cord and that's right about where it stacks out to be with some already being burned.
 
A few weeks back when I started using the new NorTrac loader, I checked the hydro oil and added 2 quarts. THEN, I asked. I had the loader up and 3 point up, So a lot of oil was in those cylinders. I should have put everything down when I checked the oil. Now, I have a pretty steady drip from the weep hole in the bell housing. Do you think I over filled the fluid?
 
Been isolating in my garage working on the kitchen table. Hevea or rubber wood as identified by Kiwibro. I think the walnut stain makes it highly valuable! Lol. Just have to wait now until I can put a clear over top.
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Looks great . I wood use a nice wax on it .
 
2 more loads of ash.
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2 loads of miscellaneous kibbles and bits. Dumped some of it by the OWB to use tonight.
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Figure I've done over 45 wheelbarrow loads in 2 weeks working here and there on it. Always used 9 loads = 1/2 cord as my ballpark estimate. That would be over 2.5 cord and that's right about where it stacks out to be with some already being burned.
I love ash . How many wheelbarrows would this be. :oops: trailer was dragging 20161220_150101.jpg
 
Grey day with a little bit of snow in the air. I’ll probably do some projects in the garage since it’s not real nice out.
Was a perfect sunny day most the day down here. Getting pretty gray now.
A few weeks back when I started using the new NorTrac loader, I checked the hydro oil and added 2 quarts. THEN, I asked. I had the loader up and 3 point up, So a lot of oil was in those cylinders. I should have put everything down when I checked the oil. Now, I have a pretty steady drip from the weep hole in the bell housing. Do you think I over filled the fluid?
Probably. My old tractor is pretty forgiving. But if its weeping out a vent hole er someplace less desirable. Sure don't want to contaminate the clutch! But it may be you found where to look for your leak.
 
County doesn’t mind you taking it?
No they really did a great thing . They set up the piles on county land and it was free for any county resident to take . I got about 18 cord from it . Approx 6 ash and the rest was black locust. Ny has been cracking down on public workers loading their own vehicles on local or state time so all the wood is dropped in one area. Funny the county guy was a little pissed I was taking all the locust
 
No they really did a great thing . They set up the piles on county land and it was free for any county resident to take . I got about 18 cord from it .

The shire council next to ours did the opposite a few years back. They dropped 100s of trees along the powerlines, placed them in a big pile and torched the lot :angry:. They were some of the best species of trees going - yellow box, grey box, ironbark. Don't know if it was public liability concerns (yet in other shires the council has done what your county did and said "come and get it, first come, first served"). It might have even been jealousy - shire guy's not allowed to take it so he makes sure no-one else can either.
 
A few weeks back when I started using the new NorTrac loader, I checked the hydro oil and added 2 quarts. THEN, I asked. I had the loader up and 3 point up, So a lot of oil was in those cylinders. I should have put everything down when I checked the oil. Now, I have a pretty steady drip from the weep hole in the bell housing. Do you think I over filled the fluid?
You probably did Joe. Loader down and 3 point down. I'd try and drain a bit off.
 
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