Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Logger nate]

Happy Independence Day to you too Mike! And everyone. Very thankful for our veterans and the freedoms we have!
Trailer looks good Steve, looks like a great set up with the ramp to roll rounds into trailer.

When these fall out does it mean it’s time to replace the brakes? LolWas going to bring some wood home after work Friday but decided I better not, auto transmission and hills and bad brakes and all

 

[svk]

Happy Independence Day to you too Mike! And everyone. Very thankful for our veterans and the freedoms we have!
Trailer looks good Steve, looks like a great set up with the ramp to roll rounds into trailer.

When these fall out does it mean it’s time to replace the brakes? LolView attachment 1000785Was going to bring some wood home after work Friday but decided I better not, auto transmission and hills and bad brakes and all

You got every last mile out of that one! That’s how mine usually look too. Those Chevy trucks love to munch the inside front pad even though the caliper moves freely.

 

[sean donato]

Happy Independence Day to you too Mike! And everyone. Very thankful for our veterans and the freedoms we have!
Trailer looks good Steve, looks like a great set up with the ramp to roll rounds into trailer.

When these fall out does it mean it’s time to replace the brakes? LolView attachment 1000785Was going to bring some wood home after work Friday but decided I better not, auto transmission and hills and bad brakes and all

You still got life left in that one.... just get the welder out and build it up .
On a serious note, your dam lucky. Had that happen on my old 07, 3500 dodge service truck. Caliper locked up. Hit the brakes, pedal went about half limp then came back after a few pumps. Awful screeching noise. Made it back to the shop. Pad was long gone on the one side and had the pistons worn halfway through. Was glad the truck was stick and had an exhaust brake. I had 4 c-15 engines on the trailer behind me. Was about 5 miles from the shop when it happened. Just limped it home.

 

[Philbert]

That process seems to have a lot of redundancy... i.e., examining each tooth repeatedly and grinding individual teeth on multiple passes. Hand filing I generally touch a tooth once and go on to the next one until a side is done and then I do the other side. I don't mark anything as I can tell by looking at the teeth whether they've been filed. Upon a final inspection I may touch a tooth or two again if it doesn't look like I got the tip well but it is a rare exception to the "touch it once" approach. Anyhow, as long as we all get to the same final result it doesn't much matter how we get there as long as it's repeatable!

One big advantage of a grinder is ‘evening up’ a chain where the teeth are at different lengths and angles due to to ‘casual’ filing. Not as much of an issue with experienced filers, but really helpful when I receive ‘problem chains’ to get a fresh start, with consistent lengths and angles.

That said, if only a few teeth are damaged from a rock, nail, etc., I will often grind / sharpen the majority of teeth to a common size, then go back and clean up the damaged cutters to a shorter length.

The shorter cutters may not cut as much for a few sharpening cycles, but eventually, the other cutters will ‘catch up’. I feel that this helps gets the most value / life out of the chain.

If a lot of cutters are messed up in one section, it might be worth keeping the good part as a ‘donor chain’ to repair other damaged loops.

Philbert

 

[GrizG]

One big advantage of a grinder is ‘evening up’ a chain where the teeth are at different lengths and angles due to to ‘casual’ filing. Not as much of an issue with experienced filers, but really helpful when I receive ‘problem chains’ to get a fresh start, with consistent lengths and angles.

That said, if only a few teeth are damaged from a rock, nail, etc., I will often grind / sharpen the majority of teeth to a common size, then go back and clean up the damaged cutters to a shorter length.

The shorter cutters may not cut as much for a few sharpening cycles, but eventually, the other cutters will ‘catch up’. I feel that this helps gets the most value / life out of the chain.

If a lot of cutters are messed up in one section, it might be worth keeping the good part as a ‘donor chain’ to repair other damaged loops.

Philbert

For sure the condition of the chains before sharpening is a major variable... What I see while at the saw shop where my son works is amazing.... not good amazing, but amazing nonetheless. Their chain sharpening guy grinds everything heavy from what I've seen and heard. As a contractor he's not concerned with chain life, only with getting the chain done fast. Me personally, I end up with different tooth lengths with consistent angles over time as a function of damage (rocks, dirt, steel, hard knots, banging the chain on something hard [like the vice] and bending a tip). As long as I actually sharpen all teeth on both sides they throw nice chips and cut straight. No stroke counting... the condition of the tip and gullet solely influence how many strokes are taken.

 

[chipper1]

Hi all.

Got home Saturday night. Sunday morning I had to go pick up the big dogs from the kennel (we took the little girl with us) then spent most of the day working on projects.

Picked up my refurbed wood hauler trailer yesterday from my friends as he had done sone welding for me. This trailer has hauled hundreds of cords of wood over the years and the old 2 foot high sides made out of 1” square tubing set into stake pockets more or less rotted away. In addition the frame had a couple of cracks. We now have integral sides made out of 2 inch tubing that are 3 feet high so I could easily haul a cord of dry wood here. Obviously wouldn’t want to haul a cord of green hardwood because it would be getting pretty heavy. Just need to scrounge some plywood now. I powerwashed the decking yesterday too so once the new sides are on, we’ll paint the whole thing.

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Always nice to get back to the house. While those project can wait, leaving for an extended time seems to inspire/bring about new ones that need done .
Looks great, and the welds are a lot nice than mine .
I decided I'm going to sell the 14' trailer I've been using to haul the tractors, as the 20' that was under the trailer deck going on the 25' trailer is much lower and wider inside, that and I can recoup most of my cash for the 20' selling the 14' since it's in great condition and it has a 2020 manufacturer date. Maybe a nice 5x8 tilt like yours should be the next one I buy.
Wish mine was a bit closer to done. My pressure washer crapped out on me when I was doing the last foot of the frame, then I needed to do the bottom, 30 mins longer and i wouldhave been done. So I pulled the unloaded and checked it first, then I resorted to driving 20min to a buddies to borrow his(it's my old one lol), seeing as my neighbor who I help out unload things out of semis on a normal basis wasn't around (he does pressure washing for a living ). Then I managed to get it all finished and started blowing it off with the backpack blower, then the rain came .
Oh well, guess it gets primed tomorrow. We need the rain badly, so I surely don't want to complain about it.

 

[bob kern]

Well I scrounged a tiny bit the other day. A widow lady from church had a limb come down and it was the perfect job for little man's 10" skil chain saw. He loves it when " his saw " can save the day. Lol
He tells me as were getting started " now remember daddy, you hold It but I ge to use the gas pedal!"

 

[svk]

Happy Independence Day!

Did a bunch of cleaning/organizing in my kitchen including finally starting a cast iron display. (Top right skillet came from Zogger.)

Then cooked up a bunch of food including beef ribs, steak, burgers, waffle cut fries, homemade bread, and my daughter and her friend did brownies.

A couple buddies stopped by and we had a couple brews while I prepped dinner.

Ended the night watching a really great fireworks display a couple miles down the lake from our place.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Downloaded the rest of my memory cards today. Found this guy right behind my house, about a hundred yards. I don't think it's the same bear as in my other pictures/video. This one appears to be larger to me. I'm also thinking that my .45 may not be enough now. May have to go to the gun store tomorrow. I'm also going to have to make the wife either take down, or move her hummingbird feeders from our front porch. Looks like I forgot to set the date stamp correctly on this one too, as I didn't even own trail cams last year.

Five second video from the camera.

Hmmmm. For some reason, the site won't let me upload full-sized pictures tonight.

I know these don't compare to @Kodiak Kid's brown bear pics, but they still make my butt pucker when I see them LOL!

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Happy Independence Day!

Did a bunch of cleaning/organizing in my kitchen including finally starting a cast iron display. (Top right skillet came from Zogger.)

Then cooked up a bunch of food including beef ribs, steak, burgers, waffle cut fries, homemade bread, and my daughter and her friend did brownies.

A couple buddies stopped by and we had a couple brews while I prepped dinner.

Ended the night watching a really great fireworks display a couple miles down the lake from our place.

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Looks like good food, and good times for you tonight! Congrats!

 

[svk]

Downloaded the rest of my memory cards today. Found this guy right behind my house, about a hundred yards. I don't think it's the same bear as in my other pictures/video. This one appears to be larger to me. I'm also thinking that my .45 may not be enough now. May have to go to the gun store tomorrow. I'm also going to have to make the wife either take down, or move her hummingbird feeders from our front porch. Looks like I forgot to set the date stamp correctly on this one too, as I didn't even own trail cams last year.

Five second video from the camera.

Hmmmm. For some reason, the site won't let me upload full-sized pictures tonight.

I know these don't compare to @Kodiak Kid's brown bear pics, but they still make my butt pucker when I see them LOL!

If your hummingbird feeders are up high and away from things that might receive collateral damage you may never have a problem.

A couple years back I had routine visits at the cabin from a bear who destroyed my bird feeder. He never touched the hummingbird feeders. He was in my yard at least 7 different times. I just kept taping the feeder back together with duct tape and then threw it away after the last visit which was getting close to fall.

 

[svk]

I'm also thinking that my .45 may not be enough now. May have to go to the gun store tomorrow.

I would never tell someone not to buy more guns… But you probably don’t need any more than that if you don’t want. Put a round into the ground right at their feet and they’ll make tracks in a hurry. I’m told they REALLY don’t like the vibrations when a round hits the ground near them.

We had a bear at the house a few years back l too that actually ripped the vent off my garbage shed and ate the tongue and groove siding so he could fit in… I called the warden about shooting him and he said go ahead if it returns but it has to be causing actual property damage (ie more than bird feeders).

 

[Be Stihl]

Happy Independence Day to you too Mike! And everyone. Very thankful for our veterans and the freedoms we have!
Trailer looks good Steve, looks like a great set up with the ramp to roll rounds into trailer.

When these fall out does it mean it’s time to replace the brakes? LolView attachment 1000785Was going to bring some wood home after work Friday but decided I better not, auto transmission and hills and bad brakes and all

And rotors!

 

[Be Stihl]

No firewood but I scrounged a rattlesnake about 15’ from my woodpile. He went on the be with the lord.

 

[sean donato]

Well finally got a bit of time to unbox parts saws... couldn't get my phone angle right to get pics of the cylinders, but both these little ryobi saws have zenoah Japan cast into the cylinders. I was pretty sure they were clones, but not so much anymore. Both of them have good compression, so I may just see if one of them runs and use the red Max for parts. Kinda funny how this all snowballs from a friend picking up a "good deal" for you lol.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

No firewood but I scrounged a rattlesnake about 15’ from my woodpile. He went on the be with the lord. View attachment 1001009View attachment 1001010

Ooh man. I'd rather deal with the bear on my property than rattlesnakes. I don't think I could ever live in the South due to the poisonous snakes.

 

[chipper1]

Well finally got a bit of time to unbox parts saws... couldn't get my phone angle right to get pics of the cylinders, but both these little ryobi saws have zenoah Japan cast into the cylinders. I was pretty sure they were clones, but not so much anymore. Both of them have good compression, so I may just see if one of them runs and use the red Max for parts. Kinda funny how this all snowballs from a friend picking up a "good deal" for you lol.

Nice, I like my Japanese products . I ran the redmax backpack blower yesterday to give the trailer a little blow drying, started 2nd pull, only because I failed to shut the choke off quick enough on the first pull, not bad for 20+ yrs old. Those probably just need something minor in the fuel system or the screens on the mufflers cleaned, probably be real easy for you .
I seem to do the same thing, get lemons, then end up learning the ins and outs of the item, then buy a bunch of them on the cheap and recoup my initial cost/loss and make a few bucks in the process. Not the type of learning we go after many times, but if we are willing to learn, there's always something else to learn . And that coming from a guy who hated school, LOL.

Just finished putting the mower deck back together, and putting a pound of grease in the spindle .
I need to put it back on the mower and get to mowing before the rain from last night dries up and it's dusty again.

 

[Brufab]

any special requests for multiple Likes ??

 

[sean donato]

Nice, I like my Japanese products . I ran the redmax backpack blower yesterday to give the trailer a little blow drying, started 2nd pull, only because I failed to shut the choke off quick enough on the first pull, not bad for 20+ yrs old. Those probably just need something minor in the fuel system or the screens on the mufflers cleaned, probably be real easy for you .
I seem to do the same thing, get lemons, then end up learning the ins and outs of the item, then buy a bunch of them on the cheap and recoup my initial cost/loss and make a few bucks in the process. Not the type of learning we go after many times, but if we are willing to learn, there's always something else to learn . And that coming from a guy who hated school, LOL.

Just finished putting the mower deck back together, and putting a pound of grease in the spindle .
I need to put it back on the mower and get to mowing before the rain from last night dries up and it's dusty again.

Yep I agree, I like zenoah engines rc engines they are great. Hoping one of these turns into a runner, even if I don't need any of them lol.
I got up pretty early today and mowed with the cub. Grass was about 8 inches high. blades definatly need sharpened..... supposed to start storming here soon, so I wanted it cut. Back yard turns into a swamp for a few days after it rains.

 

[MustangMike]

Japanese stuff now has a quality reputation like stuff made in Germany ... such a big turnaround.

I remember when stuff made in Japan was distained worse than stuff (now) made in China and was just referred to as "Jap Crap"!