Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[WoodAbuser]

Went to the Elton John concert in Chicago last night. Can’t imagine too many AS members were in attendance but it was a great show. On my way home now, taking a 32 year old cutie out for dinner tonight.

Nice, hope u play well with others.

 

[chipper1]

i paid $150 for big oak stump to be ground out. and that included operator. i cleaned area up, and is now pretty much grown back with grass. but i have to baby-feed water it... lol

That's a great price.

 

[SS396driver]

where does all the water go?

free water, awesome! neighbor put in in-ground water sprinkler last month. got his new water bill! over $1300.00 -

Runs into a stream that goes to the Rondout reservoir.

 

[SS396driver]

Been a hot weekend not much rain . Made it down without a hitch . But the blue truck blew a rear brake line . So I was under the truck Friday morning . But I was able to fix it
Decided it’s time to sell the 85 K20

 

[Squareground3691]

a fleet of wb's!! i am currently into pull carts. scrounged this beauty off curb couple days back. bit ruff, but now good as new! cleaned, oiled, serviced, derusted, modded and made some parts. a 4 tires hold air! still holding! will be caboose for my scrounge firewood safari train... saws, fuel, PPE, tools, water, etc... i liked it so much, i ordered another one. NIB! found an A-z scrounge deal online and scarged it right up! will be here today. special feature along with design mods and engineering updates: no flat tires!

old, but now like new:
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NIB and incoming (today)
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https://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Carts-Poly-No-Flat-Tires/dp/B084NTR8V6
site has 3 slick short vids

Here’s my big tire rig , but has a motor lol

 

[ValleyForge]

Been a hot weekend not much rain . Made it down without a hitch . But the blue truck blew a rear brake line . So I was under the truck Friday morning . But I was able to fix it View attachment 1008198View attachment 1008199
Decided it’s time to sell the 85 K20 View attachment 1008200

Did you sell the water,cask?

 

[sean donato]

Been a hot weekend not much rain . Made it down without a hitch . But the blue truck blew a rear brake line . So I was under the truck Friday morning . But I was able to fix it View attachment 1008198View attachment 1008199
Decided it’s time to sell the 85 K20 View attachment 1008200

Shame I'm on a 10 day work stretch. I had hoped to make it out and get a few things for my crew cab. Never thought a truck that was so popular would be such a bugger to find the glass for the crew cab doors.

 

[Vtrombly]

I like that OSHA approved ladder.

That's funny because that's how used to that stuff I am that I didn't even think about it until you pointed it out.

 

[Cowboy254]

On my way home now, taking a 32 year old cutie out for dinner tonight.

It's about time we had an update. So how did it go?

 

[djg james]

That's funny because that's how used to that stuff I am that I didn't even think about it until you pointed it out.

Oh I've done plenty of silly stuff, much worse that that. At least that bucket is stable and not rocking.

 

[SS396driver]

Did you sell the water,cask?

No had a few interested but couldn’t get together on the price. Really the wrong venue need to go to an antique market

 

[Kodiak Kid]

be careful MM! ~ foller dr's advice. **** happens...

concrete truck skidded on freeway yesterday, flipped over and rolled... on down and onto SUV, killing small boy inside. sad unexpected day for the family! big news here yesterday... everyone:
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That's truly is sad! It's hard to imagine any child suffering, seriously hurt, or killed!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

WOW! awesome. did u post the pix? i won't skip any pages now.... knowing it mite be on one of them!!! lol

only 22 down...

Not yet. They are on my old phone and I need to figure out how to transfer the photos to this phone!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

no Kings, but had salmon other day. still on sale at the grocery. poached, 6 mins 400f or so out on the grill. real tasty! melt in mouth...
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Looks well prepared! Nothing worse than over cooked dried out salmon. Good work!

 

[chipper1]

Not yet. They are on my old phone and I need to figure out how to transfer the photos to this phone!

Just get on the internet with that phone and you can upload them to a cloud or just post the ones you want to post directly from that phone

 

[chipper1]

Got the fender finished, and loaded the tractor on the new deck .
Hopefully Monday I can get it set in place on the frame and get the mounts made to attach the dovetail portion(the back 5'). I also want to make the supports from the inside of the wheel well to the fender to give it a little added strength as there isn't a lot out there after cutting the crossmembers down to about 2".

 

[LondonNeil]

after @Cowboy254 said the other week, he can halve a 12" round and load it in his stove for a long burn I thought I'd test out how much more splitting for small stoves create. So here we have 2 x 12" oak rounds

and here the splits I created.

okay there are a spread of sizes and if i'd gone solely for max size and min number it would have been less, but still probbly 18 or 20. splitting and feeding small stoves is a lot of work

 

[svk]

It's about time we had an update. So how did it go?

Long story, rain check lol. My travels have been a little bit eventful today

 

[sean donato]

after @Cowboy254 said the other week, he can halve a 12" round and load it in his stove for a long burn I thought I'd test out how much more splitting for small stoves create. So here we have 2 x 12" oak rounds
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and here the splits I created.
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okay there are a spread of sizes and if i'd gone solely for max size and min number it would have been less, but still probbly 18 or 20. splitting and feeding small stoves is a lot of work

If that were my stove you would have gotten 6 to 8 rounds out of it,lol

 

[Sierra_rider]

Today was a day off, I briefly thought about attacking the wood pile, but decided that it was more prudent to finish a saw that's been in my shop for a couple of weeks. It was a stock 440, the top end actually had pretty low hours...despite what the massive carbon build up might suggest...I'm guessing it was either run rich or with Stihl brand oil.

Anyway, squish cut, cylinder decked, ported, muffler modded, timing advanced. I need a right angle cutter for the transfers...I'm able to get in the uppers, just not as clean as I'd like.

The owner should really be stoked, it's a strong running 440...it pulls really well in the cut, yet has some decent chain speed.