Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Be Stihl]

Out with the old, in with the new...I got a new used wood stove, the best part is that it was free. It's a Jotul F500, which seems like a pretty nice wood stove from what I've researched. It's a lot nicer than the old Earthstove that it replaced. It's pretty air-tight and has a side door in addition to the glass door. That's a pretty nice feature and says it can take 24" long pieces.

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The old Earthstove put out a ton of heat, but didn't seal up that well. It was also designed for a 7" pipe and I modified it for 6". The reduction in size meant it took awhile to build a draft. It also wasn't the best for leaving you a bed of coals in the morning. I'll keep it for now and possible install it into my shop if/when I expand that building.View attachment 1027185

Nice stove and hearth, I love my Jotul it puts out some heat.

 

[TRTermite]

Beware of that creep. He is a Narcissist. I have one too and can't wait until the man croaks. We are having a neighborhood party the day he goes down.

Why Postpone a good party? Make the reason for the party OBVIOUS then Invite Him as a "SPECIAL GUEST".. (Attempt at humor).

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Check your U joints.

It feels more like one of the hubs is going out. I need to tear into it and check it out as soon as I get the head gaskets done on the suburban.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Driving down hill? Owned lots of 7.3l diesels from idi to power stroke and never once seen better then 21mpg. that was a 99 std cab, 6 speed truck 2wd. Normally your lucky to get 18mpg empty driving like you got an egg under your foot.

I’ve done some work to mine, including changing the injectors to international single shots, and I’m running a PHP hydra that’s tuned custom to my truck and needs. 15 tunes gives a lot of versatility for different driving.

 

[Honyuk96]

Too much noise?

Hockey and work. New lady friend as well. I’m super busy but snapped a pic of that beautiful scrounge. Off to Notre Dame first thing Friday morning for hockey tournament. Hope you’re staying busy and doin well.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Everyone will say they get better though. I had a 99 f350 crew and it got 14-16 average but one time going across upper Michigan I got 18+ in the rain. I had 285s on it rather than the 265s.
That was a fun ride running the fire roads on the wis/mi boarder, had my buddy telling me what turns were coming and I was drifting them at about 45, hard core redneck action .

I’ve got 285s on mine and when I first got it I was getting 14-15 out of it stock.

 

[TRTermite]

I truly know the meaning of cityshit moving to the country first hand. I won't get in to all the details about this person because the POS usually follows me on the internet. Those kind of people are like that.

YERR Baiting Him/Her/ItShit .. I Kinda Like that Subtle approach.
Why I commented on two of your posts seams odd to me, it isn't intentional But I did it anyway.

 

[TRTermite]

Internet picture.

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Waiting for the sap to run out to lighten the Load.. Cottonwood is like that.

 

[TRTermite]

Idiot!

EX Brother in/out Law....

 

[Squareground3691]

Mine only takes gallons .

Still waiting on dang work lights .

 

[Vtrombly]

My lie-o-meter said 10.1 on the way down to Ohio last weekend drivinginto a crosswind, on the way back it was up to 10.7. I can get it to read much higher if I have no trailer, those dang fold down ramps are like a parachute. Also, staying off the expressway with a trailer helps a lot.

I've clocked it before going up north at 9 its however a big V10. Yours I believe is a 6.8? This thing is an 8.0L if you get north of 65 MPH it's really bringing the gauge down. But as far as power no diesel can come close to it. But it's by far an odd ball and not easy to find parts for it for that fact I would have preferred the 12 valve.

 

[H-Ranch]

But as far as power no diesel can come close to it.

Sorry Vt, I can't agree with that. Maybe stock to stock hp from the same era - I think the V10 was 310 hp/450 ft-lb vs 5.9 24 valve diesel 245 hp/550 ft-lb. But every HD diesel today stomps 310/450. And lots of chipped trucks from the 1990's/2000's way above it too. I think you need to drive a couple more diesels - then you'll be a convert! LOL

 

[Vtrombly]

Sorry Vt, I can't agree with that. Maybe stock to stock hp from the same era - I think the V10 was 310 hp/450 ft-lb vs 5.9 24 valve diesel 245 hp/550 ft-lb. But every HD diesel today stomps 310/450. And lots of chipped trucks from the 1990's/2000's way above it too. I think you need to drive a couple more diesels - then you'll be a convert! LOL

By all means my next truck will be a deisel. Parts are a complete pain to come by on these things but it was what's available to me. In the future I'd like to get a newer truck but have to see where the finances are at with all the medical we've had the last couple years.

 

[JustJeff]

Lol, those older trucks are rare up here in the rust belt. Diesel here is 60 cents a liter more than gas. I drive diesels at work and have a couple die hard diesel buddies but I love my ford eco boost. A 2013 I've had since new. It tows like a diesel with excellent down low torque and the mileage gets better the longer I own it. I'm at 14l/100km which is about 17 US mpg for the metrically challenged. This is my average over the last 8000km/5000mi. 25% of that is towing my camper and a mix of city/hwy. I don't care about the peak numbers because it's the average that reflects the cost. The turbos make a nice quiet whistling whoosh when yanking a trailer full of sugar maple!

 

[H-Ranch]

In the future I'd like to get a newer truck

Yeah, me too. Buddy of mine with his own business doing really well just bought a new truck and farm near hit 6 figures. I'm not affording that, so I'll be settling for a new to me truck I think.

 

[GrizG]

And 22 rimfire!

I used to get 1,000 large rifle primers for under $15.-, now you are lucky if you can find them for $150.-!!!

When I started reloading in '73 100 primers were $1 and if you bought a whole brick of 1,000 they were $8 as I recall. For less than $10 I could get 100 primers, 100 bullets, and a pound of powder to load for my 30-06. As a mid-teen I could handle that by mowing a couple lawns. Now... it is out of hand. I long for the days when I was loading .38 Specials for 4¢ each and would shoot up 500+ at a time at the range. Even adding in the cost of rebuilding and replacing revolvers is was still pretty cheap fun. I could have cut the cost more by casting my own bullets but the casting and sizing time would have been significant as would be the time for scrounging lead... I tried it for a while and it just wasn't worth it. Now... it would be worth it if I were shooting those volumes.

 

[H-Ranch]

Lol, those older trucks are rare up here in the rust belt. Diesel here is 60 cents a liter more than gas. I drive diesels at work and have a couple die hard diesel buddies but I love my ford eco boost.

Not a ton of old trucks here either. And it's getting tougher to justify diesel for sure between initial cost, fuel cost, and improved gassers. I still like driving them though!

 

[Sierra_rider]

Sorry Vt, I can't agree with that. Maybe stock to stock hp from the same era - I think the V10 was 310 hp/450 ft-lb vs 5.9 24 valve diesel 245 hp/550 ft-lb. But every HD diesel today stomps 310/450. And lots of chipped trucks from the 1990's/2000's way above it too. I think you need to drive a couple more diesels - then you'll be a convert! LOL

Yep. I think my 6.7 Cummins was 350/610 stock...since then, certain things have "fallen" off the truck and it runs nothing like a stock truck.

 

[Vtrombly]

Yeah, me too. Buddy of mine with his own business doing really well just bought a new truck and farm near hit 6 figures. I'm not affording that, so I'll be settling for a new to me truck I think.

Not a ton of old trucks here either. And it's getting tougher to justify diesel for sure between initial cost, fuel cost, and improved gassers. I still like driving them though!

I think that's where I'm at too I can still get my firewood and keep this thing going. Even old trucks are a ton of money. When I got it it ticked something fierce when it started up. I thought it was a sticky lifter. But a friend of my dad's was over and asked me what oil was in it which was 10W40 via the manual. He built race cars for years and he told me get that out of it V10s dont like heavy oil and put 5w30 in it in the summer and 5w20 in it in the winter. I did and it's never ticked or banged again so that solved that. Other than that it just doesnt heat up in the winter wont blow heat for crap. It has such a huge block and rad that it never gets warm when it's cold out.

 

[GrizG]

Reloading components are off the charts right now. As is ammo for any non mainstream chambering.

I paid $75 a box for 25-35 Hornady LeverRevolution ammo. It's insane.

I was lucky enough to have been able to get a few boxes of bullets and powder from some guys who are getting out of reloading.

I gave a buddy of mine brass today for his 7x57, .300 Savage, .308 Win, and 7 MM Rem Mag. I've got another guy coming for .35 Rem brass. I used to save all the once fired brass I could find in case I needed it. A 5 gallon pail of tumbled, sorted, and bagged brass just turned up at my parents' house... a place I haven't lived in quite a few decades! I had so much of the stuff I didn't miss it! There were a bunch of .45 ACP brass in that bucket too and they just went into rotation with my other .45 brass... I wish I knew about that bucket sooner!