Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Kodiak Kid]

Well nothing on the hunt I was willing to harvest as far as trophies go, so I didn't end up punching a tag, but I STIHL have plenty of post rut hunting time left before the bucks start dropping their antler's.

Today I transformed the War Wagon into Mobile Butcher Command 1. Operations start tomorrow morning!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Dating yourself... he's been dead for 38 years. I used to read his articles regularly!

I’m 29, so he was before my time.

On a side note, my dad met Elmer keith right before him and his buddies threw my dad out of the bar.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

A search says 112,000 lbs. Doh!

I had to do a little digging, but found a photo from when I sank it in the yard.

First photo was taken about 10 mins before. Was using it to set building materials up on the roof of the cabin.

Was literally the last I was gonna use it for the year, was gonna park it and pull the batteries. Went to back up and started spinning out, so instead of parking it out back I decided to try pushing myself backwards and get back up on dry ground and park it right there, but instead of pushing out, I just managed to sink the back up the the bumper.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Yeah my diesels have always worn the back tires out faster then the front. 3 of them have been stick shift. The 07 was worthless in the snow being 2wd. The limited slip just helped you slip all over the place. My 90 was just a pos in the snow. My 79 with the 12v in does pretty darn good in the snow. Need to tread lightly on the throttle but I've never managed to get it stuck.


Thanks I'll add them to the short list!

Mine's a deleted 08 6.7 cummins. It has a limited slip, but a heavy diesel pickup with a long bed is only going to do so well in the snow. It's not bad on the road in plowed snow, but struggles in the deep powder or some of the steep hills we have.

 

[GrizG]

I’m 29, so he was before my time.

On a side note, my dad met Elmer keith right before him and his buddies threw my dad out of the bar.

Not many guys your age have heard of Keith... Not all the gun guys I've known liked him, or perhaps they didn't like his writing style? He was colorful! Jeff Cooper, Jack Weaver, Jack O'Connor, Peter Hathaway Capstick and others had their fans... They all had some influence on me. My preferences were set in my teens... primarily blued steel and walnut thank you, no Tupperware (as was the common slight back when the Glocks came on the scene).

 

[MustangMike]

You omitted Bill Jordan, author of the book "No second place winner"!!! He was a retired border patrol agent.

For those too young to remember, while O'Connor praised the 270, Keith worked on making everything larger diameter and more powerful. I'll never forget reading his review of a new 30-06 loading ... it was a 190 grain boat tail bullet. He praised the heavier bullet, high BC and accuracy of the load, and then concluded something like it would be great for shooting woodchucks at long range!

Cooper championed self-defense, and after detailing how an armed law-abiding citizen thwarted a carjacking he concluded "An armed society is a polite society". It seems that when the car jacker pulled a knife on the driver the driver produced his gun and said: "What do you want", to which the carjacker replied: "I want to be someplace else".

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

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You omitted Bill Jordan, author of the book "No second place winner"!!! He was a retired border patrol agent.

For those too young to remember, while O'Connor praised the 270, Keith worked on making everything larger diameter and more powerful. I'll never forget reading his review of a new 30-06 loading ... it was a 190 grain boat tail bullet. He praised the heavier bullet, high BC and accuracy of the load, and then concluded something like it would be great for shooting woodchucks at long range!

Cooper championed self-defense, and after detailing how an armed law-abiding citizen thwarted a carjacking he concluded "An armed society is a polite society". It seems that when the car jacker pulled a knife on the driver the driver produced his gun and said: "What do you want", to which the carjacker replied: "I want to be someplace else".

That book is on my night stand right now.

I also see that skeeter Skelton hasn’t been mentioned yet either

 

[Brufab]

Carhartt ain’t what they used to be and I quit wasting money on them. I haven’t had a pair last over 2 weeks in a few years.

I believe they went woke not long ago.

 

[svk]

I’m 29, so he was before my time.

On a side note, my dad met Elmer keith right before him and his buddies threw my dad out of the bar.

What went down to cause that to happen?

 

[farmer steve]

Fess up scroungers!!!!

 

[svk]

When I got into guns in the late 80’s, many of the greats were still alive and some of them were still active. The nosler loading manuals had a foreword for each cartridge written by a different expert and it was a lot of fun to read. Definitely envy the guys out west for all of the different shooting opportunities. MN DNR has done a terrible job managing our big game so as a result we have a 16 day deer season (with few deer left in the wolf zone), no longer have a moose season, no longer have a wolf season, and they issue about 25 elk tags to keep the tiny herd in northwestern MN in check-you’re lucky to get one draw in a lifetime.

 

[svk]

The one thing about a lot of the modern outdoor “experts” is they seem really douchey. I put a lot more faith into the old school guys (many who had military experience) and came from the school of hard knocks. Compared to the internet and tv personalities we have now; many of which were put there through BS, marketing, and or second generation wealth. Granted there’s still some good dudes (Andy Larsson is one who comes to mind) but they are getting fewer and further between.

 

[501Maico]

I finally came up with an easy one person way to clean my 8x12 ~30' chimney. The block wall is 12" thick and fiber rods don't like making the sharp turn. They are also too flimsy and should be pulled that long of a distance. The brush is also nearly impossible to change direction and gets damaged so doing it from the roof is no easier. I gave up on the rods years ago and have been using a steel electricians fish tape from the basement to halfass clean the chimney. With my arm in the flue, I flail the tape in a circle and keep advancing it until nothing is falling down. The top 15' or 20' of the chimney never gets dirty so it's not too bad.
With my new contraption, I drop a weighted rope down the chimney, push the brush in and put the cap back on, then pull from the bottom. The flue goes down to the floor and holds all of the junk which I shop vac out after pulling the brush out of the hole.
This was one of those rare projects where everything was on my side and the only thing I had to purchase were the anchors to fasten it to the block wall. The 2x4 was a scrap that didn't need to be cut, the square tube was a shipping support from the large copiers I used to service and was 1/2" short but close enough for government work. I have just one extra long end mill which happened to be 3/4" diameter and I was able to cut both slots in the square tube with one cut. The overkill roller was from an elevator door. My first neighbor was an elevator mechanic and he always brought me neat things when doing upgrades. Wow, elevator cable is good stuff! The roller was a bit of a PITA but the only one I had that would fit. It was filled to the top with some sort of amazingly strong glued in urethane for silent operation. I couldn't cut it out on my lathe because the ball bearing is heavily crimped in. I found a metal chisel of the correct width that I had ground like a wood chisel and had to beat the snot out of the glue to remove the urethane ring.

 

[svk]

FWIW I know some guys used to use a balled up tire chain on the end of a rope and that supposedly worked pretty well too

 

[sean donato]

Mine's a deleted 08 6.7 cummins. It has a limited slip, but a heavy diesel pickup with a long bed is only going to do so well in the snow. It's not bad on the road in plowed snow, but struggles in the deep powder or some of the steep hills we have.

It's more a dodge thing sucking in the snow then a diesel thing imo. Never had a dodge pickup that did well in the snow. Buddy had a old ram charger that did ok. Well if im being honest dodges have most always been garbage. If they didn't have a Cummins I wouldn't have ever owned one. Cheap made even the 19 5500 we got at the township was made cheap, although it did pretty well in the snow till the 6 yard v box ran out of salt. Interior was junk. I think the 07 I ran was better built. Really not a dodge guy...

 

[sean donato]

I know some guys used to use a balled up tire chain on the end of a rope and that supposedly worked pretty well too

My old man does that. It works more or less. He needs to do it more often and burn hotter imo...

 

[djg james]

Fess up scroungers!!!! View attachment 1032840

I would never have tried that with my truck. Going to be some expensive lumber out of that log.
But to be honest, when I first got my trailer used, I did not know anything about trailers or capacities. You just put stuff in and haul away. I went to a local concrete company for a half ton of rock for my driveway. Thought I was within the weight limits. after being loaded, I got no more than a half mile before both wheels on the trailer pancaked. Luckily my Dad had a larger trailer I went and got, shoveled on the rock, dumped on my drive, went back and loaded my trailer onto it. about that time a local cop came around. Thought I was going to get a ticket, but helped me load the trailer on.
Put a one ton axle on it and had the springs/axle moved back 3". No tongue weight when empty and it would fish tail.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

What went down to cause that to happen?

He was in salmon idaho I believe working, having kind of a rough day and went out to get a drink after. He says he didn’t know it was Keith at the time, but he was there telling story’s to a group of guys and it was kind of loud and rambunctious group, so dad said “what the hell is the deal with the guy in the goofy hat”, which lead to laughter from the group, and then they threw him out of the bar.

He says he didn’t know it was Keith until years later when he got into guns and picked up some of Keith’s books.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Not many guys your age have heard of Keith... Not all the gun guys I've known liked him, or perhaps they didn't like his writing style? He was colorful! Jeff Cooper, Jack Weaver, Jack O'Connor, Peter Hathaway Capstick and others had their fans... They all had some influence on me. My preferences were set in my teens... primarily blued steel and walnut thank you, no Tupperware (as was the common slight back when the Glocks came on the scene).

I was friends with and spent some time with P O Ackley, he had plenty to say about Keith, as Keith worked for him for a time. lol He didn't think Keith was too bright!

I really enjoyed my time with Ackley!

SR

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I was friends with and spent some time with P O Ackley, he had plenty to say about Keith, as Keith worked for him for a time. lol He didn't think Keith was too bright!

I really enjoyed my time with Ackley!

SR

Somewhere around here I have a first printing set of Ackleys books.