Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[singinwoodwackr]

That’s a great find Mark, sell it on marketplace

Every redneck in our area has one on their trucks. You should get a few bucks for it

The guy who dropped it will probably see the add and want it back

 

[muddstopper]

Family saw drama, lol

I quit working on saws about 3 years ago. I figured I had enough saws to last me for the rest of my life. At the family reunion last month and one of my cousins sons asked me if I would look at his saw. Said it had been straight gassed and didnt have any compression. I told him would probably need a new top end and decide if the old saw was worth sinking a couple hundred dollars into. Another cousin standing there said he had a few saws that needed some tinkering with, turns out the couple turned into eight, at least one had been straight gassed. Then another cousin said he had a few old saws that didnt run any more. I stopped them from adding any more to the list and just told them I didnt want to spend my time working on saws, especially not a dozen saws at once. Parts are to high if you use oem and I havent had the best of luck with the china stuff. Also, it seems folks think you are working on saws as a side line, you should do the work for free or almost free. If you patch something up to save them some money, they then complain how you charged them $10 for a used cyl from a junk saw. A cyl that would have cost them $150-$200 at the saw shop for a new one.

 

[MustangMike]

Check out guys using a golf ball to skin a deer on YouTube. I’ve never done it, neat idea though.

I've used round rocks.

 

[svk]

Found this today in the middle of the road . Bulletproof hitch 3 inch shank not sure what I’ll do with it since the receiver on my truck is 2 inch . It’s even got the pintle attachment View attachment 1127605View attachment 1127606View attachment 1127607

Nice score! Somewhere, somebody’s employee is getting their butt chewed lol.

 

[svk]

Hey guys. Ended up having a nice afternoon here. Did a bunch of random projects outside in preparation for winter. I thought I was ready for winter a few weeks ago, but still have a few more things left to do. Since it didn’t get all that warm here and it’s chilly overnight (we already have a hard frost), I’m letting the salvage deer hang for one more day. Will process it tomorrow evening.

 

[turnkey4099]

My dad has three mean Stihls and his dewalt

Guess which on he runs the most?

Sounds like me, 3 stihls and a Dewalt. I was cutting locust today and used the husky top handle for cutting brush. Electric too slow in that stuff.

 

[Squareground3691]

Where, WHERE did you find that???

Here’s one place, there’s others https://westcoastsaw.com/products/ratchetscrench-tool

 

[Squareground3691]

So, I’m not sure I get this. If this chain can’t be easily sharpened back to factory angles, what’s the point?

That is the point lol , that it can be lol

 

[farmer steve]

My dad has three mean Stihls and his dewalt

Guess which on he runs the most?

We don't have enough info on the Stihls to make a guess.

 

[farmer steve]

I've used round rocks.

Dad would use his fist like that.

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Here’s one place, there’s others https://westcoastsaw.com/products/ratchetscrench-tool

I would of called it a Scratchet.

 

[WoodAbuser]

I would of called it a Scratchet.

+1

 

[sean donato]

Skinning is the hard part!

Once you have the skin off and legs cut, hang the deer from the neck. Grab a front leg and pull it from the body and let your knife follow the fold (crease), each shoulder will easily come off. I put them in a cooler on ICE.

Now get the best part, the backstrap. It is like filleting a fish! Run you knife along each side of the backbone from shoulder to hip. Pull with one hand and cut with the other and go along the backbone and ribs taking out all the meat. Each side will be a couple of feet long, I later cut them to 3" lengths for the grill.

The rumps are the hardest part. Raise the deer up and do similar to the shoulder. You will find the joint in the bone, cut the ligaments with your knife and you will not have to saw anything. When cutting past the privates, just give a little room so you don't contaminate the meat.

Strip the neck for burger, etc.

The shoulders have a flat bone with a ridge in the center. On a large deer you can make a steak or two, on smaller ones it is stew meat.

With the rump, just separate the muscle groups and butcher it as you like. I try to make as many steaks as possible, and make the rest stew meat.

When cutting the backstrap, put the large membrane on the bottom. Cut through the meat to it, then fillet across to remove that tough membrane. You will end up with some very clear meat that is very tender, like fillet mignon!

Best of luck!

My version since I've had kids, that refuse to eat a steak no matter how it's cooked.
Hang it up, cut the loins and back strap out. Quarter out, go to table, set up the grinder and proceed to turn the rest of them meat into burger.

Yesterday my tractor's steering felt pretty loose. I knew the outer tie rod ends were worn. Now all four ends are loose. My NX4510HST has 1255 hours on it. Simple grease fittings on these ends would make these last a really long time. I priced two new sets from the dealer online. The price was $658.18 plus tax and shipping. My next stop was Ebay where I found two factory sets for $215 plus tax with free shipping. What a lucky day that was. My woodpile grew some more on the splitter end and shrunk on the rounds end.

I tried to turn the no zerk rod ends into greasable ends on my yanmar. It can be done, but still didn't make them last any longer. I ended up finding greasable joints and cutting the old ones off and welding the new one back on. (In hind sight i should have threaded the rods and went that route.) They have been on for years now with no slop that I can notice. I'm planning on doing the same to the kubota when the factory joints are really, really junk. But I'll thread the ends instead of welding them in.

Check out guys using a golf ball to skin a deer on YouTube. I’ve never done it, neat idea though.

I've tried it, and never got the hang of it, or I'm just too stupid to figure it out.

So, I’m not sure I get this. If this chain can’t be easily sharpened back to factory angles, what’s the point?

It's every bit as good as stihl chain, just cheaper and cuts real smooth and fast out of the gate. Would be nice to be able to reproduce the factory grind. I just round file mine and call it a day.

That’s a great find Mark, sell it on marketplace

Every redneck in our area has one on their trucks. You should get a few bucks for it

Hey now, I keep a similar hitch in my truck, but I don't really drive the truck unless the trailers hooked up or i need to haul something..... guess that just makes me half redneck?

 

[SS396driver]

3-sp + granny low? My stepdad had one of those.

Straight 3on the tree . The one you’re talking about is a SM465 it’s a 4spd but 1st is very rarely used .

 

[MustangMike]

The Deer should be in the rut and chasing each other like crazy, and this is all we get on the trail cams:

Anybody looking for a blondish German Shepard? Seems to be a little shy and prefers to come out at night.

This guy has been on our cameras over and over again for months ... and no other coyotes!

Ditto the very large Bobcat ... we see the same one a few times, but no others! I guess they each defend their territory very well!

 

[GrizG]

Found this today in the middle of the road . Bulletproof hitch 3 inch shank not sure what I’ll do with it since the receiver on my truck is 2 inch . It’s even got the pintle attachment View attachment 1127605View attachment 1127606View attachment 1127607

If there was a dump trailer laying near it on the side of the road it would have been a home run!

 

[GrizG]

MechanicMatt said:

My dad has three mean Stihls and his dewalt

Sounds like me, 3 stihls and a Dewalt. I was cutting locust today and used the husky top handle for cutting brush. Electric too slow in that stuff.

Do we have a family reunion in the making here? Father and son?

 

[sean donato]

The Deer should be in the run and chasing each other like crazy, and this is all we get on the trail cams:

Anybody looking for a blondish German Shepard? Seems to be a little shy and prefers to come out at night.

This guy has been on our cameras over and over again for months ... and no other coyotes!

Ditto the very large Bobcat ... we see the same one a few times, but no others! I guess they each defend their territory very well!

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Haven't seen rut set in here either. I'm thinking it's been too warm, but we're pretty consistently getting into the low 30's high 20's over night now. Dad buck he shot the other week smelled like, musk real bad, but dad said he wasn't running around or even acting like a buck in rut. Haven't been seeing many road kill either around here, which I see a lot during the rut. Just an odd season.

 

[GrizG]

Haven't seen rut set in here either. I'm thinking it's been too warm, but we're pretty consistently getting into the low 30's high 20's over night now. Dad buck he shot the other week smelled like, musk real bad, but dad said he wasn't running around or even acting like a buck in rut. Haven't been seeing many road kill either around here, which I see a lot during the rut. Just an odd season.

I've seen some yearling bucks running around at my parents' home that hadn't been there previously. The one yesterday was cute... had about 3" spikes and was very timid about crossing the street.

 

[JimR]

The Deer should be in the run and chasing each other like crazy, and this is all we get on the trail cams:

Anybody looking for a blondish German Shepard? Seems to be a little shy and prefers to come out at night.

This guy has been on our cameras over and over again for months ... and no other coyotes!

Ditto the very large Bobcat ... we see the same one a few times, but no others! I guess they each defend their territory very well!

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Blondish coyote.