Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[husqvarna257]

Well, a good scrounge today from our favorite Chinese food joint. We went for lunch, hadn't been there for a few months. We saw a tree service taking down a good size tree. When we went in there was a sign saying free maple from the Chinese restaurant. We ask the waitress about it, who then has a cow about the question. We had good food and I head out to ask the tree company about it. They said we could take all we wanted so I went home and got the Sierra. When we got back an started loading we found out this was a small husband wife operation. She tells us that they do not sell firewood because good help is hard to find and after paying them for labor there was a small profit, so they stopped selling. Once she found out we had an OWB she asked if we would take pine, of course I said yes and she even offered to cut it 20" long and free delivery. I was going to buy a load of log length to play with this spring but no I'll wait and see how this goes. I got a full bed of cut up maple and I will go back tomorrow for the big rounds and cut up the larger part left of the tree if it's still there.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Well, a good scrounge today from our favorite Chinese food joint. We went for lunch, hadn't been there for a few months. We saw a tree service taking down a good size tree. When we went in there was a sign saying free maple from the Chinese restaurant. We ask the waitress about it, who then has a cow about the question. We had good food and I head out to ask the tree company about it. They said we could take all we wanted so I went home and got the Sierra. When we got back an started loading we found out this was a small husband wife operation. She tells us that they do not sell firewood because good help is hard to find and after paying them for labor there was a small profit, so they stopped selling. Once she found out we had an OWB she asked if we would take pine, of course I said yes and she even offered to cut it 20" long and free delivery. I was going to buy a load of log length to play with this spring but no I'll wait and see how this goes. I got a full bed of cut up maple and I will go back tomorrow for the big rounds and cut up the larger part left of the tree if it's still there.
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Big to go box!

 

[SS396driver]

Well, a good scrounge today from our favorite Chinese food joint. We went for lunch, hadn't been there for a few months. We saw a tree service taking down a good size tree. When we went in there was a sign saying free maple from the Chinese restaurant. We ask the waitress about it, who then has a cow about the question. We had good food and I head out to ask the tree company about it. They said we could take all we wanted so I went home and got the Sierra. When we got back an started loading we found out this was a small husband wife operation. She tells us that they do not sell firewood because good help is hard to find and after paying them for labor there was a small profit, so they stopped selling. Once she found out we had an OWB she asked if we would take pine, of course I said yes and she even offered to cut it 20" long and free delivery. I was going to buy a load of log length to play with this spring but no I'll wait and see how this goes. I got a full bed of cut up maple and I will go back tomorrow for the big rounds and cut up the larger part left of the tree if it's still there.
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I like seeing a newer truck being used as a truck

 

[chipper1]

When we went in there was a sign saying free maple from the Chinese restaurant.

You don't want to put that stuff in your stove, it will want more an hr later.

 

[SS396driver]

I changed out the rear tires on my 68
“Old” tires are 245/60r15 they have about 50 miles on them


New tire 275/60r15 so almost two inches taller and a little over an inch wider

 

[sean donato]

Few shop progress pics. With the temps dropping, and needing to make room for my son's birthday, I finished up the ceiling insulation. Those 3 12 foot tall skids full of insulation is reduced to one skid not even 6 foot tall. Dad said he picked up one more skid of panels. I'll run and get them next week sometime.
Like a putz I ran out of insulation washers. Found a cad washer generator online. Put in some numbers, sent to the printer and 15 minutes later cranked out 20 washers. This new printer i got is amazingly fast and accurate. The slicing software figures out cost per piece. They came out to $0.03 per washer. Shure, I can get them a bit cheaper at lowes, but I would have had the 20 minute drive into town, grab them then drive back home. Less then 20 minutes I had enough to keep going while it printed out another batch. Handy thing to have around.

 

[Squareground3691]

Is "overland" just a fancy name for hipster car camping? Why is the tent on the roof of the truck? Lions, rhinos, snakes?

People,

 

[Squareground3691]

Is "overland" just a fancy name for hipster car camping? Why is the tent on the roof of the truck? Lions, rhinos, snakes?

I didn’t realize Toyota stood for hipster, new to me ,

 

[Lee192233]

This is yuppie or hipster territory...
Holy sheite!

 

[H-Ranch]

Big to go box!

Yeah, but you know the OWB will be hungry an hour later...

Edit: Dang it! @chipper1 beat me to it! LOL

Guess that will teach me to work on the garage.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Hope everything is OK my friend.

A-holz like that need a good attitude adjustment! Glad your boss stood up for you!

More tests scheduled, gonna have to start some changes in how I eat and pray they can figure out what’s going on with my right kidney

But, I’m a tuff little *******, not gonna let it get me down

 

[H-Ranch]

Well, it's not progress like @sean donato on the shop, but this will help get stuff off the floor. Got the second shelf above this one installed, too, and one more to go above that. I envision it as low access inventory of spare fluids.

 

[Squareground3691]

More tests scheduled, gonna have to start some changes in how I eat and pray they can figure out what’s going on with my right kidney

But, I’m a tuff little *******, not gonna let it get me down

Yes Matt , you take care of that body , it’s the only one you’ve got , processed foods , saturated fats , sugar eliminating as much as possible, and of course exercise, cardio , don’t let stress rule your life either, you have a great family enjoy them ,

 

[JimR]

For air, II rn Schedule 40 Pvc water pipe and fittings change to NPT at the ends. I put a T and a drop enging in a ball valve below each chuck, to catch water and drain it. If you have a nice drier ahead, you don't need that in theory.

I snatched up a nice drier for $100 4 - 5 years ago off of FB Marketplace from a repair shop that closed down. It does a great job.

 

[JimR]

Is "overland" just a fancy name for hipster car camping? Why is the tent on the roof of the truck? Lions, rhinos, snakes?

They are mounted on the roof in case of flooding. In deep water the truck floats and you have a houseboat.

 

[diver64]

This is yuppie or hipster territory...View attachment 1209067
Holy sheite!

$700,000 can't be right?

 

[JimR]

More tests scheduled, gonna have to start some changes in how I eat and pray they can figure out what’s going on with my right kidney

But, I’m a tuff little *******, not gonna let it get me down

Hopefully you can get that taken care of.

 

[JimR]

The Maple tree saga progressed yesterday. One more climb to drop the top off and hook my winch cable up there. The tree is down and what a mess to clean up. I have the mess where the tree is and a lot of branches beyond the wall to clean up. My 394XP with a 36" bar ripped right thru this 30" tree. There are EAB in this Maple. I'm not very happy about that.

 

[Squareground3691]

$700,000 can't be right?

Yep it’s correct, there’s rigs here for millions, just depends on how big ur wallet is ,https://earthroamer.com/

 

[chipper1]

The Maple tree saga progressed yesterday. One more climb to drop the top off and hook my winch cable up there. The tree is down and what a mess to clean up. I have the mess where the tree is and a lot of branches beyond the wall to clean up. My 394XP with a 36" bar ripped right thru this 30" tree. There are EAB in this Maple. I'm not very happy about that.

Nice job .