Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Matt gets a little too touchy about "the Make"!!! Ford vs Chevy, Stihl vs Husky, etc.

I remind people his first car was a Mustang, and he loved it, till he started working for the "other side"!!!

He also tries telling me his ported Husky 262 is stronger than my ported MS360 (which he loves). Of course, I know that can't be true ... his 262 does not run!

He also got a Camaro a few years ago that was going to beat my Mustang ... but that also does not run, so nothing to worry about!

If you have a good running saw or car the make is not important ... even if we all are allowed to have our favorites.

Matt posted that picture of all the wood we cut to load up his Chevy PU truck ... I believe it was all cut with my Stihl saws!!! I guess he just did not want to sharpen his (I sharpened my 044, 261 and 462 today, as we used all three of them a good deal).

That said I do appreciate all the work Matt, his BIL and (each one brought up a kid) did on Saturday. We got more done than I thought we would, and that does not happen often!

 

[Haywire]

Where all you guys are in NY, do the lakes freeze or can you use your boat in the winter?

 

[.358 win]

I'd be welding it, but this stuff works pretty well. Just used it out in the shop stove. Follow the curing directions and it should be fine.

There is also a "spooge" for muffler repair .. could be useful for a hard to get at place. Maybe a decent temp fix, but should be welded.

 

[SS396driver]

Where all you guys are in NY, do the lakes freeze or can you use your boat in the winter?

The lakes freeze here . Don’t think you find any lakes that don’t freeze other than the Great Lakes . Lakes in Jersey do too
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[Haywire]

Ever take your Harley out there?

 

[SS396driver]

Ever take your Harley out there?

Nope . I rarely ride it in summer don’t think to many baggers go out on the ice .

 

[svk]

Going to cover that SWEET Yamaha up and then the bass boat will be for hibernation

Uncle Mike, I got my dad out on it a few times this year, still need to get you out thereView attachment 1218411

One of the finest outboards ever built right there!

 

[svk]

One of the most sickening feelings is when your lower unit hits something

The worst!!!!

I was extremely lucky. Until age 41 I had never damaged more than a prop and I have a zillion hours on the water.

With all time low water levels in the summer of 2021, I was a little too close to shore and found a rock in a channel I had been through a hundred times. Sheared the skeg off, punctured the end of the lower unit housing, damaged the prop, and bent the driveshaft. Insurance co was very cooperative and cut me a check for labor plus a new OE prop and lower unit with a quick visit to my house to inspect the boat.

 

[GrizG]

Didn’t do diddly squat. It’s all dry out there again . Good news is the Denning fire is 90% contained

The press reported that fire went over 600 acres… the Jennings Creek fire by Greenwood Lake has gone over 5,000 acres and 20% contained!!!

I cannot imagine fires like that in the NE! I spoke with foresters last year about the fire risks due to all the dead ash, hemlock, and pines around here and none were concerned. I attended a presentation where the areas in the Catskills were identified where there had been fires in the past and it was a relatively small amount near long time population centers. Basically nothing overall. I suspect things are different now!

 

[WetBehindtheEar]

One of the most sickening feelings is when your lower unit hits something

The worst!!!!

Yessir! When I was a kid, we had a Bass Tracker 18.5' Fish & ski with a 115Hp Merc (TOWER OF POWER!!! ). One spring, we were bringing it out of winterization & my dad had stored it w/the motor trimmed all the way down. He pulled the trailer from the side yard onto the driveway and SCRAAAPE..CRUNCH! Off snaps the skeg.
I said, "Sure glad that wasn't me, Dad!"

 

[chipper1]

Yessir! When I was a kid, we had a Bass Tracker 18.5' Fish & ski with a 115Hp Merc (TOWER OF POWER!!! ). One spring, we were bringing it out of winterization & my dad had stored it w/the motor trimmed all the way down. He pulled the trailer from the side yard onto the driveway and SCRAAAPE..CRUNCH! Off snaps the skeg.
I said, "Sure glad that wasn't me, Dad!"

That's funny stuff, and I don't even know what a skeg is .

 

[chipper1]

Thanks for your service guys.
Here's something for you vets.

 

[SS396driver]

The press reported that fire went over 600 acres… the Jennings Creek fire by Greenwood Lake has gone over 5,000 acres and 20% contained!!!

I cannot imagine fires like that in the NE! I spoke with foresters last year about the fire risks due to all the dead ash, hemlock, and pines around here and none were concerned. I attended a presentation where the areas in the Catskills were identified where there had been fires in the past and it was a relatively small amount near long time population centers. Basically nothing overall. I suspect things are different now!

We had a big one about 4 years ago in the Minnewaska state park . You could see it on the mountain overlooking Ellenville

There was a fatality in the Greenwood lake fire . An 18 year old park assistant was killed by a falling tree . He was on the job for a few months

 

[GrizG]

We had a big one about 4 years ago in the Minnewaska state park . You could see it on the mountain overlooking Ellenville

There was a fatality in the Greenwood lake fire . An 18 year old park assistant was killed by a falling tree . He was on the job for a few months

The Minnewaska fire did seem pretty big at the time. Associates of mine live in the New Paltz, Gardiner, Kerhonkson, Napanoch areas and they were sucking smoke for days! The Canadian fires last year were the worst for smoke in northern Ulster… eyes watered and breathing was labored if you were outdoors.

 

[MustangMike]

Where all you guys are in NY, do the lakes freeze or can you use your boat in the winter?

I'm only 2 Counties above NYC. Last year is the first year I can remember that I really did not see anyone ice fishing. By Contrast, 5 mi from here is Ice Pond ... they used to cut the ice every winter to send down to NYC (for the ice boxes). They did not cut it until it was 18" thick! They would wait a long time for that now!

I grew up in Westchester (the first County above NYC) and every year they used to have ice races on the lakes for cars, and it drove my Mom nuts that they tested the ice with a Fire Truck (but they never lost one). (For those in the area, Lake Osceola). The Nino family owned the beach and the high-end restaurant with the same name. We had our Senior Prom there. Their son (also a Michael) was my age. He had a 1968 390 GT Fastback in (Factory) Turquoise. It was the only one I ever saw that color, and it got your attention!

It was interesting to watch the front drive Saabs and Volvos kick the butts of the Vettes and Jags! Can't remember the exact years I was there, but I remember seeing some 63 (or newer) style Vettes, but don't remember seeing any Mustangs. I was not old enough to drive then, so maybe I just don't remember.

 

[MustangMike]

Decades ago, the wife and I would hike the trails on the East side of the Hudson and watch them fight the fires on the West side of the Hudson. One was just North of West Point just across from Cold Spring, (we viewed that from Breakneck Ridge and Mt Taurus), and another was in Bear Mtn State Park (we viewed that from Anthony's Nose). Several helicopters were picking up water out of the Hudson and dumping it on them.

During the fire, unexploded ordinance started exploding. Long ago, they built military cannons at Cold Spring and used the mountains across the river for target practice. It is also rumored that during WWII, West Point used the same area for target practice. It is now State land and had numerous hiking trails. They had to close all the hiking trails for 3 years after that to sweep for unexploded ordinance.

Since most of our forests are hardwoods, these events are pretty rare around here. That said, NY does have numerous restored Fire Towers that were once manned full time.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Where all you guys are in NY, do the lakes freeze or can you use your boat in the winter?

We ice fish

 

[JimR]

Not that it's a good permanent solution but can you wrap that erosion in friction tape & run it that way until you can get a new coil wire?

That is not erosion. It burned up internally. The coil has no spark at all.

 

[MechanicMatt]

This is what I felt like getting those black cherry logs out of the woods. In reality I probably sounded like a guy dying out there…

 

[MechanicMatt]

I actually bought the parts to finish the motor, just need to find the time…..
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