Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[WetBehindtheEar]

It has been too long since it’s seen the road
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Love it. Nice work!
I get a kick out of the papers on the bulletin board "flapping in the breeze".

 

[WetBehindtheEar]

Nice setup!

I should clean mine up a bit, here is #1 assistant
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Is she reloading for your lever gun? Just seeing the flat/round nose bullet is all.

 

[JimR]

Driving home last night the 68 started to shudder and stumble . Really had a hard time pulling any incline . This morning I checked it out . Did the pull the wire off the plug to see if it effects it . No difference in idle on number one or three plugs . Pulled them out to find this
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Center electrode burned out on both the rest of the plugs were good . Changed them out checked the timing it was dead nuts on . The plugs have about 1000 miles on them . And they are Motorcraft made in USA plugs . Little baffled to say the least

I don't think that I have ever seen a plug burned back that bad. It is definetly burning oil. I worked on cars and trucks for a living for 10 years back in 70's. Maybe the electrodes are made in China and the plugs assembled here. Time for some better spark plugs.

 

[SS396driver]

I don't think that I have ever seen a plug that bad. I worked on cars and trucks for a living for 10 years back in 70's. Maybe the electrodes are made in China and the plugs assembled here. Time for some better spark plugs.

Could be . Thinking I have a lean condition maybe a bad intake gasket . Not going to look too hard at it since I’m replacing the motor .
When I rebuild this one I’ll look at it closely to determine the cause

 

[JimR]

Yesterday's fun was more cleaning up of last years fallen trees. Picture one, dead Ash tree.


A few of you might remember this farm implement that I posted about in an Oak tree. Yesterday I cut the Oak down without destroying the implement. I cut a 1 1/2" v notch halfway into the tree in hopes that the tree would bounce off the stump when it came down. My plan worked perfectly. The tree jumped foward a few inches missing the implement. All the brush got chipped up and the tree got bucked up. It now resides in my splitting pile.

 

[JimR]

That stump is now a nice seat. Trying to remove the rest of it is going to be a very time consuming project. I can't cut the stump off at the bottom without cutting the wheel.

 

[xraydaniel]

That stump is now a nice seat. Trying to remove the rest of it is going to be a very time consuming project. I can't cut the stump off at the bottom without cutting the wheel.

You got a nice slice of property Jim.


How’s everyone been?

 

[sean donato]

I don't reload these days, but everything has started to drop, hope that trend continues.

Wouldn't notice that at the grocery store. Today was my day off for veterans day, wife had off too, so we did our normal Saturday running around today. $482.57 at Walmart. This did include oil and filters for the truck, her car and the expedition. That was close to $100.00 by its self. The rest was groceries.
Dog food is still up there too. I can't wait till zade is over a year old and can eat the same food at zeke and ziva. $69.99 for a 47lb of puppy food. Just nuts.
Good news, I scored 2 full boxes of vented soffit for $2.00 per piece and 10 pieces of u channel for the same price. Grabbed a few electrical boxes and misc 90* conduit pieces, ta's and connectors for $5.00.

 

[benz66]

Wouldn't notice that at the grocery store. Today was my day off for veterans day, wife had off too, so we did our normal Saturday running around today. $482.57 at Walmart. This did include oil and filters for the truck, her car and the expedition. That was close to $100.00 by its self. The rest was groceries.
Dog food is still up there too. I can't wait till zade is over a year old and can eat the same food at zeke and ziva. $69.99 for a 47lb of puppy food. Just nuts.
Good news, I scored 2 full boxes of vented soffit for $2.00 per piece and 10 pieces of u channel for the same price. Grabbed a few electrical boxes and misc 90* conduit pieces, ta's and connectors for $5.00.

I drove by a grocery store on Nov. 1 in central Iowa. Big chain in the midwest. They had a banner that must have been 20' long and 6' high, proclaiming "new lower Prices." I thought I should stop and take a picture in case 45 became 47. Yes, I should have taken the picture.

I just bought BLSL chicken breast for $2.49/lb, Boneless Pork loin, 1.77/lb and country style ribs for 1.49/lb. I think the hamburger was 3.49. 12 oz. bacon, $2.00 This is on the gulf coast. Cheaper than a couple years ago. In the spring, they were selling boston butts for $.99/lb. LA based grocery chain. Beats the snot out of wally world.

 

[JimR]

You got a nice slice of property Jim.


How’s everyone been?

Thanks, it takes a lot of upkeep also.

Yesterday afternoon I was out picking up rounds from my January cutting spree and dumping them in my future splitting pile. I love this dumping attachment. I wish that I had gotten one of these many years ago. Problem is I didn't know they even existed.

I found this Ash tree that looks like bears have used it as a training post for climbing. I still have quite a few live Ash trees. This one is the only one that I saw with this kind of bark damage. The tree is not dead.

 

[farmer steve]

Thanks, it takes a lot of upkeep also.

Yesterday afternoon I was out picking up rounds from my January cutting spree and dumping them in my future splitting pile. I love this dumping attachment. I wish that I had gotten one of these many years ago. Problem is I didn't know they even existed.

I found this Ash tree that looks like bears have used it as a training post for climbing. I still have quite a few live Ash trees. This one is the only one that I saw with this kind of bark damage. The tree is not dead.

The ash tree is from EAB Jim. Pretty sure the result of birds working it to get the larvae. Have seen many like that here. Unfortunately on it's way out.

 

[JimR]

The ash tree is from EAB Jim. Pretty sure the result of birds working it to get the larvae. Have seen many like that here. Unfortunately on it's way out.

That is the first Ash tree on our property that I have seen like this. I have taken down a lot of them that are dead or dying. Last January I dropped 24 dead ones in a 100 yard square area. None of them had any bark damage like this. If that it EAB it must have been extremely covered with larvae. This tree was in full bloom this Summer. I didn't see any D holes in it.

 

[sean donato]

I drove by a grocery store on Nov. 1 in central Iowa. Big chain in the midwest. They had a banner that must have been 20' long and 6' high, proclaiming "new lower Prices." I thought I should stop and take a picture in case 45 became 47. Yes, I should have taken the picture.

I just bought BLSL chicken breast for $2.49/lb, Boneless Pork loin, 1.77/lb and country style ribs for 1.49/lb. I think the hamburger was 3.49. 12 oz. bacon, $2.00 This is on the gulf coast. Cheaper than a couple years ago. In the spring, they were selling boston butts for $.99/lb. LA based grocery chain. Beats the snot out of wally world.

Unfortunately, wally world and the Mennonite subway are the two closest grocery stores with decent prices. The decent cheapo places are pretty far away, any savings I'd get from the food would be lost in fuel from running around so much. Kinda a catch 22 if you will. Sucks, but it is what it is. There's a nice Amish cheapo shop near my wife's grandmother's place, we stop whenever we go down to visit. Don't get anything perishable, just canned and boxed goods. It's dirt cheap.

 

[Lee192233]

That is the first Ash tree on our property that I have seen like this. I have taken down a lot of them that are dead or dying. Last January I dropped 24 dead ones in a 100 yard square area. None of them had any bark damage like this. If that it EAB it must have been extremely covered with larvae. This tree was in full bloom this Summer. I didn't see any D holes in it.

That's the way all our ash trees looked here last year. This year most of the outer layers of bark are off. Ours went from being mostly alive 4 years ago to all dead now.

 

[chipper1]

That's the way all our ash trees looked here last year. This year most of the outer layers of bark are off. Ours went from being mostly alive 4 years ago to all dead now.

They get very dangerous too. When falling them the tops will break and fall backwards towards the faller . Also, the dead limbs will catch on live tree branches when they are dalliance get flung right to the base of the tree . The branches can also break out when pounding them over with wedges.
It's crazy how solid some portions of the stem and branches will be, then others are complete mush. It's hard to believe so many are still standing in the river valley here as the EAB has been around these parts for a long time now, and these trees have been dead for 7-8yrs already.
I'll just say to anyone who's still or just starting to cut EAB kill, be very careful as they are not your typical dead standing tree.

 

[chipper1]

Wouldn't notice that at the grocery store. Today was my day off for veterans day, wife had off too, so we did our normal Saturday running around today. $482.57 at Walmart. This did include oil and filters for the truck, her car and the expedition. That was close to $100.00 by its self. The rest was groceries.
Dog food is still up there too. I can't wait till zade is over a year old and can eat the same food at zeke and ziva. $69.99 for a 47lb of puppy food. Just nuts.
Good news, I scored 2 full boxes of vented soffit for $2.00 per piece and 10 pieces of u channel for the same price. Grabbed a few electrical boxes and misc 90* conduit pieces, ta's and connectors for $5.00.

I managed to spend 65 filling the minivan last night . Most the prices on fuel were down last week after the election, but they've all gone back up a bit this week, I'm hopeful though.
Many of the ads I get for bulk ammo have sales pricing, while before the election they were steadily climbing, which is pretty normal right before an election. Hope to get stocked deep this summer if prices come down, but I've heard a couple manufacturers are having supply issues as you had spoken about earlier. Most companies are gearing up to buy outside of Chyna, which I'm happy about, even if the prices go up. We really need to pay more to see the real cost of inflation in this country, which we will be doing with regards to many products under the Trump administration. Just hoping we can get back to producing products here in the US again and get out of dependency on things being globally sourced.
Speaking of trump/biden, did you guys see they met at the Whitehouse? Check out that fire .

 

[chipper1]

In other news, I see @Cowboy254 is getting ready for his next MMA match. Look, he's going for an arm bar after the takedown .

 

[SS396driver]

Always out of season they were on my lawn and scattered just before I hit the driveway

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[chipper1]

Always out of season they were on my lawn and scattered just before I hit the driveway

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I figured you had a license to carry .

 

[xraydaniel]

Thanks, it takes a lot of upkeep also.

Yesterday afternoon I was out picking up rounds from my January cutting spree and dumping them in my future splitting pile. I love this dumping attachment. I wish that I had gotten one of these many years ago. Problem is I didn't know they even existed.

I found this Ash tree that looks like bears have used it as a training post for climbing. I still have quite a few live Ash trees. This one is the only one that I saw with this kind of bark damage. The tree is not dead.

Same as @farmer steve said Jim. EAB is such a killer. I have a small handful of Ash deep within my forest that are still thriving and I expect them to hold out for some time but if I ever do some more clearing back there the beetles will find em.