Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[sean donato]

Will do . It won’t happen till summer at least . Don’t like doing concrete on frozen ground it always settles and my town loves to drag out permits .
Going with a monolithic slab 5-6 inches with 12 inch edge.plan is to have at least one two post lift and possibly a four post too. Needs to be insulated since I’m doing radiant heating .
Friend who dug the last part of the well line trench built a 30x60 with radiant floor heating about 5 years ago . I’ve worked in the garage with him and it’s toasty warm and he said it’s very easy on heating cost . Only thing he would change is to use a domestic hot water heater instead of an actual boiler for the hot water heater.
My brother in law and I will be doing the electrical, he was a union electrician in NYC .

Sounds more or less how I did my pad, except I broke it up into 2 pours. I did taper to 7" around the area the lift is going. I kinda wish I did in floor heat, the shop I worked at had it, and I loved working on it, but I just couldn't commit to where it needed ran and not be in the way for anchoring the loft, lift, and palette rack to the floor.
Always nice to have an electrician relative/ friend. One of my work buddies is an electrician. He's been doing most the wiring in my shop/ did up the plans for it. I've just stuck with the basic stuff and pulled wire/ done the rough in, then get him over for the wiring.

 

[.358 win]

Will do . It won’t happen till summer at least . Don’t like doing concrete on frozen ground it always settles and my town loves to drag out permits .
Going with a monolithic slab 5-6 inches with 12 inch edge.plan is to have at least one two post lift and possibly a four post too. Needs to be insulated since I’m doing radiant heating .
Friend who dug the last part of the well line trench built a 30x60 with radiant floor heating about 5 years ago . I’ve worked in the garage with him and it’s toasty warm and he said it’s very easy on heating cost . Only thing he would change is to use a domestic hot water heater instead of an actual boiler for the hot water heater.
My brother in law and I will be doing the electrical, he was a union electrician in NYC .

Column calculations.. I had to send back to the engineer that signed the plans for these.. Didn't cost any extra, but not every twp asks for them. Which relates to the pour..... Just an fyi. I went with 6ft wide rolls of 4 inch fiberglass for the insulation,, pricey... I bought one roll of 4 ft wide for the "starter" roll on the roof.. ( 3ft sheets of corrugated), Good luck on your project.. Please take pics..

 

[farmer steve]

Yeah, that's a shame. Poor sales, probably. Winters ain't what they used to be.

Don't get much snow here as of late. Every Friday I see trucks and trailers with sleds heading to Northern PA or even worse NY which is a good 3 hour± drive. Last time I was at the RV dealer I think they only had 1 sled in the showroom.

 

[sean donato]

Don't get much snow here as of late. Every Friday I see trucks and trailers with sleds heading to Northern PA or even worse NY which is a good 3 hour± drive. Last time I was at the RV dealer I think they only had 1 sled in the showroom.

15 years ago everyone had sleds around here. Last one we hung onto was a 600 triple arctic cat. That thing was a blast to ride. Hung onto it too long and lost my arse selling it. Doubtful I'll ever get another. Funny how things change over the years.

 

[MechanicMatt]

I haven’t ridden my sled in three years….

Even then, didn’t really have enough snow
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[user 189412]

I'll take the heat over freezing cold any day of the week. Once you start sweating you don't feel the heat so bad. Once you feel the cold it takes forever to warm up. I have a 55 gallon burn barrel near my woodpile for those really cold days to keep warm.

I live in the southwest desert it's suppose to be 72 today, 30 last night

 

[sean donato]

Last time I remember we had a "real" winter was back when my wife was pregnant with my daughter. First pic is my 79 f-350 37" tires for reference. Didn't clean a bit of snow off the top yet. Had the snow piled up early to the roof over the back patio. Gretchen loved it.
We've had snow since then, but hardly enough at one time to make a snowman and not nearly the total amount we had when I was a kid.

 

[JimR]

Anyone else get a huge increase in part D plans ? My Wellcare script plan was $3.70 per month it’s now $38.70 increase of 945.9459% no change at all prescriptions wise on my part take one pill daily for BP . After an hour of talking with 5 different people only one who was a licensed agent spoke without an accent I got the same canned lines . Went online and called several different insurance companies and they are all around the same price .

My United Healthcare carrier went from $56 to $78 dollars with no difference in coverage. I switched to Wellcare for $12.86.

 

[Sampson]

Lots of used sleds up for sale in my part of the east coast. It seems it's the same story everywhere. Most guys don't want to bother with the upkeep when you only get maybe 8 or so weeks to ride and that's IF we get enough snow. It doesn't seem like that long ago where we would have at least one storm a year that would dump two feet on us. Even with the way global warming is talked about, I have a hard time believing it's responsible for such a drastic change over a short period. I think we're in a cycle and things will swing back closer to what they were eventually. For the time being, I'm alright with it. I can get out to remote parts of lakes for ice fishing and do some firewood on my quad and it means I only have to worry about storage and maintenance for an ATV and a boat or two.

 

[Sampson]

Speaking of ice fishing: This pic is from a couple years ago, but I'm planning to get out and chase some early ice brookies this weekend.

 

[SS396driver]

My United Healthcare carrier went from $56 to $78 dollars with no difference in coverage. I switched to Wellcare for $12.86.

Seems different states have different prices . I wouldn’t be shocked at say a 50% price increase but over 940% is just plain stupid . I checked Cigna united health and Humana all were more than WellCare’s premium. Just sucks I have to pay 38$ to get 25$ worth of meds every month . And if you go without part D when you have Medicare A &B you get fined for every month you had no insurance for perpetuity when you do sign up for it .

 

[JustJeff]

CAD struck and I'm the proud owner of a wild thang! . It actually runs and came with the wooden tote with half a jug of bar oil, 2 stroke oil, 4 chains, 3 of which are new. A scrench fuel can etc. $15
I felt bad, old guy downsizing and moving due to health issues. Cut that wood when you can!

 

[sean donato]

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CAD struck and I'm the proud owner of a wild thang! . It actually runs and came with the wooden tote with half a jug of bar oil, 2 stroke oil, 4 chains, 3 of which are new. A scrench fuel can etc. $15
I felt bad, old guy downsizing and moving due to health issues. Cut that wood when you can!

good score, used to pick up poulans like that for $20.00 at yards sales all the time. Haven't been finding good deals lately though.

 

[Lionsfan]

good score, used to pick up poulans like that for $20.00 at yards sales all the time. Haven't been finding good deals lately though.

Stumbled into one of those rare good deals yesterday.

 

[JustJeff]

Stumbled into one of those rare good deals yesterday.
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Not bad, it's no wild thing but decent saw.

 

[Lionsfan]

Not bad, it's no wild thing but decent saw.

I'll give ya' $20 American if you throw in that old blue coon hound.

 

[Lionsfan]

A few action shots of my crew braving the elements today.

 

[SS396driver]

Really a small price to pay to keep you healthy in the grand scheme of things. Hard to drive all those shiny vehicles you have, if you're dead.

What? My beef is the 940+% increase over last year . Maybe you didn’t comprehend my meds cost me $ 25 per month . Which is incidentally the actual price I would pay without insurance . The script plan doesn’t pay out until I pay I believe $ 500 out of pocket .

Has nothing to do with my vehicles. I take a low dose BP med which my Dr has me on even though my PB isn’t technically high I’m just below the threshold without meds doing it for preventative measures and I take omeprazole for treatment of a minor ulcer I’ve been on it just over 3 months .I will be off that end of the month as my endoscopy showed it has healed . My Losartan is 9 bucks a month same as if I walked in with no insurance.

940+ % increase is just crazy

 

[Sampson]

Nice Brookie! Bait or jig?

Thanks man. Jigging a spoon with a chunk of worm on the treble. So I guess you could say both.

 

[Lee192233]

A few action shots of my crew braving the elements today.

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Looks fun...I take it you didn't have to dust anyone today?

These jobs always look kinda fun to me. Was it a repower with a different brand or a like for like swap?