Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Heard back from the shop, tranny is toast. When it rains it pours.

 

[svk]

I can appreciate your frustration but man that is the most mutilated oil filter I have ever seen. I have wadded up a few but surely yours is a candidate for the "FUBAR Filter Hall of Fame". I'm wandering if they used a gasket sealer instead of coating the gasket with motor oil. LOL

Yes it was.

When I burned the gasket out and it came free I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

 

[Logger nate]

Yes. It is like family here. I am lucky to have found it.
As I stood beside my dads casket, old friends filed through the line who have been through much worse and I realized I am fortunate to bury my parents and not my kids.

Yes so true! I really do have a lot to be thankful for, I'm very thankful for the time I've had with my Dad, and the times I still have with my kids!

 

[Logger nate]

I thought about it but I'm sure they have lots of problems like this and would give me some canned bs excuse.

I really wish I had let them do the change this time and they could have fought with it.

I understand your frustration, had one very much like that last time I changed oil in my pickup. Sorry to hear about your trans.

 

[Logger nate]

we are not asked to understand, we are merely asked to believe... imo... one only needs to look at the beauty and complexity of a human kidney... its structure, design... and function... then sit back and say: " sure, all that happened random selection... merely thru evolution!"

yeah, right...

Yes sir I totally agree, and I do believe, so many things like that make it impossible not to (for me) and I've also seen and experianced many miricals. My comment about questions has to do with human suffering, my wife has a condition that causes her to be in almost constant pain and many complications, I know it's part of life and many people have it worse just wears on you after seeing it for years and my Dads suffering.

 

[JustJeff]

While I was at a friends cottage learning how not to operate a kayak in the "invigorating" waters of Georgian Bay, the firewood gods smiled on me and this load appeared dumped over the fence. Then my oldest son (perhaps infected by my sawyers glee) announced that he was going to grab a saw and have at er. Who am I to disagree?

 

[Logger nate]

Still amazes me how well the fiskars works, even with finish wore off and rock ding on edge

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I can appreciate your frustration but man that is the most mutilated oil filter I have ever seen. I have wadded up a few but surely yours is a candidate for the "FUBAR Filter Hall of Fame". I'm wandering if they used a gasket sealer instead of coating the gasket with motor oil. LOL

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yes. It is like family here. I am lucky to have found it.
As I stood beside my dads casket, old friends filed through the line who have been through much worse and I realized I am fortunate to bury my parents and not my kids.

"Amen!" i know more than just a few who have... despite the warnings, counseling and guidance.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Heard back from the shop, tranny is toast. When it rains it pours.

i liked ur post, but don't like its contents... so, what happened? burned the clutches towing too heavy? too many miles? ate a bearing and it ate insides... not enuff trans oil cooling?

on my old tool truck van, redid the 'verter and new trans... and since i don't run the old a/c... made the evap core my new HD trans oil cooler and too it off the radiator...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yes sir I totally agree, and I do believe, so many things like that make it impossible not to (for me) and I've also seen and experianced many miricals. My comment about questions has to do with human suffering, my wife has a condition that causes her to be in almost constant pain and many complications, I know it's part of life and many people have it worse just wears on you after seeing it for years and my Dads suffering.

>and I've also seen and experianced many miricals.

LN - me, too! i have met my Guardian Angel several times... shook hands, even...

pain... omg... lol, pain... what a pain, pain is... but i will confess to now-a-days better understanding the comment: ' how i long for the old days!" lol

 

[dancan]

On off drizzle here today and in the low 50's so a small fire in the furnace is keeping the dampness away .
Steve , check with GM on one of their units to compare against the rebuild price .
About that drizzle ,,,,, Woot !!!!

I dropped the trailer and headed down to where I found the dead black spruce blowdows .
They're in there .

I winched them out at a hard angle , since the tops didn't break I know it'll be worth the effort
Back out and up the trail .

Made it to the landing without having to call for a tow LOL

I bucked that stuff up then went over to the winters landing to block up a few other spruce stems and made for a trailer load .

After supper I decided to try and get some of the load split , regardless of the drizzle .

Some of it split nice but a lot put up a fight .
Spiral grain .

Knots .

But , with a little help from my friends I got it done

Scrounge on gentleman !

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

View attachment 504583 Still amazes me how well the fiskars works, even with finish wore off and rock ding on edge

nice wood pile... wish you would come down over to my place and test it out... got plenty to test it on! lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

On off drizzle here today and in the low 50's so a small fire in the furnace is keeping the dampness away .
Steve , check with GM on one of their units to compare against the rebuild price .
About that drizzle ,,,,, Woot !!!!

I dropped the trailer and headed down to where I found the dead black spruce blowdows .
They're in there .

I winched them out at a hard angle , since the tops didn't break I know it'll be worth the effort
Back out and up the trail .

Made it to the landing without having to call for a tow LOL

I bucked that stuff up then went over to the winters landing to block up a few other spruce stems and made for a trailer load .

After supper I decided to try and get some of the load split , regardless of the drizzle .

Some of it split nice but a lot put up a fight .
Spiral grain .

Knots .

But , with a little help from my friends I got it done

Scrounge on gentleman !

and the cable wins!

good pix, foto essay... i could feel the wetness... made me feel like being in the high Cascades above Seattle in early spring... and rain, lots! wet forests...

i got in a good scrounge, too... today... not a whole forest full but none the less with some very welcome perks attached. film at 11:00!

 

[dancan]

About that cable ,,, 5/16ths , well used , it broke on the second pull , no tools and a longish walk back to the truck so I put the slides back on , tied a beautiful looking knot and was back in business LOL

 

[dancan]

View attachment 504583 Still amazes me how well the fiskars works, even with finish wore off and rock ding on edge

I'm finding that all the Euro splitters that I'm using are great tools at splitting wood

 

[svk]

i liked ur post, but don't like its contents... so, what happened? burned the clutches towing too heavy? too many miles? ate a bearing and it ate insides... not enuff trans oil cooling?

on my old tool truck van, redid the 'verter and new trans... and since i don't run the old a/c... made the evap core my new HD trans oil cooler and too it off the radiator...

No clue. Fluid was clean not long ago and I don't tow with that vehicle. Darn thing.

 

[Philbert]

I'm finding that all the Euro splitters that I'm using are great tools at splitting wood

Euro tire too?

Philbert

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

No clue. Fluid was clean not long ago and I don't tow with that vehicle. Darn thing.

well, don't sound good. din't they tell you what was wrong? or just said REBUILD/NEW based upon the oil? in any event, nice fresh red looking trans oil gone black! definitely problematic... suggesting at the very least... burned clutches... or overheating of the oil somehow, then the clutches went... be sure the lines to radiator, if uses that type system flow well... also an aux trans cooler is a real good idea to consider, too.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Today's Scrounge: Urban Upheaval (part 1)

I noticed today while out for a walk... tree trimmings were migrating to the curbs in my neighborhood... some pix: