Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

The middle of the axle is bowed up. Would do the opposite if I pulled it up more....

Plus the hubs aren't perfect and both have blown bearings at some point....one with previous owner and one shortly after I got it.

I'm saying to pull the axle down. A little arch is fine on a small trailer, yours is way to much.
How did it get that way.

steve, when I get up there and if you have access to a welder I can put a trust on the axel to straighten it out and reenforce the bottom strength so it wont bend again and this will fix your tire alignment...

Perfect just what I would do. A piece of 2" angle will do a great job of giving a straight edge to pull the axle to and to strengthen it.

Well I can't turn that down!

Got to love friends like that.
Here's your trophy chucker.

Not really as the most stress is between the spring perch and the hub not in the centre where the "lever" is longer. I have done this before. The most important measurement however is hub face to hub face which determines your wheel centers. So the best thing is to find an axle which matches the wheel centers and move the spring perches if necessary. They are easily cut off and re welded.

Bingo.
I was also going to say that the arch could be rotated to the front then the perches remounted at 90 degrees to where they are now giving a "toe-in" on the tires. Unfortunately the axle sounds as though it is extremely bent/arched.

 

[chipper1]

Nice flippin scrounge. I mean who can beat that tiny little Stihl srewdriver.....he,he

Thanks, those little guys are great til they stab you in the leg.

I did manage to sell the 460, but I didn't make much money off it.
I did however make enough to pay for all my trips expenses that day.
I used it to cut a trailer load of wood, got an almost new 20" bar and 3 chains(that's going on my 044), a 36" bar and 2 chains. All the chains are .050 which is what I run. More free bars and chains svk.
The case, extra 7 pin, traded my 8 pin out as it was in better shape, the 460 owners manual.
I also swapped out the air filter cover as mine had a small hole in it.
I feel as though I did well and the guy who bought it was very happy.
Everyone is happy, so I'm happy.

 

[dancan]

I got the honeydo list done by 2pm so I figured I had time to get a truckload of scrounged up spruce
I had a spruce blowdown that was about 20" at the butt and was ok for about 10' so it got drug out .

Then I went down to the low area to grab another stem .
I had to drop this one that's standing to get this branchy one out .

Since it had a good white core and the top didn't break I drug that one to the landing , I'll save branchy for another day
I noodled the bigger rounds and then busted them up with the maul .

Not pretty wood but plenty of btu's
Scrounge on gentleman !!

 

[svk]

I'm saying to pull the axle down. A little arch is fine on a small trailer, yours is way to much.
How did it get that way.

Perfect just what I would do. A piece of 2" angle will do a great job of giving a straight edge to pull the axle to and to strengthen it.

Got to love friends like that.
Here's your trophy chucker.

Bingo.
I was also going to say that the arch could be rotated to the front then the perches remounted at 90 degrees to where they are now giving a "toe-in" on the tires. Unfortunately the axle sounds as though it is extremely bent/arched.

Hauling too much wood.

 

[JustJeff]

Pictures are in reverse order. Fished this morning and caught a couple perch, a pike and this nice smallie. Came home and got a start on the splitter....long way to go!

 

[chipper1]

Hauling too much wood.

I guess I'm not following. I thought you said the outside of the tires are wearing.
The insides will wear out when a trailer has been overloaded.
Stuck with my phone since my computer bag got left at the house so I can't look back as easily. Oh well.

 

[chipper1]

ooh-h oic. got it! haha, it's called a what? oic, not a caliper per se by itself... caliper? hmm, guess he means brakes! lol.. well, I was waiting for someone to comment on the cracked window... that digital vernier caliper is my 10-cents Garage Sale Special! works perfectly, you know!!! came with box, case and original Operator's Manual... even humidity packets. man selling said it wasn't dropped, he had an item slip from his hands... bounce bounce and bang! then cracked window. was selling all his tools... selling or giving away and moving to retirement home... guess he liked my sob story... "but not with the busted window!" ' ok, how about a dime?' SOLD! so tell me chipster... now, do u really think I need to buy me a new one? lol yes! 10-cents!!!!

the way I feel about it, he made me an offer I could not refuse... " so you want it, then?"


yes, I will... take another

That's awesome .10 lol, hard to beat that.
The funny thing is I did, with no sob story, no drama/acting here lol. A good friend of mine is who is an engineer and had finished his contract with leer in Kentwood was heading back to Seattle and gave it to me. Can you believe it, he gave me a "parting gift", when he was leaving . He's a great guy, I need to remember to call him.
One thing though I don't remember if I got the "humidity packs" .

chippster -

see post # 16020.

BL

As my kids say joking sawd it.

The scrounge that came to me in the form of a gift. Here's the great thing and why I was giving you a hard time, it was bought at the grocery store Aldi'. He knew about the fact that it was made in Germany, as he has done a lot of work there, and it came with a 3 yr warranty. I use it mainly for checking drive link thickness on the chains I get on the deals I do, it works great for that.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

That's awesome .10 lol, hard to beat that.
The funny thing is I did, with no sob story, no drama/acting here lol. A good friend of mine is who is an engineer and had finished his contract with leer in Kentwood was heading back to Seattle and gave it to me. Can you believe it, he gave me a "parting gift", when he was leaving . He's a great guy, I need to remember to call him.
One thing though I don't remember if I got the "humidity packs" .


As my kids say joking sawd it.

The scrounge that came to me in the form of a gift. Here's the great thing and why I was giving you a hard time, it was bought at the grocery store Aldi'. View attachment 505552 He knew about the fact that it was made in Germany, as he has done a lot of work there, and it came with a 3 yr warranty. I use it mainly for checking drive link thickness on the chains I get on the deals I do, it works great for that.View attachment 505553

damn! chippster ~ I guess I can believe ur story. probability is not fact, though... prob making it up since u dint include the humidity packages... you mite have paid $29.95 for it... off a 99-cents or less revolving rack at the end of discontinued items at the grocery. tell me paid -0- just to one-upmanship the ol BL's 10-cent deal! so I hear you, read you... but not sure if I believe you...

any ways - no humidity packs... no doubt it will rust!

 

[MustangMike]

Did some more splitting today in the am, and a little bit of cutting stuff already down.

Only let me post 4 of the 6 pics I took, so the best view of the lower wood pile is not here, sorry. But, the lower pile is getting pretty big, and we also started an upper pile. Had to get out of the Sun today, and the upper area was in the morning shade!

Hopefully we will find people who burned enough wood last year to want more this year!

 

[chucker]

View attachment 505518 View attachment 505519 Pictures are in reverse order. Fished this morning and caught a couple perch, a pike and this nice smallie. Came home and got a start on the splitter....long way to go!

you know fishing is for people who don't have wood duty?? lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Did some more splitting today in the am, and a little bit of cutting stuff already down.

Only let me post 4 of the 6 pics I took, so the best view of the lower wood pile is not here, sorry. But, the lower pile is getting pretty big, and we also started an upper pile. Had to get out of the Sun today, and the upper area was in the morning shade!

Hopefully we will find people who burned enough wood last year to want more this year!

some gud wud there MM!...

if u run out of space for a foto essay, just post what it can take space wise, call it Part One... then do a new post Part Two. u will get a new lease on the digital space thing... try it..

 

[MustangMike]

Thanks, but it is the individual pics that are too large to post, not the group.

 

[svk]

I guess I'm not following. I thought you said the outside of the tires are wearing.
The insides will wear out when a trailer has been overloaded.
Stuck with my phone since my computer bag got left at the house so I can't look back as easily. Oh well.

Well the trailer axle is tweaked upward in the middle. It runs with outsides of tires wearing excessively whether loaded or unloaded.

 

[chucker]

Well the trailer axle is tweaked upward in the middle. It runs with outsides of tires wearing excessively whether loaded or unloaded.

fixable, as long as the spindles are in good shape. straighten it with a chain and hyd. jack with a downward bend and a sturdy trust rod. also need to make sure the u bolts are tight and 90* to the spring seats!!

 

[JustJeff]

Chucker is correct. If spindles are good, I'd do that.

 

[Logger nate]

Snow melted enough to get to our high ellavation scrounge area
Log forwarder at work
Sure nice to have my helper this time, he's been mia last 4 loads (has girl friend now). standing trees still pretty solid even though they have been dead for 8 years. Thanks to my 6' 3" log loader ended up with a nice load.

 

[dancan]

Hey Nate , get you a nice dump trailer , double the fun

Awesome load

 

[Logger nate]

Ya I would love to have a dump trailer borrowed one last year sure was nice.... some day.
Thanks

 

[Logger nate]

Tractor and mill would be triple fun

 

[MustangMike]

That is an impressive pic transporting that log! Trust me when I tell ya we don't move Oak logs that size like that!

Beautiful area though!