SteveSS
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Agree. I liked the 2009 that I drove much more than this one, but it was just rear wheel drive. The AWD is awful nice to have.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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MechanicMatt
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Ambull, have a shop flush the brake fluid and adjust your rear drums, you should notice a biv difference.
My escape is the old style, I think they have more interior room. The new ones look nice, but it kinda went yuppy!
Well , no scrounge today 
Got trumped by the wife and the need for a washer , rain and snow event tomorrow so looks like next weekend .
Oh well , I'll make some scrounging tools this week , work on a mount for the davit to make loading easier
Got trumped by the wife and the need for a washer , rain and snow event tomorrow so looks like next weekend .
Oh well , I'll make some scrounging tools this week , work on a mount for the davit to make loading easier
I worked on cutting up some hard maple that I got from my tree service buddy. 
caw
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I've been enjoying this thread for a while so I thought I'd make you guys drool now that I finally made an account. My parents had some logging done last winter and this is the leftover odds and ends. The pile from Dec 2013 is what I cut and split over Christmas break to get it out of view from the main road. I borrowed a vertical splitter for that.
Now that I'm home again I'm just cutting on weekends and splitting weeknights with a fiskars. I could probably go faster with a powered splitter but I've had some frustrations with work and school this fall and a couple hours beating the #### out of the woodpile really gets my head right. Cheap and effective therapy.
My 15 y/o assistant has been having a blast driving the "wood hauler" around delivering cut stuff to the to split pile but now the stupid thing is only firing on 1 of 2 cylinders. On a related note does anyone have a good resource for diagnosing john deere lawn tractors?
I'm thinking I need a bigger saw, my biggest is a Husky 61 Rancher, and a 4 wheeler. So I'm contemplating spending ~$15k to cut $1-2k worth of firewood this winter
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Now that I'm home again I'm just cutting on weekends and splitting weeknights with a fiskars. I could probably go faster with a powered splitter but I've had some frustrations with work and school this fall and a couple hours beating the #### out of the woodpile really gets my head right. Cheap and effective therapy.
My 15 y/o assistant has been having a blast driving the "wood hauler" around delivering cut stuff to the to split pile but now the stupid thing is only firing on 1 of 2 cylinders. On a related note does anyone have a good resource for diagnosing john deere lawn tractors?
I'm thinking I need a bigger saw, my biggest is a Husky 61 Rancher, and a 4 wheeler. So I'm contemplating spending ~$15k to cut $1-2k worth of firewood this winter
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SteveSS
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I'm thinking I need a bigger saw, and a 4 wheeler. So I'm contemplating spending ~$15k to cut $1-2k worth of firewood this winter
That's the spirit!! Nice little scrounge you have going there. Welcome to the thread.
You might still find a 2014 model wheeler at one of your local dealers for pretty cheap. Or Craigslist...usually some pretty decent wheelers to be found there.
Welcome aboard caw !
Welcome to A.S.!
Philbert
Philbert
Welcome caw!
caw
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Thanks for the welcome guys!
What I forgot to mention is that uncut pile is less than half of what is piled up and there is probably that much again laying around in the woods. Plus Mom and Dad are having some more trees taken out this winter.
If my therapy sessions get ahead of my storage space I guess I'll have to sell some wood.
What I forgot to mention is that uncut pile is less than half of what is piled up and there is probably that much again laying around in the woods. Plus Mom and Dad are having some more trees taken out this winter.
If my therapy sessions get ahead of my storage space I guess I'll have to sell some wood.
caw
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Steve: I've been watching craigslist. I'll probably end up with something from there. Problem is that I want this bad boy http://www.arcticcat.com/atv/model/DIESEL700SD#green
mainewoods
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Welcome caw. Plenty of good advice and idea's on here. Sometimes it's even about scrounging firewood!
mainewoods
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That is a very nice scrounge, good job! 
SCBBQ
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Welcome Caw!!!
The weather has been really crappy here the last few days. Sporadic mist and rain just when you think it will clear up enough to get started outside it will start back up.
So I started working on a special project for my daughter. I enjoy doing a little wood working when I have time and I certainly had time today.
She moved about 3 hours away to work last year and finally got a place of her own a month ago.
She started doing furnishings and asked me to refinish the wooden shipping box her granddad ( my FIL retired USAF) sent his belongings home from Vietnam in 1970. She wants to leave all the markings, put a clear finish and try to find some older looking bronze hardware to use it as a living room table. He passed away about 5 years ago and she was his only granddaughter so I think this a great way for her to keep him and his memory close to her.
The weather has been really crappy here the last few days. Sporadic mist and rain just when you think it will clear up enough to get started outside it will start back up.
So I started working on a special project for my daughter. I enjoy doing a little wood working when I have time and I certainly had time today.
She moved about 3 hours away to work last year and finally got a place of her own a month ago.
She started doing furnishings and asked me to refinish the wooden shipping box her granddad ( my FIL retired USAF) sent his belongings home from Vietnam in 1970. She wants to leave all the markings, put a clear finish and try to find some older looking bronze hardware to use it as a living room table. He passed away about 5 years ago and she was his only granddaughter so I think this a great way for her to keep him and his memory close to her.
SteveSS
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Welcome to the site CAW, and good luck with that nice project SCBBQ.
The only reason I was not in Nam is cause I got a high #, there was a draft lottery back then. A lot of my friends went, and I remember them reading the names of the fallen over the loud speaker at HS. I graduated 1970, and it was a big school. Our class had over 500.
The only reason I was not in Nam is cause I got a high #, there was a draft lottery back then. A lot of my friends went, and I remember them reading the names of the fallen over the loud speaker at HS. I graduated 1970, and it was a big school. Our class had over 500.
Ambull01
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Will do, thanks.
Ambull01
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Got a new/used scrounging tool this morning for $75.
Well, the price is nice, now U will have to tell us how it runs???
Where did U find it?
Where did U find it?
