Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Haywire]

The free stove is working out nicely in the saw/sled shed. A little small but the price was right.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I am still chuckling about this View attachment 1241484

I have no problem with this…
But, Mexico should demand equal press and rename The Gulf of California since it only has Mexican coastline. No?

 

[JimR]

I only spent 45 minutes in the woods today after 4pm. I dropped a 16" Ash and bucked it up. Then I dropped a 11" and a 20" Ash. Something in the 20" snapped a tooth off my chain and dulled down quite a few others. They can wait for another day to get bucked up.

 

[benz66]

Just a heads up for dewalt tool owners. Lowes is having a buy certain bare dewalt tools get a fee 6 or 8 amp hour battery with it. I was going to get one of those oscillating cutters, something I've been meaning to get for a while. Guy at lowes said it was on promotional sale, but they didn't have the batteries in stock, so I just ordered it online and chose ship to home.(free shipping.)
Which is a great deal, since the battery is $199.99 by itself. Should have it wednesday or Thursday. View attachment 1240885

I just bought a chinee 6 amp battery on fleabay for $17. bought a couple 18v nicads a couple months ago. May need a new drill. One of my 18v ones smoked today with tapcon bit (no hammer). Good to know. Thanks. Will see if the drill is alive tomorrow...

 

[chipper1]

Want one? I got one in a box

That new little husky is so strong and light, I’ll probably never touch this CP55 again
You want it, pm me an address

Once upon a time, it wore a pipe and was a mean little 3cube saw

Had to be 15 years ago now…..

Nah, but thanks.
I've had a few, I prefer the 3 series and newer. Even sold my little ported 242xp not terribly long ago.
I've probably got at least five 50cc saws, should be okay for a bit .

 

[benz66]

I just bought a chinee 6 amp battery on fleabay for $17. bought a couple 18v nicads a couple months ago. May need a new drill. One of my 18v ones smoked today with tapcon bit (no hammer). Good to know. Thanks. Will see if the drill is alive tomorrow...

Been working 100 miles from home in houses with no juice. Need batteries! I fired up the generator today for 6 3" tapcons in concrete. THis stuff has river rock, not limestone, Those little rocks are hard, even with 120V hammer drill.

 

[chipper1]

I see your new cylinder is on its way Sean.
Not sure what the cycle time will be, but the ram shouldn't bend again lol.

 

[MustangMike]

Griz I’m just fine with low snow totals!!!

And don’t you know, Uncle Mike walked to school too

UPHILL both ways

Actually, other than 8th grade (when I walked to the school nearby), we always got on the bus. But back then, a bus driver was "REQUIRED" to be able to put chains on his bus, and like Griz says, they did not cancel school often. When the did, me, your Dad and Tommy R always went around making a few bucks snow shoveling.

We usually got $2 or $3 for each driveway and the walkways. That was the total that we got, that we split up.

 

[JimR]

Actually, other than 8th grade (when I walked to the school nearby), we always got on the bus. But back then, a bus driver was "REQUIRED" to be able to put chains on his bus, and like Griz says, they did not cancel school often. When the did, me, your Dad and Tommy R always went around making a few bucks snow shoveling.

We usually got $2 or $3 for each driveway and the walkways. That was the total that we got, that we split up.

I remember those days also. We went to school in the snowstorms and didn't get out early unless there was a good foot of snow. We had snowcaves in the roadside snow banks. One hill down the street was a good 1/4 mile long to slide down. At the bottom was a barbed wire fence and the road. Across the street was another much smaller hill. We would have a lookout for anyone coming down as we blasted thru the fence, landed in the snow covered road and continued on our way down the other hill. We would only make 2 - 3 runs as it was a long walk back up that hill in the snow. Those were the days when we really had lots of snow.

 

[MechanicMatt]

I have no problem with this…
But, Mexico should demand equal press and rename The Gulf of California since it only has Mexican coastline. No?

Sounds fair to me

 

[sean donato]

I see your new cylinder is on its way Sean.
Not sure what the cycle time will be, but the ram shouldn't bend again lol.
View attachment 1241511

ok, drop it off. I may have to shorten it a bit, but I think it will get the job done.

 

[GrizG]

I see your new cylinder is on its way Sean.
Not sure what the cycle time will be, but the ram shouldn't bend again lol.
View attachment 1241511

Another inch instead of MM mistake in ordering or pulling stock…

 

[sean donato]

ok, drop it off. I may have to shorten it a bit, but I think it will get the job done.

In all seriousness though, with the options suggested, the research I've done and already having a lot of stuff to build another bigger splitter, I decided to just let the bent cylinder ride for now. It leaks a few drops right before it's fully retracted, so not a big deal. I'd rather just put that money towards the new splitter build.

 

[GrizG]

Actually, other than 8th grade (when I walked to the school nearby), we always got on the bus. But back then, a bus driver was "REQUIRED" to be able to put chains on his bus, and like Griz says, they did not cancel school often. When the did, me, your Dad and Tommy R always went around making a few bucks snow shoveling.

We usually got $2 or $3 for each driveway and the walkways. That was the total that we got, that we split up.

The school superintendent lived on the same street as I but about a mile away on the “city end.” I lived on the old farm, dead-end, end and was about 200 feet higher in elevation. He’d drive up our street and around a few others and decide whether to close the schools.

My son used to work for a school bus company. Among other things he managed the on-bus video cameras and data, and trained new drivers. He told me that the company has flail chains on buses in the Binghamton, NY area and others but not in the Hudson Valley. Those and automatic transmissions are the only way they can recruit drivers…

 

[mountainguyed67]

 

[sean donato]

The school superintendent lived on the same street as I but about a mile away on the “city end.” I lived on the old farm, dead-end, end and was about 200 feet higher in elevation. He’d drive up our street and around a few others and decide whether to close the schools.

My son used to work for a school bus company. Among other things he managed the on-bus video cameras and data, and trained new drivers. He told me that the company has flail chains on buses in the Binghamton, NY area and others but not in the Hudson Valley. Those and automatic transmissions are the only way they can recruit drivers…

on spots suck, by the time you need them, they should have been deployed under the tire already. Should really just go back to training people how to put tire chains on, on the road.
Automatics have become so prolific there's a restriction on your cdl if you test in one. I think it went into effect in 2015.

 

[Woodtroll]

on spots suck, by the time you need them, they should have been deployed under the tire already. Should really just go back to training people how to put tire chains on, on the road.

Yes, they do. And they're ineffective in deep snow because the chains won't "sling" under the tires correctly, and they're no good for constant stop-and-go. In short, they stink on school buses.

 

[Lionsfan]

on spots suck, by the time you need them, they should have been deployed under the tire already. Should really just go back to training people how to put tire chains on, on the road.
Automatics have become so prolific there's a restriction on your cdl if you test in one. I think it went into effect in 2015.

Taking manual transmissions out of the equation is the simplest way for driving schools to ensure high success rates. Some of the best students on earth would fail a road test simply because they're all left feet and too uncoordinated to shift a manual trans.

 

[StihlMS360]

I actually prefer a manual transmission in any vehicle. I think they are fun to drive.

 

[sean donato]

Taking manual transmissions out of the equation is the simplest way for driving schools to ensure high success rates. Some of the best students on earth would fail a road test simply because they're all left feet and too uncoordinated to shift a manual trans.

100%, agree.

I actually prefer a manual transmission in any vehicle. I think they are fun to drive.

Sticks great till you're in an underpowered 10 wheeler plowing cul-de-sac or any other scenario where you're constantly going front and back, or constantly stopping and starting. It's a big reason short run and vocational trucks are automatics for years now. I prefer stick for many reasons, but automatics have their place.