Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

I saw this for sale on FB Marketplace and couldn't believe the price. I have 2 of them.

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

These tires lasted me about six months and one was free and the other one was $20 so I don’t feel too bad about it. I was just surprised to have two different brands separate at the same time on different ends.

Speaking of guns… I knew this old guy who used to work at one of the mines. He was probably the cheapest SOB I’ve ever met and I’m sure he still had the first penny he ever made.

He was one of those guys that was such a good saver but had his own skewed views about what to do with the money. He saved up a ton of money but he made a lot of bad financial decisions. He certainly had a low seven figure net worth, but had he listened to a decent financial advisor he probably would’ve been worth $10 to $20 million.

He more or less ran unofficial pawnshop out of his house and had acquired about 300 guns over the years. He said he would give people money for their guns as well as gold and silver coins when they were in a pinch and give them the option to buy it back at the same amount later and nobody ever came back to buy them back.

I told him I would buy the whole collection over the series of a couple of years and just to name the price. He never named the price, but he did give me a list of all the guns one time and it was pretty impressive. Not much super high dollar stuff, but a lot of real classics that our fathers, grandfathers, and grandfather‘s probably hunted with. I regret throwing that notebook in the fire a few years back, but I knew he was never going to sell.

He was so obsessed with getting everything from his estate into his kids estates tax-free that like I said he had made a lot of foolish decisions with things. Eventually, he, his wife, and both of his kids died within about a four year span, so nobody really got to enjoy anything.

He had purchased a newer house because his wife wanted a newer house, but they were still living in the old house because he “needed to redo it” before selling. Of course that never happened either because it would’ve required spending money to redo. I told him to sell it for what you can get out of it and move to the new house so you guys can enjoy your retirement. But he wasn’t going to do that.

Known quite a few people like that. As you said had they made some right decisions and not lived like everything was the last money on earth they would have had a decent life or been better to be around. One person always complained on how expensive everything was and just outright miserable to be around. One other tightwad I had delt with was complaining on how his car was starting hard, so I started asking him the basic questions which eventually led to asking how old the battery was. He stated he had put a new battery in the car the year after he had bought it. Turns out that was 10 years prior, to which I told him to replace the battery since it was so old, but he firmly claimed "it should last me the duration of owning the car!".

 

[Stihl_Fanatic]

I wanted to let everyone here know I will be changing my username soon. I recently signed up for a Supporting Membership to this great site. I'm only going to change my username because I no longer have a MS360.
I wanted to let you all know so there isn't any confusion.

 

[H-Ranch]

Cooked up some of the scrounged venison tonight. This was the deer that was hit by a truck out on the main road near our house last week. I was the first one on the scene and helped get the lady off the road and fixed the truck enough to make it roadworthy for her drive home. Anyway, the deer didn't run at all and had slid down 5 feet from the road. Had it processed and this was the first chance to cook it. Seared a few pieces of backstrap in olive oil with steak seasoning, then finished it in the oven for about 10 minutes at 375°F. I'm glad I checked it at 10 because the recipe said 12-15 minutes to 135°F internal temp. It was already 145 which was perfect for us - tender and juicy with a little pink in the center.

My youngest daughter is a bit of a picky eater (doesn't like fish, leftovers, etc.) We just told her we were having steak tonight. She *loved* it! Even went back for seconds. I told her after we were done and she was mostly fine with it so I guess we'll be having more. Good thing, because there are 43 pounds in the freezer.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Took the back way home from the grocery store

Usually fish here, beautiful views!!

 

[Gardiner Schneider]

100%, agree.

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.

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.

Started driving ambulances with the local group thirty years ago and even then all were diesel automatics. Have not been able to buy an F150 for even longer with a stick. Still have a 15 y/o Audi with a six speed stick and it is fun to drive.

 

[MustangMike]

I wanted to let everyone here know I will be changing my username soon. I recently signed up for a Supporting Membership to this great site. I'm only going to change my username because I no longer have a MS360.
I wanted to let you all know so there isn't any confusion.

Too bad you got rid of it. Mine was ported by Doc Al, and as Matt will tell you, it is very impressive!

 

[benz66]

Started driving ambulances with the local group thirty years ago and even then all were diesel automatics. Have not been able to buy an F150 for even longer with a stick. Still have a 15 y/o Audi with a six speed stick and it is fun to drive.

I first drove an automatic, (other than driver's ed) on the highway in 1976. the company sold fertilizer spreaders, and a lot of the new ones came with Allison 640 transmissions. The ones a couple years old up to maybe 5 yrs old had allison 540s. Before that, 4 or 5 speed manual transmissions, which were still the base setup. Every spring and fall we sold lots of 540s. the ford v-8 gassers had enough power to mess up a lot of 540s. The 640 stood up to the power of fords or cummins 555, and the abuse of young spreader jockeys, at least until they rolled the machine.

I started driving the ford 9n when I was 9. I had to stand on the clutch or brake pedals, (or both) to get them to move. A year or so later, I could drive the farmall H by sliding off the seat and bracing against it to push the brake or clutch, because my legs were not long enough. Drove trucks in the field when I was 13 or 14. Drove trucks on a 200 mile delivery route whenI turned 16 and got my license.

I always hated auto trans because they were worthless on snow, and allowed the skill-less to drive. As you may guess, I had to make peace with the blasted things because it is hard to get anything else now. The first one came in 1994. An 81 240D. I still have a 66 200D with the 4 speed on the column, and an 80 240D with 4 on the floor. But everything else is a stupid automatic. Now that I no longer need to drive on snow, my cars last longer and that argument about auto trans is out the window, but the skill-less drivers have multiplied like wabbits! Now even the majority of semi drivers are skill-less.

 

[Whitespider]

Probably a good reason why we should all go back to bias ply tires, right @Whitespider

Nothing wrong with bias ply for the proper application.

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[.358 win]

Started driving ambulances with the local group thirty years ago and even then all were diesel automatics. Have not been able to buy an F150 for even longer with a stick. Still have a 15 y/o Audi with a six speed stick and it is fun to drive.

A 2015 Subaru of mine had a six speed std.. Bought it specifically for flat towing.. Really liked it and it was a good car.. Sadly it was totaled by a deer strike.. It ran away as soon as it stood up. ( the deer). Replaced it with a Crosstrek with an automatic, impossible to flat tow now. That car just about drives me nuts.. It dings, whistles, beeps, blinks, and sometimes is flat out un-cooperative.. My opinion is all the electronics on it is born of Stupidity.. Does anyone need a car that tells the driver when it has " no eyesight" ? " Look in the rear seat". Some of it works well, Some of it is for stupid people. Can we go back to Cragers , eight tracks, and carburators ?? Remember breaker points, distributors, ballast resistors,,,, and the list goes on.. ?

 

[MechanicMatt]

Nothing wrong with bias ply for the proper application.

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[MechanicMatt]

A 2015 Subaru of mine had a six speed std.. Bought it specifically for flat towing.. Really liked it and it was a good car.. Sadly it was totaled by a deer strike.. It ran away as soon as it stood up. ( the deer). Replaced it with a Crosstrek with an automatic, impossible to flat tow now. That car just about drives me nuts.. It dings, whistles, beeps, blinks, and sometimes is flat out un-cooperative.. My opinion is all the electronics on it is born of Stupidity.. Does anyone need a car that tells the driver when it has " no eyesight" ? " Look in the rear seat". Some of it works well, Some of it is for stupid people. Can we go back to Cragers , eight tracks, and carburators ?? Remember breaker points, distributors, ballast resistors,,,, and the list goes on.. ?

I asked all the younger techs what I was working on

The closest answer was “distributor”

 

[MustangMike]

Nothing wrong with bias ply for the proper application.

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They absolutely suck at 135 MPH ... trust me!

 

[Stihl_Fanatic]

My username request was approved. This should be a fairly universal username.

Stihl_Fanatic, formally StihlMS360

 

[sean donato]

A 2015 Subaru of mine had a six speed std.. Bought it specifically for flat towing.. Really liked it and it was a good car.. Sadly it was totaled by a deer strike.. It ran away as soon as it stood up. ( the deer). Replaced it with a Crosstrek with an automatic, impossible to flat tow now. That car just about drives me nuts.. It dings, whistles, beeps, blinks, and sometimes is flat out un-cooperative.. My opinion is all the electronics on it is born of Stupidity.. Does anyone need a car that tells the driver when it has " no eyesight" ? " Look in the rear seat". Some of it works well, Some of it is for stupid people. Can we go back to Cragers , eight tracks, and carburators ?? Remember breaker points, distributors, ballast resistors,,,, and the list goes on.. ?

I don't think anyone is going to advocate going back to points ignition or carborators. The benefits of electronic ignition and efi are well documented, and really neither system is overly complicated. All the other crap that was added on, is nauseating. We don't really need vvt, or the ability to drop cylinders to save fuel, or all the epa mandated garbage. I don't care for all the interior tech either. Probably why I'm still running a 96 f-250 and planning on restoring my 94 f-350. Nothing fancy about either truck and they just work.

 

[chipper1]

My username request was approved. This should be a fairly universal username.

Stihl_Fanatic, formally StihlMS360

Not much of an upgrade though .

 

[Stihl_Fanatic]

Not much of an upgrade though .

That's true, but it's more fitting and I needed something that wasn't taken.

 

[chipper1]

That's true, but it's more fitting and I needed something that wasn't taken.

I'm just playing, I've got more stihls than most stihl guys have lol.
Heck, I'm still rocking my initial user profile pic on all the forums, an old 346XP NE with a carb . Least it doesn't have a distributor lol.

 

[cookies]

FYI if your ruger 10-22 is jamming only use ruger magazines!! Aftermarket versions have too weak of spring tension especially in the 25 round mags! Also the oem ejector arm in the receiver that grabs the shell lip is too soft resulting in the tip/edge to blunt after only a hundred rounds, replace it with a hardened version.

Over the years I have swapped quite a few points distributors out for EFI versions. Every engine picked up power throughout the rpm range with increased fuel economy plus started and ran much faster...even after sitting for several months!

Variable valve timing is a great thing for power and fuel economy! The problem is manufacturers making inferior parts and consumers doing 7-10k oil changes. VVT started back in the late 1999 area and only started having massive failures once manufacturers like ford dialed back quality and cut corners.
We currently should be using lifter and cam less cylinder heads at this point!

 

[Lee192233]

Can we go back to Cragers , eight tracks, and carburators ?? Remember breaker points, distributors, ballast resistors,,,, and the list goes on.. ?

No thanks...I prefer not to have a parking lot full of flooded engines to fix when the temp drops below 0. Wet distributor caps, tune-ups once or twice a year, trying to get chokes dialed in for every temp for picky customers. As Sean said EFI pretty much fixed all that. I could do without all the ADAS(Automated Driver Assist Systems) and fancy screens.