Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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My goodness people are sheep. Watching the uproar on facebook everytime they read some sort of skewed news about DT and/or EM.
I don't know what's worse. The terrible news outlets or the idiots who believe them.
I don't know what's worse. The terrible news outlets or the idiots who believe them.
Pics don’t do it justice…
benz66
Used to sell firewood for $5 a face cord, deliverd
That one with the spike up close is a work of art! Thanks for sending.
benz66
Used to sell firewood for $5 a face cord, deliverd
I don't miss that at all. Low here on the gulf coast is 38 tonight. Near freezing again on Thursday, with high of 45. Never had the luxury of a snowblower on a tractor. Highs most days in the 50s or 60s. Got my dose of snow Jan 21 during the week we went for a beach vacation in Pensacola. 12 hours of blowin and snowin. 8" of dry snow. Record snow all along the coast. record cold that week too. None of us had to be anywhere so just stayed close, and nobody minded.
benz66
Used to sell firewood for $5 a face cord, deliverd
Sorry for your loss. It is never easy.Yup, fired it up yesterday, old faithful don’t build them like that anymore, purrs like a kitten all day , No dam computer circuit boards failing on this , View attachment 1242963
Is that an Onan engine? I have an briggs powered oldie from a pullman car. Nice 1800 rpm one.
I've got a 220V radial arm saw. Works on house power, but not on the generator. The generator 110V runs the hand held grinder great. Both legs are 116V. I found testing videos on YouTube, to identify which component is faulty. Haven’t started testing yet. Also found one showing what screw to turn to increase the output. It’s a Troybuilt 7800. The guy I got the saw from ran it on an 8000, to show me that it worked. I think worse case scenario, the alternator isn’t putting out quite enough power. Might be something else too.
Sawyer Rob
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The something else is probably that your generator doesn't have enough "surge amps" to start the saw.
SR
Surprised we still have power. Drove (with my daughter) to the tax apt tonight. The client had moved and was literally at the end of a 2 mi long one lane dirt road!
But even on the main roads, the wind was sending ice balls off the trees and down at my truck constantly.
They now have 9 acres and chickens and ducks! My daughter got some free eggs.
But even on the main roads, the wind was sending ice balls off the trees and down at my truck constantly.
They now have 9 acres and chickens and ducks! My daughter got some free eggs.
Hey, anyone hear from Cowboy??? Hope one of them dangerous drop bears didn't get him!
Last seen Dec 27, 2024
Thanks , it’s an old twin cylinder Kohler , lost power just a short bit, but temperature in the low teens all week and the trees are just covered in ice and brittle as hell ,
brushes, automatic voltage regulator, or capacitors. Should have either one or the other, not both an avr and caps. They may call the avr a control board, micro controller etc. Not much else regulating voltage output on small brushed generators when they are running at the rated 3600 rpm.
Sawyer Rob
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BUT, you aren't being clear, is that running watts or surge watts?? Some gen sets will surge MUCH higher than others.
Is one genset over rated??
There are too many variables to make a claim of "unlikely" so quickly.
SR
Rob is right.
I had a pretty good sized generator that wouldn't start my craftsman radial saw. Not enough surge power.
I had a pretty good sized generator that wouldn't start my craftsman radial saw. Not enough surge power.
So, having a minor conundrum with my wife. She hit me with the amount of money I sank into building the shop over the last 2-3 years. I agreed. we decided since the shop is mostly done and functional I should get back to redoing the rest of the house. As part of that, the carpet is shot, and we both have hated it since we bought the place. As of our discussion this weekend, she decided she wants the same flooring in the entire house. Which I'm opposed to, since we just finished my sons room and sank over $1200.00 into the floor of his room. She basically said, she wants no transition steps in the house at all, and wants hardwood floors. I tried to point out, hardwood is great, but not in the bathrooms or kitchen. So there will be a few transition strips/ slight changes in floor height. For whatever reason this made her kick into super stubborn mode, and she said "fine, we won't do anything. If I can't have what I want, in my house then it can stay the way it is."
Im at a bit of a loss at this point as what to suggest. I don't see a way around Having a few transitions in the floors. Heck I'd even be ok leveling up where linoleum should go, vs the hard woods
Any ideas how to get this through to my wife?
Im at a bit of a loss at this point as what to suggest. I don't see a way around Having a few transitions in the floors. Heck I'd even be ok leveling up where linoleum should go, vs the hard woods
Any ideas how to get this through to my wife?
