Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Gardiner Schneider]

Rob is right.

I had a pretty good sized generator that wouldn't start my craftsman radial saw. Not enough surge power.

Most times when I read this site I learn, or relearn something. Of course an electric motor, AC or DC requires more amps times volts to start it than run it. But we forget that sort of thing and think that a pretty good size gen will start something requiring more than the gen rating for the surge load at the beginning. Toss 100 feet of 14 or 16 ga extension cord betwixt the gen and motor, and the problem becomes worse.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Was watching “Port protection”, the tie die gal’s electric chainsaw quit. The battery overheated

The other gals little black handle Stihl, was Stihl running…..

 

[Ryan A]

A little off (current) topics . For @London Neil @Cowboy254.
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Did you get high winds over your way?

Wind gusts reported as high as 58mph at the Philly international. Prime scrounging opportunities…..

 

[MechanicMatt]

My pal Mike was a an enabler. Heard I was gonna be taking my wife to a doctors appointment near his place. Said check out the local gun shop, they just took in a consignment of Winchester rifles.

 

[farmer steve]

Did you get high winds over your way?

Wind gusts reported as high as 58mph at the Philly international. Prime scrounging opportunities…..

We had dads place logged out. 50 oak trees plus some hickory and cherry casualties. We did have 50mph+winds Monday.

 

[sean donato]

Did you get high winds over your way?

Wind gusts reported as high as 58mph at the Philly international. Prime scrounging opportunities…..

We got high winds too, i was kinda surprised no trees came down from it at my place or any of the neighbors.

 

[farmer steve]

We got high winds too, i was kinda surprised no trees came down from it at my place or any of the neighbors.

Heading down back to see if any more ash came down this morning. If not, I'll make them fall down

 

[JimR]

sounds like sage advice. Wonder how he felt about poured self leveling courses.

He was old school.

 

[chipper1]

He was old school.

So he "stepped up" .

 

[JimR]

Well I made some progress with her last evening, she still isn't budging off the same floor in entire house concept. She did agree to get the new flooring, but hold off on installing it till the ceiling is de popcorned, the bay windows and 2 dining room windows are replaced and all the drywall is finished/ painted. We agreed to rip out the breakfast nook too, which will free up a lot of unused space. She started in on the kitchen too, but I'm not seeing how thays feasible right now. Really it's would just be counters and counter tops, all the appliances save the fridge have been replaced in the past 5 ish years. Just more work and money i guess. I'll probably try to farm out the cabinets. She wants live edge counter tops, i can handle making them and coating them with resin.

It sounds to me like she wants you working on the house and not your building project. Been there done that way too many times in my career marriage of 49 years. Everytime that I found a project to do she would come up with something else for me to do. It can drive a person nuts.

 

[JimR]

In 2012 I bought a new pu, it still has the original battery in it.

The other day I took it in for an oil change and they tested the battery, they told me it wasn't 100% but was still good.

This morning it was near zero, and it cranked the engine right up.

SR

You are doing extremely well with that battery. The longest life that I ever got out of an automotive battery was 9 years. That was my wife’s 86 Honda Accord that we bought brand new. When it died it was a stone cold dead.

 

[Whitespider]

Have you talked to @olyman at all?

Haven't heard from him at all.
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[svk]

I have been getting 7-8 years out of GM issued batteries up here in MN. I am going to guess probably 4-5 out of cheaper aftermarket batteries.

Granted my stuff stays parked outside and I rotate between two vehicles so either one will sometimes will sit for a couple of weeks. I know that isn't necessarily easy on batteries either when you call on them to start in -30.

 

[sean donato]

It sounds to me like she wants you working on the house and not your building project. Been there done that way too many times in my career marriage of 49 years. Everytime that I found a project to do she would come up with something else for me to do. It can drive a person nuts.

I think it's a bit of that, but much deeper for her. Our place was always intended to be a starter house. Neither of us figured we'd be here this long. Several factors played a role in us being here so long, we had a lot of hospital bills from having our daughter, insurance didn't cover most of the bills. Then covid killed our savings. Since I worked for the township I wasn't eligible for the gravy money, and our hours got cut by 2/3. She went on some sort of work share thing, which cut her hours, but also made her ineligible for the gravy money. Basically killed our savings. Then the housing market exploded. We're better off financially now, but still recovering.
I think for her, building the shop was the realization that were not moving anytime soon. So naturally she wants to remodel the house now that the shop is mostly done. I can't say I 100% blame her, there's a lot of things neither of us liked about the house, but we just never did anything thinking, oh it will just be a few more years till we start looking at other houses.
The biggest problem, is she want to do everything all at once and it's her way, or no way. That just can't happen.

 

[sean donato]

I'd be very disappointed if I only got 3-5 years out of a battery. Longest batteries I've had last, was my 90 dodge cummins. Battery went 12 years, i could have milked it a bit longer, but i did a lot of driving and hauling back then. Replaced it before winter set in, as it was cranking over slightly slower then normal amd i didnt want to get stuck in the middle if nowhere with a dead battery. My wife's 01 focus had its original battery in it till 2014. I figured the motorcraft battery lasted that long, may as well get another. Lasted 5 years,(I was not happy.) replaced it with an interstate Megatron, as far as I know it's still the same battery in it. Sold it to my cousin for a beater car a few years ago.
The expedition will soon take a battery, I've had that close to 10 years and haven't put a battery in it yet. (It cranks really slow when it gets real cold out. I should just replace it and be done with it.) I think it's some sort of auto zone battery. Heck I even get fairly long life out of the mower and tractor batteries, i do take the mower batteries out every fall when I park them till spring.
I think a lot of people's complaints about batteries, is not buying the biggest, highest rated battery for their application. I've always done it in my stuff, and usually don't have issues for a long time with them.

 

[SS396driver]

Went down to the town garage they have a pile of sand and rock salt (very little) mix free for residents to take .
Driveway is two inches of solid ice

 

[GrizzlyAdams86]

Since we've been having a discussion about batteries/vehicle starting, here's the air starter for a EMD 710-16-G3C prime mover in a SD70ACe.

 

[Lee192233]

Got the axle mocked up and ran it through it's range of motion. Looks good so I will blow it apart tomorrow and finish welding it.Had a visitor outside the shop window this afternoon.

 

[Stihl_Fanatic]

As some of you may know I cut some poplar wood a couple of weeks ago. I have no experience with poplar whatsoever, so I must ask you more experienced folks a stupid question.
Can I burn poplar in my wood furnace? Or will it create creosote, not burn well, etc.?

 

[Lee192233]

As some of you may know I cut some poplar wood a couple of weeks ago. I have no experience with poplar whatsoever, so I must ask you more experienced folks a stupid question.
Can I burn poplar in my wood furnace? Or will it create creosote, not burn well, etc.?

If you're talking tulip poplar I have no experience but I'm sure it's fine. If it's aspen you're talking about I've burned plenty. It's a great shoulder season wood and I use it to get the fire going.

Just make sure it's properly seasoned and both will be fine.