Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Haywire]

Ran up to the North Fork today, it's also open to fishing year round. 43° beautiful spring weather this past week.

 

[JimR]

Ran up to the North Fork today, it's also open to fishing year round. 43° beautiful spring weather this past week.
View attachment 1246645View attachment 1246646View attachment 1246644View attachment 1246648

Love the scenery and the fish.

 

[sean donato]

Here is what the saw looked like when I picked it up. The chain cover will be blasted tomorrow and painted.

Good saws, my logging buddy has been running them for a few years now. He sure seems to like them. He's broken 4 brake flags this winter though, don't know if it's a him thing or a design issue.

 

[Haywire]

Love the scenery and the fish.

Thanks, Jim. That's Glacier National Park on the right side of the river.

 

[benz66]

Part of this week's scrounging: Crapsman 1800 watt Genny. The briggs rattley engine does turn over, but I'd guess spending $120 for a Harbor Fright predator engine would be money better spent than buying a carb and air cleaner and trying to resurrect this old briggs. If the predator engine really a lot quieter than a briggs? How easy is the predator to set to 1800 RPM? (I am assuming this would be 1800 rpm, not 3600). I'd assume I'd probably be better off to buy or scrounge a meter to show cycles/sec. at lest for the initial setup.

Its not big enough to run much more than a drill or grinder, but still could be handy in a no-electric situation. I toyed with the idea of buying or scrounging a lawnmower vert. shaft engine and mount it on a 2 wheel cart. That would make it much more portable. It is a heavy little bugger, so probably good copper windings. I do like the muffler setup. It should make the exhaust fairly quiet. But moot point if I use a different engine.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

None on the HF engines here have the tapered crank shaft that I believe than genset uses.

SR

 

[derwoodii]

on it today, twas nice work as day was cool not the humid stinker of last few weeks

 

[benz66]

None on the HF engines here have the tapered crank shaft that I believe than genset uses.

SR

good point! thanks! I think the vertical shaft pressure washer engines are tapered shaft.

 

[benz66]

. is a video of one that is cleaner/more complete. The plate says it is 3600 RPM. So,, I was wrong in guessing 1800 prm. He says it is not a briggs, but a tecumseh.

 

[dboyd351]

Gonna be a crappy year boys, I pulled the first tick of my boy Gunner tonight

What happened to the cold weather killing off the insects theory?

 

[Squareground3691]

10 Degrees this morning, winds a blowing
View attachment IMG_5426.mov

 

[Lee192233]

Nice bars, they're really light compared to the solid ones.

Yeah, I think it's about the the same as the 20" Sugi that was on it. I'd have to weigh em to be sure. Looking forward to using it.

 

[chipper1]

What happened to the cold weather killing off the insects theory?

Globl warming, I mean climate change .

 

[chipper1]

Got the ceiling(and an inch of insulation on top of it) finished in the welding fab area yesterday . Need to get the electrical in, including 20amp outlets and a couple welder outlets.Last week the boy and I got the sub-panel in the wall, so there is power about 2' from this area. Also the lift can be wired up now as well once the sub-panel is wired to the main panel.
Sub-panel. The insulation to the left was covering the opening to the welding/fab area, it's now open. I'll probably put some sort of curtains up to separate it from the main bay, maybe make some out of old tarps.

 

[JimR]

Thanks, Jim. That's Glacier National Park on the right side of the river.

That is on our hit list for places to visit.

 

[JimR]

Globl warming, I mean climate change .

Yup, the climate is forever changing, twice a day if not more in certain places.

 

[JimR]

Gonna be a crappy year boys, I pulled the first tick of my boy Gunner tonight

I haven't seen a tick since last Spring. All the time that I spent outside last year was tick free. I was really surprised about it.

 

[dboyd351]

I'm hoping the cold weather does knock down the ticks. My Golden Retreiver was just diagnosed with Erlichiosis, despite having worn a Soresto flea and tick collar continuously for the last year or so (the ones supposedly good for up to 8 months) and it being well within the date by which it is supposed to be replaced.

 

[MustangMike]

Cold does not kill ticks, but snow will suppress their activity.

Yesterday, at noon, it was like a mild spring day, and I even took my jacket off.

This morning it is in the teens here, and 2* up at my property in the Catskills.

 

[Lee192233]

What do you do when there isn’t enough sap to boil?


You smoke View attachment 1246561View attachment 1246562

You inspired me...Threw some chicken on the Traeger. What temp do you cook the chicken to? I usually go 185. I've wondered if it would be more fall off the bone if I brought it up to 195-200.