Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[Jimmy in NC]

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[sachsmo]

'96 2500 HD 488 CI V10 5 gear 4x4.

3.55 gears.(yes it hits on all 4)
It can pass everything (except a gas pump!)

Only new vehicle I ever bought!

Special ordered,

I'ma keepin' it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,forever!




**** I remember a year or so after the 'Desert Storm" I could drive that old girl forever on $20 bucks worth!

Takes $30 now to give her a quarter tank!

 

[pioneerguy600]

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That is what they run and cut like. The fellow on there owns a lot of the older IEL`s as well, the big two man saws also. I think he told me he has most of all the models IEL made back in the day, he sure has an impressive collection of very nicely restored vintage saws. Lately hes has gotten int the old ,barrel style, Homelites.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Scratcher chain is interesting. It worked.. but clearly wasn't going to win any races. I guess if it was misery whip or scratcher chain...

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Thought I was getting somewhere and I only got this....

Sup fellow sow!

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[pioneerguy600]

Scratcher chain is interesting. It worked.. but clearly wasn't going to win any races. I guess if it was misery whip or scratcher chain...

Scratcher chain was an early attempt at transfering the old established hand saw type of cutting design over to revolving chainsaw type design. The teeth of the scratcher chain duplicates the design of the common wood cutting handsaw with the teeth alternately offset and sharpened much the way a crosscut handsaw tooth was. The teeth were made deeper front to back though to allow for resharpening just the front side of the tooth as on a chain the teeth only enter the wood moving one way, as long as the chain is installed correctly...LOL

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Exactly. They are interesting to read up on them. I studied them a bit at one point. Often they came with a saddle setup on both sides of the bar as opposed to the tang in a grove setup we know today.

 

[IEL]

I am not really set on any engine for the truck.

Its more what I find in good shape for a good price is what I will end up with.

I would also rather have something reliable that gets 15mpg than something that blows up all the time and gets 20 mpg.....


Mind you anything is better than my dads old 03 dakota 4.7 v8..... Something always was breaking, and it got 13mpg on a good day..... 2 manifold jobs, blown head gasket, new rad, 3 heater cores (including a defective replacement from dodge.....) 3 AC compressors (including a defective replacement from dodge) differental (as he drove it home from the dealer.....) and many more I am forgetting.....

 

[roncoinc]

Ron I'd set it up with a two line system. A check with Stubby would confirm but I seem to remember dad always talking about the two line system being far superior to the single as more resistant to fuel gel and trash clogging the line. I'd run the extra line to the top of the tank. It keeps oil circulated and you'll have better results in the long run IMHO.

When i get the 275 gal permanent tank setup i will.
now it's off a 30 gal juice drum on a crossbuck.
works well tho

 

[roncoinc]

'96 2500 HD 488 CI V10 5 gear 4x4.

3.55 gears.(yes it hits on all 4)
It can pass everything (except a gas pump!)

Only new vehicle I ever bought!

Special ordered,

I'ma keepin' it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,forever!

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**** I remember a year or so after the 'Desert Storm" I could drive that old girl forever on $20 bucks worth!

Takes $30 now to give her a quarter tank!

Whadda ya live on a freeking GOLF course !! ??

 

[sachsmo]

Not Good.

180,000, the only thing I replaced is
1 serpentine belt
U joints in the front axle
a couple tie rods

Gas and oil

LOTs o' gas!

Actually on a straight highway cruise it will get 15MPG pretty easy.

It's the putzin' around town and such where it's lucky to get 5!


I have heard that anything Chrysler wit a .7 is trouble.

ie 2.7, 3.7, 4.7, 5.7.

The missus Jeep has 190,000 on the 4.7 and it has been flawless?

Those aluminum head engines do NOT like to be overheated!

 

[sachsmo]

Whadda ya live on a freeking GOLF course !! ??

Nope when we got the place 9 years ago there was more grass in the driveway than the lawn.

It's been alot of work, but it is getting there.

Yup someone put up a nice Morton Pole building a new house,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, then just walked away.

I'd tell you what I paid ,(House, barn, 15 wooded acres) but nobody likes me here the way it is!

 

[roncoinc]

Nope when we got the place 9 years ago there was more grass in the driveway than the lawn.

It's been alot of work, but it is getting there.

Yup someone put up a nice Morton Pole building a new house,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, then just walked away.

I'd tell you what I paid ,(House, barn, 15 wooded acres) but nobody likes me here the way it is!


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Sure looks like the water trap on a course to me !!

dont see any lobster traps in it tho ??
got clams in there ?
maybe oysters ??

 

[Jimmy in NC]

I am not really set on any engine for the truck.

Its more what I find in good shape for a good price is what I will end up with.

I would also rather have something reliable that gets 15mpg than something that blows up all the time and gets 20 mpg.....


Mind you anything is better than my dads old 03 dakota 4.7 v8..... Something always was breaking, and it got 13mpg on a good day..... 2 manifold jobs, blown head gasket, new rad, 3 heater cores (including a defective replacement from dodge.....) 3 AC compressors (including a defective replacement from dodge) differental (as he drove it home from the dealer.....) and many more I am forgetting.....

I'm sure you'll do fine. Just thought I'd share my experiences with the 4.3 in a Silverado... now in my former S-10's.... screaming combination and great gas mileage. 25+ all day long.

 

[roncoinc]

OK,,i know i said i swore off seafood for awhile,,,,,,,,,,but,,,,,,,,,

just got a call,,gonna go pick up 5 gal of clams

 

[sachsmo]

No SIR,

fresh water,

The pond was not there when we got here.

Had to dig it to finish back filling the property.

I used that ole Dodge to haul every one of those stones here (it's a never ending job)

The wife and I use flip phones, and I drive a '95 Corolla (got from me brother after it got paid for by a hail storm)

We live a simple life, but we know what hard work is!

Yella Perch anyone?

 

[tbone75]

Sure a nice looking place ! And a lot of work to keep it that way ! LOL

 

[tbone75]

OK,,i know i said i swore off seafood for awhile,,,,,,,,,,but,,,,,,,,,

just got a call,,gonna go pick up 5 gal of clams

Send them to Mongo ! LOL

 

[sachsmo]

Bye the bye,

I wouldn't live on no STINKIN' golf course!

We ain't got a neighbor within better than a half mile!

 

[tbone75]

No SIR,

fresh water,

The pond was not there when we got here.

Had to dig it to finish back filling the property.

I used that ole Dodge to haul every one of those stones here (it's a never ending job)

The wife and I use flip phones, and I drive a '95 Corolla (got from me brother after it got paid for by a hail storm)

We live a simple life, but we know what hard work is!

Yella Perch anyone?

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I would take a 5gal. bucket of them ! !