The Ford "Scoop" Attachment

[slowp]

This happened yet again. I did not want to use Twinkle to cut it out. I pounded on it with an axe, but to no avail. I thought about driving backwards into the office but that didn't seem a good idea on the highway.
So, I made the embarrassing radio call although not as bad as being stuck and asked for somebody to bring out a handsaw. He brought a hacksaw, but I saw a sharp little hatchet in his rig so he whacked it in two with that. So, will the Chevy Silverado have all this catchall shielding under it? Would a 361 have cut it out with no problems?

I seem to remember scooping up snow with another Ford and it freezing hard and affecting something vital, like the brakes.

 

[sILlogger]

mmmm...so what happened here?

 

[Burvol]

Was that your crummy? Or a personal vehicle? Dang it Slowp, easy on the machinery killer!

 

[big daddio]

hmmmm......ain't there some essential parts where that tree's at?

 

[gremlin]

hmmmm......ain't there some essential parts where that tree's at?

ha very essential. T-case and wiring. drive shaft fuel lines and on and on

 

[slowp]

Was that your crummy? Or a personal vehicle? Dang it Slowp, easy on the machinery killer!

It's the work truck and it picks up hitchhikers like that frequently but I can usually pull or knock them right out. The beast is pretty high too so if I park over a hole, I have to do a seatbelt belay to get back in. I carry a stepstool so I can reach in to check the oil or retrieve stuff out of the box. Yesterday was a drizzly day and you could stay warm if you worked but I got frozen trying to get this thing out and having to lie in the mud and pound on it. I better throw more limbs out of the road. I'm supposed to be getting a new Chevy Silverado this year but I like the Ford cuz I can blame everything on a previous employee.

 

[Gologit]

It's the work truck and it picks up hitchhikers like that frequently but I can usually pull or knock them right out. The beast is pretty high too so if I park over a hole, I have to do a seatbelt belay to get back in. I carry a stepstool so I can reach in to check the oil or retrieve stuff out of the box. Yesterday was a drizzly day and you could stay warm if you worked but I got frozen trying to get this thing out and having to lie in the mud and pound on it. I better throw more limbs out of the road. I'm supposed to be getting a new Chevy Silverado this year but I like the Ford cuz I can blame everything on a previous employee.

Hmmmmm...Note to self..."Do not buy used USFS pickups". Or used logger's pick-ups either.

 

[slowp]

One of the loggers, from Oregon so we know he can levitate logs, chews me out regularly because for some reason, he wants to buy this pickup. He's upset about the shift thingy missing and the paint spots inside and out. Bah, those are minor details. This is the guy who dips into his chew with a hand covered in oil and claims it gives the chew a special flavor.

 

[ak4195]

If its runnin without leaking vital fluids or shimmies its fine,'sides its federal.You'll get a new one or new used one,or fixed to a certain degree,no problems.Ughm,but ya know,part of the getting older thing is that getting wiser thing too,so rather than "Steve McQueen" over it,because well it is "federal",perhaps stop,get out,whack up the offending limb(yes go ahead rock the chain on the road bed ,no prob,thats what you carry that one for right?).Moving rounds out of the way is sometimes optional,if your sure of your clearance.The chevy I suspect will be alot lower.
I remember one time several decades ago,driving a brand new rental ford crew cab 4wd in Dutch Harbor on 3 tires for MILES during a fearsom drunk.....oh wait thats probably best left for another thread.


ak4195

 

[Cowboy Billy]

I get quite a bit of that with the loader. I wrap a chain around it and have a strap to go around a tree and drive off pulling it out.

Off road trucks are always beat up

Billy

 

[slowp]

If its runnin without leaking vital fluids or shimmies its fine,'sides its federal.You'll get a new one or new used one,or fixed to a certain degree,no problems.Ughm,but ya know,part of the getting older thing is that getting wiser thing too,so rather than "Steve McQueen" over it,because well it is "federal",perhaps stop,get out,whack up the offending limb(yes go ahead rock the chain on the road bed ,no prob,thats what you carry that one for right?).Moving rounds out of the way is sometimes optional,if your sure of your clearance.The chevy I suspect will be alot lower.
I remember one time several decades ago,driving a brand new rental ford crew cab 4wd in Dutch Harbor on 3 tires for MILES during a fearsom drunk.....oh wait thats probably best left for another thread.


ak4195

I whacked it for some time with an axe that I'd found. The axe has no edge cuz it looks like it was used to cut cable. Pulaski is not good underneath rigs.
This happens often but the limbs usually will come out with minimal wrestling. I did not drive with it other than backing up, trying to get it to drag out that way. It was obvious that frontwards would just drive it in more. The important thing is we got it out, no damage and the rig is back in "fine" shape. I wouldn't drive it on the freeways as it has a strange missing or something. The local mechanic failed to fix that problem. It's a good rig. Got me in and out of places that the logging crews had to be towed out of. I just got in the habit years ago, of letting rigs get trashy inside, then other people aren't so inclined to borrow it. It is my office too. I am worried that the Chevy will be lower. I'll just hope the undercarriage is tough. We used to have to drive little lowrider Dodge baby rams and those little trucks were tough cuz we hit bottom on everything with them and they kept on chugging

At about the same time of the baby Dodges, we'd get rigs with thin city tires on them. I couldn't get the powers that be to replace them with thicker tires.
The one area I had to go to had roads rocked by Weyco and they were very pointy rocks. I'd get a flat everytime. I finally got tired and started driving a ways to ruin the tire, then they'd get me a tougher tire. A few trips and I had a new set which lasted.

 

[RPM]

I am worried that the Chevy will be lower. I'll just hope the undercarriage is tough.

Chevs suck for bush trucks, especially if they are 1/2 tons - even the 3/4 tons - they are so low slung with that wierd frame they have. The front ends are too light duty and you will end up pounding the crap out of the shocks and shock mounts....and brakes....and everything else underneath. You think the Ford picks up stuff...wait and see what the Chev catches. It will shake and rattle and you won't have to worry about anyone wanting to use it b/c it will be such a heap. They ride like a car on the pavement but don't take them in the bush. Can't think of any logging contractor / road builder around here that use them. Stick with the Ford (or Dodge) and nothing less than a 3/4 ton and you can go anywhere - especially gov't trucks