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My friend had a two-stem black locust up-root and tip over in his yard last month. He has all the firewood he can handle right now, so he offered it to me. My brother ran the saw while the rest of us loaded the two Ranger pickups over and over and over, and drove the three miles back to my...

I bought one a couple of months ago without an owner's manual. Does anyone know how to change the clock setting on this truck? My Dad has a 2004 and his process didn't work for me.

I'm burning a bunch of sugar maple this year. One of the nicest things about the maple is that every split has some kindling attached that just needs to be broken off. The bad thing is that stinkbugs get under those pieces that you can break off to put in the bucket. I don't know what they do to...

My brother and father have helped me with stocking my firewood for this winter. Recent physical disabilities have prevented me from doing it myself, and I thank God they've both stepped up. I can't even start my chainsaws yet. Neither one is a woodburner, though, so the lengths range from 8" to...

...from my friends. Not much is going well for me all around, but some friends helped big-time today! I can cut and split but the old truck is barely limping along. Had a crew today to help with the transport for some of next year's stash! For a guy who spends a lot of time with a camera hangin'...

A pair of Walbro WT 215 carbs in original Stihl packaging. Never got around to the 180 adjustable carb mods I had planned. $75 for both, shipped TYD.

I dropped a couple of small trees last May because they were in the middle of my shooting range. The leaves at the time looked like beech, because there is a beech just a few feet away that always has a good mast of nuts for the deer and squirrels, and I just assumed. I'm cutting it up now, and...

The maple syrup guys aren't happy, but the sap isn't running yet. This means we'll get a little more time to cut before the wood is springtime wet. Very small consolation, I know, but at least it's something. Get out and drop the trees you want to take, and worry about getting 'em out when your...

I put this together a couple of years ago. It's worked really well for me so I thought I post it for ya. I picked up an old shovel at a garage sale for half a buck. Made up a piece of wood to use as a mandrel for pounding the mounting bracket into shape and found some bolts, nuts and washers...

B7500, 22hp diesel that gets used for plowing as well as wood gathering throughout the year. I need to do both at the moment and I'm sitting here typing while I should be working because the battery needs to be charged, again. No prob's when it's warm, but the time constraints when the sun...

A 16 - 18" Norway maple of all things. Lots of crotches though. 1970's city-planted yard tree. Remember 'urban renewal/removal/remedial'? Why not pick an invasive species? I didn't let it stall the engine, but it was heading that way. The wedge was more cutting than splitting. Backed the...

An interesting study of small hollow tree forces/reactions. I woke up this morning and immediately noticed this tree leaning. Its been a squirrel house since I moved in and I had planned on taking it down. I moved the splitter and the trailer out of the danger zone, put a line about...

Went over yesterday to see if my neighbor had any damage from a microburst storm we had on Tuesday. He said he thought there might be a few willow branches on some of his apple trees and that he'd spent the day cleaning up around the area. He's 84 years old and a good friend so I help whenever I...

I've been lookin' at this for a while. The ROPS is not really needed, but a tool box is. Finally figured it out, I guess. Not pretty at all but I think its gonna work. Had to work out the angles and such. A sheet of 1/2" fir plywood that I used last year as a "bridge" doing some trench work...

By my estimates, I'm closing in on 400 fires started this winter, either from scratch or a warm restart. Twice a day for 6 1/2 months. Waiting for a day when I don't have to burn something. Long winter.(Insert "crybaby" emoticon here). In August I'll be waiting for the day when I can fire up...

A root-ball fall-down. Been getting a lot of them this year for some reason with the black locust. After eye-balling it for three months or so I decided to just do it. It was hanging over the bench on my shooting range and makin' me nervous:msp_scared: Big widowmaker directly over the branch...