Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Zeus103363]

We heard about the Seawolf park but I've already toured a handful of WW2 subs and a destroyer escort up in Albany NY. Missed the Kidd.

After yesterday I've toured every capital ship (anything larger than a destroyer) museum on the east coast and gulf coast except the New Jersey and Salem. Drove through the Salem's lot but it was closed that day. I do need to get to the Sub museum up near Groton CT sometime.

thinking about the USS Texas, its hard to believe but at a time when the ship was built, that is how the president traveled around. Did you tour the forward presidential suite? It is finished out very beautifully. Thought that was really cool.


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[zogger]

@zogger when it's all over you should put up photos of the tree in chronological order from standing to firewood stacks.

I don't know if I can recover the full tree still alive photos I took. I'll try. Some were uploaded here before linkbux...some might be recoverable on a hard drive I have if the freezer trick works. I'll have to fix some other things first though to try that. Hmm, should have some of when the tree was trimmed the first time as well if I can find them, got five cord from those branch ends. The last of those is going up the street this winter.

To all stacked..hmm...gonna be a bit, just finishing up the first two cords. got more than a bit more to go, hahahah!

I'm gonna cheat, sharpen wedges well and start on some noodling soon. I have two more big rounds down, what is left is around 3 more, I'll make it three however it comes out. Started trimming off big branch nubbies the other day so the big bar will reach to the center.

The 394 has developed too hot to cut syndrome, starts fantastic cold, one yank with choke, one without and high idle. The dragon awakes...If I stop or shut it off, takes waiting more than hour before it will restart. Those saws had that problem, one of the things they changed when they developed the 395, from the phenolic block for the carb mount to a rubber boot.

 

[svk]

thinking about the USS Texas, its hard to believe but at a time when the ship was built, that is how the president traveled around. Did you tour the forward presidential suite? It is finished out very beautifully. Thought that was really cool.


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The most amazing thing about the Texas was that it served in both world wars and lost but one man to enemy fire.

 

[MustangMike]

When I was a kid (& teenager) they still had the "Mothball Fleet" in the Hudson near Peekskill. They were all WWII ships that were being "stored" for a rainy day. A few of them got pressed into service in Nam, but not many. Someone had the bright idea to store excess grain on them in the event of an emergency ... resulted in a huge rat infestation.

I took a little Sunfish sail boat and sailed up to them with it. When I got close I looked up and realized I was under the front of the ship ... spooked me pretty good and I got the heck out of there. They eventually scrapped them all. Wish I had taken pics, but they were there for so long, you just didn't think of doing it.

 

[MustangMike]

A pic from the net:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...er/Jones-Point-Reserve-Fleet.jpg&action=click

 

[MustangMike]

More info:

http://www.navalmarinearchive.com/research/hudson_ghost_fleet.html

 

[hardpan]

I didn't know the ghost fleet existed. Thanks Mike.

 

[hardpan]

Here's the tally from a single round of the main trunk of oakzilla -- 126 splits! Would have been more if split when fresh cut, this is minus the bark and most of the cambium layer. Somewhere's between 1/4 and 1/3rd cord.

Tell us the truth now. You're going to miss the old girl when she is gone. Or, at least everything after will be a piece of cake. I have never cut anything like that but I have cut a lot of twisty, knarly, stringy, knot covered white oak that has grown in relatively open areas. Salute.

 

[svk]

How many cords in total in that tree @zogger

 

[svk]

A pic from the net:

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVjq.rrJXCwsAAA8PxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--?p=Mothball+Fleet+Hudson+River&fr=sfp&hspart=iry&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_003#id=0&iurl=http://navy.memorieshop.com/Reserve-Fleets/Hudson-river/Jones-Point-Reserve-Fleet.jpg&action=click

I find all of that very interesting.

Obviously we live in a different world now with foreign and domestic terrorism. But it's also hard to fathom that my generation was the last to live in a world where nuclear war was a very real threat.

 

[Zeus103363]

Spent the day working on the wood hauler gmc. Lovely fuel pump job. The battery in my tractor gave out so to jack the bed up with the jib pole i had to take the battery out of truck, put in tractor. Unbolt bed and lean it over. Change fuel pump. I spent a couple hours trying to get that ring to lock back down. I took the new pump back out. Found out the new gasket was much thicker so i swaped it with the old gasket. Put the pump back in. Fit much better. Put the battery back in and i broke the battery post clamp. So now im headed to the parts store to pick up a battery and a clamp. Cant do without the wood hauler! now it raining!


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[svk]

Spent the day working on the wood hauler gmc. Lovely fuel pump job. The battery in my tractor gave out so to jack the bed up with the jib pole i had to take the battery out of truck, put in tractor. Unbolt bed and lean it over. Change fuel pump. I spent a couple hours trying to get that ring to lock back down. I took the new pump back out. Found out the new gasket was much thicker so i swaped it with the old gasket. Put the pump back in. Fit much better. Put the battery back in and i broke the battery post clamp. So now im headed to the parts store to pick up a battery and a clamp. Cant do without the wood hauler! now it raining!


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Been there, not a fun job. But I broke the hangar straps and did it that way. Sucks either way!

 

[mortalitool]

I've also been there done that. I cut an access hole in my box to get to the fuel pump. I've taken advantage of the hatch a few times now. Now I'll have to again to remove the fuel tank and get a new one. Mine leaks after it gets past half full. I will cut my straps and get new ones when I replace the tank.

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[dancan]

Went out and finished cleaning up that back yard , there was no deadline but I wanted the developer to be happy and not have any doubt that the job would get done , polly got handy 5 cord off that little bit , gave better than 2 away and they were happy , even drug home better than 2 cord

It got a little dark by the time I was done but it's done

Hey Zog !

Fairly straight grain again with this one but as I got closer to the butt of the log it got stringier for a bit more work , I still won LOL

 

[MustangMike]

Been there, not a fun job. But I broke the hangar straps and did it that way. Sucks either way!

When I was in grade school I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was very tense, no one knew what Russia would do. We also had regular "drills" in school, go into the hall, sit along the wall, raise your knees and cover your head with your hands.

And then there was the Kennedy assassination. The nation was stunned, and the nation cried. I really think back then we thought it was almost impossible to assassinate the President. When I look back at most of his policies, he would be viewed as a conservative Republican today! "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country". People were embarrassed to be on welfare back then. Cut taxes across the board (and stimulated the economy), we did not have to hitch a ride to the moon from the Russians, and he was an NRA life member. Now, back to your regularly scheduled program!

 

[Zeus103363]

When I was in grade school I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was very tense, no one knew what Russia would do. We also had regular "drills" in school, go into the hall, sit along the wall, raise your knees and cover your head with your hands.

And then there was the Kennedy assassination. The nation was stunned, and the nation cried. I really think back then we thought it was almost impossible to assassinate the President. When I look back at most of his policies, he would be viewed as a conservative Republican today! "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country". People were embarrassed to be on welfare back then. Cut taxes across the board (and stimulated the economy), we did not have to hitch a ride to the moon from the Russians, and he was an NRA life member. Now, back to your regularly scheduled program!

Just the other day, I bought a super nice Very clean Bulgarian makarov. It's a snake pistol for woods carry. Really likeing the handgun. It's simplistic and very accurate. Chambered in 9x17 makarov. Funny, I showed it to my dad, he said it "smelled of communism"! He is 80. He can't remember much but he still remembers to be alert to the Russians!


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[svk]

Even growing up in the 80's our basement pantry was full of canned food and bottled water just in case plus several gallons of white gas for the Coleman.

 

[husqvarna257]

When I was in grade school I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was very tense, no one knew what Russia would do. We also had regular "drills" in school, go into the hall, sit along the wall, raise your knees and cover your head with your hands.

And then there was the Kennedy assassination. The nation was stunned, and the nation cried. I really think back then we thought it was almost impossible to assassinate the President. When I look back at most of his policies, he would be viewed as a conservative Republican today! "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country". People were embarrassed to be on welfare back then. Cut taxes across the board (and stimulated the economy), we did not have to hitch a ride to the moon from the Russians, and he was an NRA life member. Now, back to your regularly scheduled program!

Yep now we have to work to support the welfare leaches. We so need another president like Kennedy. Thanks for the article on the ships. We want to go to Fall River Ma again they have a large naval museum. We were in RI for a wedding and did not have the time to go.

 

[hardpan]

When I was in grade school I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was very tense, no one knew what Russia would do. We also had regular "drills" in school, go into the hall, sit along the wall, raise your knees and cover your head with your hands.

And then there was the Kennedy assassination. The nation was stunned, and the nation cried. I really think back then we thought it was almost impossible to assassinate the President. When I look back at most of his policies, he would be viewed as a conservative Republican today! "Ask not what your Country can do for you, but what you can do for your Country". People were embarrassed to be on welfare back then. Cut taxes across the board (and stimulated the economy), we did not have to hitch a ride to the moon from the Russians, and he was an NRA life member. Now, back to your regularly scheduled program!

Don't forget the crawling under our desks drill and some of our basements were designated as bomb shelters.

You're kind of getting off topic here aren't you.........and thanks for that. LOL

The times They are a changin

 

[Philbert]

While you slackers were out splitting firewood . . .


Philbert