Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Blue Oaks]

My 72 k20 was rusty for a California truck, but I'm pretty sure it would be a wet dream for someone in the midwest. The only real rust was the rockers, one small spot in the bottom cab corner, and the bottom edge of one of the doors. Not totally unexpected for a truck up here in the snow...I've seen cabs that people back east were repairing that we'd just scrap out west.

Here's the rustiest car I've seen my dad buy. It's a 1912 Oakland, predecessor to the Pontiac. He "scrounged" it for I think $2500 out of a garage in San Jose. You literally can't tell what the original color was, but zero rust through or rot. Just true surface rust.

 

[MustangMike]

Stock 390s performed very poorly because the exhaust manifolds on them sucked. Mustangs were further handicapped by the ridiculous transverse mufflers.

The factory 735 Holley carbs were also not properly jetted for performance. Adding a larger double pumper Holley made a big difference.

428 + 427 motors came with much better exhaust manifolds, but a good set of headers and a good low restriction dual exhaust woke all of them up nicely.

All of my built FE Ford motors got Hooker Headers, Holley double pumper carbs (800 or 850), Mallory Photocell Electronic Ignition and TRW double roller timing chains. I also installed solid lifter cams in both the 427 (that is all a side oiler block will run) and the 390.

I test drove lots of other Fords I did not buy, and they all felt anemic compared to what my brother and I built.

 

[SS396driver]

My 72 k20 was rusty for a California truck, but I'm pretty sure it would be a wet dream for someone in the midwest. The only real rust was the rockers, one small spot in the bottom cab corner, and the bottom edge of one of the doors. Not totally unexpected for a truck up here in the snow...I've seen cabs that people back east were repairing that we'd just scrap out west.

I try to buy southern or western trucks . My 68 zero rust from New Mexico

I forgot the only other rusty spot was one of the inner fenders, but that was caused by years of battery acid. Some sheet metal, a brake, a BFH, and a welder...good as new.

The inner fenders on my 68 zero rust

But the cleanest truck I’ve ever bought came out of Michigan but it only had 12k miles on it . Never came out in winter or when there were clouds in the summer

 

[SeMoTony]

@SeMoTony he is really good at milling and knowledge on the subject.

Square chisel ges better as the cutter angle gets closer to 0-10° . The wider the cutters the more loss to chips and the more hp needed. I've got some raisman 3/8 lp .050 that is much faster on a 30" bar than the 3/8 .063 square chisel because it's cutting less end grain.
I think the lower angle of the cutter pushes sidewise less than the factory angle

 

[MustangMike]

Back in the day, I bought a 58 chevy 4 door sedan that pretty much had NO options on it EXCEPT it had a 348 tri-power under the hood. I bought the car from a guy at works, aunt for 75 bucks! I pulled the motor and put it in my 63 Impala SS, (4 speed) that had a 283 in it when I bought it, but came from the factory with a 409, the 409 has the same block at the 348.

Anyway, I got a ticket one day going 136 in a 55, after drag racing and blowing away a ford torino with a 390 in it, they clocked us with an airplane.

SR

I believe the joke, back in the day, was if you were going 1/4 mi get the 409, if you wanted to do a 500 mi stock car race get a 406.

The 406 pioneered cross bolted mains, which were later used on the 427 Ford motors.

My current Mustang motor also has cross bolted mains.

 

[JimR]

Back in the day, I bought a 58 chevy 4 door sedan that pretty much had NO options on it EXCEPT it had a 348 tri-power under the hood. I bought the car from a guy at works, aunt for 75 bucks! I pulled the motor and put it in my 63 Impala SS, (4 speed) that had a 283 in it when I bought it, but came from the factory with a 409, the 409 has the same block at the 348.

Anyway, I got a ticket one day going 136 in a 55, after drag racing and blowing away a ford torino with a 390 in it, they clocked us with an airplane.

SR

Love those 348 - 409's. Those motors could crank. A previous neighbor kid had a 64 Impala SS with a 409 in it from the factory. He had moved out of the neighborhood in 1960 or 61 because their house burned down. I think it was around 1968 when he stopped by with the car to show it off. He told us that he pulled the motor and souped it up. He took a bunch of us out to the only good straight highway in town to see how fast it would go. He had the needle buried all the way around before he let off the gas. I know the needle was beyond the 120 mark. At 15 - 16 years old that was such a rush. Two Summers ago I saw a 58 Biscayne 4 door sedan with a 348 and trips at a car show. I walked over to the guy and asked if it had a 348 with trips in it. He laughed and said "How did you know" I told him that I just had this feeling that it did. Then he opened the hood. It looked brand new under the hood.

 

[JimR]

I remember reading a story about a guy with a 63 galaxy 427 that he put in a basement and had a house built over. Several years later, he changed his mind and decided he wanted to drive it again. That was a costly move!

What a dumb idea.

 

[JimR]

Square chisel ges better as the cutter angle gets closer to 0-10° . The wider the cutters the more loss to chips and the more hp needed. I've got some raisman 3/8 lp .050 that is much faster on a 30" bar than the 3/8 .063 square chisel because it's cutting less end grain.
I think the lower angle of the cutter pushes sidewise less than the factory angle

Ripping chains have a very shallow angle of 5 - 10 degrees and cut great when ripping logs.

 

[Lightning Performance]

Many years ago I bought an MS 290 to help out a friend. I think it was the second time in my life I didn’t have a saw on my truck. Turned out I liked it. It became my truck saw. Stays on the back 24/7, it’s not even Orange any more. Another friend gave me 3 20” bars from his 390. So I switched over to 3/8 chain and opened up the muffler a little. Now I hand it to friends and they go, oh, a Farm Boss. Then they run it, and go, wow, what did you do to that saw, it runs great. It does run better than the average 290.

Then I bought an MS 170 because they were on sale for $159. It ran great for several years and started losing power. Went by my friends shop and told him it was time for a plug. He asked if I checked the muffler? Duh. Pulled the cover off and it was so carboned up you couldn’t see light through it. Cleaned out, running great again. Few more years went by and it started losing power again. Muffler was clean, so I checked the air filter. It was spotless. But the saw still wasn’t right. Checked the air filter again. Enough Super fine dust was getting by the filter and was sticking to the plastic block before the carb, it was almost blocked. Cleaned it out and running great again.

Im happy with my home owner grade saws. I have 60 or 70 pro saws on the shelves. It’s too hard to keep them running so they just sit and look pretty. My 660 is always at hand. I don’t think I’ll ever buy a new saw again.

Unless I run across a 116 CC Echo 1201.

A guy around here will be selling his Echo 1201 soon. He decided to keep the 1200 for bucking big stuff.

 

[SeMoTony]

Ripping chains have a very shallow angle of 5 - 10 degrees and cut great when ripping logs.

I've had better luck cutting/sharpening square chisel. In part since my longer bars: 42"-72" cause me to buy hundred foot reels to make em up

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

life in those cold mountain areas can be challenging. especially if Mother calls, and it is an outhouse to the rescue! speaking of rescue... no doubt Labrador Retrievers are some of the best.... at their game!

 

[H-Ranch]

Anyway, I got a ticket one day going 136 in a 55, after drag racing and blowing away a ford torino with a 390 in it, they clocked us with an airplane.

Yeah, that's like cheatin'!

Years ago, a buddy of mine blew past a police car that the officer was already out of the car tending to another "customer". So he figured there was no way the cop could know how fast he was going. But as soon as he passed, the officer jumped in his car and ran him down. Yep, airplane clocked him - oops!

 

[SeMoTony]

Yeah, that's like cheatin'!

Years ago, a buddy of mine blew past a police car that the officer was already out of the car tending to another "customer". So he figured there was no way the cop could know how fast he was going. But as soon as he passed, the officer jumped in his car and ran him down. Yep, airplane clocked him - oops!

In Missouri the only officer who can legally write that ticket is the one who did the observance. November 11 several years ago. Radar/radio on overpass, circle of traffic officers who wrote the allegations, plead not guilty twice (2nd with writer in court). Court " did you observe this offense? " officer "no just hearsay"
Judge "dismissed" lol

 

[MustangMike]

I hope KK and family are doing well, have not seen him post since he disclosed "family Covid".

 

[Sawyer Rob]

In Missouri the only officer who can legally write that ticket is the one who did the observance. November 11 several years ago. Radar/radio on overpass, circle of traffic officers who wrote the allegations, plead not guilty twice (2nd with writer in court). Court " did you observe this offense? " officer "no just hearsay"
Judge "dismissed" lol

I'm guessing the cop that ran us down can say he was in "observance". lol

SR

 

[Squareground3691]

I hope KK and family are doing well, have not seen him post since he disclosed "family Covid".

@Kodiak Kid how ya doing, lets hear from ya.

 

[farmer steve]

More ash from the neighbors woods this morning before it thawed. Ma nature helped and brought this one down. 4 buckets full and 3 tanks of fuel through the 400.

 

[Squareground3691]

More ash from the neighbors woods this morning before it thawed. Ma nature View attachment 1048005View attachment 1048006View attachment 1048007View attachment 1048008helped and brought this one down. 4 buckets full and 3 tanks of fuel through the 400.

How’s that 400 treating ya ?

 

[WoodAbuser]

@Kodiak Kid how ya doing, lets hear from ya.

Yes please let us know.

 

[MustangMike]

I think most of the dead Ash around here has been harvested, and most of the remaining stuff is starting to go punky.

We have been spoiled the last few years; it will be tough replacing all the Ash firewood.

I'm hoping it does not start dying on my upstate property, as we burn mostly Cherry and Ash up there. Time will tell!