Yup , haven't heard from Ben in a while .
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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First time I looked I was scrolling down fast , thot that they were round haybales Lol
Same whore different dress
I bought an IH pickup truck in high school. The kid I bought it from left it in the auto shop parking lot. We were rebuilding the engine in auto shop and he sold the truck (again) to someone else for drugs.
He called me several months later and said He found the truck and I could come pick it up. I told him no worries, they could keep it. Ended up selling the rebuilt motor at a loss but was able to divest from the project anyhow.
The truck being stolen probably saved me from dumping hundreds of more dollars into it. We are still friends and he cleaned up from drugs in his mid 30’s.
I miss @benp!! He was a really interesting guy. I pulled up his profile and it said he was online yesterday but he hasn’t posted in a long time. Maybe he’ll see my tag and drop in to say hi.
Another fellow I miss seeing was Harry @wudpirat. He was going in for surgery and never came back. I can only hope he’s still doing well and just got out of scrounging.
Might ask him to weld some thin wall stainless steel tube for me (the retractable transducer mount for my FF). Kayak hull has a recess for the transducer but I got the sideVu type which needs to be lowered just a wee bit below the hull line to function the best. But at that position it would make beach landings and general handling risky, so I want the ability to raise and lower the transducer. Have mocked it up in PVC and seems to work well so after a few more tests to be sure, will hit up neighbour for a favour.Sorting a tree off his roof in pouring rain is gonna cost a few beers.
Also, I want a smoke plume from Mt Kiwi that I can see after it has done a lap around the southern hemisphere
Have had a re-think on these trees and will be stopping the clearing after a few more trees. Beyond that point the neighbour changes from farmer with paddocks to a forestry block who couldn't give a rats if a few branches fall on their land or the other way around for that matter. So, there'll be no Mt Kiwi this time around. What little air traffic remains in this Kung Flu paradigm will be safe.
Well I went through the chains that I scrounged from the dump yesterday. Ironically of the 9 chains, only one of them will fit any of the bars that I have in stock currently.
The one nice thing is three are full chisel 60DL 3/8 .058 and one of my .050 bars is almost worn enough to use .058 so they’ll be useful soon.
And the rest...well it seems like whenever I sell used chains I end up acquiring saws that could have used them. So I’ll be holding onto these unless I end up giving them away as gifts.
The one nice thing is three are full chisel 60DL 3/8 .058 and one of my .050 bars is almost worn enough to use .058 so they’ll be useful soon.
And the rest...well it seems like whenever I sell used chains I end up acquiring saws that could have used them. So I’ll be holding onto these unless I end up giving them away as gifts.
That’s awesome
I went to use a 24” last time out, and the drivers wouldn’t fit in the bar. I guess I got the wrong one at one point. It’s new obviously, because I don’t have a bar for it. Maybe it’s a .063”, I’ll have to measure it.
What numbers are stamped into the chain? If you saved the box you may be able to return it.
.Something else to do with scrounged pallet wood:
https://www.natureknows.org/2020/05...ewnCIfAOTDGqOkQSVt5HETyrJ_2LXQ3_fWzDfYXkad29Y
Philbert
https://www.natureknows.org/2020/05...ewnCIfAOTDGqOkQSVt5HETyrJ_2LXQ3_fWzDfYXkad29Y
Philbert
If you’ve got a use for them I’m certain we could do some horse trading.
Several reasons I only like to work on a few models of saws:
1) Allows me to "know" them.
2) They are the models most used by the local tree/firewood guys.
3) I am able to keep most parts in stock - filters, mufflers, plugs, carbs, coils, chain brakes, top handles, sprockets, etc. I even keep some case halves, cranks, pistons and cylinders for some of them.
1) Allows me to "know" them.
2) They are the models most used by the local tree/firewood guys.
3) I am able to keep most parts in stock - filters, mufflers, plugs, carbs, coils, chain brakes, top handles, sprockets, etc. I even keep some case halves, cranks, pistons and cylinders for some of them.
I was going to mention wudpirat as well. I saw him 'like' a post maybe 1.5-2 years ago though he hadn't posted in a fair while prior to that. I guess there's a good chance he's passed by now, he'd be mid-eighties.
Actually, I just had a look at his profile, says he had a pacemaker put in. That should have put an end to his scrounging, cardiologists don't like you using chainsaws if you have a pacemaker - risk of a spark sending it haywire.
