Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[sean donato]

Well just had the day from hell. Wife called me at work, he the car just stopped running. I said "what!" She said it just up and died. Called my uncle told him what happened, he ran out with the roll back. Called me and said up timing belt. Great it's a honda crv interfearance engine oh joy. He dropped it off at the house. What ever can wait till I get home. Wife called again, said she made it home safe and sound, but the power was out. Again nothing I can do about it, and she wont hook up the generator. Only had about 2 hours left to work so no point in running home. Got home, called the power company they said a crew was out removing the tree from the line, power was expected to be restored by 7pm. Ok time for the generator. Got it out fired it up, hooked everything up, threw the main and transfer switch. Heard her go under load. Perfect. Voltage and Hertz were good, amp draw was good. Life is good. Went and hooked up the trailer and backed it up near the house. Have to charge the batteries for the winch as I have logs to pick up tomorrow. Herd the gen surge and unload. Wtf? Walked over and the lights were real dim and flickering. Checked voltage, down to 90 volts. Flipped the breaker off. Shut her down, pulled the top cover and saw the burned out capacitor. Oh joy. Started calling around no one in stock, save an electric supply shop about a half hour away, but they dont offer customer pick up at that location. The other location is 2 hours one way, said nope ups it. Should have a new set of caps Monday. Not that that does me a lick of good now. Hoping the power comes back on soon, not worried about the deep freeze, but likely be throwing quite a bit out of the fridge. What a day......

 

[sean donato]

The timing belt

And the current lighting

 

[rarefish383]

@rarefish383 is this one worth anything, looks neat.
https://grandrapids.craigslist.org/spo/d/big-rapids-vintage-bushnell-scopechief/7296924058.html

For the price, I'd say if you like it get it. Bushnell is not a high end scope. They have a line of nicer scopes now. But, I still prefer a Leupold. They have a life time no questions asked return policy. On the older scopes, say pre 1950, and American made, I like the Malcolm's, like the pics with the 8 point buck. One of those was just on ebay at $999. I also like the made in Texas Weavers, Noske's. If you ever run across a Malcolm or Noske at a yard sale for 20 bucks, get it. You can flip it for a bundle, probably from me.

 

[chipper1]

For the price, I'd say if you like it get it. Bushnell is not a high end scope. They have a line of nicer scopes now. But, I still prefer a Leupold. They have a life time no questions asked return policy. On the older scopes, say pre 1950, and American made, I like the Malcolm's, like the pics with the 8 point buck. One of those was just on ebay at $999. I also like the made in Texas Weavers, Noske's. If you ever run across a Malcolm or Noske at a yard sale for 20 bucks, get it. You can flip it for a bundle, probably from me.

I'm not interested in it myself, just thought it might be something you or the other guys here needed/wanted.
What I like is a bit more modern .
If I see any of the Malcolm or Noske I'll certainly let you know, thanks for the lesson.

 

[chipper1]

Well just had the day from hell. Wife called me at work, he the car just stopped running. I said "what!" She said it just up and died. Called my uncle told him what happened, he ran out with the roll back. Called me and said up timing belt. Great it's a honda crv interfearance engine oh joy. He dropped it off at the house. What ever can wait till I get home. Wife called again, said she made it home safe and sound, but the power was out. Again nothing I can do about it, and she wont hook up the generator. Only had about 2 hours left to work so no point in running home. Got home, called the power company they said a crew was out removing the tree from the line, power was expected to be restored by 7pm. Ok time for the generator. Got it out fired it up, hooked everything up, threw the main and transfer switch. Heard her go under load. Perfect. Voltage and Hertz were good, amp draw was good. Life is good. Went and hooked up the trailer and backed it up near the house. Have to charge the batteries for the winch as I have logs to pick up tomorrow. Herd the gen surge and unload. Wtf? Walked over and the lights were real dim and flickering. Checked voltage, down to 90 volts. Flipped the breaker off. Shut her down, pulled the top cover and saw the burned out capacitor. Oh joy. Started calling around no one in stock, save an electric supply shop about a half hour away, but they dont offer customer pick up at that location. The other location is 2 hours one way, said nope ups it. Should have a new set of caps Monday. Not that that does me a lick of good now. Hoping the power comes back on soon, not worried about the deep freeze, but likely be throwing quite a bit out of the fridge. What a day......

Sounds like a rough day .
Have you ever used the JDM engines, very reasonable.
Hope you get everything back up and running very soon.

 

[LondonNeil]

That's a bad run of luck Sean!

 

[farmer steve]

Happy Birthday @rarefish383. Have a great day Joe.
EDIT. Saw on TV today is National Joe day.

 

[djg james]

I would only eat morels if I found them. The rest look too similar from one to the other.

I was on a facebook page for mushroom hunting. Posted a picture of a mushroom growing in my yard and some guy posts thats a "xyz" family. I asked if it was edible and nobody answered. Googled it and that family has both edible and poisionous types. Thanks for the help LOL.

I can eat Chicken of the woods, but they're kind of bland tasting, so not much of interest to me. I can't eat Hen of the Woods anymore. I experience severe gastrointestinal distress when I eat only a little. Which is a shame because they get as large as a melon and I can find a garbage bag full a day. Some people can't handle other edible mushrooms, too. Thankfully for me Morels set well with me (along with fresh fish and a beer).

 

[LondonNeil]

Happy birthday Joe!

 

[djg james]

Do you season your wood in a pile or do you still have to stack it? If

.... I'm done for now.
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Do you season your wood in a pile, or do you still have to stack it? If so, wouldn't it be easier to stack as you split?

 

[chipper1]

Do you season your wood in a pile, or do you still have to stack it? If so, wouldn't it be easier to stack as you split?

It stays in the pile until I sell it, or put it I into the woodshed. In the past it just went under a tarp, that was a real drag.
Since I only have enough room in the woodshed for two yrs I have nowhere to put it inside right now. I plan on starting to cut dead standing locust real soon to put directly into the woodshed, it will go from the woods to the woodshed or to the splitter and then the woodshed.
When I built the woodshed I made the center section 12' wide so I could angle the tractor and get the bucket real close to were I'm stacking. I figured from the splitter to the bucket, to the woodshed. I don't have space in there for everything since I'm way ahead, so I'll be doing a little extra handling. The nice thing is the kids help, I make them on the wood for heating our home, on the wood for sale they don't have to, but they do because they want to make some cash .

 

[chipper1]

Happy birthday Joe!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Well, I heat the cabin with a 55 gal drum woodstove, and we cook outside over grill grates that look exactly the same (but not as warped). Have 4 of them, from an old wood/charcoal burning stove that belonged to my first FIL. They are between the angle iron pieces over the fire!

thanks for the pix, MM - sounds swell to me...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I would only eat morels if I found them. The rest look too similar from one to the other.

I was on a facebook page for mushroom hunting. Posted a picture of a mushroom growing in my yard and some guy posts thats a "xyz" family. I asked if it was edible and nobody answered. Googled it and that family has both edible and poisionous types. Thanks for the help LOL.

i have hunted mushrooms before. over in UK and up in PNW. even have had them canned in quart jars. always tasty. but as stated - gotta know the type(s). in Navy Survival Training... we were taught not to consider mushrooms for a food. too easy to get bad ones, ie poisonous... and all things considered.... no food value in them!

i do like mushrooms ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Well just had the day from hell. Wife called me at work, he the car just stopped running. I said "what!" She said it just up and died. Called my uncle told him what happened, he ran out with the roll back. Called me and said up timing belt. Great it's a honda crv interfearance engine oh joy. He dropped it off at the house. What ever can wait till I get home. Wife called again, said she made it home safe and sound, but the power was out. Again nothing I can do about it, and she wont hook up the generator. Only had about 2 hours left to work so no point in running home. Got home, called the power company they said a crew was out removing the tree from the line, power was expected to be restored by 7pm. Ok time for the generator. Got it out fired it up, hooked everything up, threw the main and transfer switch. Heard her go under load. Perfect. Voltage and Hertz were good, amp draw was good. Life is good. Went and hooked up the trailer and backed it up near the house. Have to charge the batteries for the winch as I have logs to pick up tomorrow. Herd the gen surge and unload. Wtf? Walked over and the lights were real dim and flickering. Checked voltage, down to 90 volts. Flipped the breaker off. Shut her down, pulled the top cover and saw the burned out capacitor. Oh joy. Started calling around no one in stock, save an electric supply shop about a half hour away, but they dont offer customer pick up at that location. The other location is 2 hours one way, said nope ups it. Should have a new set of caps Monday. Not that that does me a lick of good now. Hoping the power comes back on soon, not worried about the deep freeze, but likely be throwing quite a bit out of the fridge. What a day......

tuff day! but a breeze compared to one couple's here in Houston yesterday. 2 trucks racing down the freeway. one cuts off another! it rolls as it swerves and flips off the guardrail and onto land below. a couple sees it all. and pulls over at median... dashing to rolled truck to assist the driver. wife makes it across the freeway... hubbie gets hit and killed! some days it just don't pay to even get out of bed....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

The timing belt
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And the current lighting

wondering - how many miles on the Honda?...

 

[svk]

Happy birthday @rarefish383!

 

[Philbert]

Lots of long shipping/ delivery times being blamed on COVID. I’m waiting to hear, ‘Yeah we shipped that; it should be in the Suez Canal right about now . . . ‘

Philbert

 

[mountainguyed67]

Used the Echo 271 last weekend. Not much though, we were mostly digging, removing weeds, and moving rocks.

Heres a before.


After.


We didn’t get a before here. This spot was completely blocked, and still needs to be cleared wider. We ran out of time. The retired ranger used it here, she called it a fun little saw. And she didn’t hesitate to carry it back since it’s so light. You can see poison oak in front of her feet.

 

[svk]

Used the Echo 271 last weekend. Not much though, we were mostly digging, removing weeds, and moving rocks.

Heres a before.
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After.
View attachment 897453

We didn’t get a before here. This spot was completely blocked, and still needs to be cleared wider. We ran out of time. The retired ranger used it here, she called it a fun little saw. And she didn’t hesitate to carry it back since it’s so light. You can see poison oak in front of her feet.
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Great pics. How are the new saws running?