Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Not to get off topic of "other stuff" but, If you get a chance? I highly recommend this one! Excellent Reading! Some of the stories will literally make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!
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will order it! local library. Thanks ~

some of those real-life Alaskan adventure tales really will make a man go

like the AK bushman making trail all day with his dogs. finally gets them bedded down for the night... and tucks into his roll. the sweat, etc transfers... and in the morning he is frozen solid inside... and high temps for the day not expected to be above -15f! now the good nite's sleep is a life or death situation! or...

the bush pilots trying to start their engines on planes on skis. spl tent and heat, etc... just to get the engine and oil into specs so that engine will crank and not ruin itself!! solo back country on skis and ruin an engine is a death certificate! or (this one still haunts me...)

bushman is running hard. time schedule. 12 dog team. loaded with supplies. headed up country. ez hiway is the frozen river...

finishes up his dinner and visit at friend's remote cabin, harnesses up his dogs... yalping, etc to get on the git-go... bids farewell and the never ending sun ducks to a low light... and off he charges... Mush, you huskies... Mush! come gee!!... deep snow, so runs a bit on river's edge, then onto the ice. better now, smoother running. not so deep, the snow that is. his friend sees him heading out, getting smaller... hopes for the best for him... then

"crack-k!..."

team hits a soft spot, ice breaks and down into river and under the ice they all go! no noise, just a sudden cold silence! a total emptiness! gone... all gone in a flash!

and no hope for a rescue!

... just like that, just gone!

' come gee, lets take the frozen river.... '

 

[Kodiak Kid]

What about the post about climate change.
Maybe it's because we've stopped hunting them and the population has grown.

Oh yeah, it also weighs a lot more, which is why I said you'd need a bigger truck/ trailer .

The population has dropped drastically. Also, they STIHL hunt the s**t out of them in Canada! I think Greenland has them too, but I don't think they are hunted in that country.

Negative. The D272 would fit just fine in my trailer without a question. Its not that much bigger!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

will order it! local library. Thanks ~

some of those real-life Alaskan adventure tales really will make a man go

like the AK bushman making trail all day with his dogs. finally gets them bedded down for the night... and tucks into his roll. the sweat, etc transfers... and in the morning he is frozen solid inside... and high temps for the day not expected to be above -15f! now the good nite's sleep is a life or death situation! or...

the bush pilots trying to start their engines on planes on skis. spl tent and heat, etc... just to get the engine and oil into specs so that engine will crank and not ruin itself!! solo back country on skis and ruin an engine is a death certificate! or (this one still haunts me...)

bushman is running hard. time schedule. 12 dog team. loaded with supplies. headed up country. ez hiway is the frozen river...

finishes up his dinner and visit at friend's remote cabin, harnesses up his dogs... yalping, etc to get on the git-go... bids farewell and the never ending sun ducks to a low light... and off he charges... Mush, you huskies... Musk! come gee!!... deep snow, so runs a bit on river's edge, then onto the ice. better now, smoother running. not so deep, the snow that is. his friend sees him heading out, getting smaller... hopes for the best for him... then

"crack-k!..."

team hits a soft spot, ice breaks and down into river and under the ice they all go! gone in a flash!

and no hope for a rescue!

... just like that, just gone!

A lot of short stories. Some funny. Some not so funny. My two favorites are The Flap Jack Bear and These Two Both Fought to the Death!

Check it out!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Do you trust anyone who says deers .

sure! especially for tax matters....

Deer IRS:............................................Locator Item: D34129596

Regarding my client, Mr C. One for the tax year beginning and ending calendar year 12/31/2021, please be advised.....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Not far from me, maybe I could get them on the load going up for you KK.
I've actually back in here before .

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flats? no problem! he'll be busting them off and on the rims in no time with his own hand-dandy HF tire center....

 

[Kodiak Kid]

will order it! local library. Thanks ~

some of those real-life Alaskan adventure tales really will make a man go

like the AK bushman making trail all day with his dogs. finally gets them bedded down for the night... and tucks into his roll. the sweat, etc transfers... and in the morning he is frozen solid inside... and high temps for the day not expected to be above -15f! now the good nite's sleep is a life or death situation! or...

the bush pilots trying to start their engines on planes on skis. spl tent and heat, etc... just to get the engine and oil into specs so that engine will crank and not ruin itself!! solo back country on skis and ruin an engine is a death certificate! or (this one still haunts me...)

bushman is running hard. time schedule. 12 dog team. loaded with supplies. headed up country. ez hiway is the frozen river...

finishes up his dinner and visit at friend's remote cabin, harnesses up his dogs... yalping, etc to get on the git-go... bids farewell and the never ending sun ducks to a low light... and off he charges... Mush, you huskies... Musk! come gee!!... deep snow, so runs a bit on river's edge, then onto the ice. better now, smoother running. not so deep, the snow that is. his friend sees him heading out, getting smaller... hopes for the best for him... then

"crack-k!..."

team hits a soft spot, ice breaks and down into river and under the ice they all go! no noise, just a sudden cold silence! a total emptiness! gone... all gone in a flash!

and no hope for a rescue!

... just like that, just gone!

' come gee, lets take the frozen river.... '
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All those are mistakes from inexperience or laziness!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

sure! especially for tax matters....

Deer IRS:............................................Locator Item: D34129596

Regarding my client, Mr C. One for the tax year beginning and ending calendar year 12/31/2021, please be advised.....

I just cut them a check today!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

All those are mistakes from inexperience or laziness!

many places in life can be unforgiving... up S' creek and no paddle, eject and no chute, DUI head ons... and for sure - inexperience or laziness! in Alaska!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Not far from me, maybe I could get them on the load going up for you KK.
I've actually back in here before .

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I appreciate that though Brett! Big time! Unfortunately, its already in Spokane.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

A lot of short stories. Some funny. Some not so funny. My two favorites are The Flap Jack Bear and These Two Both Fought to the Death!

Check it out!

handed the book order form to my Librarian. ckg it out as i post, she is...

nope, can't order it. hmm... shows up here on A-z... $4.99 used here... well, maybe a bit confusing on fone vs computer.

besides kid, one book is called same title by same author... and another is same but has Original in Title, the one u posted.

you think they r the same?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I appreciate that though Brett! Big time! Unfortunately, its already in Spokane.

that NDA sure is fast!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

A lot of short stories. Some funny. Some not so funny. My two favorites are The Flap Jack Bear and These Two Both Fought to the Death!

Check it out!

hope it has Big Print!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

took the wood train out on a firewood scrounging field trip yesterday. 3 locations... just down the road.

mite be on another soon. neighbor called earlier today. chat and inquire as the storm pounded outside!!!

'well, was wondering. i got a tree down from next door or big limb... took out 10' of my fence!!!'

my backyard looks like a small lake, but mite walk down. rains let up a bit.
i love log cabins, but this cabin fever getting to me....

 

[mountainguyed67]

its already in Spokane.

Where did it start out?

 

[bob kern]

I was so many pages behind, when I went to reply to every one I had quoted, I would have added another 5 pages from quotes. Screw that lol.
Kk, congrats on your new purchase, I'm sure farmer Steve will be happy to add some water to the fuel tank for you. just kidding lol. I'm sure it will save you a ton of time and effort.

Little update in the life of Sean. Still trying to figure out what exact part of the security system if fubar on this bonneville. Wiring diagrams don't seem to include the optional security system (passkey3) that this has on it, and the one code it generates just says it's lost its state of health. So nothing to really go on, and very limited info on this particular year as it was an factory option, on a car that wasn't very popular. Kinds sad as it's in nice shape.
My FIL was over this weekend to help the wife finish drywall in my son's room. Glad that project is moving along. I passionately hate finishing drywall. It just such a fiddley, slow, tedious process. I'd rather watch concrete dry in December then mess with drywall. Fortunately, my wife is much better at it than me, and my FIL is better then her. He's coming back this weekend to help finish it and the little hall way. I have one more sheet to hang then it's move on to paint, trim and flooring. Which if anyone has shopped recently, better make sure your sitting down when the bill comes. Prices are crazy.
Weather has been decently warm, but started chilling off, (and quick too) this evening. Looks like we have some sort of weather event moving in. Wife says snow end of the week into the weekend. Kinda hoping for either 3 feet or not amounting to much of anything. I don't have a plow on any of the tractors, or the blower on the cub, or the walk behind blower out of the shed. (Which it needs the skids redone, burned through the factory ones and figured I had all summer to fix it.... yep, nope)

Had the issue on a suburban. I was fortunate enough to know a skilled gm tech. He told me the exact issue and fix. No problem since. For me it was not the key at all. There is a connection under the dash that is a bundle of about 20 plus wires. One of those wires is for ignition/ security. It measures resistance and tells the brain it is ok to let the car start. The issue was corrosion in the connector. More corrosion, more resistance and it would send an in accurate reading to the brain leading it to think the car was being stolen.
Nipped this wire on either side of the connector, soldered in a resistor that was withing an acceptable range, did a " re - learn " to teach the brain the new resistance it should be looking for.
Thinking more on it I think he told me to do the bypass before clipping the wires on either side to maintain continuity. As suggested, check out some YouTube vids to get the plan down pat. It has been years since I did it and I might be a little foggy on specifics.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Yea herd the story to , bear attacked woman and her child in a remote village on western coast halfway up the state , bear was killed but not before it killed them sad .

Polar bear killing? Standard.

that and light plane crashes!!!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Where did it start out?

PA, over by Farmer Steve ~

 

[SS396driver]

Looked at this today

Been in storage 46 years never touched it was moved to this storage container last fall as the owners barn was about to collapse. It was washed at that time which is unfortunate as it’s always cool to see the dust and dirt .


29,194 miles
427 ci he has the original tri power carb and manifold
Engine is seized solid and will need to come out not sure it will be salvageable . Owner is on the fence if he wants to get involved in fixing the vehicle

 

[muddstopper]

I'm actually not a big fan of those lol. Cost is too high to justify almost never using the extension.

Im not trying to push him into a 90hp 12,000lb machine. I just want to help him make a educated decision. Everyone is different and he may not like what I like, and thats fine.

My ideal machine would be around 65hp with tracks, high flow and pilot controls. I could care less about brand, but I am partial to the Kubotas.

But that being said, that 773 tire machine in the back of my trailer in that pic has done a lot of work, and I'd take it over nothing any day. It's also very simular is size and power to that s175 he is eyeballing, and I know it would do the job he needs to do

I had a 773 once. peice of junk. Had to back up hills to keep from flipping backward. Low power, spun the tires on a wet rock, short wheelbase would hang up on a little low stump. I wouldnt even consider one for any logging or brush clearing needs. I kept mine for about a month and sold it the first chance I got.

 

[SS396driver]

Ohh I had the Chevelle out too .