Green white gum Eucalyptus load
3' at the forks...
3' at the forks...
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I had air bags on all my pickups for years. It's about the only way to go to haul heavy and have any sort of ride quality if your not fully (I mean over ) loaded. Especially on a light weight pickup. Even my 3/4 amd 1 ton trucks get them, just the 5klb bags instead of the 2.5k lb bags. No need for the bigger ones on the smaller trucks.Nice! Is yours a Tundra? You guys think Napa might have the springs I need? I was also thinking air bags? Might help a little bit along with the new shocks!
The pickup is 21years old.
She's been a great pickup and has taken care of me much better than I have of her.
Back in my hay days of crabbing and cut'n timber on the steep, and before my Squaw cured me of my self righteous evilness and wicked ways God bless her sole. I was what some considered. Well,A little wild I guess?
I've rolled that Tundra over upside in to the bar pit twice, set the entire bed along with the two gas jugs in the bed a ablaze in a roadhouse parking lot. and remodeled my neighbor's breakfast bar by putting the whole front end of it through their kitchen wall. Not to mention all the whips and small snags I've fell with the front bumper at 30 mph. Put a few other blemishes in her too in-between along the way!
However,This was all in the days of my youth! When I was self righteous with evil and wicked ways about me, but my Squaw, God bless her sole. Cured me of all my heathen sin'n and foolishness years ago!
Now, what about them leaf springs?
Those things don't tend to last very long when you have a heavier vehicle. Tried then in the front of an old f150 I had thubk they lasted a month if that. Wasn't long till it got anproper lift kit.I put these rubber inserts that go into the coil springs on my Honda crv, with the amount of tools I carry it was a must. Without them the front tires would be barely touching the grounddefinitely made the vehicle more level with the weight View attachment 1057742
Making me miss my 93 f-150. When I stopped driving it, we turned it into a trail rig. Used to live at Rausch creek and black woods over the weekends. Had loads of fun.... then bought a house, got married had kids.... you know.
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I did the exact same thing, I bought good quality air bags for my Silverado and I'm very pleased with the way they work.
SR
Anybody use those adjustable air shocks? Where you can add or subtract the pressure in them.
Now we finally know your secret to getting girls!
Oh man! The cat’s out of the bag…
Let’s see you haul a load like that out of East Lake…
Anyone try these bars out yet ? 
I had the top blow out of a dead standing Ash that I cut up with my MS170. Burned a little in the firepit this weekend. Nice and hot. And Hard! Clanked two pieces together and it sounded like Hedge. Had I know the branches were that solid, I'd save a stick to make a handle for my cant hook. Must not have been dead long since it was so solid. More small ones in my woods.
Speaking of the 170, it was leaking oil, so i put in a new AM pump, hose and filter. Got it running without the bar and it finally started pumping out oil. I've used it twice now on small branch wood and no oil is coming out. Re-cleaned the bar and holes after the first use in case I missed that initially. Used it and still no oil
I plan on taking off B&C and running it to see if pump is still working. If not, I need to take off the clutch and see if the pickup wire is mating.
I don't trust myself with the stuffed cord method, so I'm looking at piston stops (14mm?). Looks like two types out there. The screw in kind:
https://www.amazon.com/PISTON-CHAIN...prefix=stihl+piston+stop+tool,aps,1396&sr=8-3And stick kind which I don't understand how it works:
https://www.amazon.com/Stihl-Stihl-...prefix=stihl+piston+stop+tool,aps,1396&sr=8-6
What's the difference? Chainsaws, lawn mowers and outboard motors ar 14mm right? Some tools have a 10mm side. What's a 10mm spark pug for?
Didn't mean to get this long winded.
Speaking of the 170, it was leaking oil, so i put in a new AM pump, hose and filter. Got it running without the bar and it finally started pumping out oil. I've used it twice now on small branch wood and no oil is coming out. Re-cleaned the bar and holes after the first use in case I missed that initially. Used it and still no oil
I plan on taking off B&C and running it to see if pump is still working. If not, I need to take off the clutch and see if the pickup wire is mating.
I don't trust myself with the stuffed cord method, so I'm looking at piston stops (14mm?). Looks like two types out there. The screw in kind:
https://www.amazon.com/PISTON-CHAIN...prefix=stihl+piston+stop+tool,aps,1396&sr=8-3And stick kind which I don't understand how it works:
https://www.amazon.com/Stihl-Stihl-...prefix=stihl+piston+stop+tool,aps,1396&sr=8-6
What's the difference? Chainsaws, lawn mowers and outboard motors ar 14mm right? Some tools have a 10mm side. What's a 10mm spark pug for?
Didn't mean to get this long winded.
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Now that's wut I'm talk'n bout!! Good on ya
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Probably. I'll know fir sure after a few more of his posts.I see there is another guy on here from Kodiak. @AKGuy. I figure you wood probably know him on that little island.
If he lives on "The Rock", runs a power saw, rides dirt bikes and hunts game? I probably know him. I just don't recognize the name Den though.
Just fold a piece of rope in half, then stick the bend into the cylinder. This way if it were to get caught in a port and get cut you'll know it and you'll get all the rope back.
I have no plans to ever use one of those piston stops, and see no reason to. A good piece of recoil rope(which I usually have on the shelf), works just great, and I have another piece of somewhat softer rope that has many strands that I also use.
There's a proper depth to install that style pump. I measured the depth before pulling out the one on my MS180. I installed an AM pump and now it almost pumps too much.
I’m down with that , only way I ever did it ezy -pzy
Well...I did haul a load like that out to marker 24, turn left... at Pismo with a different suspension and while still IFS
Burned great once we had a coal bed about 6' in diameter
I never hauled firewood on Sierra wheeling trips...cut what was needed while there
And, always left about a 3-day supply for the next group.
I'll give it a try, first. But with my luck, I'll F__K something up
.I did measure as best I could and it was working after I put everything back together. You don't have to remove the clutch and pickup wire (I forget the name) before you put the pump in? One video I watched said you need to to make sure the gears mate.
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I just installed pro safety felling dogs on my new 400. Would someone advise regarding the tiny circlip for the chain catcher. There's no groove in the chain catcher to receive it, all my circlip pliers are too big, and I'm sure I'll lose it in the woods if I have to remove the clutch cover to change a chain.
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Even my suburban has air bags on it. I have them front and rear on my plow rig.
Expedition has them too.
