MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Well, I guess she is pretty good at football…
Uncle Mustang, do you recognize #2??
Uncle Mustang, do you recognize #2??
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Ithe hammers. A few nail puller/pry bars, brushes, saws, rulers, horseshoes, and a few other bits. Plus a framing square - and mine has been missing for quite a while! That was a bonus that I didn't know was there (actually most of the tools were a surprise.)
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And a few containers of nails. Meh. At least most of them are galvanized or aluminum.
G'day fellers,
Redgum scrounge!
One of our clients kindly donated an exercise bike to Cowgirl's cardiac rehab program and I went around to pick it up. While I was there, he asked if I wanted some redgum bits that were too big and ugly to go in his stove that were mixed in with some straight redgum that he bought from a guy two years ago.
What a question! Redgum is one of the preferred firewood species around Australia, not quite as dense as ironbark or yellow/grey/red box but denser than the species in the local area and very little ash. I tossed it in around the exercise bike, happy days.
Redgum scrounge!
One of our clients kindly donated an exercise bike to Cowgirl's cardiac rehab program and I went around to pick it up. While I was there, he asked if I wanted some redgum bits that were too big and ugly to go in his stove that were mixed in with some straight redgum that he bought from a guy two years ago.
What a question! Redgum is one of the preferred firewood species around Australia, not quite as dense as ironbark or yellow/grey/red box but denser than the species in the local area and very little ash. I tossed it in around the exercise bike, happy days.
At first I thought you forgot to take the exercise bike.
I also delivered a ute load to my solitary customer.
This is from the Monstromint that I was cutting up around this time last year. Got 6 cord out of that tree, one of the biggest I have ever cut.
Most of that wood is stacked outside the wood shed on pallets, some is in the shed for burning this year and I'm burning the uglies now. Moving the wood off the pallets will free up space for upcoming scrounges but I am running out of space there and in the shed so I might have to resurrect Mt Cowboy in coming months
This is from the Monstromint that I was cutting up around this time last year. Got 6 cord out of that tree, one of the biggest I have ever cut.
Most of that wood is stacked outside the wood shed on pallets, some is in the shed for burning this year and I'm burning the uglies now. Moving the wood off the pallets will free up space for upcoming scrounges but I am running out of space there and in the shed so I might have to resurrect Mt Cowboy in coming months
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
This is from the article in the paper
She threw for another TD tonight in a 25-13 win
She got pretty beat up though. For flag football, she got tackled an awful lot
She threw for another TD tonight in a 25-13 win
She got pretty beat up though. For flag football, she got tackled an awful lot
G'day fellers,
I was out to Mitch's again today to take on the big candlebark trunk. Limby did the damage.
I see the chain on my blade is loose
Now time for some hardcore swinging action
I was out to Mitch's again today to take on the big candlebark trunk. Limby did the damage.
I see the chain on my blade is loose
Now time for some hardcore swinging action
Most of it was splittable with the X27, a few got the isocore and a few got the saw. Kept the chunks big, can make some of them smaller back home.
There are some chunks left from today as well as a number of other rounds, uglies and bits and pieces that I'll collect another day.
Scrounge on
There are some chunks left from today as well as a number of other rounds, uglies and bits and pieces that I'll collect another day.
Scrounge on
Got another sweety to add to the 266 fleet yesterday , all OEM and super clean 
and new decals, 
and new decals,
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
I do, have a few myself
@Sawdust Man. Chain look familiar?G'day fellers,
I was out to Mitch's again today to take on the big candlebark trunk. Limby did the damage.
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I see the chain on my blade is loose
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Now time for some hardcore swinging action
For you lever action guys.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
I have heard that T-Rex's with a sweet tooth are the most dangerous ones.
Sweet.Got another sweety to add to the 266 fleet yesterday , all OEM and super clean
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I may be adding another 66 to my hoard, another 2166 that is
.Another "Other Stuff" topic. It's that time of the year and I've just about used up all of my weed whip string and need to get more. I normally use Echo Crossfire 0.095" 250' line which last me two years. I was wondering if there was something better out there? I don't know if regular round line would be any worse or not. Also, does it go bad if left setting for years? I can get a 800' roll for less than the price of two 250' rolls. Always looking for a bargain - lol.
LOL, yep, pretty much the definition of a scrounger.
Been milking a big spool of husqy titanium .095" for a few years now. It works ok. I weedwhack about once a month and usually run about 3 tanks of gas through the weed eater. Takes 2 spools of line if I don't get into the fence too bad. Someone gave me some sort of orange stuff with squared off edges that works pretty well. Don't know what brand it is, seems like decent stuff, it's thicker then the normal stuff I use.
OK, back to "Firewood" stuff. After an eclipse break, I installed the new Lovejoy coupling (with spider this time - lol) and put the gauge on a Tee coming from the pressure side of the pump. Fired it up. The cylinder moves back and forth easily, so I don't think I have an air lock at the gauge. The gauge is reading 'zero' when the splitter is running. I extend the cylinder all the way and hold it buried in the plate and the gauge reads 400 psi. I retract the cylinder and hold the valve in the retract position and I again only get a reading of 400 psi.
I can't believe I installed the gauge at the wrong place. It seems obvious. Then again, I DO make a mistake now and then - lol. I'm guessing the pump is shot. Thoughts?
I can't believe I installed the gauge at the wrong place. It seems obvious. Then again, I DO make a mistake now and then - lol. I'm guessing the pump is shot. Thoughts?
I was amazed, when I pulled the top cover off , it looked like everything was new, and all original, piston and cylinder mint not sure if this is going to the sausage factory lol , I have couple other XS 266’s to grab if I want, my nice 288 headed there ,Sweet.
I may be adding another 66 to my hoard, another 2166 that is
