What did you do today not on your truck...

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Anyone tried an apple press to make cider? I'd like to give that a try someday.

Yup . Made a press out of an old scissor Jack ,it's very labor intensive apples need to be shredded first then wrapped in cheesecloth and pressed . Easier to buy it at the local farmers market. My neighbor makes hard apple cider so I give him all my surplus apples. He cuts my boards I give him some home brew and I get some of my apples back in alcoholic form

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Anyone tried an apple press to make cider? I'd like to give that a try someday.

I built a really nice cider press. I don't have any pictures of it on here. It has an electric motor on it to grind the apples up and an old screw jack for the press. I still quarter big apples and halve the small ones. It will make a lot of cider in short order.

It is on the order of this one.

LockDoc

[DeadheadNM]

Thanks guys. I’m lucky to have two neighboring orchards. In fact, I just returned now from a walk to one of them to get another pumpkin as ours didn’t grow that large this season. I’ll try my luck at a cider press once my daughter gets a little older. That seems like a fun project to do with her.

[1976gmc20]

Today:

Shoveled snow

Drained the 1000 gallon fire water tank

Shoveled snow

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Today:

Shoveled snow

Drained the 1000 gallon fire water tank

Shoveled snow

Not looking forward to that

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Not looking forward to that

Well, if it melts out by mid-April it will only be six months of snow.

Tried out the 4wd in the 4runner.

[67C10Step]

Sold some items at local flea market first thing. Changed oil and rotated tires on my 4Runner. Ate lunch with my daughter who’s home from school. Started working on a table for my wife’s room at school. Cleaned up two sets of weathertech floor liners I’ll be selling.

Hope to wash and clean up some rigs tomorrow

[72c20customcamper]

Getting ready to put up another 2nhalf cord of wood for the winter . You can never have to much stacked in the basement have 5 stacked already . This is great firewood 90%hickory the rest ash and some oak

[4u2nv]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Getting ready to put up another 2nhalf cord of wood for the winter . You can never have to much stacked in the basement have 5 stacked already . This is great firewood 90%hickory the rest ash and some oak

That wood will make some good heat .

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by 4u2nv

That wood will make some good heat .

Hickory is one of the highest btu woods per pound and it smells nice outside almost like I'm smoking meat all winter.

[Rich84]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Getting ready to put up another 2nhalf cord of wood for the winter . You can never have to much stacked in the basement have 5 stacked already . This is great firewood 90%hickory the rest ash and some oak

In Connecticut the Ash borer beetle is killing all the ash trees. They are healthy one year and stone dead the next. I have a couple on my property that have to come down before they fall.
Do you have them in New York??

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Rich84

In Connecticut the Ash borer beetle is killing all the ash trees. They are healthy one year and stone dead the next. I have a couple on my property that have to come down before they fall.
Do you have them in New York??

Yes . Most are dead I had to take one down that was about 150 years old . Stump is still standing wife wants it carved

[Rich84]

I spent the weekend doing the thing I hate the most. Painting inside on a beautiful day.
3 scaffolds high a couple of 16' planks and 2 sheets of plywood with a 6' step ladder on top and I was able to reach the top of my foyer. I also had to change the circle top window which blew a seal and was all fogged up. 16 years old with a warranty that paid 50% after 15 years. All they supplied was the glass. I had to hack it out of the frame and replace. Giant pain in the a$$. It cost me $1650.00

[FleetsidePaul]

All I did was put the battery charger on my Jeep. I'm moving it to my other place. I have room in the garage now since I sold my Mustang. It's better to be over there since that place has a dirt road and I want to keep the ragtop out of the sun.

I wanted to move my Cadillac over there. But it's as long as a football field. It won't fit in the garage. The Jeep just makes more sense. My wife want's to take the Jeep and go shooting this weekend and there's a place over there by the house. So I think it will work out well. Have some fun and do a little off roading.
Give the old girl a workout. Oh... And drive the Jeep too.

[72c20customcamper]

Planted some elderberry bushes.

[LS short box]

Shoveled snow today. Needed the workout. Predicting 4-7 inches tomorrow. Great. Time to get the plow on the Jeep. I swapped in a LS6 some time ago so I don't need low range any more. Pic of pushing snow with the Jeep.

[72c20customcamper]

Helped shew away a huge ferrel dog from my neighbors dog pen. Helped the other get this out of the field with my quad . No hunting for myself this year freezer is still to full

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Helped shew away a huge ferrel dog from my neighbors dog pen. Helped the other get this out of the field with my quad . No hunting for myself this year freezer is still to full

That’s a nice buck. I miss huntin at my dads place in Virginia a lot. I know a lot of people think I’m nuts but I don’t really care much for hunting out here. It’s just such a pain in the ass to get tags rounded up that it totally kills the fun of it for me.

As for that snow above... well you can keep that. It was sunny and 81 today, it’s been mid 70’s to low 80’s since Early sept. That’s my kind of fall.

I ran a couple miles with Momma after work and had dinner and a movie with my wife and kids... spaghetti and Hocus Pocus.
Not too bad of a nite.

[1976gmc20]

Snowing again today here, and blowing too so all the porches fill up with snow.

[72c20customcamper]

Made a 2 liter starter for the coffee chocolate stout . Going to pitch yeast at 70 degrees and put it on the stir plate for 24 hours

[72c20customcamper]

Yeast is pitched and the stir plate is stirring . The reason for this is to take a 5 gallon yeast culture to 15 gallon about 650 billion more yeast cells. Yeast from the package about 300 billion

[Steeveedee]

Applied Boiled Linseed Oil to finish the white cedar rocking chair my wife bought. That's the last piece. She bought two coffee tables, two regular chairs and a glider, as well. I'm liking how the sun and the BLO have turned the color of the wood. I'll get pics at some point. I don't really understand why we have this Paddy O'Furniture, since we don't sit out there in the back yard, anyway. It's either hotter than hell's braze hinges or too cold, by her claim.

[1976gmc20]

More snow shoveling ...

Was a project to get the 4runner out of the garage to go feed/water the horses. If I don't keep the apron clear then it packs down and pretty soon you can't get in/out of the garage without hitting the top.

Taking a break right now but I still have to shovel the deck and a path to the wood pile, and it is still snowing. Will have to clear the drive again this evening to get out to the barn again.

Fun driving in the snow however I had to put the Toy in 4wd just to go down the driveway without sliding the front wheels all the time. Dang automatic transmissions

[crossfire84]

Bought a used 80 gallon Saylor beall 2 stage 6.5hp compressor for$300! Score.

[Steeveedee]

Replaced the valves in the shower at the rental house. 4 hours worth of work, considering hardware store runs. Then I crawled under the house and took pics of the black mold to send to a contractor I know. That kind of construction is in my past, what with all the arthritis. At least I got the valves OK. Now, the kitchen sink faucet is dripping. They're getting a whole new faucet; I ain't standing there for an hour changing out o-rings and such on a 40-year-old faucet.