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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Yes I have to take a break from milling . It’s not an easy task on the body and tossing wood actually feels good bending and twisting . The saw don’t care as long as I let it idle to cool . Biggest mistake people make with air cooled engines is shutting them off after a long or hard cut
Not sure what I’ll be making with it but I have about 3 years to decide . That’s how long it takes to air dry the standard is 1year per inch thickness .
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
I hope he has a selfie stick!!
![]() This guy is my friend so I know him well enough that I should call him Haphazard Harry. Last winter he went to start his Astro Van and it only cranked, no fire. It was a very damp day after it rained all night. I'd be pulling the distributor cap, cleaning out the carbon tracks, and on my way to buy new quality cap and rotor. Probably a good time for spark plugs and check out the wires. But that's me. He sat there and cranked, cranked, cranked, cranked, crank crank crank crank.............. I was amazed how well his battery held out. He said it's done this before, it'll start eventually. Finally it starts to kick every so often, then more, and finally he got it to start after 10-15 minutes of cranking. All the while he's having a fit because he was leaving to go watch a Ravens game with no time to spare. I saw him a couple/few weeks later and asked if got the Astro straightened out. "It hasn't done it since". Ok, so it fixed itself or it hasn't rained. I wonder if he even put a new cap on.
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About 10 years ago he informs me that he bought a forklift and was going to go get it, so I asked him how he was going to haul it? "On my car trailer" was the answer. Said I..."you do know that the counter weight on that is probably close to 5,000 lbs right?" "Yeah but my trailer is good for 7,000 lbs" was his answer. My reply was "Why don't you just call a tow company with a roll back to go get it". Well long story short after getting it on the trailer, chained and bindered down (which added even more weight) with the two steer axle tires with a foot print about the size of a deck of cards nesting over the 15 year old 2X8's... One set of railroad tracks later the forklift steer axle and counter weight is now thru the trailer deck resting on the axle(s) They had to get a special Boom Truck out of Sacramento to pick it up, set it on the boom truck deck and haul it to his house. Very expensive Forklift before it was all said and done. Glad I was not there. |
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You reckon some of us might use a bit less foresight than others? Some maybe none and a few of those have no hindsight either. They like to do things wrong twice!
![]() I've know Chuck about 40 years myself. If he was taking his '58 REO I would have been riding shotgun looking for adventure. It would have been a blast! That thing gets 12.5 mpg (Cat 1160/Roadranger/3.40-3.50-ish rear). I wonder what that Astro would get pulling that heavy trailer empty. Let alone, the return trip loaded. And Huntington, WVA is along the Ohio River which happens to be the opposite side of the "The Mountain State" from here, a trans-Appalachian journey both ways.
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Was down at the horse farm early first day of rifle saw nothing so at 3 I cut some wood . Got some RTB wood and as I was leaving right at the driveway to the farm this guy must have gotten hit . Nice big 8 pointer .
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The rut is now! Dead deer all over the roadside, lots of movement. I've spotted more bucks shallow into the woods or crossing roads than I can ever recall (while driving) in the last week.
I worked on fixing this cellar areaway that had fallen victim to faulty work on top of faulty work. The old farm house had gotten vinyl siding installed and later the roof replaced on this areaway. No flashing at the house by either of these contractors. To make it worse, this roofline had sunken toward the house, so with little pitch on the roof rainwater would run toward the house as easily as down the slope, which caused rot and further sinking at the house. They didn't want anything fancy. They called because water was running inside the cellar, tip of the iceberg as they say. I was able to replace minimal framing with old lumber to match, jack what needed jacking up and what needed straightened got straightened using minimal new materials. I still need to do flashing, shingles, and retrim window sill. Also replace the rotted fascia & soffit on the left where the heating oil fill was hanging
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My daughter is moving back to Ct. from Salem, Ma. I'm proud of her. She is single and she is buying a house in our old hometown. It's 105 years old so I know where I will be spending much of my time. My wife and I have been moving her stuff to our house the last 3 weekends. My garage is absolutely stuffed. Moving the furniture damn near killed me. The kid loves old stuff. She has my FIL's old gold velvet couch. It is 9' long. No legs in the middle. It ways about 87 million Lbs. One more trip this weekend and we are done.
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We did 2 loads with an extended GMC van and 1 load with my Denali pickup and a 12x7 quad trailer. I should have took pictures of the trailer. It looked like Fred Sanford's truck. Ratchet straps all over the place and 165 mile white knuckle drive.
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I'm happy for you. Not the labor, getting her closer and seeing her doing well. What more could a father ask?
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I had appointment with my oncologist, almost 5 years since Stanford. It looks like I'll be around to bug ya'll for a while. All Good!
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Super good news Dale.
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Good on ya! I'm getting with my oncologist every 3 months; just in monitor mode, for now.
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Keep Dale's corner cleared out. Great news.
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Great news, Dale.
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Thanks guys! Stocker I had more than one "Barley Pop"......lol
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Re: What did you do today not on your truck...
Good for you Dale.
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Cancer-free is a great thing!
I'm finally assembling the table saw I bought back in April. Had to clear out enough room to assemble it.
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After we finished chatting today, my next door neighbor went into town in his '85 K25 pickup. When he got back he said he had to go cut a deer up. Coming home one was on the side of the road hit and dying. He put it out of misery and loaded it up. Now that's something to be thankful for. Earlier he said he couldn't wait till tomorrow, 1st day of rifle.
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Put the second wing and the router table extension on my new table saw. I've had it since April, but had no room to assemble or use it. Sold my old table saw, and moved some tool boxes and the old router table to temporary storage. I contacted the saw manufacturer because a bunch of fastener hardware is just plain missing. I'll get that sometime next week and finish building it. Still don't really have room, but once I put my carving bench and tools in their final place, there'll be plenty of room.
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Today I flashed the roof where the lean-to connects. One more step toward moving back in for a fresh start placing things in the best place vs before when it was a 30 year accumulation.
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