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

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Man ,,you are self driven ,,,proud of ya and another 20 acres of it too.. ..I suppose I was too. any time I could get some easy pickens for wood ,,I'd work until I couldnt see anymore ..and right back at it again in the morn...self loading log truck Huh? I couldnt get a boom truck to put up rafters to this 60 ft pole barn I was building and this guy says he'd do it with his self loader,,,,,, ( you know one with tongs and nuckle that swings and twists all over the place ? ) we got er done ,,but talk about doing the hula dance up the ladder trying to catch that darn bunch of steel tryin to conk me in the head was a wake up call to dont do it again .. of course the operator had a lot to do with it ..

I'm not so driven anymore. I do a load in the morning while it's still cool and that's all. Nice enough weather but it's so smokey that we aren't riding the horses in the PM

My truck & loader wasn't so big: a C/50 and homemade loader. I did have hydraulic grapple but it didn't rotate. The boom had a heel for the butt of the log and that's how I kept it from swinging out of control. Just four valves like a backhoe: main, jib, swing, and grapple. I still can't run a backhoe because I always move the jib the wrong way.

I had to trade everything off when I got sick and went back to school. I heard the GMC and loader got burned up in a forest fire

I bought the other 20 acres mostly to keep anyone from building on it. Also it will make a nice campsite if family or friends visit in the summer. There's even about 200' of seasonal creek down at the bottom end

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Yeah, I just block everything and throw it in the pickup. Simple that way. I could build a gallows with the rear stake pockets and use a come-a-long for a lift, but there's not many that big. I had a logging truck with a self loader years ago

Right now I'm working through a 50K# semi load that I bought last fall and had dumped in the sagebrush. It's a 1/4 mile haul to the house. I've gone through all the dry stuff and trying to get the rest blocked and stacked in the yard for winter after next when it will be good and dry, before I go out and start scrounging dead trees from the woods again.

I've got a bunch of misc saw work also: trimming lower limbs and attacking some of the thickets. That gets pretty discouraging because you spend more time dragging and stacking than cutting. Then I bought another 20 acres so that will need some forest management too

80 degrees and smokey today. I ain't doin' saw work in the afternoon.

Saws I have an obsession with saws . My usual arsenal going into the wood I have 10 more most old homelites and poulands My little saw 36 inch bar 395xp husky I have a 48 inch for it now

[72c20customcamper]

One of my ez homies and a 330 never cut wood both run but cant bring myself to put them to wood

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Saws I have an obsession with saws . My usual arsenal going into the wood I have 10 more most old homelites and poulands My little saw 36 inch bar 395xp husky I have a 48 inch for it now

I've got a Stihl so I only need one

And it's 23 years old. When I need a new fuel/oil cap or bar nut, the shop acts like I have an antique I think my old 045 would still run but it got the ethanol sickness. Don't know if there's even parts anymore...?

Long time ago there was a Stihl TV ad (in Alaska, anyway): "I ran over my new Stihl saw with a truck, and I broke the truck!"

[CG]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

I made a log arch for my dump trailer last year . Comes in handy when I dont have the FEL kubota. Basic idea is the arch acts a high point for the winch mounted in front of the trailer . Block and tackle for the wire rope as the log comes up into the trailer the arch swings into the trailer and the log is halfway on the trailer . I then pull the log up all the way with the winch

Able to get wood in less than half the time . The Ambrosia maple in the trailer is now cut into slabs for a table

That is so cool! I know nothing about that kind of set up. Sure learn a lot here on the board that isnt 67-72 related. Now Im gonna have to read up on that.

[1976gmc20]

I had an old XL when they were blue. It shook so hard that the handle screws would come loose and jump out and I would catch it while I was cutting.

I think it was a 330 that I bought brand new. I used it about three months in Alaska before something came apart under the flywheel. I got it fixed but it wouldn't run at all at over 10K' ASL in Colorado. For that matter, neither would the Huskies of that era. They would run about ten minutes and then you would have to let them cool off a while. Stihl had the isolated carb so it wouldn't vapor lock.

Then I had two 045's that I ran for years. Always need a spare when you're 50-60 miles from town. I got talked into modernizing and bought an 044. It did okay until I blew it up on a hundred degree day in Montana. So then I bought the 046 and stihl running it today. But I only used it professionally about six months.

Stihl don't like cold weather though. You have to work them really hard to keep them up to operating temperature in the winter. Firewood cutting is okay but falling/limbing they start to sputter. If I was timber falling again, I would run Stihl in the summer and Husky in the winter. Trouble is they don't use the same bars so you have to duplicate everything Doesn't matter since most all jobs is feller-buncher anymore. Sit in a cab and push buttons and look at a computer screen.

[57taskforce]

Stihl ms290 for me, damn good saw with both an 18” and 20” bar.
I though I was serious about my firewood before these last few posts! Nice work!

[LockDoc]

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I've been working on my 20' x 40' lean-to hot and heavy since the wind storm damaged my barn. Here's a few pictures of the lean-to and the damage to the main support posts in my barn. All 8 of the main support posts are either broken or cracked. I'm not sure whats keeping it up. I thought I would include a picture of the "other" truck with my locally sawn, full dimension 2x8 rafters and 2x4 purlins. They are all from reclaimed power poles. I am now ready for the sheet metal roof.

The '72 Dually has been earning her keep on this one.....

LockDoc

[Andy4639]

I went and picked up little red yesterday. My play toy golf cart here at the beach. Got it sitting in the shop right now. Gonna give it a couple days to dry good before I start on it.

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

I went and picked up little red yesterday. My play toy golf cart here at the beach. Got it sitting in the shop right now. Gonna give it a couple days to dry good before I start on it.

First look I thought that was a Legends Racer.....Pretty Cool Golf Cart!

[TxGary]

Drained the sand out of the sand blast cabinet and filtered out the trash. Good to go again.

[Andy4639]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

First look I thought that was a Legends Racer.....Pretty Cool Golf Cart!

Most people do think it's a Legends car are a dwarf. Well it is part legends I think. It's fiberglass and metal both. I'm not 100% sure what it is though .
But it's 100% electric. 48 volts. There 2 batteries in front of the rear axle and the 4 behind it. 8 volts. Runs 28 MPH and later this winter I hope to have it up a little faster.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Andy4639

Most people do think it's a Legends car are a dwarf. Well it is part legends I think. It's fiberglass and metal both. I'm not 100% sure what it is though .
But it's 100% electric. 48 volts. There 2 batteries in front of the rear axle and the 4 behind it. 8 volts. Runs 28 MPH and later this winter I hope to have it up a little faster.

[cough]wheelie bars[cough]

[1976gmc20]

So the lean-to is holding up your barn?


I cut another load of wood this morning. Having coffee and a snack right now and planning to go cut another load while I'm dressed for it.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

So the lean-to is holding up your barn?


I cut another load of wood this morning. Having coffee and a snack right now and planning to go cut another load while I'm dressed for it.

I never thought about building the lean-to on the East side of the barn instead of the shop, to prop it up....

LockDoc

[72c20customcamper]

Bucked up half of the white oak today . Figure there's around 10k in the trailer by my calculation the trunk was over 15k without the limbs . Going to have to put on the the weight distribution bars the hitch is in the grass . Didnt expect to have this much weight. Only going up my driveway so ya its overloaded

[CG]

Made a run to the dump. Also cleaned around my truck so I could see it again.

And my wife is making her version of shoop. House smells great!

[1976gmc20]

I bet you get a real charge out of driving that!

[davischevy]

I got the grass clipped behind the house for the last time this year. All this talk of chainsaws reminded me that as it cools off I need to thin the oak saplings and buck up the deadfalls.

[special-K]

He's all charged up when he first hops in, but to much excitement drains him flat

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by special-K

He's all charged up when he first hops in, but to much excitement drains him flat

He just needs to stay positive

[Ol Blue K20]

Oh geez, this reminds me of the word game!

[special-K]

How are the brakes??? That thing looks cool in pictures but It has to be a gas (er, volt) to drive. I'd like to see a video... hint hint.

I've just been poking around the place. Moving things out of the shed or over to the far side so now I can start digging out for concrete. I did a little more concrete work on those steps at the garage, and built some shelves inside it.

Moving the barn over has been a thought circling around for a long time. A burden really, with needing a solution for that tree situation, other than expensive crane work to cut it down. I'm liking the thought of the big old tree staying since such an old house seems like it should have at least one big old tree somewhere. Maple limbs can be cut way back and they still sprout out a nice canopy. But trimming is for later (I have a climber who works cheap). Right now I'm happy to have confirmed a plan and moving one with it.

The shakes are bad to where they are leaking at the bottom, and now the board & batten is rotting at the bottom. I couldn't let it wait any longer. As it is now, due to the tree, I have to climb through the fence to access that patch of property to even look at that side of the barn. So I hadn't seen the rot until this weekend. I knew the soffit and fascia were bad. No wonder it's so damp in there.

I don't have a place to put everything in the barn while this happens. But I've been all through it, moved a lot out to elsewhere, got rid of some things, seen every inch of floor again after many years, cleaned, and organized. I have things up top to get rid of and other things to move elsewhere on the property still. It's inch by inch and a real challenge with where to move what to where. I have room to do what I need to prep for moving and when it comes time to move it I'll just have to move some things onto the slab outside and tarp it. It's been overwhelming to think about, but now that it's in motion I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[DeadheadNM]

I’ve got sort of the Prius of chainsaws - an electric Stihl

I’ve been holding off to trim some oaks until it’s safe to do so in terms of oak wilt.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

I’ve got sort of the Prius of chainsaws - an electric Stihl

I’ve been holding off to trim some oaks until it’s safe to do so in terms of oak wilt.

How many volts is that Stihl?