squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Damn Jay, I would find that nerve wracking. Is it something you find yourself worrying about regularly, or do you not really think about it until it happens?
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Damn Jay, I would find that nerve wracking. Is it something you find yourself worrying about regularly, or do you not really think about it until it happens?
HolmenTree
Banned
Yeah the tar sands up at Fort McMurray sure pumps out the oil and cash alright, and a few bushed young dudes too haha.
Back in the late 1970's during a summer shutdown logging I went up there, payroll was insane then. Couldn't stand the crazy place though.
My last groundie has been up there 5 years now and is making close to $400 hr driving those big dump trucks with the 15 ft high tires. Another guy I had work for me is working in a shop there and all he does is fix air tools and makes $150,000 a year.
Hope all is well there in Japan Jay.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Fort mc money is what it's called around here. Not hard to spot a rig pigs truck. Done diesel, with a whip flag tucked down for the days off.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
My area isn't particularly known for having quakes. but it just shows that you never know. There was a big one about two hours away a few years ago that really tore up the place. I don't worry about them, but when one comes like what we just had, while it is happening it is hard to not think that this could be another big one and it makes for nervous Being inside a structure when they come is unsettling. Places can really rock and roll. Our residence is a timber frame, so it has some give. You don't want the roof falling in. About anything can happen with enough shaking about.
Translation please? Done diesel = customized ride? Whip flag = ?
HolmenTree
Banned
Fort Mac , more Newfies there then there is in Newfoundland.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
No kidding. I've never felt an earthquake. Part of the reason I wouldn't want to live on our coast though. Apparently it's a ticking time bomb.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Damage reports coming in, in the least some places apparently were wrecked. Tomorrow morning will tell the tale.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Lift, goober tires, topped off with every type of light, antenna, rack, tidy tank, manly bumpers, and any other type of knick knack available. A whip flag, is a tall antenna with a little flag on it, so the huge machinery doesn't accidentally crush your ride.
Not everyone up there has a goober ride, but some of them are over the top, just scream "I have more money than I know what to do with".
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Fort Mac , more Newfies there then there is in Newfoundland.
Lmao, probably true bye!
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I will never have more money than I will know what to do with it. But, I could sure use more money than I've got now.
HolmenTree
Banned
Justin, another translation for the uniformed. ......in .Newfie lingo " bye" means "boy".
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I know, but in Newfoundland everyone gets called it still, even if they're well into manhood.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I am glad you are safe Jay. I would probably shit myself in an earthquake.
I am in no hurry to go to the oil patch. Ours of course is the Bakken in North Dakota. I have a 2.5 ton service truck with a compressor, crane and a welder. I could clean up over there.
None of the people I see come back from the Bakken have any money. Those kinds of jobs seem to attract people who if they make 100,000 that year, they spent 150,000. Booze, drugs, casinos, hookers, new pickups, atvs and so on. There is an industry of vice and nonsense that follow those people and jobs around. My buddy says he had to stop partying with rig hands. It turned out that he liked cocaine too much and had to separate himself from the people.
I am in no hurry to go to the oil patch. Ours of course is the Bakken in North Dakota. I have a 2.5 ton service truck with a compressor, crane and a welder. I could clean up over there.
None of the people I see come back from the Bakken have any money. Those kinds of jobs seem to attract people who if they make 100,000 that year, they spent 150,000. Booze, drugs, casinos, hookers, new pickups, atvs and so on. There is an industry of vice and nonsense that follow those people and jobs around. My buddy says he had to stop partying with rig hands. It turned out that he liked cocaine too much and had to separate himself from the people.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Glad you are safe Jay. Keep us up on it.
HolmenTree
Banned
Sounds like BS .....meant to say $400 a day
MasterBlaster
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Ha!
candoarms
TreeHouser
I finally finished processing the firewood for the year. I've got the lot cleaned up and ready to bring home a bunch more next Spring, when the customers begin calling me again. All that remains is a custom order of firewood for a customer who needs it for his little ice house heater. The pile here measures out to be 2 cords, all cut to 10 inches in length.
Joel
Joel
Reddog
TreeHouser
2 cord for a ice shanty is a lot of time on the ice.
BIL has a insert that takes 12" to 14" length. Feels like you are cutting cookies with the saw.
BIL has a insert that takes 12" to 14" length. Feels like you are cutting cookies with the saw.
Sounds like BS .....meant to say $400 a day
Glad you cleared that up.
I was heading out to buy a ticket up there
candoarms
TreeHouser
Fiddler,
My buzz saw has an adjustable length indicator on it. I cut the logs and limbs to 8 foot lengths so that they'll fit crosswise on the trailer, then put them on the buzz saw table when I get back home. Set the indicator to 10" and start cutting. My Kubota B2920 powers the saw. Each cut takes about 1 second. Two cords doesn't take long at all, and the conveyor easily keeps up with me, though I do have to speed it up just a bit. The conveyor is equipped with a motor speed control valve, allowing for slight speed adjustments. If I set it too fast the chain really whips as the attachments fly over the sprockets.
Reddog,
Our ice fishing season up here in North Dakota can last from late November through mid-March. Many of the local farmers spend that entire amount of time out on the lake. 2 cords seems like a lot for an ice house, but it may not be enough for this guy. I'm thinking he spends about 5 days a week out on the lake. He stores the firewood at home, then fills a large washtub full of firewood for each trip out to the lake, which is about 8 miles from here.
Joel
My buzz saw has an adjustable length indicator on it. I cut the logs and limbs to 8 foot lengths so that they'll fit crosswise on the trailer, then put them on the buzz saw table when I get back home. Set the indicator to 10" and start cutting. My Kubota B2920 powers the saw. Each cut takes about 1 second. Two cords doesn't take long at all, and the conveyor easily keeps up with me, though I do have to speed it up just a bit. The conveyor is equipped with a motor speed control valve, allowing for slight speed adjustments. If I set it too fast the chain really whips as the attachments fly over the sprockets.
Reddog,
Our ice fishing season up here in North Dakota can last from late November through mid-March. Many of the local farmers spend that entire amount of time out on the lake. 2 cords seems like a lot for an ice house, but it may not be enough for this guy. I'm thinking he spends about 5 days a week out on the lake. He stores the firewood at home, then fills a large washtub full of firewood for each trip out to the lake, which is about 8 miles from here.
Joel
Reddog
TreeHouser
I was guessing it must be like his full time job for winter.
Mi, Wi, and Mn have the same long ice fishing season/life style to.
Mi, Wi, and Mn have the same long ice fishing season/life style to.
