How'd it go today?

[Treeaddict]

John and Pat can over to help me take down my 130’+ tulip poplar- all rigged. They were patient with me and didn’t fall asleep between cuts (thanks guys!) Many personal records were broken on this tree. My top handle kinda got broken as well (just a little- slightly bent bar and a housing crack) as it fell from 100’. I decided to loose the saw lanyard as I’ve NEVER needed to use it since I’ve been cutting and it’s just an extra entanglement. Of course 20 min into the job after lunch, I missed the porter. 🤷‍♂️😩

 

[Fiddler]

Bummer on the carbon fibre gaffs though

Seems like a brave material choice for the stirrup, How old are they?

 

[lxskllr]

Yup, it was a good day :^)

 

[cory]

Nice pic!

 

[SkwerI]

Been on the interwebs a bunch over the last 24 hours, finding out about what's available as replacement for our 34 year old electric hot water heater. Picked a high end Rheem model out, ordered it online at Home Depot, and picked it up today. Fortunately, it's just a very slow leak, so far.

Removal of old and install of new will probably be tomorrow afternoon, or more likely the day after; I have a few bits and bobs ordered for home delivery to modify the old connections to fit the new unit that are supposed to arrive tomorrow, but I rather doubt it will be early enough to do the whole project.

It is an easy enough job...he says now .

It's not officially a 'project' until you make your third trip to the hardware store/ Home Depot. Good luck!

 

[SkwerI]

I finally got around to getting the 395xp I ported back together for a test run after what feels like, and may be, a year. I thought I had a grabby chain on it, and was running a larger sprocket, but only cutting 20" Ash. I can't say it was slow, but it just acted weird, like as if the chain wasn't aggressive enough and like it was only running 9000rpm. I later found out it was cutting at 12,000rpm most of the time like it had way more power than it needs to cut 20" of hard wood. I'm glad it's not a Stihl which would make that annoying sound of bouncing off the rev limiter. Probably pushing 10hp.

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How much for the saw? No, I don't need it but I miss my ported 395.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Seems like a brave material choice for the stirrup, How old are they?

Bought them from one of our members. Not that old.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

So we just got the new pump in the dingo. Primed it. Fired the machine up. Hydraulics were functioning. And all of a sudden, oil slinging Everywhere from the new pump. Guessing the outer housing or shaft seal not seated right when they corrected the housing issue. FML.

 

[flushcut]

I helped my father in law swap out sway bars front and rear, shocks front and rear, and a steering dampener on his 07’ Winnebago. Broke some bolts, heat and easy out fun! Back at the shop tomorrow to button up stuff nothing major.

 

[Bodean]

I’ve been checking out the treebuzz lately…. Whole different vibe over there…
seems like some smart tree people but just not much flow or chat…. Seems like a stiff spot.

I saw Jonny over there… but knot here much anymore… alas.

 

[Cobleskill]

You probably know the trick to heat to orange and quench frozen bolts and nuts. It still amazes me how well it works. No more broken brake bleeders. (Unless the caliper is aluminum.)

 

[Cobleskill]

Yeah. I miss Jonny. I don't remember anyone pissing him off.

 

[flushcut]

You probably know the trick to heat to orange and quench frozen bolts and nuts. It still amazes me how well it works. No more broken brake bleeders. (Unless the caliper is aluminum.)

I know that trick but my father in law doesn’t know which is reverse on the impact nor is very mechanically inclined.

 

[Burnham]

It's not officially a 'project' until you make your third trip to the hardware store/ Home Depot. Good luck!

Then it's official .
1) pick up water heater at Home Depot; 50 mile round trip
2) locate difficult to find (supply chain issues, they said) pressure relief exhaust pipe connection; pick up at Lowes; 50 mile round trip
and 3) expected reuse of hot water out flex connector didn't pan out, so located a much harder to find replacement without 3 to 5 day shipping that required a 100 mile round trip to an Ace Hardware store in Newberg, OR that surprisingly had one in stock. Nice folks there, held it for me on a phone request with just my first name as ID and security.

Hot water on tap this morning, as planned .

 

[Bodean]

Persistence pays….

 

[stig]

Hot showers!!!
You were probably starting to smell pretty ripe

 

[BeerGeek]

Anyone have any living ash trees in their areas?
I only know what a dead one looks like😔

We still have some here. My ex has 2 90+ fotters that we treated 2x already; no borer damage on either. My brother's condo complex treated over 60 of them 3 years ago; still 58 with us and mostly all healthy. I know of a few others, but most are dead/declining majorly.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

So. Hydro pump out again this morning and it obviously lost the shaft seal in the front. I doubt there is an issue with the hydraulics in the machine causing it. Was working on the old pump prior to the pulley getting buggered and ruin it's seal.
SO I am betting, when they pulled the pump apart and reset the port orientation, they must have messed up the seal. Going back to Fresno Monday. Lets hope they have a seal and can fix it while I wait. This trip makes for 16 road hours to deal with the issue.

Today also got the rebuilt computers installed in the diesel and the 7.3 came back to life. Drove around a bit. Seems solid. Afraid to jinx it. Took Paisley for a ride since her ride time deteriorated from lack of a vehicle. Dog was in seventh heaven all morning. Praying this holds. Hopefully my other motor will be back soon. Have my truck redundancy back.

 

[Treeaddict]

It’s both a water heater and a hot water heater. It is heating cold water but it’s also heating to maintain the temperature of already hot water. Thus, a hot water heater

I call them a water heater though.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Ooops.
The dog.

 

[flushcut]

Dog!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Go dog GO!

 

[BlackSmith]

Proud to see that “hot water heaters” aren’t just a southern thing. I don’t call them that, but know a lot of folks who do!

Per George Carlin hot water doesn’t need to be heated.

 

[treebilly]

Spent today resting up from the EXPO. The drive back home yesterday wore me out. I bumped into @Page Friday night. He was in good spirits. Busy with life and forgets to get on his computer once in a while. Said hi to Bonner. Spoke with Nice Guy Dave for a bit. August remembered me. Somehow I missed Kevin Bingham. Unfortunately my desperate search for the elusive recluse, Reg, came up fruitless. All in all it was a good trip.

 

[Treeaddict]

Per George Carlin hot water doesn’t need to be heated.

Carlin was a comedic genius but you still need to heat the hot water while it’s still hot so it doesn’t become cold again. I’m playing devils advocate here🤪