How'd it go today?

[CurSedVoyce]

Exciting day today. Diesel rolled off its chocks and Down my driveway first thing this morning. Smashed the wifes rosemary. Big rocks stopped it though.
No harm to truck. Just sprigs of rosemary here and there in the under carraige.
Worked. Got paid. Getting ready to run to the valley for the lift for tomorrow. 1/2 way there. Truck on fire. Exhaust pipe came apart and started the wood bed on fire. Then the crates of oil. I got in the back and chucked the crates out into the road. Extiquished the wood with water I had on board. T owed it home. Lost some gear. Pair of climbing boots. All my throw lines. Some wedges. Odds and ends. Most the gear it never touched. I had fuel cans. Rigging and climbing gear. The winch. Saws. All saved.
Fire dept dumped a bunch of water on it to be sure.
Truck is ok. Im ok.
Should have it all fixed tomorrow. Just have order some stuff.
My buddy Frank says my truck is suicidal.

 

[SeanKroll]

Damn!

 

[Burnham]

Holy moly, Stephen. Just crazy, you and that truck...trucks...mini...

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I'm obviously in a cycle.

 

[stikine]

Exciting day today. Diesel rolled off its chocks and DC own my driveway first thing this morning. Smashed the wifes rosemary. Big rocks stopped it though.
No harm to truck. Just sprigs of rosemary here and there in the under carraige.
Worked. Got paid. Getting ready to run to the valley for the lift for tomorrow. 1/2 way there. Truck on fire. Exhaust pipe came apart and started the wood bed on fire. Then the crates of oil. I got in the back and chucked the crates out into the road. Extiquished the wood with water I had on board. T owed it home. Lost some gear. Pair of climbing boots. All my throw lines. Some wedges. Odds and ends. Most the gear it never touched. I had fuel cans. Rigging and climbing gear. The winch. Saws. All saved.
Fire dept dumped a bunch of water on it to be sure.
Truck is ok. Im ok.
Should have it all fixed tomorrow. Just have order some stuff.
My buddy Frank says my truck is suicidal.

Fug, just another day in the office I guess...Sheez.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

So damn lucky. there was 4000.00 in cash, two shot guns, all that gear. Not to mention a truck I just slapped 4k into. Could have been hella worse!

 

[SeanKroll]

A good perspective

 

[Steve Mack]

Sure makes my trip to the dentist seem pretty mundane.

Hope things come good for you soon Stephen, you're certainly having a bad run.

 

[lxskllr]

Laidout a house and some property corners. Boring day, but I saw a persimmon tree on the way back to the office, and it was *loaded* with fruit. Kinda late I think, but I bet they were amazing. They're best after the first frost, and have a touch of fermentation going on. I was gonna turn around and get some, but it was kinda in someone's front yard. I'm 99% sure it was a wild tree, and it was in the RoW, but I'd have felt weird picking fruit. They probably don't even want it. I can't imagine why they'd leave so many glorious fruits on the tree if they did.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Road trip with the baby crane today, 110 miles round trip. Clogged up the MassPike on the hills. Set an effluent tank filled with wood chips. Weird septic system near a lake. Had 24,779 at 45', load was 24,329. Lots of wires, and a steep setup. I think we only had about 86' of boom out. Walking on the loose side on the driveway was like sliding on ice.

 

[Treeaddict]

Dave, are you sure it was wood chips?! I have plastic chips in mine for aerobic bacteria to cling to. An air pump delivers the air. I’ve just never heard of using wood chips but I’m not a master septic installer either.

 

[cory]

Underneath that truck is so nice and clean!

 

[cory]

I had a Grove day too, took out 4 large pines rear of house, finished early

Those cranes are mind bending with their mass and power.

 

[cory]

 

[cory]

 

[Dave Shepard]

Definitely wood chips, I saw inside the tank.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Inspection sticker says August. I think it might be a little older.

ETA: oldest pic I have is July 14. I think it was delivered that day.

 

[Maximalist]

We have established weather with a stable negative temperature. In the coming days, the temperature will drop to -10 * C. I have just returned from a store where I bought boots made of natural wool, gloves made of natural wool and a balaclava, also made of wool, for my partner who works on the ground. In general, everything is made of wool)

 

[Treeaddict]

Definitely wood chips, I saw inside the tank.

Makes me think they are now using wood chips for the same purposes as the plastic with the fear of micro plastics entering the ecosystem. I suppose additional wood chips just get added into the system periodically.

 

[Dave Shepard]

The guy said they last 40+ years if they stay wet.

 

[Nutball]

Where do the solids go if the tank is full of chips?

 

[Dave Shepard]

That's not the septic tank, it's the grey water tank.

 

[flushcut]

I drove south near Chicago to pick up some tires for the plow truck and saw one of FJR/Fred’s guys on the way back north driving their chip truck.

 

[treebilly]

Getting to the wood splitter before Grammy comes over for brunch. Strange that gun season starts tomorrow and there are no deer out this morning. Oh well, have a great thanksgiving everyone

 

[Treeaddict]

Where do the solids go if the tank is full of chips?

First it goes to the septic tank, then it goes into the wood chip tank with aeration. There’s usually solid filters preventing the second tank from getting fouled. It’s all to provide cleaner water reentering the ecosystem.