How'd it go today?

[davidwyby]

My son wiped his civic oil pan on the RR tracks

I wiped my wife’s car with the gooseneck

My buddy wiped the K rail with his trailer (snow ice)



Got some of the young guys from work who want xtra $ converting the swinging gates I park behind at home to a rolling gate. Gets really old going in and out. Next I’ll make it powered with a remote

 

[lxskllr]

Bummer. I thought most(all?) oil pans were stamped steel. That's cast aluminum?

 

[WoodCutr]

Got some of the young guys from work who want xtra $ converting the swinging gates I park behind at home to a rolling gate. Gets really old going in and out. Next I’ll make it powered with a remote

no clue how well they work, need one that fits a deuce and a half without bending, but this would be the bestest for not getting out to open gates lol



that cow field had 3 gates, 3 different chain latch setups, none of the 3 worked how they should because the chain wasn't long enough, I looked like a total moron trying to figure them out, while watching my back for cows because I never got told what pasture they were in

 

[lxskllr]

I don't mind cows so much. They're curious nuisances. I don't really like being in a field with horses. I don't trust them.

 

[WoodCutr]

I don't mind cows so much. They're curious nuisances. I don't really like being in a field with horses. I don't trust them.

I've been in fields with all of them, the cows are cool, usually they wonder off into the farthest corner, but if theres a fence between us, they will walk right up to see what we are doing, never been attacked by one

horses are too curious for their own good from my (limited) experience with them, I've dealt with 2 on tree jobs, both stood under the dropzone the entire time
we had a donkey years ago, she was super cool but I would be lying if I said I wasn't watching my back the whole time I was near her, not fun to get kicked by them, and our sheep, specifically shep the ram, being in the paddock with him was like watching the bull fighting

seems the bigger animals can be more docile, but then again, if they change their mind its a much bigger problem, watched a horse bite a lady at a zoo in NC once, that was fun

 

[davidwyby]

When I was a kid a friend’s toddler got in a field with cows/steer? One started shaking his head and huffing and pawing. I had no idea how to deal with those critters but mom was too far away. I slipped through the fence and slowly, calmly and carefully picked him up and walked out. Never been so scared in my life. Of a critter anyway.

 

[Cobleskill]

You can get an occasional mean cow. Bulls are not to be trusted and I don't trust any horse I don't know. A horse next door busted up its hoof kicking the wall. I was looking in its stall to see how it was doing. It came over and tried to get a mouthfull of my beard. Asshole.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Basic ranch rule... .
If you have live stock, especially large live stock, make sure you have good insurance and its up to date.

 

[Kaveman]

A much younger Kaveman used to rodeo. I've seen livestock absolutely wreck anything, from buildings, to people, themselves, you name it.

 

[Burnham]

My son wiped his civic oil pan on the RR tracks

I wiped my wife’s car with the gooseneck

My buddy wiped the K rail with his trailer (snow ice)

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Got some of the young guys from work who want xtra $ converting the swinging gates I park behind at home to a rolling gate. Gets really old going in and out. Next I’ll make it powered with a remote

Not the first thing that Civic has dragged on, obviously. Must be lowered, no?

 

[cory]

A much younger Kaveman used to rodeo. I've seen livestock absolutely wreck anything, from buildings, to people, themselves, you name it.

Stories, pls! 🍿

 

[lxskllr]

I setup for an outside fire tonight. It's gonna be brisk one, but I'm hoping the sky will be crystalline. Clouds will be rolling in for the snow we're gonna get, but hopefully I'll have some good skies for awhile.

Well, everything hazed up. It's a nice enough night, but unexceptional. Made a fire at 4:15, and I'm in now at 5:30. Not nice enough to deal with the cold(26°).

 

[WoodCutr]

waiting on my headphones to charge, then I think I'm going to head out to the shop and tear it all apart, clean and organize it

34 degrees, raining, and its the middle of the night, what better to do than go outside and work for the next 6 hours? I've been pushing it off for many months too long, and I don't have the time during the days

 

[cory]

stay ready so you don't have to get ready

 

[WoodCutr]

stay ready so you don't have to get ready

slow season showed up, so most of my work is "gotta go now" calls, and equipment maintenance

will be nice to have my shop back, I think I might work on some better storage for my gear, currently its all sitting on the shop floor either loose, or in bags, I hate it but its the only place I have at the moment

1700sqft shop, split roughly 50/50 with an elevated wood floor in the back thats used for storage, the other half is the metal shop/mechanic shop/gear storage, great setup but 850sqft isn't much for 2 toolboxes, a welding table, 2 welding carts, torch cart, pallet with pelican cases, multiple generators, a tractor, and a whole tree company

 

[pigwot]

Smallish snow storm starting about 2am continuing into tomorrow - roughly 3" expected, will be colder, with tomorrow's high 29F and the night down to 19F.

 

[davidwyby]

Not the first thing that Civic has dragged on, obviously. Must be lowered, no?

Yeah it’s an ‘87 with a JDM higher hp engine, coilovers, etc. Good on the curvy roads in the mountains, not so much on these horrid roads down here.

 

[davidwyby]

I used to be really persnickety about what firewood I went after; putting in the time and effort to locate on the NF, cut, split, haul, stack, finish split, etc. Almost without exception, old growth Douglas fir.

Now retired, I find myself using almost anything handy...from our property, even somewhat deteriorated, any species except Cottonwood. Small is fine, even some of the brush species that are heavy and denser than most trees. We scavenge behind the powerline clearance crews, and natural blowdowns on our rural roads.

Our house stays as warm and cozy as ever .

A couple that used to watch my brother and I as kids used to “bale” removed understory brush with twine. Great fire starter.

I’m not picky about what I burn either. But if I’m laying $130 for it, it better be a nice stack of legit split firewood. Not tree trimming crotches.

 

[Burnham]

The price for a true cord of split and cured Douglas fir has gone up by leaps and bounds here in the last few years. What used to cost $175-200 is now $300-350 or even more.

I'm glad I can still cut my own.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't price it, but what I remember seeing was $400/cord. That's gonna be predominately, or entirely oak. I'd have a hard time paying that.

 

[Burnham]

Indeed.

 

[flushcut]

A much younger Kaveman used to rodeo. I've seen livestock absolutely wreck anything, from buildings, to people, themselves, you name it.

What’s that meme: your odds of being murdered by a cow are low but never 0.

A cow is a loving 2000 lb wrecking ball, a bull when the ladies are in season is a straight up wrecking ball with a short fuse, destroyer of worlds.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

350 now here is typical. For dry seasoned oak.

 

[Dave Shepard]

$350 here for unseasoned mixed hardwood.

 

[davidwyby]

Yeah now imagine paying that for cut up branches. 🤣 you start getting close to $500, it’s a dollar a stick/chunk.