How'd it go today?

[Kaveman]

I have found that most big cities have a distinct stink. I'd call the city of angels odor something like desperation, perspiration, and low tide, now with extra bum.

Phoenix smells like hot concrete, smog and bad decisions, also, now with 300% more bum, at (allegedly) no extra cost!

Don't ask me what I think Miami smells like...

 

[WoodCutr]

LA does have a distinct stink about it.

not L.A, but

San Francisco Poop Map

 

[davidwyby]

NYC stinks

 

[Kaveman]

Made it safe to little brother's place in Snowflake. Now the real circus begins.

 

[Dave Shepard]

The wind has been brutal here today. I had to make a repair to the sawmill and 50 mph gusts at 19⁰F was a challenge with bare fingers and small screws. But, I'm up and running for tomorrow.

There are two big pines at the mill that have slowly been tipping over, and now they are even worse. I have a photo from last fall. I might see if there is anything to salvage tomorrow. The included angle of that gap has increased significantly. Luckily no targets underneath.

 

[lxskllr]

White pines aren't a tree I particularly like. They smell nice, and make a good jul tree when small, but they have numerous ways of falling apart, and falling over. I wouldn't trust one near anything I really liked.

 

[treesmith]

Snow!!!

 

[Kaveman]

I have snow envy. They got a few inches on the other end of the mountain, but by the time I get out there with the kavebaby, I'm afraid it'll be gone.

 

[WoodCutr]

starting to think I shoulda got a snow plow and salt spreader for the dump truck, decent snowfall today but everyone and their uncle is freaking out as if we don't get snow multiple times a year

stores are wiped out
local facebook groups are losing it about the snow
and most importantly "Is the dump open today?"

found some decent plows for <$500, one of which is an old city plow off a dump truck, with a salt unit, no hydraulic system but thats easy enough to retrofit, pull the sides off my truck and I could carry atleast 6 pallets of salt, no need for 4wd with 16K pounds on the rear axle!

few guys im talking to in the area are getting around a grand per parkinglot, per day, + salt at around $10/lb, might be worth it

 

[lxskllr]

Forgot, where you at? Tennessee? Not much snow to buy gear and beat the shit out of your primary moneymaker. Maybe a junky 4x4 you could use on the farm would be interesting.

 

[WoodCutr]

yeah, Knoxville TN

we get a fair bit, enough to shut everything down and create mass panic, most of the guys I know are doing 3-5 grand a night hitting a bunch of parkinglots, charge 1-3K each, work for 2 hours, onto the next

sure, it'd be some mild equipment abuse but it'd be more money than I make doing trees, and my truck is already just about perfect for plowing with, wicked tight turning radius, 14ft flatbed, manual, already got a 2" receiver hitch to hang a spreader off, only major thing would be fabricobbling frame mounts and adding a hydraulic system

 

[WoodCutr]

Mixed up a trailer load of leaves into my compost pile, made an attempt to cold start the chipper but between a mild air leak in the fuel system and a dead battery, that was a fail, dump truck started easy as ever




leaves were frozen into the trailer, and his trailer battery died so I had to dig them out with the hoe, only part of it came out so I had to get in a sketchy spot to reach the rest of the trailer, woulda been nice if I could have sat on the ground but between not wanting to get the truck stuck, machine sinking in leaves, and no way to reach over the side, I just had to hang on lol

go ahead and drag me for my operating, I ain't flipped it or got it stuck yet, over a year of doing this with that machine and zero issues

 

[treetx]

Funny

A certain A_Lopa attempted to register today. I guess he figures if I let Brian back in he could try, also.

Nah.

I dunno - maybe he got religion and is a changed man?

I exchanged words with Jason when I was in Melbourne last week. In real life, he is a super nice person. He was a great host and paid well when I stayed with him in 2006. Jeez 18 friggin years ago........

It is odd being the same age as old people....

 

[stikine]

Odds and ends day. Sorting through stuff I brought home from my office. Here's a bunch of length of service pins and Ducks Unlimited pins from volunteering. The saw is actually a refillable butane lighter, haha. I should just mail all this stuff to John so it takes up space in his house and not mine. 😉

 

[lxskllr]

Hang them on a nice piece of wood. Cheap and easy display.

 

[treesmith]

Hang them on a nice piece of wood. Cheap and easy display.

So he doesn’t want you to mail them loose in a box…he wants them mounted on a nice piece of wood before you mail it. Some folks are so easy to please! 🤣

 

[Burnham]

One of my retired FS buddies is lucky...his wife sewed a pieced wall hanging of several of his service uniform shirts, and all his duty station/name badges are in place on it. Pretty cool.

 

[stikine]

Maybe I'll figure something out like that.

 

[BIGTWIG]

Mixed up a trailer load of leaves into my compost pile, made an attempt to cold start the chipper but between a mild air leak in the fuel system and a dead battery, that was a fail, dump truck started easy as ever

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leaves were frozen into the trailer, and his trailer battery died so I had to dig them out with the hoe, only part of it came out so I had to get in a sketchy spot to reach the rest of the trailer, woulda been nice if I could have sat on the ground but between not wanting to get the truck stuck, machine sinking in leaves, and no way to reach over the side, I just had to hang on lol

go ahead and drag me for my operating, I ain't flipped it or got it stuck yet, over a year of doing this with that machine and zero issues
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You are doing it wrong.

 

[WoodCutr]

You are doing it wrong.

oh I know, no right way on the internet


also, I was telling myself that about the time I had both feet on the front glass to stay in the seat

 

[pete mctree]

I exchanged words with Jason when I was in Melbourne last week. In real life, he is a super nice person. He was a great host and paid well when I stayed with him in 2006. Jeez 18 friggin years ago........

It is odd being the same age as old people....

Wow, time really flys. 17 years ago this week I was visiting Derek (Awesomeclimber)

 

[Nutball]

oh I know, no right way on the internet


also, I was telling myself that about the time I had both feet on the front glass to stay in the seat

I would keep 2 sets of jumper cables handy to reach from the truck battery to the trailer if it died. And of course the battery should be charged every night.

 

[flushcut]

Better to run a set of heavy welding leeds from your trucks battery under your truck with twist lock connectors to the hydro pump on the dump. Never a dead battery plus eliminating a battery all together. Works amazingly well.

 

[treesmith]

Better to run a set of heavy welding leeds from your trucks battery under your truck with twist lock connectors to the hydro pump on the dump. Never a dead battery plus eliminating a battery all together. Works amazingly well.

Got a link to those connectors? I’ve been thinking of running a line to the back of my Ram and using Anderson connectors on the end.

When I got my Load Trail dump trailer in May 2016, I didn’t charge it for almost a year. The truck kept it charged until the battery began to weaken. Same with my Big Tex. I didn’t charge it for two years. Toward the end of that battery’s life, I had to charge it every night. And at the end, two big loads a day drained it completely. I dumped a load with my newest Big Tex last week and after dumping a load, it still had over 90% battery.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I have Anderson connectors on everything at the mill. Two batteries are better than one. If I can't get close enough to plug in directly, I have a 25' cable also.