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TreeHouser
“Splitter birds” little schnibbels that fly away?
How'd it go today?
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SeanKroll
Treehouser
Splitter bits.. autocorrect and no reading glasses... The little pieces of wood that fall from big pieces when they don't split cleanly along the grain.
I like hand splitting. My body says "yes" for a while, then my wrists and runs will hurt for a few days, so machine splitting with a 4-way wedge.
I like hand splitting. My body says "yes" for a while, then my wrists and runs will hurt for a few days, so machine splitting with a 4-way wedge.
SkwerI
Treehouser
I just realized I never updated you guys on my new trailer. After buying it, I had the rack built and several other mods. I added a step on either side for my gimp ass top get up easier, I have a holder in the front for my cheater pipe for closing my chain binders, I added a mounting plate for a small bench vise for sharpening saws and I moved the spare tire mount to one of the rear stake pockets to rebalance the tilt deck (adding the rack to the front frame actually put weight on the front of the tilt deck).
I am super happy with how it turned out. My fuel mileage has gone up from 5.4 to over 6mpg and it is so much easier without having to deal with ramps every time I load or unload.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Looks great Brian!
Chipper has been parked infront of the shop for weeks waiting on me to get the drive to go do more work on it
walked by it today and noticed the entire bottom of the infeed table is covered in cracks, looks like the torch is coming out tonight and some slightly major welding is about to take place, practically have to rebuild the whole table, its bent so I welded it open a few years ago, and I'm just about to go all the way with making it a fully reinforced welded feed table since it'll never shut right anyways
walked by it today and noticed the entire bottom of the infeed table is covered in cracks, looks like the torch is coming out tonight and some slightly major welding is about to take place, practically have to rebuild the whole table, its bent so I welded it open a few years ago, and I'm just about to go all the way with making it a fully reinforced welded feed table since it'll never shut right anyways
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Today was nasty humid. I welcomed the storms that moved in. Was able to end the day and felt great getting rained on. Had a great view as I was standing the boom up to catch a slight breeze.
I was fetching a broken top while the guys were continuing the wild cherry genocide on this job. You can see the nice firewood pile we have started there.
I was fetching a broken top while the guys were continuing the wild cherry genocide on this job. You can see the nice firewood pile we have started there.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Love the view. Dont know I could handle the high humidity in heat any more.
Today, the mr fixit got more to fix. So I got a couple things done after a late start due to animal mayhem.
The hitch chain on the gooseneck dump got pinched and broke, so that took a priority seat after putting Katy's Yukon complete. Now she can clean it out and sell it.
Trailer only had one chain, neededtwo, never got done. So now its done. i am going to figure out a spring retainer for the new chains to see if it will keep out of the bind zone. Battery was low, so that is on a charger. I have another battery if needed. But we need her this week. Got to be ready. Had a flat tire a week or so ago.
Going into town and back for chain and an oil filter, the battery light on the 7.3 came on. Stopped at O Reillys to test it after the hardware store. Levi works there, so we get his discount. But its the three year old alternator. Should be under warranty. I have a spare I'll put in tomorrow . Rotate some tires, order two more. Then see if I have time to pressure wash the chipper and do an oil change. That might have to wait till Mon afternoon. Almost time to weed eat for an hour. Still pecking away at it.
Love these restful weekends.
Today, the mr fixit got more to fix. So I got a couple things done after a late start due to animal mayhem.
The hitch chain on the gooseneck dump got pinched and broke, so that took a priority seat after putting Katy's Yukon complete. Now she can clean it out and sell it.
Trailer only had one chain, neededtwo, never got done. So now its done. i am going to figure out a spring retainer for the new chains to see if it will keep out of the bind zone. Battery was low, so that is on a charger. I have another battery if needed. But we need her this week. Got to be ready. Had a flat tire a week or so ago.
Going into town and back for chain and an oil filter, the battery light on the 7.3 came on. Stopped at O Reillys to test it after the hardware store. Levi works there, so we get his discount. But its the three year old alternator. Should be under warranty. I have a spare I'll put in tomorrow . Rotate some tires, order two more. Then see if I have time to pressure wash the chipper and do an oil change. That might have to wait till Mon afternoon. Almost time to weed eat for an hour. Still pecking away at it.
Love these restful weekends.
chipper project half done, started to put things back together and started having fitment issues, started getting frustrated and ended up accidentally shoving a glowing 3/32 6011 into the bottom of my lip somehow, so thats it for tonight
so. much. torch. work, having to cope around the back of the chipper and make things nice when you're dealing with hundreds of pounds of steel sitting on slippery forks isn't really fun, worse when you ran out of MIG wire and cant stick weld to save your life
so. much. torch. work, having to cope around the back of the chipper and make things nice when you're dealing with hundreds of pounds of steel sitting on slippery forks isn't really fun, worse when you ran out of MIG wire and cant stick weld to save your life
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