I'd call that basically insane.
Probably the same salesman that f'd up those other recent estimates
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Probably the same salesman that f'd up those other recent estimates
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Anyone have any advice on oiling Felco sheaths? I have a couple of old ones for F2, and a new F20 sheath that need some sort of preservative. Thanks.
flushcut
TreeHouser
I used bar oil on mine, saturated the crap out of it. It seemed to work better than mink oil.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
Obenauf's is good stuff. Used to use it on my Wolverine work boots. The leather lasted great, but the soles fall apart, so I quit bothering. I still buy them as they are light, comfortable, and I can get them on sale for just over 100 bucks
I remember when I was about 7 my dad had a black man working for him. He got a new pair of work boots. Went to the lithium grease pail and gave them a good coat of that.
He put me on the seat of his bicycle and he sat backwards on the handlebars and peddled down the road. I taught myself how to do that when I was a teenager. No passengers though.
I remember when I was about 7 my dad had a black man working for him. He got a new pair of work boots. Went to the lithium grease pail and gave them a good coat of that.
He put me on the seat of his bicycle and he sat backwards on the handlebars and peddled down the road. I taught myself how to do that when I was a teenager. No passengers though.
Burnham
Woods walker
Neatsfoot oil is good for that.
Eric H-L
Treehouser
I got a call from a neighbor with a drone stuck in a large oak. I enjoyed climbing it and rescuing the little flyer. I want to get a picture of the tree later and try to identify it. The most Velcro like thing I have encountered. I was unable to get a good high tie in even with my big shot. Again and again it grabbed my throw bag and line and prevented me from getting the bag down. I ended up using a low tie in and working my way up with two cinching climbing lines around the tree. Part of the challenge was it was very cluttered with lots of dead. I got some dry branches down as I climbed up but my assignment was not deadwooding.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Finally got all my cabling supplies and finished the two oaks waiting on them. Kave on one side and I on the other. Some good 5 hour tree bondage will satisfy the soul in the proper elements.
Kaveman
Treehouser
It was a beautiful day to be aloft. Kinda cool climbing without a chainsaw.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
I guess you're on that cablng job.
What is your normal climbing saw(s)?
What is your normal climbing saw(s)?
BlackSmith
Uncivil
They might be just plugs to keep the caps from being stolen.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Sent with a friend to retrieve one of his farm trucks. 5.4l with a stuck spark plug. Kid working on it was a Ford tech with a garage at his house. Not sure how, but he died a couple years ago. Friend got the call to come get it. Hour and a half ride to get there. The coils on one side are apart, and it won't crank. They offer their little Kioti, but warn that they just had a fuel line off to be blown out due to an intermittent stalling problem. We get the truck half way on the trailer and the tractor quits. I mess around for 30 minutes trying to bleed the injectors. Raising the hood only allows enough room to lay on the engine. The provided wrenches are extra long, which is no good on an engine a little bigger than a weed eater. As I'm about to give up, I pull the fuel from the tank. Plenty of flow. I smell my fingers. I offer my fingers to my friend for sniffing. He confirms my suspicion. Gasoline.
They were able to pull our truck up on the trailer with their pickup without much drama, surprisingly, and we were on our way.
They were able to pull our truck up on the trailer with their pickup without much drama, surprisingly, and we were on our way.
Kaveman
Treehouser
Yessir, Stephen taught me how to splice the hollow braid and whatnot last year, so I could do a big red oak at this same customer's house. We posted some pictures. We tag teamed both trees. Makes cabeling go much faster when you can have a guy at either end of the line.
Echo hands down for climb saws. Been running one of Stephen's 2511s since I've been here, and only break out my 355 for bigger stuff, for the most part. 2511 is very light, powerful and like all echo saws, reliable, what I like most is it's tiny footprint. It's just not near as bulky to drag through a tree all day. 355 is a tractor of a saw at 35cc, mine still has the spark arrestor but the exhaust has been opened up a bit. Could probably pull a longer bar with ease, but that might get me into trouble, so not worth it. Only complaint I could possibly make is that the oiler failed the other day and now i gots to fix it.
I'm sure electric saws have a lot to offer, but the buy-in is just too high for me.
My fantasy would be a fuel injected top handle. Super light, very compact, adequate power and chain speed for the vast majority of tasks, etc.
hadn't thought of that, seems very likely
my stihl dealer leaves everything out, often unattended, they even let us go behind the counter to get at climbing gear and rigging, and their husky saws are located where no employee can see them without leaving their usual work area, absolutely amazed that they don't get robbed
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
People are probably robbing the Husky caps to retrofit their Stihl saws.
Kaveman
Treehouser
It was a good day, expensive, but good.
Meet Erika. 1992 Honda Shadow VT1100. I've been searching for this model for well over a year, and this one came up for 2k in San Martin. Young Levi gave me a ride and helped me load her up in his F150. She needs the tank removed and cleaned and a battery. I'll change all the fluids since she's sat in a garage for 16 years. I'm the second owner, and Mr. Pyle was very happy that it was me in particular that showed up to look at it. He wanted it to be loved.
Yes, I'm so unoriginal that I named it Erika because she is red.
More to come as I tinker.
Meet Erika. 1992 Honda Shadow VT1100. I've been searching for this model for well over a year, and this one came up for 2k in San Martin. Young Levi gave me a ride and helped me load her up in his F150. She needs the tank removed and cleaned and a battery. I'll change all the fluids since she's sat in a garage for 16 years. I'm the second owner, and Mr. Pyle was very happy that it was me in particular that showed up to look at it. He wanted it to be loved.
Yes, I'm so unoriginal that I named it Erika because she is red.
More to come as I tinker.
SeanKroll
Treehouser
That's great, Kavey!
Kaveman
Treehouser
Out of time-space update:
Pulled two of the four plugs (she has two per cylinder) drizzled in a little Marvel Mystery Oil and let sit. Applied jumper cables.
Results:
Engine turned over easily and smoothly. Appears to have good compression. Spark plugs looked great, as in a little on the rich side.
My two big concerns of the moment are; getting the tank clean enough to remount and refuel, probably need to replace the main fuel line, since it's rock hard. (Probably need to replace all of them!) Second problem would be the Hydraulic Valves that I was so keen on. I know they've bled down, after 16 years of sitting and if they don't fill back up on their own fairly rapidly, I may have a somewhat serious problem on my hands. Gotta get her first problem fixed to facilitate the manifestation of the second problem. In my experience, letting hydraulic valves idle and giving the occasional rev while they warm up, is typically sufficient to get them filled and working properly, so I'm not tooooooo concerned. There was no sign of valve/piston interference while I turned it over, and with the plugs out, the metal on metal sound would have been really obvious.
Confidence is high.
Here's a pic with the only damage to the bike, a few storage dents where things where dropped on her tank.
Otherwise she's like new. Even the seat is perfect. This bike has 20k miles and is 33 years old.
Pulled two of the four plugs (she has two per cylinder) drizzled in a little Marvel Mystery Oil and let sit. Applied jumper cables.
Results:
Engine turned over easily and smoothly. Appears to have good compression. Spark plugs looked great, as in a little on the rich side.
My two big concerns of the moment are; getting the tank clean enough to remount and refuel, probably need to replace the main fuel line, since it's rock hard. (Probably need to replace all of them!) Second problem would be the Hydraulic Valves that I was so keen on. I know they've bled down, after 16 years of sitting and if they don't fill back up on their own fairly rapidly, I may have a somewhat serious problem on my hands. Gotta get her first problem fixed to facilitate the manifestation of the second problem. In my experience, letting hydraulic valves idle and giving the occasional rev while they warm up, is typically sufficient to get them filled and working properly, so I'm not tooooooo concerned. There was no sign of valve/piston interference while I turned it over, and with the plugs out, the metal on metal sound would have been really obvious.
Confidence is high.
Here's a pic with the only damage to the bike, a few storage dents where things where dropped on her tank.
Otherwise she's like new. Even the seat is perfect. This bike has 20k miles and is 33 years old.
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