Tractors and wood! Show your pics
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aeblank
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And you climbed one to take the picture?
I'm in MI too, and I guess it's snowing. On Vaca in Kentucky...
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The farm co-op had one of these... my grandmother used the wood side of her stove most of the year and everything was "Chunked"
square1
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Look closely at the ground coming into the loader valve area of the tractor. Took the picture from a tree stand right above a busy deer run
Not sure where the rain / snow line is but heard there could be 5" up your way so KY sounds like a good choice. Rain & high wind advisory here now (100 miles south of 55).
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That is nice wood. All straight and barkless. My favorite firewood since it is so clean.
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No shortage of retired around the farm when I was a kid that would go in and scavenge the forests for branches after trees came out... some actually paid a nominal amount to the landowner which only covered branches or small windfall.
One guy had a VW Bug with a trailer... he would load it with a massive amount of branches when the forest was no muddy... when it rained he had a large carport with a jig to cut the branches to length.
Put 20 or 30 branches on the jib and then slice through in 14" slots.... jig was 8' or so... when done... with a couple of cuts he had hundreds of branches cut to length...
He used an electric chain saw under the carport and a bow saw and giant loppers in the woods.
One guy had a VW Bug with a trailer... he would load it with a massive amount of branches when the forest was no muddy... when it rained he had a large carport with a jig to cut the branches to length.
Put 20 or 30 branches on the jib and then slice through in 14" slots.... jig was 8' or so... when done... with a couple of cuts he had hundreds of branches cut to length...
He used an electric chain saw under the carport and a bow saw and giant loppers in the woods.
aeblank
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66 and sunny. Diggin it and don't wanna go home tomorrow.Look closely at the ground coming into the loader valve area of the tractor. Took the picture from a tree stand right above a busy deer run
Not sure where the rain / snow line is but heard there could be 5" up your way so KY sounds like a good choice. Rain & high wind advisory here now (100 miles south of 55).
Made one test run today, I went from 75' of old cable to 133' of new cable, did seem like I lost a little pulling power on the winch, dont know if it's because I might of got my greasy fingers on the spool pressure plate or because there's more cable on the spool, have to make a few more test trips.
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I did my share of mirror welding there that is for sure. That does separate men from the boys, and I did my share when I worked on 5 skids, but when they ended that, and I moved to the aluminum shop and PVLS, there was very little mirror welding just because the nature of what it was.
I am like you, I prefer flux-core on the vertical up welding, but PVLS meant Pulse Welding only. I am not saying it was better or worse, it just was not allowed by Navy rules (as you know I am sure). I also spray-arced though, sometimes on PVLS stuff when it was not critical and allowed, which few welders do there. My best day ever was (5) rolls of wire in a single day on a 155 pass PVLS fillet weld! That was pretty good, but I don't blame you for not wanting to Tig weld. I knew a lot of old welders that could Tig Weld if they wished, but chose not too.
The poor reputation of BIW welders though does not come about because of quality, but because of work ethic. They used to tell me I was the "reason they did not get overtime", and I told them, "they were the reason we did not get ships." Few employers will hire BIW workers...not because they are not skilled, but just because they are not hard workers. Not every worker of course, but the few ruin it for the rest.
I am sure we know A LOT of the same people though, especially when it comes to Welder Leadmen and such.
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Broken Track - What is PVLS?