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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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Haven't been able to spend much time here lately, life just keeps getting busier. Over the winter I have been working on an Allis garden tractor, kind of a long term project. Eventually I will make a post over in the garden tractor section. Easy winter meant not too much overtime, but volleyball and basketball take up all your weekends. Then old coronavirus showed up just in time for spring. I have a full time job and two part time jobs, all labeled "essential". So my life didn't change a bit. The kids lives did get turned upside down. No school, no sports, no friends, quite the change. Didn't take long for the stir crazy to set in. We had plenty of time to spend up at Grandpa Marvin's, but I was leery at first. Don't want to get the old man sick, you know. Finally dad said to just come up, he's not worried about some little virus. So, off we go.... Built a sweet shooting bench. Grandpa Marvin turned 75 this year. His main past time is making firewood. He has never had a backup furnace, just a wood furnace in the basement, with a smaller stove in the kitchen that was added on to the original farm house. But he is having a hard time handling large chunks of firewood. He has spent the better part of the last 10 years or so cleaning up all the dead elm. Must be the Dutch Elm disease, cause they are finally all pretty much gone. But, it makes good firewood and hey, waste not want not, right? He would buy a truck load of Oak every other year to supplement his wood pile, but he primarily burned dead elm for years. But, like I said, the elm is pretty much all gone. His 40 acres of woods is just about spotless. So, he started picking out some bigger trees that were prime for harvest, and some miscellaneous smaller ones that we select cut. But first, for his birthday, we refurbished his trailer for him, it was long overdue. OK, now we can get to the firewood. Started dropping trees. Of the first six he cut, five got hung up, so I had to help pull them down with the B, the gator just doesn't have the traction. My Dad has been running a chainsaw for 60 years. His father had Parkinsons and couldn't handle the saw so dad had to step up. He was on his third chainsaw when we started this spring, but it started acting up and he took it in for repairs, and just picked up a brand new one while he was there. Retirement must be nice. At any rate, this thing is a Cadillac! Light, smooth, balanced forward a bit, really nice to cut with. Definitely doesn't have quite the same power, but I'll use it if I have to! Load after load... Rather than cut all the big blocks up in the woods and wrestle them onto the trailer, I got out the log arch, and added a couple of snatch blocks to really give the boat winch some power. Bring home 8 to 14 foot logs, so we can cut them up in the yard. Now that I finally have a loader to play with, scraped a couple of rotten stumps off the lawn that we have been driving around my entire life. Hauled some rocks and dumped them in some mud holes in the woods. Been doing that my whole life, never seem to get ahead in that little endeavor. Popped the loader off for some field work. Take a break to try out the subsoiler I picked up last fall. Might as well try out the two bottom plow I picked up last summer. Setting it up That's when I noticed the inner tube on the one tire was trying to make an escape! Found a good used tire, so I drained the fluid into a barrel and got out my trusty bead breaker. Brought the tire and rim home, this was during that cold snap a few weeks ago. I wasn't fighting that tire in the cold. Down in the basement it goes. Getting that back up the stairs was no easy task! Bought a cheap drill pump. Wasn't sure if it would work or not, but it did. Took a couple hours, but I got it all back in. Back in business. Cutting and splitting and hauling and stacking... Carryall is handy for lifting blocks up to the splitter, and for hauling away the split pieces! Snuck in a little turkey hunting too! Never did get one, too late of a season this year. Worked till dark one night. That was a giant elm tree that was still pretty green. That log had to weigh a ton. Break time Whew! I guess I'm out of pictures! Other than that, haven't been doing much. Thanks for looking. |
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chaskaduo ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 2016 Location: Twin Cities Points: 5200 |
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They are growin fast, must be feedin them good. You and dad must really be proud of them, and they never seems to shy away from helping out.
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desertjoe ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13692 |
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Well,,I'll wager your daddy and grandpa are sure proud of your energetic attitude,,,!! Keep it up and someday soon,,,you're gonna make some very lucky person have their dreams come true,,,!!!
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klinemar ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Points: 8053 |
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Many hands make for light work. Good to see your kids helping out. Makes good character.
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darrel in ND ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Hebron, ND Points: 8715 |
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Thanks for posting that. I needed to see something like that instead of what I see on the news all of the time. Darrel
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Boss Man ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 03 Mar 2018 Location: Greenleaf, WI Points: 617 |
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Great to see the kids out helping
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IBWD MIke ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Newton Ia. Points: 4063 |
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Great story/pictures. Inner-tubes trying to escape is a BAD thing, worse with fluid! Thanks for posting.
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Ray54 ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Points: 4724 |
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Hubert (Ga)engine7 ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6465 |
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Thanks for posting the pictures, really enjoyed them. Nice shooting bench and great to see the youngsters making good use of it. If you don't mind I may save the pictures of it and build one similar to it. That is a nice log arch also, did you build it? Back in the 40's and 50's many lumber producers in this area used a larger model to carry logs from the woods to a saw mill set up on a tract of timber but they were referred to as trip carts. You did a good job rebuilding the trailer also. Very nice to see the kids enjoying working and spending time with their grandpa, they will cherish that for the rest of their lives.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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Just go to howtospecialist.com and put "shooting bench" in the search bar. The plans call for plywood for the top, I used deck boards. I built it more for the kids, I fit in it as well, but if I were going to use it a lot I would raise everything up a few inches.
I built that arch a few years ago, we were taking popple out of the woods. We carried it out by the pile rather than by the log. If you have some time to kill, and an ice cold six pack (maybe twelve) you can read up on it here... Its neat to look back and see how that arch started compared to what it is now. Made several improvements along the way, and it works sweet. Couple of those big green logs had to go 2000 pounds. |
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The mechanic always wins.
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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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Perfect, all the videos in that thread are not available. Thanks YouTube. Guess I will have to try and fix that.
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The mechanic always wins.
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chaskaduo ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 26 Nov 2016 Location: Twin Cities Points: 5200 |
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I saw 2
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1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp
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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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Almost forgot about the little guys, and the home life...
Finally got around to installing the correct headlights on the HB212. Pet peeve when people butcher stuff like that, but I also understand working with what you have. More gooder. Also finally got the correct air cleaner for the 416, and replaced the leaky rotten exhaust that was falling off. I know its a little hypocritical, but I fabbed an exhaust from what I had available, until I can install something a little nicer. The grass is a growin and the tractors need to be mowin! Put the mower deck on the B1. Finally, I have a rider for me and each kid. We cut down another 60 foot hybrid popple in my back yard. It was going to fall on the neighboring property, so I used the WC to persuade it into my yard. Didn't get any pictures of that though. Brought the old mans wood splitter down. My retired neighbor came over and ran the lever, I threw the big blocks on, and a kid on each side stacking, works pretty slick. Only took us about an hour to make this pile. Decided to spend my hard earned stimulus money on an addition. A sunroom, you say, perhaps a library? Nope. In a demonstration of redneckedness, I got a bigger tarp shed. I put up a 10 by 15 years ago, because there was an ash tree close by and a 20 footer wouldn't fit. Last year the ash tree died and was quickly processed. So, now I have room for the 20 footer. Just undid the end and peeled the roof back, and added one more section, rather than tear the whole old one down and rebuild it. Handy to have a little monkey around Ohhhhh,, look at all that space! Got all three mowers in the shed, plus a project roller that I'm working on. Betcha I could cram another tractor or two in there if I really tried... |
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The mechanic always wins.
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desertjoe ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13692 |
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Hey Marv,,,You sure do take some great pictures,,,!!!! ![]() ![]() What are you using to take em with,,,??
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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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My phone is a Google Pixel 2. I need to find out how to post pics directly to the forum rather than uploading them to imgur and resizing them and then pasting them to my post. Although, it does give me an opportunity to sit down and drink a beer at the end of the day.
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The mechanic always wins.
B91131, WC23065, WD89101, CA29479, B1, Early B10, HB212, 416H |
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ACinSC ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 16 Dec 2015 Location: South Carolina Points: 2955 |
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I enjoyed all the pics . Thanks !!
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john(MI) ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: SE MI Points: 9262 |
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Great pics, great kids, great show. Thank you so much for today's episode. I hope this will be at least a weekly program! Loved seeing all of the tractors, equipment and people working together. That's a lot of hard work doing firewood, it warms you 4 or 5 times before it gets to being ashes!
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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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I wish this was weekly. This is about the best spring I've had in a long time. Lots of time in the woods and tractors and guns and tractors. Makes life worth living.
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The mechanic always wins.
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littlemarv ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 10 Jun 2013 Location: Wisconsin Points: 1834 |
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While cutting wood this spring, I came to the realization that the top of the tree is the time consuming part. When you're cutting, you want to keep cutting. You don't want to stop and clear all the brush, but you pretty much have to, can't be stumbling around with a running chainsaw.
If only there was a method for cutting smaller limbs into precut lengths.... And then I remembered ol buzz is in the back of the shed! I will have to remove one loader bracket. Or maybe buy another tractor?!?! Kids definitely won't be allowed near this thing. You get that blade up to speed, it makes such an unholy noise, I don't want to get near it, either. Something to think about.
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The mechanic always wins.
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Brian F(IL) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paxton, IL Points: 2715 |
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Nice pictures. I almost got tired just thinking about all the work you did.
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Larry Miller ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: NWIL Points: 909 |
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What fun - would you be my dad for the summer?
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I used to be young and stupid, now I am not young anymore.
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Dusty MI ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Charlotte, Mi Points: 5059 |
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I grew up helping my dad cut fire wood. He cut a trailer full and made buss piles all winter, then we would get neighbors to help buzz up all the buzz piles at the and of winter. There would be wet snow on the piles and your gloves would get wet handling it. Starting at an early age, it was my job to throw the wood away from the saw. I was maybe 8 when I first started helping.
Dusty
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tadams(OH) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: Jeromesville, O Points: 10866 |
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I have one of those saw that bolt on the front of a WC, WD or WD45 if anyone is interested
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Hubert (Ga)engine7 ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6465 |
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Marv, thanks for the info on the shooting bench plans. I got mine built Wednesday morning while I was at the farm. Used all 2x6 pt, even for the top. Now I have to get my granddaughter down to the farm so she can use it. Might just make her build her own.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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