Ford F-250

[jgillott]

About the same as you, the winters here are less severe every year. It was 80 yesterday. we rarely get snow anymore.

We hit 74 this afternoon. Not normal for Nov 1.

 

[Red Rattler]

That is a nice truck. Would that be the injected 460?

Thanks, it has the throttle body. it gets about 10 MPG goin down a steep hill with a strong wind at it's rear bumper.

 

[Red Rattler]

We hit 74 this afternoon. Not normal for Nov 1.

It cooled down today, we had storms most of the night. I usually don't like cold weather but if it kills some insects I will take it. they have been out of control this summer.

 

[Red Rattler]

View attachment 109403 View attachment 109404 Not sure if these will show up, but I just ran across a couple photos of my '87 with 6.9 Intrashnational. Soon after this, I added a Warn Enforcer winch bumper and winch, and Bushwacker flares.

On Edit: All the problems I had with this truck and an '86 F-350, also with 6.9, very nearly got me into 1st Gen CTD, but I suffered along with endless repairs, and oil consumption issues.

That's a good lookin truck, wish mine had the 7.3 diesel.

 

[jgillott]

It cooled down today, we had storms most of the night. I usually don't like cold weather but if it kills some insects I will take it. they have been out of control this summer.

We are overrun with these little black gnats this fall. I've never seen them so bad here in PA. We have had flooding rains all year and the ground is just a muddy mess. All I can hope for is that they go away after things dry out some or we finally get a hard freeze (which we never got last year)

 

[Red Rattler]

We are overrun with these little black gnats this fall. I've never seen them so bad here in PA. We have had flooding rains all year and the ground is just a muddy mess. All I can hope for is that they go away after things dry out some or we finally get a hard freeze (which we never got last year)

We had those too, Skeeters were horrible, they would bite you all day and I mean several at a time. they were huge too. Ants are still bad. black biting flies were bad too.

 

[jgillott]

We had those too, Skeeters were horrible, they would bite you all day and I mean several at a time. they were huge too. Ants are still bad. black biting flies were bad too.

Did you have an unusually wet year also? I'm not sure about right now, but I know at one point in the late summer, we were already something like 16" of rain over for the year.

 

[Red Rattler]

Did you have an unusually wet year also? I'm not sure about right now, but I know at one point in the late summer, we were already something like 16" of rain over for the year.

Yes, it rained about 4 inches yesterday. I've seen water in ditches and creeks that have been dry for years.

 

[Red Rattler]

This is my stove when it was new.

 

[jgillott]

I have an old cast iron stove from Atlanta Stove Works. It's probably 45 years old and still burns great. No glass or fans, just a big old stove.

What model Stihl is that? I have 2 MS361's and a 230CE.

 

[Red Rattler]

460 magnum, I have a 036 pro that I use a lot. and an MS 250.

 

[jgillott]

460 magnum, I have a 036 pro that I use a lot. and an MS 250.

We have an old 036 that my father and his cousin bought in the '70's out in the barn. It hasn't run in years but I remember that being quite a heavy saw.

We are very lucky to have a great Stihl dealer less than 5 miles from the house. Guy that has it runs it from his farm and is a wiz at keeping these things going. That reminds me, I need to take my chains up to him one of these days soon. I sharpen mine myself all cutting season, but I like to get him to put an edge on them at least once a year. I don't know why, but I can never get them as good as he does. And for all he charges, it is well worth it.

 

[JR]

That tree looks like it took out some collateral damage on its way out.
I've got a 460 Magnum also, good saw. I have a 20" bar with it but generally keep the 24 on it, just seems like a better balance to me.

Bought one of these guys this fall. Hoping to get it tied in by Thanksgiving weekend. At this point it's lookin like thats gonna be my next best shot at having a few days off

 

[NIsaacs]

You guys can talk all you want about your hand tools...……
..........I'd rather talk about what you use for a skidder.

Fords, wood and skidders, my kinda thread

Go big or stay home

 

[JR]

Go big or stay home

I'd rather stay home and whittle away with my saw, my maul and my mules (teen age boys)

Making a decent buck off of firewood is a tough sell around these parts. Alot of the loggers won't even mess with the small stuff which is a good thing for guys like me.
How much do you sell Nick?

 

[NIsaacs]

Making a decent buck off of firewood is a tough sell around these parts. Alot of the loggers won't even mess with the small stuff which is a good thing for guys like me.
How much do you sell Nick?

No money in it here either, too many sellers. About all I get is pine and it is considered a low quality, low value fire wood. Mostly because the users are uneducated about it. Seasoned for two to three years and it makes excellent wood. Most people think you need Oak (stinks) or Alligator Juniper (smells great). Pine, fir, aspen, shaggy bark juniper and spruce is a hard sell. We can sell all we get because when I deliver a cord, it is a cord+. The wood cutters around here have a bad habit of selling a pickup load (no racks) as a cord, so the word is out.

We sold 27 cord last year, 17 the year before and only 5 this year, it's all we have. I get it for free from my son who is a concrete contractor. He does home sites in the timber and gives it to me. Prior too, he had to hire a roll off dumpster and haul it to the green waste dump site, really expensive. So it is a win win for both of us. It keeps me active and healthy, so for that reason alone, it pays off just fine.

 

[Red Rattler]

 

[Red Rattler]

 

[NIsaacs]

Dang! Some of those trees are huge, do you live in Texas by chance? What species are they?

 

[Red Rattler]

Dang! Some of those trees are huge, do you live in Texas by chance? What species are they?

Arkansas, most of them are red oak