Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Hope you get big bucks for the converters..
So valuable, people go under cars with cordless recip saws,
and cut them off...

Dan

 

That would be a small load around here.
The only time we see loads like that is right now,
as there are some spring load limits for a short period of time..
After that we get 28-32 pallets a pop..

Dan

 

Happened to our box truck at work about a year ago.

Driver came in and says " truck is loud this morning". I went out, listened/looked and said "yup, that's loud-cause cat was stolen"

 

Interesting. Last time I checked the maximum GVCW in your state was 80K which equates on a normal 5 axle unit as 22 1 ton pallets of pellets 1 ton =2000 pounds, 2000 pounds x 22 pallets is 44,000 pounds not including dunnage which is a legal load (in your state). 28-32 pallets isn't. Consequently the driver is running gross overweight or your math is fuzzy.

I used to do that stuff all the time but today it's almost impossible to get away with and the fines are terrible. Now if the extruder is across town I could see that but if there was any distance involved I cannot.

 

Don't much care. All the cast off parts go in the dumpster along with all the scrap my shop generates. I don't do the scrap yard turn in stuff. Thy pick up the box and leave an empty.

 

Not getting into a pizzing contest,
with someone that doesn't see, what we see...
We have guys sleep in the yard because of hours,
never had one fined for a big load..
The guys we see, aren't morons...
They don't drive with their fingers crossed,
hoping to not get stopped for being overweight.

Dan

 

9am to 5pm. Long day and it's still snowing lightly. It looks like close to 11 inches. Because we are right on the coast, we're the last place the snow is falling. It takes me so long because I snowblow paths around the yard for Lily. At her age I want to keep her life as enjoyable as possible. I also snowblow the sidewalk in front of the house. I do this because when the town comes by with their sidewalk snowblower they blow the snow in my yard. They have no other place to put it and to be fair, they have a long schnoozle on the machine that puts the snow in a nice windrow. The problem is the snow has salt in it and my lawn suffers because of that. I also shovel the stairs and deck for the 2nd floor tenant. I'm beat!

 

I just cleaned the stove and vent, everything is burning great.

 

My father was a commercial butcher for almost 35 years, hopefully your back and legs faired better than his.

 

Nothing ever breaks when it is convenient, when ther is money in the budget, when the parts are in stock, or the weather is good. I think that is one of the law's of physics (the one that Murphy discovered).

 

Thanks. I got out just a few months ago. I turn 60 in a couple months. I have arthritis in my neck, and my knees make a not so funny noise going up and down stairs! Getting out reasonably young was decided years ago. Now working around the house, and enjoying a couple beers on the piazza is my job!

 

That thing is sweet! Nice score!!

 

Thanks IHP, I was a little amazed the CL listing was there after 3 days: and we had the good fortune to purchase the stove.

I did a quick look inside after getting in on Thursday, it does need an exhaust sensor probe gasket, and the cast burn pot is cracked & warped, so I guess that's why it was still available? Dunno. Was asking $200, gave $240 for helping to load / for the extra sensors and spare combustion blower included: probably should have given more, in any case. ... (He included at least $250+ in extra new parts w/ the stove.)

The exhaust probe sensor gasket is already ordered: the burn pot is on back-order. I -do- have a spare older (steel) Francesca burn pot, just maybe... we'll see if that fits/works on this stove? Here's hoping.

After clearing the 8'ish" of sn*w outside today, I am going to take a 'deeper dive' into the stove - get a UPS setup in the porch room, plug 'er in and do some basic functional testing off the control panel / menu. ...

I plan on starting a new 'Ravelli RV80 rehab' thread to document the journey.

Sun is shining, coffee is on, gotta get busy. Have a super Fun day all - time to go play in the sn*w.

 

We just finished running a couple barrels through Munchy....
All good for a few days.

Weather is warming up now...in the low 40's F
Big time rain coming in later and a big soaker for the next several days.

Looks like we should be done with the cold/snow for now.

Still maybe see some snow in March...but those types of snows don't last long.
I have never seen a deep cold in March.....

 

No kidding...
I got 75% of the driveway blown Friday night, and the pin that drives the
axle from the sprocket broke.. 12 cent 1/4-20 bolt fixes it,
but obviouls you have to take some stuff apart.
Why can't this happen in July???


Dan

 

You sn*w blow in July.........

Early onset might be setting in