We still have a similar truck, 99' F250 I think, crew cab long bed. He uses it at his work for a back up vehicle now, but not a daily driver nor long trips close to 500K and a lot of orig parts. He drove it home the other night while my pickup was in the shop. He parked in my spot out back and kept seeing parts of the hood under the cloudy moonlight saying "is my bug screen broken"? Duh, I've never had a bug screen on my truck, I was having flashbacks of driving that one. I would still be driving it but I became unable to get up in and down from it and shifting into reverse (5th gear to bottom right too?) position of the stick was literally behind me which does not work with rheumatic diseases and elbows with some people. (and the hubs were manual too) I miss being up that high and feeling safer from dumb drivers, but mostly miss the bad azz heater. It cranked out heat like no other vehicle I've driven.
A Great example of why I like Douglas Fir It not only has Good BTU’s, smells Great, I have even had the neighbor comment on it, when I had two cords of Fresh Cut D Fir in the trailer in the driveway. But it also splits nice and burns great, and it also is well known for shedding the lower branches as it grows, and it grows so Straight, once it’s on the ground, it’s like bucking telephone poles. It processes Quickly into nice rounds Doug
I seriously haven’t a clue what Lowe’s and HD do to lumber to screw it up so bad, at least around here, a lot of our lumber is D Fir, and I know how straight those trees can be. I have rifle barrels with less twist than a Lowe’s or HD 2x4 The quality of lumber has definitely declined in the last 20 years, never mind 40. I remember what lumber looked like back then, it’s really sad what passes for lumber these days Doug
I dislike firewooding in the extreme heat, but sometimes it’s necessary. Glad to not see a bunch of damage in your pics!
I don’t care for extreme heat, but I think that I would like cutting in the winter temps and conditions that many of you cut in, even Less. Seeing that we predominantly cut in the Mt Hood NF, it isn’t much of an issue. The Official Firewood cutting season in the Mt Hood NF is technically April 15 - November 30. Yeah, October and November can get pretty cold, but with most of the cutting areas above 4,500’ elevation, with 5,000-5,500 the average, and over 6,000’ at times, by Late October, most of those areas have several or more feet of snow, the wood, would not only be hard to find or cut in deep snow but then getting the trailer anywhere close to the wood would a PITA One year in mid June, I had to back the trailer more than a mile down a Forest Circus road, because of snow, and there wasn’t any place to turn around a long bed crew cab pulling a 6x12 trailer Doug
Mine was similar, 2001 Crew Cab long bed 4x4 7.3 5-speed with 3" lift and bigger tires and a mild chip. Even had manual hubs. The older I get the more I understand very clearly everything you just said.
yeah, a bit of a beast, But to the Late GrandDogter It was the “Big Red Truck “, and she knew what you were talking about, if you mentioned the Big Red Truck And she also knew that GrandPaw did Fun Schitt with the Dawg When I was home, I had a shadow that I couldn’t shake, especially when she heard that PowerStroke fire up Doug
That’s how it always goes Dok! It’s why I don’t put the snowblowers away until it’s well past the end of winter! Mother Nature is fickle.
