Loaded truck pics.

Got this one on Veterans Day, been burning it since, probably have 2 weeks worth left of it

 

That much wood in that short of time? Sheesh!

Sounds like lots of room for improving the system....insulation....sealing...closing doors and windows...draining the pools and hot tubs.......shutting down the heat to the old age homes...... all good ideas to save on the heating load!

 

Yes that’s a lot of wood but perhaps you should ask how much I’m heating instead of assuming?
I’m heating a house and 2 shops with a 6048 boiler at one location and then my house with a outside forced air unit, we like it warm too. The one shop which is an old building that definitely needs a lot of help in the insulation/air leaking department is kept at 40 simply because there’s water in it. The shop and house are actually really good, there’s always room for improvement of course. My house is a 2 story farm house with full attic and basement, the vents are all closed to the upstairs since it’s just storage. We plastic the windows but we keep it at 75*. I don’t like it cold and neither does my wife

 

That's alot of wood burning!! Enjoy.

 

Keeps you busy!

I really didn't assume that you had hot tubs, pools and old age homes.......I figured you had multiple dwelling (shop/home) though.

 

Load of hickory and some other stuff, I think oak and ash possibly. One of many truck loads I'll be bringing home as time/weather permits.

 

who needs a truck?

 

This is great thread!

 

How ‘bout a loaded bus pic? What kind of bus is that? Camper conversion?

 

How do you live in New England and have a square body dump with a solid bed?

 

Looks like a Bluebird Wanderlodge.

 

Its a GM PD4106 bus conversion. The conversion was done in the 80s by a fella who owned a truck painting company in Massachusetts (painted commercial trucks) Here is a video I made a few years back. Warning my kids are screaming pretty load in this video so you may want to turn down your speakers.

 

This truck does have a solid frame and dump body however the cab is shot. Cab corners, rocker panels, fenders, bottom of doors are all crunchy amazingly, the floors are good, frame is excellent and dump body is awesome. I do have other trucks, for example I have a 2005 Chevy 2500 that is my plow truck, most I see on the road are rotted You have to wash them regularly in the winter get that new chemical they use to de-ice the roads off You have to wash underneath not just the sides, I just take them to a drive thru self serve and rinse with plain water. I know everything rots out pretty bad in New England.
Here is a video of her hauling a load of wood chips. It also shows her scabs.

 

Awesome!!!! I’ve got time in the “cockpit” of a 1962 GMC 4106 with the 671 Detroit Diesel... former Greyhound bus.. loved that thing. Double clutch to shift. But if you miss a shift on the way up, you had to come almost to a stop to get the transmission engaged again. Would almost rock you to sleep cruising down the highway... sadly it died in North Carolina on I95 in 1998 and was left to rest... hopefully someone put some work into it to resurrect it...

 

It looks crusty, but nothing that isn't easily repairable! I wouldn't mind having something like that for a plow truck / wood scrounger.

 

My 10 year old and I got a small load this afternoon before we lost light. Was a balmy-20 most of the day, was nice that no bugs bothered us. We used a snow machine to bring the wood across the river. Wood lot to the truck is about a 15 minute snow machine ride.

 

Nice lookin

 

Nice load, I’ll pass on the -21 though.

 

With proper clothing it’s a walk in the park. I prefer anything colder than 0* over anything warmer than 75*.