Right now I'm learning to weld plastic. Just repaired a cracked hard plastic pond liner using 3/4 inch sprinkler pipe slit in half and a heat gun. Couldn't believe how simple and well it worked Always learning. It changes every day
You'll need chains for the ag tires if you have hills . All fenders on these are metal that can be welded to repair the new plastic ones crack and you need a new fender for big bucks Don't forget 4 wheel drive My 1920 can lift a pallet of wet red oak 1/3 of a cord and move it around easily. A 2120 will lift more. All the 20 models 1720, 1920, 2120 are more loaded with features than the 1910 etc Get a ford backhoe with sub frame- much stronger. Other 3 pt attachments you can get from lots of places
Very cool stuff Mike! If you put the @ symbol in front of a members name you will bring it to their attention. I forget what it's called nut it works well. Gives them an alert. So they know to check it out.
I doubt we'll need chains here. I grew up on a dairy farm and so did my wife. I don't recall any farmers in this area who had or have tire chains. Oh ya, those plastic fenders... junk. 4 wheel drive is a must for sure. Lifting that much red oak is great.
It will look like this mikeward But it won't change color until you hit "Post Reply." Also, like when I did your name, after you get 3 letters a menu will pop up so you can click on that to make sure you have the right spelling on the name and the right member too! Several Mikes.
thewoodlands said if you split horizontal Backwoods Savage has it set up so you won't see his name when you start typing it in! DENNIS!
Gasifier I think this could come in handy Backwoods Savage thanks for all the knowledge you've passed on to us all
Splitsnstacks I too really enjoy this forum and the supportive atmosphere created by its members. I read it every morning with my coffee half listening to the morning news shows. Always something to learn or reinforce something you were pretty sure was good. Backwoods Savage has been a real leader and someone who was able to put al lot of sensible ideas together to help a lot of people live better. I even sent a box full of chainsaw chains to Pallet Pete to sharpen for me. I hand sharpen and had a bunch get too far out of whack. He did a great job for me and I was able to keep hand sharpening them again. Great bunch of guys
mikeward, I double everything everyone in all the posts said. It's great to meet you and story was great! I'm a little concerned though that you might not have enough wood. You better get out there and get some more, I say that cause I'm jealous. Please post more often. After all you're reading every morning.
I figure since I'm doing this thread I'll share the following: I belong to Costco and BJ's Whenever I go to my BJ's I always drive around back by the loading docks to see what they're throwing out. Sometimes I see a black plastic pallet that was damaged -I weld black sprinkler pipe to them to repair the damage. Called plastic welding using heat gun. Also have found many 28" x 52" red plastic bottoms for push carts some damaged some not-great for laying on ground to stack wood or pallets on My absolute best find however are the pallet racks they use in the warehouse and stockroom for merchandise. The uprights are 42" deep and 12' tall Two years ago I saw a stack of 6 uprights out for trash. I knocked on the loading door went inside spoke to their security guy and asked if I could take them. Sure he said I have a Tacoma pickup with 6' bed. I bought a 5 ' bed extender that goes in receiver hitch. Went home to get it and now had 6 12 ft uprights no beams yet. I kept watching and by the end of the summer I had 20 of the uprights. I also came across around 15 10ft cross beams Most had a little damage to them. Usually a twist or small dent in the first 2-3 ft at ground level. I easily straightened this or reveled do the bottom footplate. I guess they have OSHA inspections and have to switch out bad ones hit by forklifts! The forklift drivers must not be too careful because I continue to get the uprights. If I don't pick them up they get a dumpster and fill it with the uprights and other junk. I built a 10 x 21ft shed that was going to be for firewood but ended up with a workbench, shelving, my 1920 tractor, golfcart stored in it. Added a 7 x 21 ft movable awning to the front that I lower down when a hurricane or nor'easter threatens. I used the 42"wide x 12' tall uprights for the sides, roof rafters and front awning. I ended up buying 2x4's for purlins and green metal roofing for roof and awning. Lowering awning before a nor'easter with 24 to 36 inches of snow was wonderful. Snow slid off, next day I raised awning and pulled out tractor to cleanup. Such a happy thing! Built two other firewood sheds that were 8x11 with a 6 ft awning on the front. I can even lift the whole shed with forks and move it around the yard But before I could put firewood in them they got filled with rider mowers, power washer, snowblower and golf carts. One mower for the lawn the other for pulling log splitter and leaf sweeper in fall. I'm fixing up some golf carts so I have 4 (2 with dump bodies 2 without) got one carryall with dump body working now and I love it! (Great for carrying firewood but it's ONE wheel drive. Ha ha) surprisingly it makes it up a fairly steep hill covered with snow. I still have more uprights for a firewood shed and plans to build one. I'm actually getting good at them I can even lift the 8x11 shed with roof but no sides with my tractor relocate it. I have no more equipment to store in them so I might actually move firewood into the next one Last week they had 8 more uprights for the trash. It killed me to pass them up but pass I did. Notice the shopping cart full of discarded wheels. Grabbed a few.
Thanks guys There is something about heating your home with firewood. I can't define it but it deep down it gives us all a good feeling. It's true that there is a lot of work all year long but the satisfaction and contentment of burning the wood and heating your home makes it all worthwhile. We are all saving money by not purchasing as much fuel but that's not the entire answer. This forum has drawn us all together with the common thread of sharing our knowledge, experience and sometimes hard learned lessons to the betterment of all. Backwoods Savage has men a mentor to this forum, clarifying ideas and giving great advice. But the truth is we all learn from each other. A little here and there every day.
