sled_22

nice work. now you'll be good if the chain ever does start to loosen up. Wish i had chain tools like this when i was a kid on my ATC90. Seemed like we could never get the chain short enough to be just right. By the end I'd be throwing the chain back on the rear sprocket about ever other lap around the woods. Bearings and axle and the works was just wore out but being 12-14 years old I was none the wiser to check those things and just blamed the chain.

So close yet so far away.

Just a question as i'm not sure you have less enough slack but would you hurt anything having the idler push the bottom of the loop down instead pulling it up? Is there enough room below the drive sprocket to angle it down more. Not as ideal, no, because you have less chain on drive sprocket but might be cleaner and you might not need an entire wrap around? Just a thought as i'm trying to think of the easiest solutions. Then you'd only need to locate something for the spring to clip to on the frame instead of a new bracket.

2 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

You'll can keep that snow and negative temperatures ----------  I'll  stick with the 5th hurricane heading this way , which might  hit Louisiana for a new record of hurricanes to hit La. in one year 

 

I had something happen freaky yesterday , went to the shed to get a tool , passed the vise on the table , turned around to head back and there was a snake up on the table on top the vise , just a garter snake , a big one though , about 3 foot -----you'll got snow , we still got snakes and short pants 

NOPE. I'll deal with snow and cold. Snakes in my shop is a no go. They're fine out in the woods or yard but when they start coming inside, that means war.

I did have a 3' garter snake living under my wood pile this year. Probably for 2 months i saw him around. It was in the middle of summer and i figured he was eating mice and moles/voles. Now that wood pile is worked down pretty good and haven't seen it around.

32 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

This "welder" must not believe in a grinder.... this looks like a clamp the ground on and hope the stick welder arcs.

I saw plenty of pre-rut action in WI yesterday. 5-6 bucks all pushing does. I did have a shooter come in a 710am. He gave me a 25 yard shot and the arrow hit a branch sticking up off the ground about 10 ft in front of him (i couldn't see the stick).... Stuck him in the lower rear leg. I probably broke his leg somewhere. Tracked for a mile until the snow was falling too hard and couldn't follow blood. I'm guessing he's still alive if he didn't bed down in the first mile after being shot. Pretty disappointed today and yesterday. He was a brute too. Probably 220 lbs dressed deer. He was 5 or 6 years old based on pictures we've had.

Yeah it looks good stained. Plus a couple coats of poly brushed on thick should help hold up against firewood for a few years. Cost about $75 to make. Took me 30 minutes picking through the pine at menards to find enough wood semi straight enough though. 

Minwax special walnut stain #224. 

5 minutes ago, TBRider said:

Nice work, I burn too much wood for a box like that....,

I think with this filled up it’ll last us a week at a time. An armful a day usually for me, or three 5 gallon buckets for the wife haha. 

Stain and poly.  

Needed some storage for wood in the basement before I get a hole cut in for a wood chute. So I went to menards and whipped up a pine wood box. Should save a trip in and out every other day and clean up the hearth.  

Welcome Brian

2 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

No Welding ?   LOL 

I don't have a welder which is why i say that. I could always go to a friends shop and weld on it but i was basically looking for what Jeep showed.

I was kind of envisioning a bracket that tied into the differential bracket or something along those lines instead of a single bolt through the original hitch hole.

I'm looking for some cleaver addons that do not require welding to add a receiver hitch or ball to my Foreman.

Rather than threading a smaller shanked ball into the tow hole, does anyone have any other 2" ball hitch hook ups. I'd like for my fourwheeler to pull my 4'x7' trailer with light loads on primarily flat ground.

Thanks,

Sled

Where's the front differential??? hah. I did NOT even know they made 500s in only 2wd.  Do they still offer them without 4wd?

Looky what I found today. Big ol red oak. 

Yup that’s exactly what I’ve been using. I think it’s great so far. Fixed up a lot of my old chains I didn’t have sharpened real well. 

1 hour ago, _Wilson_™ said:

 full skip, full chisel ? or semi ship, i use a full skip square tooth round cut chisel. do you hand file ? (free hand) 

Full chisel no skip. Let-r-rip. Saw does good. I use the stihl chains. I hand file, I was using just a round file but just bought one of those fancy stihl files that take the rakers down too as needed. Works phenomenally. Wish I’d bought one years ago. Brought back a few of my 16” chains to new like cutting. 

3/8 full chisel. 

26 minutes ago, _Wilson_™ said:

thanks sled .... it's got a plus 18 inch  bar ? muffler mod ? deleted spark screen ? 

Yesterday it was still stock with 16” bar. Since I now can heat the house I could justify some money into it. Just put the 20” bar and new chain then did the muffler mod and cranked up the fuel. It’s like a new 65 cc saw but still just a 56.5cc. 
I’ll probably keep adjusting it a bit and run it border line hot so when she blows I can drop a ms390 top end in it. 

9 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

This is a stove at the flea market , I always read about you guys and the stoves , seems like a nice one , my buddy told me $300 , might could get him to $250 , $275 for sure , what you think , good one ? 

I bet that sucker is heavy and you’ll have lots of wire brushing to do too. I’ve heard of those squires and Seen one in my neighbors cabin. They sure looks nice and out of heat. Nice flat top too. 
I sure love being able to feed wood in mine through the top though. 

32 minutes ago, _Wilson_™ said:

@sled_22that's a nice rack of wood, what size stihl is in the pic ? 

It’s a ms290 early 2000s. Muffler modded. She Rips pretty good. 

Well I had a long days work but put over a cord on some pallets. Beautiful day to cut wood. 32 degrees and little wind. The saw sure ran good. 

12 hours ago, PROV said:

When we moved ours we took off the doors and any other removable heavy parts and firebrick. My son and I picked it up and carried it. I don't know why you would want to fight all the extra weight by hauling it in fully assembled like that.

I did that too. This was just a picture showing how I rigged it up. Doors lid and ash grate. 
 

27 minutes ago, 87Iroc said:

YOu have any tricks for moving that down stairs Sled? I have to move a similarly heavy object UP stairs this weekend.

Well here’s what I did. But, I got it to the stairs and unhooked the cart and slid down my 6 stairs like a sled and then yanked it into the basement. Then picked it back up with the hand cart. 
If I did it again I’d have a horizontal strap around the bottom of the stove and cart and use the wheels to ease it down each step like hauling a barrel of beer down stairs. Mine rig worked good for two guys. Three would have been in the way and myself would have lost it down the stairs. 
going up is a different animal.  I suggest putting a hole in your roof and renting a crane. 
realistically if you have room, I’d rig up a ramp and winch it/come-along up the stairs. But I don’t know your situation. 

And Now it’s time to cut wood. Thanks for all the recommendations.