Posted by Adirondack case guy on September 16, 2017 at 17:42:00 from (69.207.198.19):
I finally got headed to the woods to make load number 11 of firewood today about 10:30. It was still fogy and overcast. The beans are turning yellow and the leaves on the trees are dropping rather prematurely. Corn doesn't look real good. The ears didn't fill well and and stalks are spindly. Third cut alfalfa looks good. The second cut alfalfa got hit pretty hard by bugs that turned it yellow and fed on the stalks. Earlier this week I cut, skidded out, and blocked up several disabled and dieing, maples. Loaded the trailer today. A really heavy load, probably over 3ton. It sure pushed my 440 down over the ledges. It took me to 5:00 to get the trailer loaded, but the throttle lever on the splitter motor would not stat at full throttle and had to wedge a stick into the linkage, which fell out frequently. GERRRR. Then the elevator picked up a rather large splinter and a lug link caught it and tried to bring it up thru the slot in bottom of the hopper and bent the chain guide, which in turn continued to catch lug links and stop the chain. Double GERRRR. Because of the extra run time of the splitter motor, it ran out of gas before I had the trailer loaded. Had to call the wifey and have her bring me up more gas. Triple GERRRR. Well load 11 is home in spite of the problems. I planed on making 12 loads this year, but may continue to make more. I have been lifting 60-80# blocks with no real fatigue or back pain, so my body is doing good. I still let the Jib pole and grapple lift the 100# blocks onto the splitter bed though. Loren
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