Mr Hootie's

[Corley5]

One DanG big Buda Diesel engine


DanG big jointer


DanG big belt sander


Other end of the DanG big belt sander  Lots of things at Hootie's are BIG  8) 8)


Pile of Timberjack skidder blades.  DanG and I spent 4 or 5 hours there ;)  Maybe more I lost track of time 8) 8) and didn't see it all.  This is just sampler of some of the goodies.  I'll post pics of the really good stuff later ;D ;D

[pasbuild]

Hey Corley will dat horizontal sander fit in yer truck???? I'd like ta have dat.

[Don K]

dang!!! I need to bring a tent and campout a week and check this place out. Mr. Hootie might have all the parts to build me a skidder from scratch.  :D :D :D

[Radar67]

Don, I'm planning on visiting there after Moultrie. We need to work out some plans if you want to go.

Stew

[Corley5]

Mr. Hootie might have all the parts to build me a skidder from scratch. :D :D :D

It's not a matter of might have it's a more like how many do you want to build ;D 8)

[sawguy21]

Mr Hootie is a true pack rat collector.

[DanG]

Mr. Hootie is a bidnessman!  He freely admits that most of the stuff covering that 25 acres is made up of mistakes.  He has spent over 50 years making those mistakes. :D :D

Pasbuild, dat sander is a whizz-bang for sure! 8)  It won't fit in Greg's truck.  The thing is about 12' long, overall.  The work tables(both sides) look to be about 7' long.  It has a motor, which is probably ok, but has a bad bearing at the other end.  No idea what he might want for it. ???

That big honking jointer is what I'd like to have!  It is 14" wide, and must be 12' long!

Mr. H was busy about the time we hadta leave, so we didn't get the prices on this stuff, or the pile of like-new 65hp Wisconsin engines we found. ;D

[pasbuild]

It won't fit in Greg's truck.  The thing is about 12' long, overall. 

Never mind, dat thing is WAY to big.

[Radar67]

Dang, what's he asking for that jointer?

Stew

[DanG]

OK, I went back up there this afternoon and talked with Mr. H.  I also took another look at the jointer and sander.

The sander is not as big as I thought, but is still a major piece of equipment.  The tables are 5' long, and it uses a belt about 6" wide.  It came from a local furniture factory.  It comes complete with a 3 phase motor and some mechanical problems.  It can be had for $150.  I may pick it up myself if nobody else really really wants it.  I don't really need it, so don't be shy.  If ya want it, come get it.  I can pick it up and store it until ya get here, if necessary.

The jointer is a monster!  It is a 16 incher and the table is 7 feet long...very heavy built old iron.  It seems to be in good shape, but has no motor.  He wants $500 for it.*

*Mr. Hootie don't haggle. :D :D :D

The Wisconsin engines are a steal at $1000 each, running.  They are 65hp, V4, air cooled, and have very little time on them.  They were used by the military to retrieve the cables on some large portable aircraft arresting systems.  Greg and I saw the arrestors they came from, and they don't look like they have been used very much.  The engines have a PTO unit attached, RPM unkown.

I will be glad to help any FF members however I can, if you want any of these items.  The appropriate ForestryForum donation would be expected from the buyer. ;)

[Corley5]

Sander from other end.  There'd be a bit much to haul back in a 6' box  ;) ;D


Anybody need one of these ??? 


Somebody was looking for an elvator ???


Here's another.  There's pics of the forklift graveyard coming ;D

[Corley5]

Thousands bucks each seems like a DanG good deal to me.  Lotsa possibilities  8) 8)

[woodbowl]

When did he get those Wisconsins in DanG? I bet they weigh nine hunerd pounds.

Take a guess and try to splane about that PTO box.   :

[DanG]

I dunno.  They weren't in evidence a couple of weeks ago.  His son-in-law estimate's they are 650-700 pounds.  They are heavy duty, for sure!

Don't know any more about the PTO unit than you can see in the pics. ;)

[Corley5]

Them little Wisconsins would make a good power unit for a sawmill  eh eh  ???  ;)


Need a printing press ???


How about a DanG BIG turnbuckle ???



A couple thousand technical manuals for a tracked Howitzer?

[sawguy21]

I expect those Wisconsins have a 6:1 reduction.  They would be great for a winch application or could be geared to overdrive a mill.

[ScottAR]

I used to ride one of those Yales at my last job... Don't miss em a bit...

:D

[Mrs._Stump_Jumper]

Glad the boys didn't know about that stuff they would of have made another detour. 

Looks like place to go though.  We have a small scrap yard not to far from us that we go to find scrap pieces of steel and stuff we need for projects.

[metalspinner]

Need a printing press

Actually.... ;D

[farmerdoug]

Let's have DanG get that press and he can be our offical printer of the Forestry Forum Funny Money. 8) 8) 8)

Farmerdoug

[farmerdoug]

DanG,  Since you are offering to store it I guess I will take one of everything at Hootie's.  While your at it you can store the bill too. ;D

You know I should stay away from that place or I would probably have to buy Hootie out, land and everything. :


Farmerdoug

[Don_Papenburg]

DanG , does he have Detroit diesels ?  2and 3 cylinder

[Ianab]

I reckon you should get a box of those howitzer manuals...

Sell em off one at a time on Ebay, military collectors and model makers would love em ... dont let on that you have 1,000 of them on hand of course  :D

Cheers

Ian

[Corley5]

There were Detroits there of several shapes and sizes.  One was what I think was a 2-71 that appeared to be nearly new 8) 8)  I'll check for a pic 

[Corley5]

The land itself wouldn't be a wise purchase  ;)

[DanG]

The land itself wouldn't be a wise purchase  ;)

NOOP!

[Tom]

I don't think I would be in the market for a Detroit anyway.   It's too far north and too cold in the winter.  Besides, where would you put all of those layed-off auto workers.   They'de be everywhere, ....everywhere! ;D :D

[DanG]

Mr. Hootie ain't just about to sell out.  I once asked him how long he was gonna keep doing this?  Without blinking an eye he said, "Till I die."  Things are a little quieter around there than they once were, but merchandise is still coming in and going out.  He is the area's largest dealer in cable, chain, and rigging hardware, and sell's quite a few trucks.  He ain't doing so bad for an 83 year-old. 8) 8) 8)

[sawguy21]

I don't think I would be in the market for a Detroit anyway.   It's too far north and too cold in the winter.  Besides, where would you put all of those layed-off auto workers.   They'de be everywhere, ....everywhere! ;D :D

No no Tom, he ain't talkin about the Motor City. :D

[Murf]

Hmmm, I might need to get creative with da planning of my upcoming sojourn south, I got's ta go along da east coast on da way down ta drop sumat off at a couple of FF members, but I can wander about some on da way home.

Dat an my co-pilot ain't nebber beanta Flooreeda a'fore an wanted a list of touristy places ta lookey-see at along da way. I think ery'body otter see a place like Mr. Hooties once in der life. Besides, it will put my very humble 'inventory list' into much better perspective.

:D  :D  :D  :D  :D

[Mooseherder]

I expect those Wisconsins have a 6:1 reduction.  They would be great for a winch application or could be geared to overdrive a mill.

DanG brought us to Mr. Hooties this weekend.  We got lucky cause Mr. Hootie shoulda been closed already but let us in for a gander.  The mechanic was prepping one of the Wisconsins for shipping and had just run it.  He told DanG the gearing was 1:1 ratio.
I'd rather visit that place than any tourist attraction any day of the week. :D  It would take a little while say like a month to get a good look at what he has over there.   Funny thing is it just keeps on getting replenished. ;)

[olyman]

dang--any idea what hooti gets for a 2-71 detroit?????????? thanks,oly

[SwampDonkey]

That first motor looks a lot like one you would mount on an air vac harvestor. Has a clutch you engage a drive belt to run the vacuum fan. The belt is 6" wide, actually two of'm. The harvester sucks the taters out of the dirt and rocks and puts them on a lateral speed belt that feeds the back of a tater truck. The trash a rocks go on out and are too heavy to be plucked up onto the tater bed. That was the theory anyway. Works well as long as she's dry digging. Otherwise the air head has to be cleaned out of mud. ;D

We ran them around 25000 rpm. There was a throttle to turn it up and a button to push to quick release the throttle.

One time one of those fans launched straight up through the housing and went into orbit. Not a good situation when your standing about 1 foot from the housing.  :

[DanG]

I'll ask him tomorrow, Olyman.  I'm going up there with my chainsaw to see if I can help out a little.  A tornado tore through Mr. Hootie's place about 1:30 this morning.  I passed by there this afternoon and there were trees down everywhere.  I saw at least one damaged shed, but I'll know more tomorrow.  The only help he has is his Son-in-law, Danny, who several of you have met.  I'd be tickled to death if he'd let me help.

The thing came over here just as I was crawling into the bedstead.   I jumped back into my britches right quick so they wouldn't find me in the top of a pine tree with just my skivvies on. : :D :D  We had a number of branches down in the yard, but no real damage that I could find.  It touched down about 3 miles from here and went right up Hootie's driveway.  One home just NE of his place was destroyed, but nobody was injured.

[isawlogs]

 
       Dan those things scare me . I am really happy to know you is not in a pine tree in your skivvies ... 
   
   

[Mooseherder]

I hope Mr Hootie's stuff didn't get all mixed up. ;D
Glad you're okay DanG.

[SwampDonkey]

Glad to hear everything is still in tact, if not in order down there.

I'd rather have snow.  ;D

[Corley5]

Glad to hear your OK DanG  8)  Hope Hootie didn't have too much damage.  Be careful with the cleanup 

[Burlkraft]

DanG.....Ya mean ta tell me them 2 dead trees is still standin'  ???  ???  ???

Yoo got lucky there   ;)  ;)

Have fun at Mr. Hootie's

[DanG]

Yep, they're still there, Steve, but they don't have quite as many branches now.  They might be a little easier to deal with, this way. ;D

[Weekend_Sawyer]

 DanG's Skivvies would scare me too

[OneWithWood]

Keep your wits about you, Dan.  Do good and keep your britches on    :D

[woodbowl]

It was a good partial day at Hooties. At least Moose and Burl got to see a fraction of what was there. Another time and we can cruise the rest.

DanG, how bout' some pics of the Hurricane damage at Hooties. Did the Generals jeep get damaged?

[DanG]

Things weren't as bad as they looked from the road, and they already had a bunch of it cleaned up.  When I got there, Danny was on the roof with one of Mr. H's grandsons, removing a pine top from right over the office.  They got a little patch job to do on the roof tomorrow.  Everything else can just be pushed out of the way for now.

Olyman, I'll send ya a PM. ;)

[Corley5]

Glad to hear that the damage at Hooties wasn't too bad    I was hoping to get over that way to look around again with ya DanG and get some shrimp over in Woodbowl's neck of the woods but it's not gonna happen this time.  We've gotta leave a bit early so Dee can see some of her Strawberry Shortcake collecting friends in Atlanta  : : :-\  :(  A price I've gotta pay  ;)   

[DanG]

Well DanGit Greg, I was hoping to see ya on this trip.  I was gonna make a little trade with ya.  I'd show ya how to tie a necktie if you would put that engine in the Hootiemobile for me. ;D

[isawlogs]

Now that sounds like a fair deal to me .  8)

[Mooseherder]

It was a good partial day at Hooties. At least Moose and Burl got to see a fraction of what was there. Another time and we can cruise the rest.
DanG, how bout' some pics of the Hurricane damage at Hooties. Did the Generals jeep get damaged?

I heard tell everything is just the way we left it. ;D :D

[Jeff]

Hard to believe that stayed up. I can remember one of us shaking one of the poles while we were there and you could make the whole roof move.

[Dave Shepard]

I am sure the words snow load never appeared in the architectural drawings for that roof. :D


Dave

[Jeff]

Yea, but they just had a twister.

[SwampDonkey]

It's funny about those twisters. I seen where one went through and took out a mobile home and nothing but fibre glass insulation spread around the yard and a few scraps of aluminum. I don't know where the rest went. Then directly across the road an old farm house stood untouched as it went right by one corner of the house. The twister crossed 3 heavy transmission lines and never hurt them and before it got to the river in went down through the woods and made a mess and disappeared to nothing. People were in the mobile home at the time and never got hurt. I think they got under the kitchen table.

[Dave Shepard]

Twisters care little for engineers stamps, only for surface area. ;)

Had one go through here in 95'. Took the garage off the side of a house, left the new BMW on the slab without a scratch on it. Lot's of stuff disappears in a twister, either never to be seen again, or somewhere far, far, away.


Dave

[DanG]

I am sure the words snow load never appeared in the architectural drawings for that roof. :D


Dave

I'm pretty sure the words, "snow load" never appeared on any architectural drawings around here.  I'm equally as sure that there were no architectural drawings for that shed. :D  It has been through at least 20 years of hurricanes, tropical storms, severe thunderstorms and tornados, though, and still looks pretty much like it did when it was built. ;)