Daily carnage thread

[Dakota]

Glad everyone is ok.  Sad thing is that your neighbor probably won't be able to replace his tractor with what the insurance is going to give him for the old one.

[caveman]

Not nearly as bad as the previous posts, but quite a fitting way to end this week on the way home from work.  I had taken my tractor to school to get the students to help me with a few repairs to last week's carnage.  On the way home on a crowded 8-lane road, a nice woman pointed to the rear of my trailer.  I could read her lips.  By the time I could get pulled off of the highway, my tire was shredded.  I contemplated chaining the axle up since I did not have a spare with me.  My son in law was heading to work in town so he brought me his cattle trailer's spare.


 

 At least I had an adequate jack.  

[doc henderson]

since it was not his fault, I bet the drivers insurance is on the hook.  may take an attorney or even the tractor owners' insurance, but they should have to fix or replace everything.

[teakwood]

Well, that's not good. 30to excavator vs chainsaw, thats a first for me, at least it was the oldest saw with a worn out bar and the saw has paid for itself several times but still was a perfectly fine saw.

[Ron Scott]

Sadly broken!

[mudfarmer]

Never like to see this thread pop up. That saw sure got munched up 

[doc henderson]

sorry Ramone.

[Don P]

I wish you were closer, looks like the carb made it  .

I got home the other day in the wifes car with a tire like caveman's above. I heard and felt it go and pulled into a great changing spot, and no jack. Used car and I guess I never looked. I was about 5 miles from home, the tire was toast but the rim doesn't look like it ever touched. Nice thing about light cars. Boy was I glad I was driving it, I rarely do.

[Resonator]

Ouch! Hope it wasn't the saw from the timbersports championship.

[caveman]

At least it was not the 500i that Barge sent you.  I smashed my favorite saw when I was quarantined for Covid a few years ago and set the saw down to get the phone.  A log decided to succumb to gravity and smash it.  It was one I bought off of CL for $100, but we paid over $2000 buying two saws to replace it.  

[teakwood]

Yes, the carb made it  , that was the only thing together with some screws and the felling dogs. The rest is garbage.
If it would have been the 500i I would really hate myself for a long time. That why i use the 500 strictly for felling and bucking at the sawmill, less chance that something like this happens.

Called my stihl dealer friend, offered me the same 361 or a new and better version than the old 038, 380, 381, the new 382, lighter than the old one. almost the same weight as the 361 but more power, 72cc saw. 

 https://fireandsaw.com/stihl-ms382-chainsaw/

[BargeMonkey]

When dealing with the mentally challenged... It won't start. You think so ?

[ehp]

Barge, that just does not look correct  but maybe with these new engines the valves run themselves

[thecfarm]

That will take some parts and time to fix.

[B.C.C. Lapp]

HHmmm grim.  That's looks pretty bad.   If I were you barge I wouldn't even try the duct tape. I'd move right up to gorilla tape for that mess.

[GRANITEstateMP]

nothing wrong in that pic, that's the new eco mode.  Drop a cylinder when it's not needed....

[Don P]

I thought it was the fuel pump and chased that for awhile but I'm pretty sure that MAP sensor is the reason for the "I don't wanna pull the trailer up the hill" trouble.

As I was picking up I got a smile. This year will be 50 years since I last saw him. Grandad would hit his tools on the grinder 3 times to brand them.

[Andries]

Three times on each end - both sides?
😁 
Fifty years ago, wow; what wrench brands did Grandad spend his money on?

[Don P]

That one is a little unusual, he hit it twice. I guess the light marks weren't up to snuff. Most were Craftsman but there was plenty of yard sale too, as was Dad's carpenter's toolbox. There is one sprung wrench here somewhere that I think is from a Model T or early Ford toolkit.

[teakwood]

Excavator has a leaking piston since some weeks, nothing bad, just put a old t-shirt around the cylinder, have the seal kit here but no time to do the work. yesterday, monday morning we start sawing and the dust collector went up in smoke, dang....., take it down, smoke comes out from the inside so not the capacitor, ok set aside, will bring it to a electrical shop. start sawing without extraction, we did it for years before, what a mess. at mid day went to the woods to get more logs, skidder starts leaking a steering piston, ......, wife tells me that the car shakes it's butt when going into a curve, probably a worn bushing, ......  one of these days!!!!  i told my work, i would love to have some slow days so i can do a little TLC. he shakes his head and says, some day boss, some day   

[Crusarius]

I found after all my years of working on cars it is easier to just sign the check. Work gets done much faster to.

[oldgraysawyer]

Well currently my dozer is down due to starter going out over the winter. I sold my 690D and my mill is waiting on a new setworks install. When I went to pick up my new MX5100 kubota a couple years ago my neighbor tore up my trailer so I borrowed one from a friend and after about a mile on the big road I couldn't hardly keep the truck in my lane. I glance in the mirrors and could see the trailer going all over the place. My brand new tractor holding on for dear life and traffic behind me had come to a complete stop in the middle of a smoke filled haze on the interstate waiting for the carnage. 
I managed to get off to the shoulder without wrecking. Mostly due to my years of expert professional driving skills. Shameless pat on the back. Thank you Jesus (credit where it really belongs) anyway one of the three axels broke and turned completely sideways under the trailer. Sorry no pics. The rollback came and hauled my tractor home and we used his winch to finish removing the twisted metal from under the trailer. 

Wow that was a pucker factor of 10.