The Score Of The Day Thread

[Patrick NC]

It's usually about $8 per ton delivered. I got these for free because there were a few big chunks in it. 

[Ljohnsaw]

Id have bent over backward to get it home. Cranes and bucket lifts have all the parts needed to make a log loader.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking then a dose of reality hit me.  I only have 10 acres and I'm not logging it (other than to finish my cabin) AND I don't need another project. But, a logging trailer would be cool...

[Dangerous_Dan]

 

 
Traded some free to me tree service logs for this.
Anyone know anything about this crane?

[Resonator]

I cut n bent the stoved in back end to clear the blades this morning and ran the bush hog today. Its hogged bush.  

I heated and beated some frozen gauge wheels someone else rehomed to me and am thinking on if i wanna mod the back end to incorporate a tree pusher bar and open access to the cutter tips for psuedo directional felling.  Just cant leave well enough alone i guess. 

I bought mine gently used for $700 a couple years ago, and have made some of that money back bush hogging hunting trails. I want to rebuild mine eventually and get rid of the center tail wheel, ideally I want to have 4 wheels so it "floats" over the ground and keep the corners from digging in. Also for light land clearing I'd like to get a slip clutch instead of changing shear bolts constantly. 

[Resonator]

I had pulled every dipstick and fill plug so I was pretty sure it wasn't as bad as it looked, but I told them to get it running and moving then call me to take a look and talk about more $. Girl calls back the next day, tells me it's mine if I will pay $1K. 

Banks do not want to be in the reselling used cars, machinery, etc. business, their business is to make money handling money. They will sell an asset just to cut there losses, and in this case they're probably glad to get paid above scrap price and have it gone.

[mike_belben]

 
Traded some free to me tree service logs for this.
Anyone know anything about this crane?

I know i want it really really bad. Does that count?  ;D

[mike_belben]

I cut n bent the stoved in back end to clear the blades this morning and ran the bush hog today. Its hogged bush.  

I heated and beated some frozen gauge wheels someone else rehomed to me and am thinking on if i wanna mod the back end to incorporate a tree pusher bar and open access to the cutter tips for psuedo directional felling.  Just cant leave well enough alone i guess.

I bought mine gently used for $700 a couple years ago, and have made some of that money back bush hogging hunting trails. I want to rebuild mine eventually and get rid of the center tail wheel, ideally I want to have 4 wheels so it "floats" over the ground and keep the corners from digging in. Also for light land clearing I'd like to get a slip clutch instead of changing shear bolts constantly.

I have a 5ft finish mower a friend gave me needing work.. I think i gave him $100 for it so there could never be bad blood.

I had to make 2 of the missing wheel forks and buy 4 cheap wheels/tires from SC plus a driveshaft, new blades and spindle nuts.  Last thing it needs is some belts, theyre about 30 years old and throw too often.  It has a floating linkage that makes for a real nice contour cut.










This bush hog im tempted to leave the wheels off and make some skids and a pusher bar on back.  I havent used it enough to know what they can do. Any ideas?  


I lowered it on some tops and it sure reduced that pile in a loud blaze of glory. Kinda like that feature with respect to converting junk woods to good crop ground. I want the nutrients to stay and get incorporated as fast as possible (without spending any money so mulchers are out)

[Dangerous_Dan]

You want it mike?
Trade me something or make an offer.
It's in north jersey.

[mike_belben]

No possible way i could make it happen but its a pretty cool upgrade you got into.  

One of those paperclip to a house trades.  

[Ljohnsaw]

From my other thread, Ford 545 D , I have this new to me tractor.  I installed a QA pate and in the future will have a snowplow on it.  So that means being out in the cold.  I'll  have to add a cab enclosure to it.  So that means I'll need some heat.  This showed up on my favorite auction site, BidRL.  Got it for $7.61.


 
Has a box of special heater and inlet hoses, a remote control panel and the diesel fuel tank.  Probably just plumb it to the main fuel tank.  That should keep me nice and toasty plowing snow!  Fresh air in on the left, hot out the right.  Combustion air in the bottom left and exhaust on the right.  Its an 8kw  output heater - they make a 2, 5 & 8.  The label says diesel but one spot in the instruction book says to fill the 15L tank with gasoline!

[WDH]

My brother works at a landfill.  It is amazing the stuff he brings home that people throw away.  

[mike_belben]

In about 2 years i made my friend right around $150k on things he mostly bought hauled in for scrap over the scale.  Where land is high space is premium so they toss it rather than be burdened with a sale.  Many people dont like dealing with strangers.  Theres a hidden cost to that anxiety. 

[Resonator]

Ljohnsaw what you've got looks like a copy of a "Webasto" heater that are used for sleeper truck cabs. Biggest issues we had was they would carbon up with soot over time. Common for the little exhaust pipe to smoke like chimney at start up, and clear itself as it gets up to temperature.

[Bruno of NH]

Went to the dump. People though away things in the Iron pile. All free


 
Chain saw sharpener.



A new air compressor. Runs like a top.

That's a nice compressor 
I have the older version of that. Has been run hard for 27 years and still runs like a top.
That's a nice score

[Peter Drouin]

Went to the dump. People though away things in the Iron pile. All free


 
Chain saw sharpener.



A new air compressor. Runs like a top.

That's a nice compressor
I have the older version of that. Has been run hard for 27 years and still runs like a top.
That's a nice score

Did all the roof with it, ruining two guns.

[Nebraska]

Hold on I just scored! Yep a distant relative to me left an unclaimed 13,030,000 United States dollars.  So since no one has come forward to claim this amount and efforts to locate relatives have been unsuccessful.  So if I cooperate with this Candian Law firm I will get approximately half. Yep I can see hydraulics on a tricked out sawmill in my near future and a new diesel truck to pull it.  8)

I  mean the fax looks legit and only a couple misspelled words.  Wow I can't wait to tell the misses....

: : :

I guess I supported the timber industry  with the wasted fax paper...

[WV Sawmiller]

   You better hurry up and send them their admin fee so they can process the account and be sure to send them your bank account number so they deposit it directly in with your other savings. ;)

[thriceor]

Picked these up about two weeks ago at an auction:



 

$5.00 for all three!

I was the only one who bid on them.  Not sure why, as there seemed to be plenty of "tool savvy" buyers there, but I'm not going to complain.

[mike_belben]

Cheques in the mail nebraska.  

Those kant-twists are great. 

[Nebraska]

Ok good I'm holding my breath.

[rusticretreater]

Picked this log arch up from an old fella who also built his own sawmill.  $350  The guy couldn't weld worth a *DanG, but it works!  I am gonna pull it into the garage when snow starts a falling, grind down the bumps and reweld it.



 

[firefighter ontheside]

I just finished bidding on my most recent auction.  I think I did pretty well.  I won 20 gallons of aluminum roof paint for the inside of the kiln.  I'm sure I don't need that much, but I got 4 five gallon buckets for about $100.  I also got some other finishes and paints that I"ll either use or sell.  Pictures tomorrow when I pick it all up.

[mike_belben]

whatre some good auction sites?  how much are the fees and taxes?

[firefighter ontheside]

Well, I picked up my stuff thus morning.  I did ok, but I don't know if it was the score of the day though.  I got the aluminum paint for the kiln.  Original price was $95 and had been marked down to 55 at some point for clearance.  I got 4 of them for about $100.  I got a bunch of different laquers and polyurethane.  I paid $270 for all.  This auction had a premium of 18% which is high.
What was remarkable was that I was in line and noticed the guy behind me wearing a woodmizer hat.  I asked if he had a mill.  Well, yes he did and he is FF member @UncleMoustache 

 

 

[Ljohnsaw]

I see this often...  Why is your selfie picture reversed?  Is that an iPhone thing?  Score on Lacquer thinner.  It is no longer available in California :