Lower than low
12 hours ago
Sunday, November 3, 2019
All Chained Up...
After the "pineapple express" came through and melted all the snow, figured it was a good time to get some wood in. Andy had seen some dead spruce on the lower lot, so chained-sawed a bunch up, hauled it back to the yard and split it. Also got some birch from a tree that fell near the dog trail and an aspen that was down on the power line. Got it all stacked up just before the snow hit.
With the snow falling, removed the splitter from the tractor, hooked up the back blade, and then chained up the tractor. It was the usual circus, one chain went on fine, the other kept slipping off, wound up going on upside down, and took three tries to get it right. Now I know why Carl leaves his chains on year round!
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One of the young bucks at the shop was installing chains on a garden tractor. I walked past and told him they were inside out. He had no idea what I was talking about. For cryin out loud you could clearly see the bent links with open ends were digging into the sidewall. At least he tried it on his own without watching a youtube video first.
ReplyDeleteLike I said to Andy, I'd probably be a lot better at this if I did it more than once a year. Back when we first moved here, we drove a 2 wheel drive pickup. Every day in winter, we'd stop at the bottom of the hill to chain up, then take'em off in the morning when we got back down to the hwy. We were pretty good at chaining up back then.
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