Today I started out with the task of getting my shop cleaned up. I have heat now. Not toasty warm heat but enough to work without breaking a sweat. I still wear a sweatshirt. The table at the front area needed to go.
Before that I had a lot of things to put away. Then like magic a friend called me for my help. We all have one of them friends that we help every time they ask. This time he needed a tree cut up. Everything went well. Until things didn't go well. A big Oak tree had fallen in his pasture and tore thru the fence. I have a big saw. The first cut I made went well. The stump stood back up. That was interesting. I figured it was going to because it was not completely down on the ground and it started opening up during my cut and not binding. Second cut and the saw stopped cutting. ???? I changed the chain and made about 10 more cuts. This was a 20" round tree. I hit something again. Not know what up at about 20 ft. I started looking. On the bottom side was the culprit. This is the first one I barely hit it.
I never knew it until the second hit hard.
I used my climbing saw and cut out the area. Someone had screwed climbing steps into the tree many years ago. I never seen the tree and never seen the down side.
I found a total of 6 Heavy Duty climbing steps in the other pieces I cut and cut them out with my small saw.
Good thing about this story is it gave me no options but to return home. I went back home and back at my clean up. After a couple hours I had everything cleaned up and was ready to get to work on my project.
The table and the cushions made some insulation for my drafty east rear door. My project awaits.
I never had these doors off this truck. They were never off I could tell by looking at hinges and the paint on the bolts. Well we can never say that again. I must get the right inner fender apron off again. I had the battery trays and inner fender aprons powder coated. Glad I did. they look great. More on next post.