wallytoo Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Posted March 16, 2022 sap season has arrived again. got the "mobile" tank loaded onto the truck. tomorrow i will collect around 200 to 250 gallons of sap from the woods tanks/barrels, and fire up the evaporator for the first time this spring....pics to follow... 5 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Posted March 16, 2022 ended up collecting 250 gallons of sap today, and got started boiling. first, had to take down a tree that broke and was hanging over the driveway...fortunately, i had the correct tool for the job... then it was time to go collect the sap..first stop - a 55 gallon barrel with a small number of taps feeding it - about 30 gallons today 3 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 16, 2022 Author Report Posted March 16, 2022 then it was time to move a few hundred feet up the road to the tank (200 gallon).. had about 175 gallons in it. little honda trash pump works great for this.. 2 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) a look at the short line next to the road that feeds the tank... and a look at the larger mainline feeding the tank one of the lateral lines feeding the mainline Edited March 17, 2022 by wallytoo 3 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) hop in for a short drive up to the next barrel Edited March 17, 2022 by wallytoo 4 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Posted March 17, 2022 added another 35 gallons to the total here just under 250 gallons total 4 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) and a short vid of making some steam in the sap house... Edited March 17, 2022 by wallytoo 3 Quote
wallytoo Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Posted March 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, 47 dodge 1.5 ton said: How many taps per tree, 3? generally, only 1 or 2. there are about 5 trees in the orchard with 3 taps. the rest are split pretty evenly between 1 or 2 taps. somewhere around 110 to 125 taps right now. i had another orchard that ran about the same number, but i haven't tapped it for about 5 years. Quote
RobertKB Posted March 17, 2022 Report Posted March 17, 2022 Gotta love seeing an old truck used as a working vehicle and not just a show piece!! Thanks for letting us ride along! ? Quote
Brent B3B Posted March 17, 2022 Report Posted March 17, 2022 17 hours ago, RobertKB said: Thanks for letting us ride along! ? Hey Robert, I rode along after you did.... you got sap all over the seat and the door handles! What the heck? 2 Quote
RobertKB Posted March 17, 2022 Report Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Brent B3B said: Hey Robert, I rode along after you did.... you got sap all over the seat and the door handles! What the heck? It was a sticky situation! ? 1 Quote
wallytoo Posted May 2, 2022 Author Report Posted May 2, 2022 got around to loading some of the hemlock logs that i felled over the winter (hazard trees near my house and shed). got them onto the dodge via a chain and the '52 8N. first trip was a load of 8' logs: took a bit to load them, as the two at each end were very heavy. the pictures are actually at the destination, a friend's portable mill. already removed the chains and binders. unloading was much faster.....i raised the dump body, and off they went... next load is still in my yard, on the truck, ready to go: i'll deliver these two (10-footers) this week. 4 Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted May 2, 2022 Report Posted May 2, 2022 It's great to see you work that truck. I used to use my 2-1/2 tonner almost every week driving hauling all over Seattle back in the 70's/ 80's... My 4 tonner not as much but plenty in the late 80's/90's...it kinda replaced the other truck. Now it is just mostly a drive it in the farming valley for fun these days. Appreciate your pictures of working your truck? Quote
wallytoo Posted May 2, 2022 Author Report Posted May 2, 2022 rob - i enjoy every trip i make with the truck. like you, i bought it to use it. i enjoy reading about your experiences with the medium and big trucks, as well as seeing the pictures. your 4-tonner is gorgeous. i've never seen one out here in new england in person. wally Quote
wallytoo Posted July 16, 2022 Author Report Posted July 16, 2022 added a new wilson mfg starter. the old starter was fine, but it was too long to allow use of the full-flow oil filter assembly that came with my 251 engine. the wilson starter is ostensibly a replica of the mch6106 prestolite starter. it fits just fine in the b-series trucks; the bendix lever aligns just fine with the foot pedal starter shaft. the starter is probably different from oem. i already voided my warranty, because i wanted to see what the inside looked like. this one uses helical cut grooves at the end of the starter shaft for the bendix assembly to ride on, whereas the original (at least for my long-nose version) uses straight cut grooves. the lever shoes inside are probably cheaper, too. the original brass ones were perhaps 5 times larger than the new ones (i should have taken a picture to show exactly what i'm describing). bottom line - it works, and allows me to use the full-flow oil filter. 2 Quote
wallytoo Posted August 17, 2022 Author Report Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) picked up some 7-foot ties for a project.... Edited August 17, 2022 by wallytoo 2 Quote
wallytoo Posted August 19, 2022 Author Report Posted August 19, 2022 mostly completed the project: 1 Quote
Los_Control Posted August 19, 2022 Report Posted August 19, 2022 looks good, curious what it is? Those ties sure are heavy. Would be around 1984 I had a 1962 Dodge heavy duty 1 ton, 12' bed. My brother worked for Union Pacific rail road. He had a opportunity to get some free used ties. His foreman authorized it. The loading was in a culdesac, where we backed down a gentle slope to a hill. Was very easy to walk right onto the truck to load the ties. We had the truck loaded pretty good, suspension just starting to squat. Maybe 20-30 10' ties ... Not sure on count. We strapped the load & pulling out going up the slope. 1rst gear granny, I only gave the slant 6 enough gas to just crawl up the slope without the engine dying. The truck never moved 1" .... The drive line twisted in 2 like a tin can. .... So we unloaded the ties so we could drag my truck home with my brothers 1/2 ton. I learned that if you have a damaged drive line, with a ding or dent in it, that can happen .... only time I ever seen it. I have hated rail road ties every since ..... Quote
wallytoo Posted August 20, 2022 Author Report Posted August 20, 2022 it's a "pit" to work under my vehicles in order to spray them with fluid film for winter rust protection. drive on, do one half, turn vehicle around, do the other end. etc. the space will fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood, so i can use my creeper while spraying. 2 Quote
ggdad1951 Posted August 22, 2022 Report Posted August 22, 2022 Did you spike those ties together? Hate to see one roll on ya! Quote
wallytoo Posted September 17, 2022 Author Report Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) met up with the 2022 p15 picnic crowd yesterday. beautiful day for a vintage car (and truck) ride. my odometer registered exactly 100 miles for the day! Edited September 17, 2022 by wallytoo 3 Quote
Merle Coggins Posted September 17, 2022 Report Posted September 17, 2022 One of these things is not like the others…. ? Looks like it would be a fun day. Quote
wallytoo Posted December 15, 2022 Author Report Posted December 15, 2022 nice fall day for a cruise... 1 Quote
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