Rough week.

Splitting some large elm rounds kind of stringy some of the wetter ones were the dry ones not so bad. My splitter has a 30 inch ram opening since the boiler takes the longer pieces. The ram itself only goes out 24 inches not a big deal except with stringy type rounds. I use an old coal poker bar and stop the ram to hold the round in place then separate the unsplit rounds the rest of the way with the metal bar. One piece was a little loose and shifted so the bar slipped changing the direction of the bar. So I’m spitting blood for the next half hour but luckily I missed my teeth and nose just not the way I planned it.

Get up today the boiler blew both fuses never did that before, when the air door sticks it’s just the solenoid fuse on the air flap that blows but the whole thing is dead. Checked connections unstuck the door must of picked up a wet piece or two of wood the door was tared up tight. After checking wires I figured it must be the solenoid so unplugged that and the fuse held I’ve got controls to read out at least so I order a couple solenoid replacements.

Head out to clean up a few log piles at a neighbors place I start to cut some rounds and load some pieces then my clutch went out on my MS 390. Head over to the John Deere dealer to get parts the parts guy says he can’t look up the part he has no way to look it up since they are getting out of saw parts. I said so you might have the parts but can’t look them up? 2 minutes on my phone I have the part number no go so I head over to Ace Hardware to order it so sometime next week and $70 for that plus a new bar another $55.

I’ll be glad when this week is over.

Look at the bright side-thing can only get better from where you are at,lol.

When it rains it pours... You got off cheap...i went to rural king today for new chore coat and left with two new o/u shotguns....a 20 for Sal and a 12 for me. Now im too broke to go to trap shoot tonight!.

Well I hope things get better for you next week... and take care......

I’m not bothered by challenges it’s just time to shift into low gear no big deal but I see why folks blow up over little things when you don’t know the whole story of how their day/days have gone. Always think it could have been worse or someone has it worse and I just carry on then.

Glad you didn’t lose any teeth. Did you see my post where the guy burnt the power pole down? Left out about all the fence posts he burned. When it rains it pours.

Somebody always has it worse,thats a fact.

I hear ya, got to work today and my old mare that I rode everyday for 15 years had died.

There are days like that for sure. Like you said it could have been a lot worse. As I age, I catch myself taking some short cuts every now and then. When I do I stop and take all the time I need to make sure it is the safest and best way to do the task.

Sometimes I have asked myself at the end of the day did I do thing the safe way or did I just get lucky again.

Heal up quick there Brother.

Tough week Jerry. I hope it gets better for you, it's almost over.

Time to buy a lottery ticket.

Some days you just want to stay in bed but then you are afraid you won't wake up.

What do you mean by your clutch going out? I can't believe that any of today's Stihl dealers would have a clutch for a 390 since it is that same clutch for many models of Stihl saws and 70 bucks seems high. Was it for a complete clutch assembly and sprocket?

What kind of gun?

Hang in there Law Dog, it will get better my friend!

glad you are ok, like you said could have been worst,

It ended up being the sprocket that wore through ate up a new chain pretty quick. The dealer probably had the part in stock the parts guy just was not willing to make the effort to find one. You would think if the place was getting out of the saw parts he’d trip over himself selling parts if he could. Something about the manager had to look them up is was rather bizarre or I missed something.

I looked up the part numbers myself that I need so I have the numbers so he can check inventory from his stool. LOL

Murphy taught me everything can always get worse

It all started with " splitting elm"

That seldom ends well.

Main wood here life is hard. LOL

C'mon WR Rogue don't leave me hangin did you get the coat or are you standin there freezin with an empty shotgun

LD You can get that clutch for about 25.00 on Amazon and have it in a few days. I buy all my chainsaw parts on Amazon.

Glad you are ok friend. I get like that a lot on the job at times stomping around in the mud, tightening up waterline fittings till my arm hurts like crazy. Smelling raw sewage while connected an old drain line to a new pipe or just physically exhausted from going nonstop all day in the hot summer sun. Those days I get ill and mad then I start to think about my three kids and it makes me understand the reason why I do what I do. The aggravation sucks. The pain hurts but the thought of seeing my kids crying because they are hungry or doing without decent clothes for school is worse than anything I will ever deal with at work. Every working man has the right to get mad at his job but it does help if you find the reason why you do it to keep you going whether its your kids or just trying to survive yourself. Keep on keeping on! It will pay off one day.

Speaking of..I have 2 dead ones to cut surrounded by thorny locust. Dont want to get the tractor close.

You need a whiskey night tonight!!!

Thinking new sprocket here for the saw don’t think the grooves should be this deep.