I think it's more about pulling air out (draft) to get the air moving through the airbox. As a side benefit it reduces the sparks exiting the stack and reduces the buildup on the inside of the stack and back of the firebox.

 

Yard mowed, trimmed, edged. A billion degrees outside. Someone cook lunch for me please

 

Shorts - you saide the snow cone shop was less than 5 mins away. Grab the amaretto and git 'er done. That will either cool you down or make you care about the heat a whole lot less.

 

Well hurry up! It's gettin' into our busy season and I'll be leaving for Mass in another month or so.
You're right about that kinda truck being cheaper. Here, it's cheaper to insure as well. And even my big, OLD semi-sized truck with 870,000 miles on it gets 10 miles per gallon pulling our fire safety trailer and I feel a heck of a lot safer in it as well. I'll never go back!

Just be cranky ALL the time. It's easier than switching back and forth and always 'looking for the good in things'.

Sorry y'all didn't get your history report this morning. I had it all typed out, hit 'Submit' and all I got was a blank page. Tried to go back and it wouldn't. Didn't have time to do it all over again.

 

Chaikwa - here, let me help out.

This day in history:

2013 - Chaikwa didn't post history lessons for the people on DTR who depend upon him.

Thought for the day:

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around

 

Hey! Howdy and Howyadoin'!

T raddy,TG, Shorts and the grumpy one. DTR home sweet home.

got to toot the janitor's horn, wait ....that didn't post right

will put up some pics of his firewood processor build, partially built.
that poor furry one can't touch that project for three minutes without the business phones ringing, some one needing his worldly advice, or a delivery, errand, safety training commitment, people stopping in with something broken needing repair or ... well, you get the idea. had to come back home to get some peace n quiet!!!!

that truck he built Scottycanuck, is one sweet ride. very very smooth and quiet, guts to get away uphill as well. He defineitely is the one to toss some ideas around with; big, atlas stones? not so much.....

wait.....not again....

 

JWBM - you do realize that Scottycanuck's homeland (Saskatchewan) is so flat that you can see your dog run away for 3 days. He doens't need much power for hills.....

OK - I really need to get back to work. Vacation was over 2 days ago. I should not be on DTR while at the office

 

Thanks... I think.

I musta missed that part! But thanks for bringing our friend Jim along!

Yeah, do that. I'd like to see what it looks like!

You OWN that office, do what you wanna do! If anyone says anything, tell 'em to go... uh... just tell 'em to GO!

 

They vent the steam off the drive cylinders out through the stack. The sudden dumping of pressurized steam out through the stack pulls air through the firebox, it works like an air gun with the holes in the side of the tip. When they are at speed it makes for a fairly steady draft, but when taking off there is enough time between when the steam vents that it makes those big black puffs.

 

very cool NE

 

Had an iggy attack today, went out of town and left the charger for the computer at the house. (DUH) Oh well, be back home tomorrow. Anybody need a nice hole in the ground? It looks like we now have to leave ours open. It's free, bring your truck, come and get it.

 

Mornin'.

Today is Wednesday, August 14th.

1756 - Daniel Boone married 16-year-old Rebecca Bryan.

1848 - The Oregon Territory was established.

1873 - "Field and Stream" magazine published its first issue.

1896 - Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold.

1917 - China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I.

1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.

1941 - The U.S. Congress appropriated the funds to construct the Pentagon (approximately $83 million). The building was the new home of the U.S. War Department.

1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter. The charter was a statement of principles that renounced aggression.

1944 - The federal government allowed the manufacture of certain domestic appliances to resume on a limited basis.

1945 - It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II.

1962 - A U.S. mail truck was held up in Plymouth, MA. The robbers got away with more that $1.5 million dollars.

1973 - The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ended. The halt marked the official end to 12 years of combat in Indochina by the U.S.

1986 - U.S. officials announced that a U.S. Drug Enforcement agent had been abducted, interrogated and tortured by Mexican police.

1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college. She quit the school less than a week later.

2000 - Valujet was ordered to pay $11 million in fines and restitution for hazardous waste violations in the crash that killed 110 people in 1996.

Today's thought:


C0ffee & ph00 are ready.

Remember B0b & family!

 

ok, had to set up a google email account, then send my phone pics to computer email then send em to here- wot a pain. so ENJOY them fer goodness sake.

processor fills the shop. makes cummins engine look tiny. I want to be there when it fires up for the first log....ask chaikwa all the questions. proud of that boy. I tell him he was smart BEFORE google...lol! Glad Jim can help you out.

did pet shelter work yesterday, brought 250 pounds of clay litter, 4 gallons of bleach (NYS law you can't store more than 5 gallons) and 10 cat toys.
swept the whole compound and answered dog questions. they have six lab puppies, colors ranging from golden to black. sweet black lab momma, little thing. then over to kennel with huge bull mastiff, softball sized paws.

where's Bark? I have withdrawals....

 

Mercy - - two posts all day. Think you scared everyone away, Scott. Hey, I don't think you cut your hair since the last time I saw you - - which was several years ago. .........................love your thought for the day - - he sure knows how to hold that haughty pose, doesn't he. What a jerk - - and he is our president. HORRORS.

Need a ph00 bad - - been out most of the day working at putting in new plants across the back of the lanai - - freeze took them out two years ago. Starting to look finished - - finally. Sure hot out there. Messed up the back moving two large gardenias to new locations. Don't have a whole lot of hope for them - - they are tough to move when mature. We will see. Glad to see this one come to an end - - too many other things on that list yet that are screaming for attention.

OK ......................................GOOD.

GONE - - for now,

OH, got some pics from Seattle - - our little gal tested out soooo good over the weekend, they gave her permission to go to the fair if she wore mask and they wiped everything before she touched it. First time I have seen a smile on her bloated little face in 5 weeks - - sure looked nice. Sure hurts to see her like that.

OK, again - - GONE.

Bob

 

Thanks Heidi! They came out great! See B0b? I post pics of half finished projects!

Oh don't start! I'd take 'em all if I could. How 'bout some pics? PLEEEEEZE?

I haven't! Haven't since I was 14 actually. It's getting shorter on it's own now.

Yep. These dogs are smarter than HE is!


Good news but still a maddening situation. Not fair, not at all. Not to her, her parents or YOU. Nice to hear she's making positive progress none-the-less.

Evening all. Got a little more done on the processor today but still waiting on parts. I DID get the $800 valve yesterday tho. 2" inlets and 1 1/2" work ports. Now if I just had the other 8 valves and the pump...