@holy-cow To get the wood delivered it would cost quite a bit. I would have to give up swinging the axe 500 times thus letting loose of my pent up aggression. I would have to give up communing with nature, the fresh air and the wild life. I would have to give up the self satisfaction of having done it myself. Every time I burned a log, I would have to give up the recurring sense of pride and satisfaction recollecting the experience. I would have to give up all the beneficial exercise I got getting my own firewood.
That being said, I'm with you. If you can hire someone to do it, you should.
Yeah...I suppose that might be logical.
However, NOT being a Catholic (of any type), or technically even a Christian per se (although being raised in "The Western Tradition" with quite a bit of Eastern (Oriental) philosophy thrown in), I try not to be overly pessimistic about the ultimate fate of the human race.
I'd like to think that "we" have great potential, but I can't bring myself to be particularly optimistic either.
Loyal?ÿ
I'm a Luddite too.?ÿ Never bought a new car, presently own a 2000 2 door Hyundai Accent base model @ 180k and a 2002 Wrangler 2 door with the inline 6/3 speed slushbox/2" spring lift/discos/undercarriage armour/fresh 31" AT-KOS/tranny cooler/Cardan driveshaft upgrade/rear LSD diff/various heim joints @ 70k.
Neither have stranded me on the road.?ÿ The key is regular maintenance by a competent mechanic (not the dealership!) who fixes things *before* they become a problem.?ÿ
The Hyundai, meh, it's my daily driver so I've had the oil dipstick tube fall off, broken engine mounts, transaxles replacement, electrical weirdness, even an entire spring/shock replacement but my mechanic catches them during scheduled oil changes and dolefully tells me this oil replacement will cost $800, not $40 if I want my car's powerplant/drivetrain/suspension/steering to be in tip-top shape.
The Jeep is different;?ÿ I explore some of the most remote sites in the West on 2-3 month sojourns in season solo now.?ÿ I've trained by belonging to a local premier 4WD for 10 years and done the "black diamond" runs to get a feel for what's traversable and when to turn around.?ÿ I've been strapped/winched a few times but so far I've strapped gumbies more often out of situations they should have never been in.
My Jeep mechanic is a former Baha truck racer and knows my habits so he replaced coolant hoses/radiator prior to problems because "it's 20 years old and prone to fail."?ÿ Same with belts, water pump, etc., anything that will stop the car has to be fresh stuff. He advised me to shy away from the big lifts, full lockers, heavy aftermarket bumpers, winches, ridiculous light bars, etc.?ÿ Keep the rig light, nimble and easily highway drivable.
Yes, it's expensive to maintain old cars but?ÿ nowhere?ÿ near the hit when you buy a new car and suffer depreciation.?ÿ Lest you think I'm a fool I travel backpacker style with equipment/victuals that will allow me to survive for a week or more with a disabled?ÿ car and have comms & SOS sat tracking so my loved ones (and SAR) can track me.?ÿ Behold:
?ÿI don't know what I'll?ÿ do when my cars crap out but I'll look for base models with rollup windows, simple key entry, no turbo micro engines and solid axles on frame designs.
fire wood warms you 3 times:
- Once when you cut it
- Once when you chop it
- Once when you burn it
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Step 1:?ÿ Purchase $55,000 pickup with 4WD.
Step 2:?ÿ Purchase trailer for holding the wood so as to not damage the interior of the bed on the?ÿ $55,000 pickup.
Step 3:?ÿ Purchase two chainsaws and everything required to operate them efficiently and safely.?ÿ One will not start when you need it for some unknown reason and will need to be taken to the repairman while you try to get by with the one that will start.
Step: 4:?ÿ Buy 5 acres with lots of trees for $50,000.
Step number infinity:?ÿ Give up, save huge amounts of money and let someone else provide you with properly dried and stacked wood in the $125 rack near your house.
Step: 4:?ÿ Buy 5 acres with lots of trees for $50,000.
Good luck with that...
Probably triple that, anywhere in Western WA...
Man your story makes me miss my 68 C101 even more now. That thing was an unstoppable and easily worked on road and off-road champ.
My first car was a 1965 Austin Healy Sprite and one of its features was the roll-up widows that replaced the removable sliding screens in the 1964 version.
Here's a list of "late-models" that offer roll-up windows:
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/do-any-new-cars-still-have-manual-windows/
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Here's one that's kinda close, but 8 people have saved it and it's not in the store yet. Only 6 cylinders, but that window crank is highly visible in the interior photos.
Low miles, low price.
