'78 F350 Dually Project

[RivennHewn]

Suffered from neglect for too long.

Thought I’d start with a bath day.

In need of some products from the auto parts store.

Time for a ride!

 

[Toolfool]

My '84 van has been sitting in the driveway untouched for several months now. Found out the hard way that red wasps had taken up residence in the front passenger door jamb and engine bay. Waiting until it's cold enough to eradicate them. Then move the van into it's new home.

 

[Bears Fan]

A man and his truck! its a beautiful thing

 

[nsula_country]

Suffered from neglect for too long.

Thought I’d start with a bath day.

In need of some products from the auto parts store.

Time for a ride!

Nice that you gave it a bath. Clean new Wimbledon White looks good!

I have the 1975 blown apart to paint. Thinking of deleting the dentside trim like yours.

CT

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice that you gave it a bath. Clean new Wimbledon White looks good!

I have the 1975 blown apart to paint. Thinking of deleting the dentside trim like yours.

CT

My '84 van has been sitting in the driveway untouched for several months now. Found out the hard way that red wasps had taken up residence in the front passenger door jamb and engine bay. Waiting until it's cold enough to eradicate them. Then move the van into it's new home.

Nsula

Iwrestled with that too. Ended up plug welding all the bullet holes.


Tool,
Going to need a wax and buff before it goes in that clean shop!

 

[RivennHewn]

Having some fun this afternoon picking some “select” logs out of the channel.

I won’t ever be without a hitch mounted crane again. This thing breaks, I’m buying a new one!

I’ve surpassed it’s rating on numerous occasions, but it’s still lifting

 

[RivennHewn]

 

[RivennHewn]

Small diameter logs, but just may have some interesting grain/spalting.

 

[drivesitfar]

I see you've also started a LOGGING business. (hee hee) nothing like FREE material is there especially if you don't have to pay to store it.

how's the new job and hoping the cement workers strike didn't throw things off in your world too.

merry Christmas and hope you have a great 2022.

 

[RivennHewn]

I see you've also started a LOGGING business. (hee hee) nothing like FREE material is there especially if you don't have to pay to store it.

how's the new job and hoping the cement workers strike didn't throw things off in your world too.

merry Christmas and hope you have a great 2022.

Merry Christmas, Drives!

The only thing impacting our concrete pours is this wonderful PNW weather!

I wouldn’t call it a logging business, but keep watching for a new thread from me in the coming weeks

 

[PugetDude]

Merry Christmas, Drives!

The only thing impacting our concrete pours is this wonderful PNW weather!

I wouldn’t call it a logging business, but keep watching for a new thread from me in the coming weeks

Rivennhewn’s “Thick and Thin”
Dripping wet he reels ‘em in.
Saw them quick and stack it neat.
Productivity measured in board feet!
Spalted, twisted, crotch and burl
Dry it out so it won’t curl…
A planer will be next on Riven’s list,
making shavings in the mist.
Crazy money he’ll get for this
w/ internet sales or on Craigslist?

Merry Christmas, Riv.
Scott

 

[RivennHewn]

Rivennhewn’s “Thick and Thin”
Dripping wet he reels ‘em in.
Saw them quick and stack it neat.
Productivity measured in board feet!
Spalted, twisted, crotch and burl
Dry it out so it won’t curl…
A planer will be next on Riven’s list,
making shavings in the mist.
Crazy money he’ll get for this
w/ internet sales or on Craigslist?

Merry Christmas, Riv.
Scott

Rivennhewn’s “Thick and Thin”
Dripping wet he reels ‘em in.
Saw them quick and stack it neat.
Productivity measured in board feet!
Spalted, twisted, crotch and burl
Dry it out so it won’t curl…
A planer will be next on Riven’s list,
making shavings in the mist.
Crazy money he’ll get for this
w/ internet sales or on Craigslist?

Merry Christmas, Riv.
Scott

Scott,

You’re a man of many skills!

Just may be the Christmas present ever!

 

[RivennHewn]

Just a pic

 

[PugetDude]

Just a pic

How much snow did you get up there , Riv? -we had 16 straight hours of liquid sunshine here on Christmas Day.

 

[RivennHewn]

How much snow did you get up there , Riv? -we had 16 straight hours of liquid sunshine here on Christmas Day.

So far about 8-10”.
Wind has blown some areas bare, and some drifts at 2’. More on the way.

Getting down to the low teens next few nights.
Hoping we don’t lose power again, and the old furnace keeps up.

 

[TheNerd]

Truck is awesome, I have enjoyed watching it evolve. It may be a Michigan thing, but have you ever thought about a 4x4 conversion?

 

[RivennHewn]

Thanks Nerd!

I bought it when I was a city boy. I didn’t think I’d ever need 4wheel, as all roads are paved.

Now that I’m living in a more rural area, kinda wish I had.

You don’t want to get off road around here after a good rain without it

 

[PugetDude]

You don’t want to get off road around here after a good rain without it

So, what you’re really saying is you have about 14 risk-free off-road opportunities each year…

 

[RivennHewn]

So, what you’re really saying is you have about 14 risk-free off-road opportunities each year…

Yes, it does rain here.

But, not as much as you might think.

We are at the far Eastern edge of the Olympic rain shadow.

It amazes me how often it will be raining all around us, but not on us. More often than not:

 

[PugetDude]

I was in the rain shadow when I lived on the Olympic Peninsula , we got about ~22 inches annually.
My brother lived a few miles south of us, aross the Hood Canal and he got 50+ inches.
If I had to move back to the Peninsula I'd probably go to Sequim ~15 inches.

 

[RivennHewn]

Sequim is kinda awesome. My parents had property there, but never built on it. They let it go without letting me know. I wasn’t too happy ‘bout that. What Eva.

We get about 30 - 35” annually. I can live with that. We have a sun index of 87. A few miles East of us is no where near as sunny.

 

[rattle_snake]

Well if you ever do want to do 4x4 conversion I can help you spend lots of money and end up with an overly tall truck with giant tires!

 

[Jblount3]

Read the whole thing, love that people are saving and using these old fords I own a few and use my 77 as my daily/mud truck hauler all summer

 

[RivennHewn]

Read the whole thing, love that people are saving and using these old fords I own a few and use my 77 as my daily/mud truck hauler all summer

Post up some pics!!!

 

[RivennHewn]

My new favorite phone app.

Gives you decibel reading combined with a pic or video.

 

[Jblount3]

Post up some pics!!!

Brown 77 is unrestored driver, with a fresh (not by choice) 400hp 468 in it, the 79 is a mud drag truck with a “temporary” ( 2 years ago) 460
My fiancé also has a 79 f250 that we are going to build as a nice driver

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice!

Maybe y’all need to rebuild my worn out old 460.


Those are some good looking pistons!

 

[cpttuna]

From what I've been told they've cut the zddp in diesel oil to almost nothing also.
I always dump a big bottle of stp in when changing oil on flat tapped motors.

X2 on the stp

 

[TimeWarpF100]

Trying to play catch up here! How does one get away without a dump truck?

 

[RivennHewn]

Trying to play catch up here! How does one get away without a dump truck?

Don’t need it every day, but it sure makes life easier when ya do!

 

[RivennHewn]

Guy ****, at night. Let the neighbors *****.

 

[RickP]

Your hitch-mounted crane looks like it works really well for the smaller logs. Are you using it as much now that you have an arch for the big logs? Ever thought about adding a winch to the front of the dump bed for medium sized logs? The ATV sized winches (2500-3500 lbs) are pretty reasonable -- I drag logs out of the woods with one and it works okay.

 

[RivennHewn]

Your hitch-mounted crane looks like it works really well for the smaller logs. Are you using it as much now that you have an arch for the big logs? Ever thought about adding a winch to the front of the dump bed for medium sized logs? The ATV sized winches (2500-3500 lbs) are pretty reasonable -- I drag logs out of the woods with one and it works okay.

Rick,
The winch I set up for hitch mounting was originally going to be mounted at the headache rack. I’ll be picking up another one at some point as I still want one on the flatbed.

The hoist still comes in handy for all types of task, and I love that I can use it on either truck.

I’m thinking of extending the hitch on the log arch, to make it easier to use with the truck. It’s designed to be used on an ATV .

 

[RivennHewn]

Another Take your pet truck to work day.

 

[Toolfool]

Another Take your pet truck to work day.

Donuts on the new concrete ?

 

[Bears Fan]

Donuts on the new concrete ?

I was thinking the same thing

 

[RivennHewn]

Constant adjustment.

I need an onboard computer

 

[Bears Fan]

Constant adjustment.

I need an onboard computer

Riv

I'm thinking maybe one of the Holley Sniper EFI systems in the near future

 

[rattle_snake]

Sniper for the win!

 

[RivennHewn]

Posted this in the Sawmill thread, but figured it belonged here too.

Cross-contamination