I'm using my old zipline Haywire "Logging-term" to drag logs out of the tight steep places.
It was acting like it was starving for fuel, low rpm, no power... right down to an idle.
Low on fuel, refueled it... ran better but still starving and then right back down to an idle again after 10min of work.
Dozer was 2/3 the way up the hill dragging about a cord and a 1/2 in logs when it stopped.
100 yard walk from the house. No electric power.
I figured it was time to change the water separator, fuel filters.
Sure enough!
...then the starter took a dump on me. Bad timing.
I can't purge the air from the fuel lines at the injectors without a starter, let alone run it.
google a JDE-80 wrench. What I need to pull the starter.
blade is down... will have to jack it up to get the hydraulics and blade arms out of the way from the starter.
Belly pan can't be removed up against dirt.
It's been pouring rain. Will be for two more days and then the overnight temps drop under 30 for a week+. Cold wrenches.
I might just hang it up for the season.
I have another place to get wood but it means bucking rounds, loading and unloading the truck. I end up handling the wood too many times.
It's better to drag the logs to the woodshed buck rounds, split and throw them in.
Handled less. The less I have to touch each piece of wood the better.
200' zip line sounds fun.
Merry Christmas
