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Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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For the guy at home that wants to touch up a bare spot or small project there are some good products available. I'm not a fan of things like birchwood casey and a few others. There again we all have found what will and what won't do what we want. Most of the time when something didn't perform as I wanted it to it was my fault dealing with the preparation or in the final step, they do have the procedures written for a good reason not just to use paper I have learned at my own expense.
Who are you using for Cryro my friend?
I use a guy in Casper by the name of Bryan Hebert at Phantom Hybrid Designs. He's been waiting to get enough for a full load to do crio to keep the costs down. he's at www.phantomhybriddesigns.com ph. 307-215-9799. His price isn't bad on any of the things he does laser engraving or crio treatment. I am a believer in stress relief being a useful tool. For my knife blades I do that myself as they are small and a couple of blocks of dry ice, in a cooler with cirawool insulation does what I want for them some guys use dry ice and acetone in a caldera for their knives, I just lay cerawool on the bottom of the cooler put a block of dry ice down lay my blades on it and lay a block of ice on them cover them with more cerawool. He has been doing a few brake drums for simi and passenger busses as well, it extends their life quite a bit as well.
Well, I'm back again for a while. The wildfires are close to contained in our area and the air quality is back to good running in the 30's and 40's from as high as 158 the other day. Having abused myself a lot when I was younger, they advised me to stay indoors till the air quality improved. Where I live is about 4500 feet above sea level and it's still in kind of a valley that the Platt River runs down on its way to Nebraska, so we get some inversions and that traps all of the pollutants in the valley and holds them close to the ground. Several years back my brother-in-law called me one day to ask me if I could run him up a fuel filter for his tractor, he said his was plugged up with some bad fuel that had some waxy stuff in it. I laughed and asked him if he had ever seen diesel fuel jelled, he said no we use winter blend it won't jell. At 40 below it wasn't winter blend, and it was jelled. I picked up a couple of fuel filters and headed up to the mountain. He lived at 7500 feet above sea level, when I left here it was 40 below when I got to his place it was only 20 below but the wind started blowing on the way up from the southwest, what is called Chinook winds. By the time we got the fuel filter changed it was nearly freezing if you were out of the wind. I showed Brian that if you put the old fuel filter in a warm place it would be okay to use in a pinch, took a weed burner and warmed his fuel tank and opened the recirc valve so that he got warmed fuel put back in the tank, and headed home. It was now above freezing up there and you could see a layer of smoky air laying in the valley below, when I got home it was still 20 below down in the valley with bad air quality, but by morning it was above freezing, and the air was cleaned up by the Chinook winds. I am so glad that we have four seasons I missed them when I was in a place with only two seasons wet and dry.
Glad you're back and all safe and sound DSheetz. What a destructive thing those fires are. I can't imagine. Pasture burns and such are a good thing when done in a controlled manner and at the right time of year but the indesciminate type like what most western states have to deal with are just bad bad bad.
The air quality index is in the unhealthy range today running at 160 - 186. The temperature reached 92 degrees F with 40 percent humidity our fire alert is red flag also. All of those people in the areas where the hurricane in the gulf will bring you severe weather take care and the proper precautions to keep you and yours safe. We are getting winds from the south, but they are around 10 mph and gusts of maybe 15 mph. If you are hunting anything in this area watch for fire hazards and have plenty of hydration without alcohol in it when you are out and about in the heat, sun and wind, especially if you do consume alcoholic beverages in your relaxing time. When people come from lower altitudes to our higher elevations it's hard enough to get enough oxygen without having poor or unhealthy air quality as well as higher temperatures and humidity. At our higher altitudes people will get sunburns more easily so bring your sunscreen and put it to use. Under our normal lower humidity, you won't feel the heat as much as at lower altitudes and higher humidity so dehydration can happen without you being aware of it. It's about enjoying your time spent so take care to think about what you will want to bring along to help you stay safe and healthy during your adventures no matter where you go to have them. We were down to 42 degrees last night here but up on the mountain at 4000 feet higher it was below freezing but still got quite warm today.
Bucklowery
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We are gonna be at 100% humidity as soon as Helene gets here. We got sent to work a transmission line and are in Tallahassee. She is zeroing in on my location but I will be shifting West tomorrow to avoid the East side of the storm and more powerful winds. So that will put me closer to home
Thanks
Buck
Thanks
Buck
Stay safe Buck!
HRM Johnny
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Wow. From 92 to 42. That's a big change in temperature. I am sorry to hear about the air quality. Stay safe, Dave.
HRM Johnny
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I am going to echo 74 honker. Stay safe Buck.
HRM Johnny
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Hey Buck, I am just touching base. How's everything?
