Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Happy Father's Day everyone!

Same to you.

I'm making cheesy corned beef hash omelettes and bourbon bloody Mary's for breakfast when I roll out of bed in the morning.

 

[chucker]

I was joking. I use Husky 2 cycle oil exclusively.

so steve did you try the jug of menards bar oil special I left you ???

 

[USMC615]

Son and daughter will be here in about 15 mins...just putting the finishing touches on a dozen scrambled cheese eggs, 2lbs of pattied deer sausage, a 1lb of bacon, grits, toast and jelly. I'm thinkin the recliner will be in order after this breakfast. ...Have a great day dads.

 

[JB Weld]

We are all at church. I am going to try hard to do no work today! I am going to try and only play with my kids! Mama fixed eggs and pancakes this morning. I have a big fat ribeye waiting for me tonight! Hopefully I will be getting a wrapped up Fiskers splitting maul! We will see....

 

[JB Weld]

Absolutely agree. Different temp/work environments altogether.

I learned this the hard way. If you like to run your saws on the edge, don't use outboard 2 stroke oil.
If you are running them fat and have them smoking like a Choo Choo, you can probably get away with it (but keep that plug clean).

 

[dancan]

Well , technically , these leaning choke cherry trees aren't on my side of the fence

But

They are now LOL

 

[square1]

Maiden voyage with the "new (put together from parts & pieces)" woods trailer this morning. Didn't load it full (fully loaded it carries 2/3 cord) because I wanted to be sure the tractor could handle the weight up and down the hills, plus a few areas are a little wet yet from last weeks rains. Not interested in burying anything in the mud

The saw box will fit on the trailer in front of the front rack, but it makes maneuvering in the woods trickier.

 

[svk]

so steve did you try the jug of menards bar oil special I left you ???

Oh yeah! Halfway through it. Surprisingly for being thinner it doesn't run through the saw any quicker than thicker oil. Good stuff.

 

[wudpirat]

Happy Father's Day, fellow scroungers
Sun came out, gonna dry out after two day's of rain.
I have two trailers of split pine to unload and stack.
I use that $7.97 Wally World bar oil, it's 30W and sticky, works for me.
Remember,----

If it's free, It's for me.

FREDM, Oxford, CT

 

[svk]

Taking it fairly easy today but I do need to mow the lawn and change the oil in the suburban. Finally had to turn on the sprinkler system because the ground was getting pretty dry, which in turn makes the grass grow faster.

 

[farmer steve]

Taking it fairly easy today but I do need to mow the lawn and change the oil in the suburban. Finally had to turn on the sprinkler system because the ground was getting pretty dry, which in turn makes the grass grow faster.

the guy upstairs turned the water on last nite. locally 3-5 inches in most spots. now about 90* and sunny. looks like no planting for a while. just lawn mowing.

 

[zogger]

the guy upstairs turned the water on last nite. locally 3-5 inches in most spots. now about 90* and sunny. looks like no planting for a while. just lawn mowing.

First two plantings of my squash are producing like crazy, but last two days showing the inevitable damage from borers and bugs, insta wilt. Fantastic beautiful plants, over night...meh. I'll get a few more days harvest then yank them all. I have one more planting just coming up, hopefully that will beat the borer cycle this year.

I have yet to come up with a bonafide fool proof way to beat those squash borers.

 

[USMC615]

Guys, I'll put up a pic or two soon...my son/daughter really surprised me today for Fathers Day. We had a great breakfast this morning, and typical of youth, they wanted to go and see friends dads as well. When they came back mid-afternoon, they gave me a 3 in 1, soldering iron/heat gun (heat shrink), and DC voltage output (up to 15v DC), and DC voltage test meter, all in one. Just tickled...been soldering with a single soldering iron for yrs (buy a new tip every now and then). This one came with 10 tips, I/C tool, voltage leads, 3ft of de-wicking, etc. I try to fix everything I have when it comes to electrical/electronics (it's amazing how a 5 cent resistor can send a $500/$1K deal to the landfill). You can download test voltage/specs/schematics/test points for most all devices nowadays (tv's, vcr's, dvd's, you name it).

And yes, the soldering/rework station will be used to solder/re-join joints on chainsaw wiring, etc, so I'm not violatin the Scrounge Wood thread. See...it is about keepin saws a runnin while scrounging.

Scrounge on gentlemen...hope you dads, and non-dads had a great Fathers Day. For the non-dads, if ya got dogs, cats, etc that qualifies to be a dad as well. Without ya, their dad-less.

 

[nomad_archer]

There's just some things I don't wanna get from Wallyworld...any lubes dealing with saws sure as hell ain't one of 'em. Lol

Oh heck with that. Wally world has the best price on mobile1 full synthetic around me. $26 for 5qt. Used to be less. Why pay more for the same stuff. Now bar oil I wouldn't worry about to much I like some better than others. 2 cycle well I only use the stihl oil for that.

 

[nomad_archer]

The TS CountyLine bar oil works just fine for me, but I don't get my 2 cycle oil there. ($7 / gal last time I got it).

Got the same stuff works pretty good. I am using ace hardware branded bar oil now and it works well enough.

 

[USMC615]

Got the same stuff works pretty good. I am using ace hardware branded bar oil now and it works well enough.

I've always ran Echo Premium bar and chain oil from HD...with a 10% Mil discount, get it about $10 a gallon. I've got a TSC within 2 miles of me, another one within 7-8 miles,..if any oil thats as good, tacky...I'm all ears to save a buck or two.

 

[MustangMike]

Works great for me in winter & summer.

 

[MustangMike]

Hope everyone had a great Father's Day.

We have all had those days when nothing seems to go right, so when you have one that is kinda the opposite, you really appreciate it.

Saw both my daughter's and my 3 grand kids today, and even got a call from a stepson. The wife & I decided to go out for dinner a bit early with my oldest daughter, we got to the restaurant right before they were all filled up and folks were waiting. We decided to eat out side, and finished literally minutes before the rain started. Oh, and the food was great!

My daughter had left her car at our house with the windows and sunroof open, and as we rushed to get home, the light rain turned into a downpour. Luckily, my neighbor spotted the open windows on the car and went over with towels planning on covering it, but he saw my daughter had left the keys on the console, so he just put the windows up and closed the sun roof for her. So instead of coming home to a drenched car, all was fine!

It is not often, but it is really nice to have a day like that now and then!

Happy Father's Day everyone!

 

[USMC615]

Hope everyone had a great Father's Day.

We have all had those days when nothing seems to go right, so when you have one that is kinda the opposite, you really appreciate it.

Saw both my daughter's and my 3 grand kids today, and even got a call from a stepson. The wife & I decided to go out for dinner a bit early with my oldest daughter, we got to the restaurant right before they were all filled up and folks were waiting. We decided to eat out side, and finished literally minutes before the rain started. Oh, and the food was great!

My daughter had left her car at our house with the windows and sunroof open, and as we rushed to get home, the light rain turned into a downpour. Luckily, my neighbor spotted the open windows on the car and went over with towels planning on covering it, but he saw my daughter had left the keys on the console, so he just put the windows up and closed the sun roof for her. So instead of coming home to a drenched car, all was fine!

It is not often, but it is really nice to have a day like that now and then!

Happy Father's Day everyone!

Sounds like the stars and things were aligned...few and far btwn, I think, for most of us given any day, good to hear all went well. I was blessed as well with a good day, knock on wood...all things considered, was a great day with my son and daughter. Bad thing is, back to the grind tomorrow, lol.

Enjoy your night folks.

 

[farmer steve]

First two plantings of my squash are producing like crazy, but last two days showing the inevitable damage from borers and bugs, insta wilt. Fantastic beautiful plants, over night...meh. I'll get a few more days harvest then yank them all. I have one more planting just coming up, hopefully that will beat the borer cycle this year.

I have yet to come up with a bonafide fool proof way to beat those squash borers.

sounds like bacterial wilt on the squash Zog. caused by cucumber beetles.check the Jaw-Gaa ag dept website for contol measures.