Central Va./Dinosaur50 GTG 2012

[thomas1]

Dean,

That's the same spammer that has been running wild on AS for a while.

 

[watsonr]

Bunch of nice pictures Johnny!!

Don't know about the rest of the guys, but I'm paying today. Dehydrated big time, couldn't stop running all the good saws to have a water. My fingers and hands are flat tore up! All the starter ropes I pulled against big compression and the ones ripped out of my hands and of course the one's we pulled and pulled and pulled!!!:hmm3grin2orange:

The two Contra's brought by 7oaks (Carl I'm pretty sure) where just plain beautiful! The super was running really nice.

The Dolmar 166 was a thing of beauty, smooth cutting was an understatement, I see now why Lee likes them so much! And that 090AV that Rudedog brought:msp_ohmy: wow.

There were so many saws.... Stinkbait's PM800 and the 900D. The 800 was something else, I got's to have one of them!:msp_razz:

 

[igpoe]

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I learned a lot about what it takes to plan and make a GTG happen and I don't think we did too bad for our first real attempt. Sawmandave did all of the hands-on work at the site, no small matter.......................top shelf job David. Dinosaur50 provides 99% of our inspiration and a good bit of our enthusiasm as y'all saw. Thanks, Michael. And of course, our heart-felt thanks to the folks who allowed us the use of their property. As the last of us were leaving, a big storm blew up complete with hail so bad we couldn't see how to drive away, so we waited it out only to find the port-a-john had blown over and one of the sheds was collapsed!. Musta been a small twist in that one!
Thanks to all of you who came. Onward now to hopefully bigger and even better GTGs.
Igpoe

 

[dinosaur50]

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I learned a lot about what it takes to plan and make a GTG happen and I don't think we did too bad for our first real attempt. Sawmandave did all of the hands-on work at the site, no small matter.......................top shelf job David. Dinosaur50 provides 99% of our inspiration and a good bit of our enthusiasm as y'all saw. Thanks, Michael. And of course, our heart-felt thanks to the folks who allowed us the use of their property. As the last of us were leaving, a big storm blew up complete with hail so bad we couldn't see how to drive away, so we waited it out only to find the port-a-john had blown over and one of the sheds was collapsed!. Musta been a small twist in that one!
Thanks to all of you who came. Onward now to hopefully bigger and even better GTGs.
Igpoe

thank you Igpoe but David and you get just as much as me i hope every one plans on making Aug 25 gtg as wall will try 2 make that one bigger and better if any one has ides plz share them we are alsawy open 2 ides

 

[Pioneer fan]

Bunch of nice pictures Johnny!!

Don't know about the rest of the guys, but I'm paying today. Dehydrated big time, couldn't stop running all the good saws to have a water. My fingers and hands are flat tore up! All the starter ropes I pulled against big compression and the ones ripped out of my hands and of course the one's we pulled and pulled and pulled!!!:hmm3grin2orange:

The two Contra's brought by 7oaks (Carl I'm pretty sure) where just plain beautiful! The super was running really nice.

The Dolmar 166 was a thing of beauty, smooth cutting was an understatement, I see now why Lee likes them so much! And that 090AV that Rudedog brought:msp_ohmy: wow.

There were so many saws.... Stinkbait's PM800 and the 900D. The 800 was something else, I got's to have one of them!:msp_razz:

Managed to drink enough to fight off the dehydration....but you are right...my hands ache...lol I learned something else...i need to find an Echo 610, that was the smoothest, most vibration-free saw I have ever ran.

 

[Pioneer fan]

The "Frustration" award would have to go to Sawmandave...especially earlier in the day. Nothing wanted to run right, but he finally prevailed..lol


I only saw one failure...that was Carguy's jonesered. That was something i had never seen before, it ripped the spur sprocket off the clutch drum. Carguy, if you get a picture of that, please post it.

 

[Rudedog]

The Dolmar 166 was a thing of beauty, smooth cutting was an understatement, I see now why Lee likes them so much! And that 090AV that Rudedog brought:msp_ohmy: wow.

I had a good time too. Wish I had arrived on time instead of being the last to arrive. Always nice to put names with faces. I don't think I don't think I'll ever see that many two man saws in my life again. So I ended up being the last one to leave with Sawman Dave and Carguy/Paul. Had the pleasure of waiting out the monster hail storm that lasted 5 minutes. Thought it was going to blow out my truck windows. Then we went to town for a couple of beers and pizza at Gino's. I need to send a special thanks to watsonr/Randy, 7oaks/Carl and Sawman Dave for helping me with that 090. That fuel issue has bothered me for the better part of a year and it should be an easier fix than I thought it would be.

 

[carguy]

A huge THANK YOU is in order to David and Dean for organizing a most excellent GTG, Michael's enthusiasm also no doubt added something. As is obvious from the photos, Dave had a great setup of plenty of all wood sizes and Dean had the food well covered. What is not so obvious but took plenty of effort was all the planning that Dean and Dave accomplished to make this all happen. A lot of us had not previously met, but everyone hit it off like old friends because everyone was friendly and helpful. It was great to see everyone encouraging each other to try out their saws. It was fun to be able to run so many different saws. I expected a lot from the big Macs and Homies and they delivered. The saw that amazed me the most was the 2 cylinder Echo which both Dave, aka SAWMANDAVE and Randy aka RUDEDOG each brought along. That saw was sooo smooth that it about needs a tach to let you know that it is running, amazing, I have got to find one. I have not yet unpacked the truck and I am already looking forward to the next GTG.

 

[dinosaur50]

Just got home..lol. I would venture to say that carguy's 372 was THE fastest saw there.....at least in the size wood we had. That husky was a flat out beast. And many thanks to Watsonr, Igpoe, Carguy, Psuiewalsh, and...well i don't think i caught the guy with all the mac 2-mans' name, for letting this rookie run some BIG saws. I need to find an sp-125 now....think i am hooked...lol.

That 372 that Carguy had....we know it's secret now....lol. Tachs 14,100 unloaded.....and 13,200 in the cut...a 900 rpm drop.

the guy with all the mac 2-mans' name was Chris i think that what he said it was

 

[igpoe]

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[igpoe]

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[igpoe]

echo 610 twin

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATTN-COLLEC...813854778?pt=US_Chainsaws&hash=item27c54c943a
You said you wanted one, (you know who you are) here it is, get out your Paypal acct.
Igpoe

 

[watsonr]

ATTN: COLLECTORS-RARE CST610EVL ECHO TWIN CYLINDER CHAINSAW | eBay
You said you wanted one, (you know who you are) here it is, get out your Paypal acct.
Igpoe

Be careful, that one has a broken case.

 

[Roanoker494]

ATTN: COLLECTORS-RARE CST610EVL ECHO TWIN CYLINDER CHAINSAW | eBay
You said you wanted one, (you know who you are) here it is, get out your Paypal acct.
Igpoe

Be careful, that one has a broken case.

That one has been talked about a lot on the Ebay/CL thread, seems the seller is trying to downplay the severity of the broken case.



I finally went and unloaded the car, I am very proud of myself because I left here with 17 saws and returned with only 18.

 

[Pioneer fan]

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Did not catch the owner's name.

 

[Pioneer fan]

here come the videos

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[Pioneer fan]

[video=youtube_share;WbKf7tRL968]http://youtu.be/WbKf7tRL968[/video]

 

[Pioneer fan]

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This is the saw, that left those gigantic chips that had everyone talking

 

[Pioneer fan]

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Without a doubt, one of, if not the smoothest saw i have ever ran.

 

[Pioneer fan]

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My dad's old P20. this was a one saw plan for over 5 years....never missed a beat.