Did You Get Anything Saw Related For Christmas?

[JKNW]

Ok then. How many feet of throw line, and what kind is it?

Handling throw lines is almost a science. Do it wrong, and all you have is a tangle of string that takes longer to use than just climbing the tree without it.

This is the kit I bought
https://sappysupplies.com/collectio...bsession-throwline-and-throw-weight-combo-kit
Mostly going to be using it to drag ropes up in trees that require some, also dealing with lots of crispy dead alders that are safer to just yank over with the winch vs trying to fall them.

 

[pdqdl]

That sounds like the good stuff.

• Hollow braid construction
• High Strength UHMWPE (basically, this is Amsteel, VERY strong)

It also doesn't kink up nearly as much as nylon contractor's string line, like you will find down at the hardware store.

They say it comes with a built in spool. Unless you are going to unroll it into a bucket or pail, you are likely to accumulate all the kinks in the rope that are caused by unspooling it off the side. I recommend getting a "cube" to store it in, although a clean 5 gallon pail actually works a bit better, and is a lot cheaper. They just don't fold up out of the way.

 

[JRM]

I have another neighbor that buys and buys and buys. She'll do an inventory, see what is expired and give it to me. I have an industrial sized bottle of Vitamin C that expired 3+ years ago. Maybe, just maybe it has lost some of it's effectiveness, but is not harmful as I have been popping a couple a day, now several months now.

If she gives you a bottle of viagra there just may be a subliminal message hidden somewhere!

 

[Hermio]

Nope just bills.

A sign at my gym said "It's beginning to cost a lot like Christmas"

 

[ThistleIA]

If she gives you a bottle of viagra there just may be a subliminal message hidden somewhere!

Woman: Can I get Viagra here? Pharmacist: Yes. Woman: Can I get it over the counter? Pharmacist: If you give me two of them, you can.

 

[jellyroll]

A sign at my gym said "It's beginning to cost a lot like Christmas"

my line of work doesn't require a gym membership.

 

[Agrarian]

Not exactly saw related but I got a 4' high intensity LED light fixture for over my parts washer.

 

[Billhook]

I used to walk around the woods with a manly swagger, chainsaw under one arm, axe under the other, big knife in the belt, helmet, gloves etc, I was the main man!
Then Santa bought me a bright pink high visibility vest! I now feel completely deflated, in all places.....

 

[Billhook]

Here it is!

 

[Agrarian]

Here it is!

Nothing says 'Woodsman' like a bright pink security vest!

 

[Billhook]

I think that you can take the “d” and the “man” out of woodsman and put an e on the end and what you are left with us how I feel!

 

[heimannm]

 

[iowa_jim]

That sounds like the good stuff.

• Hollow braid construction
• High Strength UHMWPE (basically, this is Amsteel, VERY strong)

It also doesn't kink up nearly as much as nylon contractor's string line, like you will find down at the hardware story.

They say it comes with a built in spool. Unless you are going to unroll it into a bucket or pail, you are likely to accumulate all the kinks in the rope that are caused by unspooling it off the side. I recommend getting a "cube" to store it in, although a clean 5 gallon pail actually works a bit better, and is a lot cheaper. They just don't fold up out of the way.

Being new to all this, I balked at the $40 string cubes. I use a high tech cardboard box instead. It allows me to fold it up a bit for storage. I use the air bazooka to send the weight into the canopy. I can put it where I want in one attempt, mostly.

 

[pdqdl]

I probably have about ten years of use out of my cheap little cube, and it still works about as good as a new one. I've learned to throw pretty accurately without any shooting devices.

 

[Okie]

Somewhat related to the chainsaw:
Had to buy 10 gallon of hydraulic fluid for myself as my Xmas present.

Oil filter came loose on my 37 ton wood splitter right when I was into splitting 20 inch diameter oak as I held down the lever the ram stalled slightly like it had been doing previously so I just kept on holding down the lever, when the ram completely stopped I looked around and seen a big puddle of hydraulic oil in a low spot on the ground. Cost me $120 to refill the hydraulic tank. $12/gallon. If I had know that hyd fluid was that high I would have tried to strain the dirt before it got away. I felt bad that I sent fossil fuel back into the ground. (but I'm still not going electric YET.
Felt lucky I did not ruin the pump.

Speaking of electric. If they want to go electric I suggest they start with the border fence.

 

[Old2stroke]

Being new to all this, I balked at the $40 string cubes. I use a high tech cardboard box instead. It allows me to fold it up a bit for storage. I use the air bazooka to send the weight into the canopy. I can put it where I want in one attempt, mostly.

Years ago I converted a ramset device that uses a .22 cal shell to fire hardened nails into concrete so that it would fire a heavy bolt with string attached. Worked fine but couldn't be used anywhere where the sound of a gunshot would bother anyone. Did not get much use.

 

[Old2stroke]

To hell with chainsaws, I would like Santa to bring me one of those wives/girlfriends that know enough about chainsaws to give me lots of related gifts.

 

[zandrew77]

I am building my son a 272xp out of 61 and I built him a Glock 17 with matrix arms Glock 19 slide. He also got a1/10th on road rc car.

 

[wseibert]

I asked for and got a Mityvac. Now I get to test the MS440 and the 372xp x-torq I aquired this year.

 

[lloyd786]

Never underestimate an old man with a chainsaw. Guess I’m an old man now!