Falling pics 11/25/09

[tramp bushler]

Looks good Nate. Really rotten snags are a good place for a Saginaw face .
For some reason the sound from your 346 about blew the speaker in my RAZR MAX. I hurt my ears! :msp_biggrin:

That would be an awesome climbing saw. Ex specialllyy with that new dog you guys made up.

I think I would double up my hearing protection if I was running it up a tree tho.

 

[Metals406]

Looks good Nate. Really rotten snags are a good place for a Saginaw face .
For some reason the sound from your 346 about blew the speaker in my RAZR MAX. I hurt my ears! :msp_biggrin:

That would be an awesome climbing saw. Ex specialllyy with that new dog you guys made up.

I think I would double up my hearing protection if I was running it up a tree tho.

The wood was sound where I faced it up (surprisingly). The rest of it, well, it was what I was eyeballing and worried about. It had a large radial crack winding from about 4' above the face to the top, and the bark was about gone. :msp_scared:

If you notice at the end there, I was using the old "one arm sawing get the hell out'a there technique", in case she decided to fold on the way over.

I didn't get all the stuff on video from that day. . . I had some wind snapped spars to take -- both were ant kills. One was a Larch, and I decided to try and swing it fer fun. It was about as punky as it could get, so I figured it'd just fall over wherever it wanted. But by God, I put a single-kerf swing dutch in her and she swung! It wasn't much, but it went into lay. :msp_biggrin:

 

[tramp bushler]

I gave the starter a few whacks with a 28 oz Vaughn Riggin ax. I only left light waffle tracks .

Well. The Ford gets to rest up till I get back from Southeast . Hopefully it won't be snowing in june. We have had almost 8 full months of snow on the ground this winter. But only 6 1/2 months of winter.

 

[Metals406]

I gave the starter a few whacks with a 28 oz Vaughn Riggin ax. I only left light waffle tracks .

Well. The Ford gets to rest up till I get back from Southeast . Hopefully it won't be snowing in june. We have had almost 8 full months of snow on the ground this winter. But only 6 1/2 months of winter.

My cousin lives in AK (near Palmer I think?) -- she was just posting pics of snow on FB. Complaining about it too!

She said something about not having to mow the lawn this year, cause it'll be winter-winter, with no summer.

 

[bustedup]

I gave the starter a few whacks with a 28 oz Vaughn Riggin ax. I only left light waffle tracks .

Well. The Ford gets to rest up till I get back from Southeast . Hopefully it won't be snowing in june. We have had almost 8 full months of snow on the ground this winter. But only 6 1/2 months of winter.

Safe journey buddy, stay safe cutting

 

[forestryworks]

She said something about not having to mow the lawn this year

That's always a good thing. Gives one some peace and quiet

 

[bustedup]

My cousin lives in AK (near Palmer I think?) -- she was just posting pics of snow on FB. Complaining about it too!

She said something about not having to mow the lawn this year, cause it'll be winter-winter, with no summer.

Lawns should be banned lol.......less marital dispute that way.....ie me not having to do a disappearing act to avoid cutting it. Then getting the dinner in the trash reply when I get back lol.

 

[Eccentric]

I have refrained from chiming in on the starter woes of idi fords...:frown:the best starter I came across for those things was the nippon denso. And I agree with northman... change the starter.

My buddy Josh owns an Auto Electric shop. . . If you're still having troubles Glen, I'll call him tomorrow and run this situation by him.

Rebuilding starters isn't hard, you do have to know what the heck you're doing though -- same goes for alternators. Josh knows some neat tricks from years of being in the biz. He's even rebuilding the roller clutches in the drives -- which wasn't done in the past, the drives were just replaced.

And Nipple Denzo's are the good ones to have.

Yep. At this point it sounds like the starter to me. FWIW...................bad cables and connections (and weak batteries) will also hasten the death of a starter. When going to the trouble of replacing/rebuilding the starter it's a good idea to make sure the rest of the system is in good health. My IDI ford has the Nippondenso starter. I rebuilt the solenoid on it a while back.

That truck also has worn ring gear teeth on the flexplate, and if the engine stops at just the 'right' place on shutdown the starter doesn't engage. That's when I get to lay on my back (usually when it's raining) and turn the crankshaft a bit with a breaker bar, extension, and big socket. Gotta pull the engine for a rebuild/replacement (that's another story involving the 2010 PNW GTG....) and that flexplate will be dealt with then. May swap in a manual while I'm at it instead. I don't like autos................even though that C6 is a good one.

 

[northmanlogging]

No stump in view... but here's a little sitka spruce to get this thread back on track. Broke the missus's winch line on this one, was down in an ugly hole... 32" bar and a 461 for reference.

 

[treeslayer2003]

No stump in view... but here's a little sitka spruce to get this thread back on track. Broke the missus's winch line on this one, was down in an ugly hole... 32" bar and a 461 for reference.

good job nm, saw looks new, how ya like it? you ever come up with a easy way ta tie a end knot by yourself?

 

[northmanlogging]

Love that saw...

As far as a knot in the winch line I probably should have taken pictures... (I wanted a load ready for the mill today.)

I keep a cat eye choker in the crummy and the skidder, for use with snatch blocks etc. so what I did was make a double over hand with one loop sneaking through the last slider, then slip on a shackle/clevis (whatever) over the tail end of the winch line, squeeze on a couple pairs of vice grips, tie that shackle to the cat eye choker that's tied to a stump, winch it in slowly until tight.

The shackle will stop on the vice grips allowing them to pull the knot tight, I've heard of guys using a figure eight not and that working just fine, which was my first attempt... that failed... pulled through the sliders. ya ever try untying 5/8 cable? I really should invest in some bolt cutters...

 

[treeslayer2003]

Love that saw...

As far as a knot in the winch line I probably should have taken pictures... (I wanted a load ready for the mill today.)

I keep a cat eye choker in the crummy and the skidder, for use with snatch blocks etc. so what I did was make a double over hand with one loop sneaking through the last slider, then slip on a shackle/clevis (whatever) over the tail end of the winch line, squeeze on a couple pairs of vice grips, tie that shackle to the cat eye choker that's tied to a stump, winch it in slowly until tight.

The shackle will stop on the vice grips allowing them to pull the knot tight, I've heard of guys using a figure eight not and that working just fine, which was my first attempt... that failed... pulled through the sliders. ya ever try untying 5/8 cable? I really should invest in some bolt cutters...

get big pair. I've used that figure eight knot but it is bulky. usually jus use vise grips and double overhand. seems like there otta be a better way, no prob with two head........yea I got a 461r 2 weeks ago, pulls a 28 in oak almost good as my 660

 

[RandyMac]

I tied plenty of hand and a half, figure 8s in 1 1/4" arch line, they never failed.

 

[jrcat]

On the old 5/8" swage cable on my td8 I just put the sliders on put a knot on the end as best I could and pulled on a tree stump carefully until the knot was set. That worked till I bought a new cable that had the ferrule on the end. The drum end has the tapered wedge.

 

[northmanlogging]

I tied plenty of hand and a half, figure 8s in 1 1/4" arch line, they never failed.

The figure 8 would have worked if I hadn't screwed it up... didn't tighten down properly... sliders popped right off... didn't want to burn another 1/2 hour trying it again. Besides why the hell is the last choker on a slider anyway...

 

[jrcat]

The figure 8 would have worked if I hadn't screwed it up... didn't tighten down properly... sliders popped right off... didn't want to burn another 1/2 hour trying it again. Besides why the hell is the last choker on a slider anyway...

Good point lol

 

[treeslayer2003]

On the old 5/8" swage cable on my td8 I just put the sliders on put a knot on the end as best I could and pulled on a tree stump carefully until the knot was set. That worked till I bought a new cable that had the ferrule on the end. The drum end has the tapered wedge.

best thing bout a gearmatic. love that wedge. most other winches use that ball for retainment. it fly out if don't watch it till cable gets set.

 

[jrcat]

My winch has both the wedge and the notch for the ferrule.

 

[tramp bushler]

I don't have a winch :too_sad:

 

[twochains]

Shot this vid a couple weeks ago. Shows me making a mistake...Yeah! Short drags...unfinished cut on a pine causes it to bust the stump. I was cutting by myself on a weekend and this pine was back leaning and was going to pinch my bar or hang up so I knocked it down with a good oak. The oak was heavy topped heading towards the left with a good chance to miss the pine. Thanks for watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srfXWALWlY4