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mtngun
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Around 5 degrees F when I took this picture. My toes were not quite warm in the rubber chainsaw boots, otherwise I had a good time.
Main thing is you'll have to thin the bar oil, otherwise it will gel.
Main thing is you'll have to thin the bar oil, otherwise it will gel.
MR4WD
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A few degrees under freezing is still comfortable, but like mentioned you might buy thinner bar oil. I run Stihl medium or heavy. I find if you can manage to keep the oil heated in your truck, or have a powerhead that runs warm with a big capacity (like my 3120) I don't have any problems oiling with heavy oil in colder temperatures.
If you have an aux. oiler, you will probably need to run lighter oil.
If you have an aux. oiler, you will probably need to run lighter oil.
gr8scott72
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Just put your jug of oil on the passenger floor board on the trip to the milling site. It will flow just fine by the time you get there.
MR4WD
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Just put your jug of oil on the passenger floor board on the trip to the milling site. It will flow just fine by the time you get there.
My oil stays in a heated garage so it doesn't need much pre-heating, but while there, I don't leave the truck running... It's hours of milling on end that might make a guy with an auxiliary oiler want to run thinner oil.
isaaccarlson
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I have only milled with my saw a couple times...
I have a small portable mill from HF for that....but I do cut down to about -15°F. It's cold but once you get moving it's pretty easy to keep warm. I don't need hand warmers because the saw vibrates my hands and keeps them nice and warm.
I have a small portable mill from HF for that....but I do cut down to about -15°F. It's cold but once you get moving it's pretty easy to keep warm. I don't need hand warmers because the saw vibrates my hands and keeps them nice and warm.
mtngun
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I don't do much milling in extreme cold, but I buck firewood around the house about three times a week. My saws and bar oil and are typically stored outside. Around zero, 30W bar oil turns to jello and just won't flow.
However, the main reason I can't mill in the winter is because I'm snowed out. The logging roads are generally knee deep in snow Dec through April. Then when the snow melts, the logging roads are a quagmire of mud. Some years I can't get into the woods till late June. So...... it's a good time to catch up on saw maintenance and mill improvements.
However, the main reason I can't mill in the winter is because I'm snowed out. The logging roads are generally knee deep in snow Dec through April. Then when the snow melts, the logging roads are a quagmire of mud. Some years I can't get into the woods till late June. So...... it's a good time to catch up on saw maintenance and mill improvements.
gr8scott72
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I don't do much milling in extreme cold, but I buck firewood around the house about three times a week. My saws and bar oil and are typically stored outside. Around zero, 30W bar oil turns to jello and just won't flow.
However, the main reason I can't mill in the winter is because I'm snowed out. The logging roads are generally knee deep in snow Dec through April. Then when the snow melts, the logging roads are a quagmire of mud. Some years I can't get into the woods till late June. So...... it's a good time to catch up on saw maintenance and mill improvements.
What is this snow you speak of? :greenchainsaw: (It was 65° today. I was sweating while milling.)
blahhh---real funny--8 below this morning--but thanks God no wind!!!!!!!!!!!!!
blahhh---real funny--8 below this morning--but thanks God no wind!!!!!!!!!!!!!
100F and still over 90 at 10 pm!
gr8scott72
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That's more my kind of weather. I can't wait for summer!
ill send some of this garbage!!!
Please - Its now 3 time this night I have woken up because of the heat!
Andrew96
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Went up north tree scouting for the weekend. Had to add a couple of hours worth of coffee before we left out on the sleds so it would warm up enough for the kids. Photo as we left.
