land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq
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logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
cheers broncoRN,
funny you mentioned that because i had a very early start today,was at the job at 9:00am this is early for me to be down there because in reality i have loads of wood stored up now and there is no hurry doing it,besides i have a lot more stuff on around home and some building jobs i need to partisapate in right now,but i got a god two days work in now since i last updated so i have a LOT of updates....
i agree,i bet you work hard too,this job will only be rewarding in the cold /winter weather,even though i am selling wood all the time i won't really reap the rewards until autum/winter time.
as they say about working with timber---- "it will warm you three times before it ever gets in the fire,cutting it,loading it and splitting it" :msp_biggrin: this is before you ever attempt to burn it for some heat lol
ok so some updates!
so we got some of the stacks of wood home since we last updated,it was a busy time because there is no easy way in to the woods with the tralier,we have to walk a little with each wood.BUT HEY we love this work so it's no problem....it's better to keep costs down as if i have to get in machinery it could not be as well paying then,i like to keep things small and take my own precious time.
cutting up another ASH tree
ASH stack
funny you mentioned that because i had a very early start today,was at the job at 9:00am this is early for me to be down there because in reality i have loads of wood stored up now and there is no hurry doing it,besides i have a lot more stuff on around home and some building jobs i need to partisapate in right now,but i got a god two days work in now since i last updated so i have a LOT of updates....
i agree,i bet you work hard too,this job will only be rewarding in the cold /winter weather,even though i am selling wood all the time i won't really reap the rewards until autum/winter time.
as they say about working with timber---- "it will warm you three times before it ever gets in the fire,cutting it,loading it and splitting it" :msp_biggrin: this is before you ever attempt to burn it for some heat lol
ok so some updates!
so we got some of the stacks of wood home since we last updated,it was a busy time because there is no easy way in to the woods with the tralier,we have to walk a little with each wood.BUT HEY we love this work so it's no problem....it's better to keep costs down as if i have to get in machinery it could not be as well paying then,i like to keep things small and take my own precious time.
cutting up another ASH tree
ASH stack
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
and the work goes on
ok time to drop a few more small ones just to clear up this top section
a job for the440xtorq
ok time to drop a few more small ones just to clear up this top section
a job for the440xtorq
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
these trees seriously have to be the FINEST ASH trees i have ever seen.........
just look at the texture of this bark,like a snakes skin!
time to cut down some of the larger stumps....a good man leaves nothing behind
and the 365sp makes an apperence
just look at the texture of this bark,like a snakes skin!
time to cut down some of the larger stumps....a good man leaves nothing behind
and the 365sp makes an apperence
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
those large stumps next with the 365sp
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
some nice amount of wood stacked now,BUT time to take it away...
some of these ash trees are bloody dangerously tall.....maybe 60ft
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
finished stumps here in this section..
my very own home made custum carbon handlebar holding up 100percent
team husqvarna
loading up.....
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
another load of this amazing ASH
and another.....
i have my sights set on you two :msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin: douglas fir HUGE.......
watch how they tower over the already 60ft tall ash trees :O
and another.....
i have my sights set on you two :msp_biggrin::msp_biggrin: douglas fir HUGE.......
watch how they tower over the already 60ft tall ash trees :O
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
and another load
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
well not much to update here right now,i have a lot to do but i'm afraid the weather has put a stop to any progress
right now!! it's gone in the space of 48hours to dry summer like weather to wet blizzard winter weather
the land 3 weeks ago i could litterly drive every inch,now i can't even hardly get in,well i can but it is WET as hell in there.
is hell wet? i think it might be :hmm3grin2orange:
the woods must be one of the most peaceful and serene places i have ever been,i love it here,i joked to my missus that i would love to own the place and move here :hmm3grin2orange: she laughed at me and said 3-4 days a week was enough!
so weather now to improve cause today i am by the fire here spending some time on arborist site :msp_w00t::hmm3grin2orange:
there is one peculiar thing that i want to update,in the woods it seems to be taken over by a certain WEED which i am sort of trying to diagnose what type it is,it is the most DISGUSTING SMELLING thing i have ever been near.....
the odour seems to improve when some trees are cut away,but these weeds are horrible smelling,they smell like GAS.
the soil here is extremly rich,maybe this is the reason......
next time i am in the woods i will take a pic of it
also i have checked out my carbon handlebar modd on the 365 and want to update that is is perfect and
doing the job 100percent!
right now!! it's gone in the space of 48hours to dry summer like weather to wet blizzard winter weather
the land 3 weeks ago i could litterly drive every inch,now i can't even hardly get in,well i can but it is WET as hell in there.
is hell wet? i think it might be :hmm3grin2orange:
the woods must be one of the most peaceful and serene places i have ever been,i love it here,i joked to my missus that i would love to own the place and move here :hmm3grin2orange: she laughed at me and said 3-4 days a week was enough!
so weather now to improve cause today i am by the fire here spending some time on arborist site :msp_w00t::hmm3grin2orange:
there is one peculiar thing that i want to update,in the woods it seems to be taken over by a certain WEED which i am sort of trying to diagnose what type it is,it is the most DISGUSTING SMELLING thing i have ever been near.....
the odour seems to improve when some trees are cut away,but these weeds are horrible smelling,they smell like GAS.
the soil here is extremly rich,maybe this is the reason......
next time i am in the woods i will take a pic of it
also i have checked out my carbon handlebar modd on the 365 and want to update that is is perfect and
doing the job 100percent!
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Adirondackstihl
Flyz, Fuel & Fotos
Clean the smudge off your camera lens........drivin me cross-eyed
:hmm3grin2orange:
Cheers
:hmm3grin2orange:
Cheers
beelsr
ArboristSite Guru
great thread... :msp_thumbsup:
but yeah, clean the lens. if it's not a smear on the lens surface, i.e., you can't see it. It must be internal on the sensor.
if that's the case, not much is going to clean it without sending it out.
the best hack is to put a cup or so of uncooked rice in a ziptip baggie and put the camera in the baggie. you want to put it in a warm - not hot, warm. basically, you're trying to get the moisture inside into a vapor phase so that the rice will absorb it out of the enclosed airspace in the bag.
have all the little rubber flip covers open, battery/sd card hatch open, etc... best to out the bag where you want it and then just lay the camera on top and zip it shut. moving it around will just get rice inside the camera and that's a different problem.
if the smear is oil-based, you're most likely out of luck on this...
but yeah, clean the lens. if it's not a smear on the lens surface, i.e., you can't see it. It must be internal on the sensor.
if that's the case, not much is going to clean it without sending it out.
the best hack is to put a cup or so of uncooked rice in a ziptip baggie and put the camera in the baggie. you want to put it in a warm - not hot, warm. basically, you're trying to get the moisture inside into a vapor phase so that the rice will absorb it out of the enclosed airspace in the bag.
have all the little rubber flip covers open, battery/sd card hatch open, etc... best to out the bag where you want it and then just lay the camera on top and zip it shut. moving it around will just get rice inside the camera and that's a different problem.
if the smear is oil-based, you're most likely out of luck on this...
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
Clean the smudge off your camera lens........drivin me cross-eyed
:hmm3grin2orange:
Cheers
haha :hmm3grin2orange:
it's driving me mad!!! lol. i must have a look and see will what beelsr says will work. if it don't work i guess i could be posting
up pictures of rice for the rest of the year,on the plus side it may draw a lot of intrest from the land of rising sun
thanks lads!
mstang1988
ArboristSite Operative
Read your thread
Spent last night reading the thread. With cutting all that brush are you worried about a kickback and finding something with the tip?
Spent last night reading the thread. With cutting all that brush are you worried about a kickback and finding something with the tip?
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
nah i never worry about kickback,it only happens when you use the tip of the bar and depends on which way you cut
i never get any and when i do it's mild,i have got voilent kickbacks a few years back but you learn not to cut in that certain position of the bar,i feel it's common sense really when cutting,again depends on saw and user i guess too.i am 15half stone and the correct BMI for my height so i can carry and hold a saw fairly well,i guess a lot would depend on the user too and how he manages the saw.on another positive note the brush is fairly small now in the woods the worst is over with the brush thank god,there will be a lot in the woods too to clear paths in future but won't be as bad as it was clearing the road way in.
the 440 was a very impressive saw to clear with,it's extremly nimble and you would be shocked at how fast you get moving with it.
mstang1988
ArboristSite Operative
Right, I just wondered after watching the video it looked like the tip got close to a few branches but it could just be perspective and video magic
Like somebody else in the thread, visit Ireland is on the bucket list.
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
work continues....
some updates:
ok so i hope you all are well and enjoying life and in good health,we got some work done since but the weather has been very poor and wet,i had bad luck yesterday and it turned in to a nightmare to say the least,my battery went flat,ok so it was on the way out for a long time,and i was sort of meaning to replace it,anyway it caught me out yesterday and when i went to start it i couldn't fire up the nissan so i was stuck miles in to the land,this wasn't the worst part,the worst part was my local friend who lives in the next farm was away playing golf,so i couldn't phone him with his tractor,so i needed to arrange my father to arrive with my car battery i figured if i jumped it to the nissan battery with my leads it should work,i had to walk 2 miles offroad in the very wet conditions with the car battery :msp_sleep: and it DIDN'T WORK..
plan -b was to get my fathers ford transit van battery removed and wheelbarrow it in to the site,again i had to walk back out with car battery two miles to the top of the road as my father can't drive in here it is too muddy,so i went back to the top to take out his an battery and took it back in with the wheelbarrow,again it didn't work either as my main battery would just drain everything,the nissan had a large engine :bang::bang: to make matters worse my wife nicola was with me and was sort of scared in the dark down in the old deserted woods.
so after another trip back up 2miles with the wheelbarrow,soaked wet in the pouring rain,i gave it up until this morning,i went to my local motorfactors and bought a new BATTERY ,this got the nissan working,BUT WHAT AN EVENING IT WAS YESTERDAY!!!
to put it in a nutshell i walked around for 3hours in the wet mud with heavy batteries and got no place.
i am having a beer now by the fire and feeling quite drained!
on a positive note,i have a new video and some pics coming of the recent work,we only could manage two days here since the weather was SOOOOO bad.....
old nissan patrol battery,what a nightmare of a long nights hassle this caused me!!
and new bosch heavy duty battery fitted this morning.
dan
some updates:
ok so i hope you all are well and enjoying life and in good health,we got some work done since but the weather has been very poor and wet,i had bad luck yesterday and it turned in to a nightmare to say the least,my battery went flat,ok so it was on the way out for a long time,and i was sort of meaning to replace it,anyway it caught me out yesterday and when i went to start it i couldn't fire up the nissan so i was stuck miles in to the land,this wasn't the worst part,the worst part was my local friend who lives in the next farm was away playing golf,so i couldn't phone him with his tractor,so i needed to arrange my father to arrive with my car battery i figured if i jumped it to the nissan battery with my leads it should work,i had to walk 2 miles offroad in the very wet conditions with the car battery :msp_sleep: and it DIDN'T WORK..
plan -b was to get my fathers ford transit van battery removed and wheelbarrow it in to the site,again i had to walk back out with car battery two miles to the top of the road as my father can't drive in here it is too muddy,so i went back to the top to take out his an battery and took it back in with the wheelbarrow,again it didn't work either as my main battery would just drain everything,the nissan had a large engine :bang::bang: to make matters worse my wife nicola was with me and was sort of scared in the dark down in the old deserted woods.
so after another trip back up 2miles with the wheelbarrow,soaked wet in the pouring rain,i gave it up until this morning,i went to my local motorfactors and bought a new BATTERY ,this got the nissan working,BUT WHAT AN EVENING IT WAS YESTERDAY!!!
to put it in a nutshell i walked around for 3hours in the wet mud with heavy batteries and got no place.
i am having a beer now by the fire and feeling quite drained!
on a positive note,i have a new video and some pics coming of the recent work,we only could manage two days here since the weather was SOOOOO bad.....
old nissan patrol battery,what a nightmare of a long nights hassle this caused me!!
and new bosch heavy duty battery fitted this morning.
dan
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logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
ok so the work we done since before our battery drama left us stranded in the woods.....
new oregon chain,i got two new chains for the saws,both full sequence oregon chains.
440xtorq chain
fitted
killer weeds in the woods,these are the ones i spoke about earlier in the thread,they are incredibly smelly and horrible
to be around,they smell like GAS....can anybody tell me what they are??
as you can see the land is starting to go lovely and green now.
NEXT ASH tree to get the 440 treatment
new oregon chain,i got two new chains for the saws,both full sequence oregon chains.
440xtorq chain
fitted
killer weeds in the woods,these are the ones i spoke about earlier in the thread,they are incredibly smelly and horrible
to be around,they smell like GAS....can anybody tell me what they are??
as you can see the land is starting to go lovely and green now.
NEXT ASH tree to get the 440 treatment
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
he is quite tall
stacking new ASH piles
logger 12345
husqvarna pilot
after clearing away all the smaller trees out of the way we can continue...
