Midwest A.S. get together

[dneiger]

Been thinking about this for some time, talked to the war department and came up with a date to throw out. looks like the weekend of Oct. 23-24 would work out. Anyone who wants to come is more than welcome. I have lots of room for sawing and lots of wood, if you want to come Fri thats fine, if you have a motorhome good, if you need a motel let me know, if you want to stay over Sun nite thats fine also. Yak it over and let me know what you think. The weather should be good for sawing and B.S.ing.
Dave
PS. I live in Luther Mi. about 90 miles straight North of Grand Rapids.

 

[Crofter]

Dave that is not too long a jaunt across the border for me. I'm getting a little low on B.S. and would like to take in another chainsaw get together. The weather should still be nice then.

 

[Marky Mark]

I would like to make that ride also Frank but with the big bucks showing there stuff off when love is in the air I'll have to pass. Nothing against my fello chainsaw lovers but there's that 3 week window that only comes once a year.

 

[McC]

It's going to be tough for me Dave. I'm hunting the weekend before, and the wife might have the locks changed when I get home if I'm gone 2 weekends in a row.
Scott

 

[Bill G]

Originally posted by Marky Mark
I would like to make that ride also Frank but with the big bucks showing there stuff off when love is in the air I'll have to pass. Nothing against my fello chainsaw lovers but there's that 3 week window that only comes once a year.

That would be a little early here. We only get 3 days in mid-November here but is supposed to be in the middle of the rut. We generally then get 4 days the first week of December.

Bill

 

[dneiger]

Midwest get together

Hey Markey and any of you other guys that have hunting trips or other things that make Oct 23rd weekend a poor time let me know and maybe we can adjust the date to accomadate you. Always trying to please everyone and always figured the more the merrier. Halloween weekend would be tough, let me know some of your ideas.
Dave

 

[McC]

The Lake States logging congress race is Sept. 10 at Lambeau field. You really can't run your saws except to warm up before the race, but hopefully will get to see some of you there. Meyer's usually has a display. Will you be there Dave?

 

[woodsjunkie]

Dave,
Is this get together still on?

 

[dneiger]

Midwest get together

You bet I have started gathering stuff up for the 23rd, saw stands, wood, etc. Haven't heard from too many guys though maybe too much going on that time of year.
Dave

 

[johncinco]

I'll be there on Sunday. Hopefully still some there to meet and say Hi at least. I have the girlies birthday party to throw on Saturday, and you dont mess with that!

See you Then.

 

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Dave,
Make sure you send me the results, so I can post them on the axemensnews website. I'm slowly collecting as much info as I can to update the site as a I go. It's great you're doing what you're doing.

All the best,
Jamie

 

[ghitch75]

hey Arden Cogar Jr. seen you on the tube this weekend on outdoor channel up in alaska nice job in the chopping.....

 

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Originally posted by ghitch75
hey Arden Cogar Jr. seen you on the tube this weekend on outdoor channel up in alaska nice job in the chopping.....

Thanks ghitch75. Someday, I'll get the handle on these chainsaws. I read a lot of the threads on this site to further my knowledge as several of the members are so learned in how the motors work and how to make the motors work faster. EHP was a godsend in me getting my Rotax running. I owe him big time...... Now, I just have to learn HOW to run it and I'll be set..... Someday.....someday......

All the best,
Jamie

 

[ehp]

Jamie, I have seen you run your saws enough to know you can run a saw, once you feel and know what your saw is going to do then 99 % of your job is done, By next year you will be a force to deal with and your hotsaw is all you need to move up into the top 5 at the stihl series, if you look at the finals this year and put your stocksaw points back-on plus ran a mid pack hotsaw run, man you are there. I asked Cecil about the hands call and he said everyone was pushing it , just to bad you had to be the first call on it, I know your hand placement can make a .1 difference in your time and that is alot on stocksaw
Jamie if you think your motor is working right then you might as well gear it up to the 13 tooth, you might as well get use to the feel of the different chain and bar combo cause that is what you are going to need for next year

 

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

Ed,
Sounds like a plan. You gonna be at Eagle River? That will more than likely be my maiden voyage with a 13 tooth sprocket. Yahoooooo. I'll have to add a link to my chains so they'll fit, but that's not that difficult (you can bet your butt I'm not going to be the one doing it though - thank Bill Cogar for that .) It'll be fun.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I really appreciate it. I can get in amongst the "jokers" from down under, but it always seems like one or two get in front of me. Someday.. someday.

All the best,
Jamie

 

[ehp]

How does the 13 tooth gear match your bar, you better make sure it does cause it gets pretty costly with 1/2 inch chain, If Cecil goes i most likely will be there , should have the suzuki ready for then

 

[Arden Cogar Jr.]

I had cannon do the bar and sent the sproket and my old bar to them to scetch out and use the sproket to match the opening of the bar. It looks like it will match, but I loaned my 13 tooth sproket to Melvin a month ago and I need to get it back. He ran it at the Stihl Finals, but his saw blew another ring. He's had a lot of troubles with it.

My only fear of the bar is that it's 63 and a half guage whereas the bars we get from RLE are probably somewhere in the 68 range. To that end, I'll need to run my practice chain (a nine) or a, I think, 62 guage, to cut the groove in the bar, then put my better chains on as the bar becomes "broken in."

I may regret saying this, but I'm not too worried about 1/2 chain. Amongst the members of my family, we've got several spools. Given that Matt Cogar and I will be doing this stuff for a long time and we've got a few more younger cousins coming up, I can see this chain "staying in the family."

Oh yeah, Matt (17 years old) kicked all our butts in the Hard Hitting contest at the Forest Festival this past weekend. He's such an enormous kid (6'4" 255) and all he wants to do is chop and saw. He's gonna be a great one, if he puts some effort into it.

On a side note, which I thought members of the board would like to know, Paul Pfenninger won the hotsaw at the Forest Festival with a time of about 3.83 on 3 cuts on a 10x10 yellow poplar. The top eight places we're all under 4.8. That's some serious cutting. Paul Cogar was 3.95 and was third, I think.

All the best,
Jamie

 

[ccicora]

Jamie,
Do you know which saw Paul was running? His 3120 Stroker or his Rotax?

Later,
Chris

 

[ehp]

3120 , you cannot use a bikesaw in WV, at shows

 

[woodsjunkie]

Ok Dave I will commit, I am going to try to get out of hear on Friday so I should roll in sometime fri. early evening.
Too bad some of the others can't make it would have been nice to see some of these saws we hear about all the time. Oh well I guess every thing runs well on paper.
BTW Anyone going that need a ride is more than welcome to drive hear and ride up with me.
I know gas is real high. Dave is about 6 hrs. from hear.
Let me know what you want me to bring
I may try to have a get togeather hear in Ohio in the near future.