Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX GTG (Next GTG 08/27/2016 ) Fort Scott, KS

[pdqdl]

We actually considered a pigeon trap and relocate business in LA, CA. Funny thing is, they didn't want them harmed, just relocated. Job security.......

I have been getting paid recently to harmlessly relocate some pigeons to the landfill...by a nameless agency who will deny all complicity.

I'll bet you guys don't know that pigeons breed all winter? Not only do they lay eggs in winter, they are excellent parents. They continue to feed the chicks until they are quite large. We caught several of them, and couldn't figure out why they didn't fly away.

I even took a pair home, and they were quite happy sleeping in an open box on the back porch. I couldn't tell them from fully adult pigeons from their size, but they certainly acted stupid. I took a bunch of pictures with the wild birds perching on my hand, outside with nothing keeping them trapped. They were perfectly content to keep loafing around, just waiting for the next free meal.

My dog took care of that attitude. One dead, the other took to flight and never came back. My wife was delighted, my daughters...not so much.

 

[logging22]

Sup saw posers??? Had a little of the wet stuff today. Anybody else?:msp_biggrin:

 

[pdqdl]

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Many of you have heard my bemusings on the facts that the Shinny 357 top handles have trouble staying adjusted.
...
What the problem is in fact, is the poor design of the air intake takes on a lot of sawdust, such that it clogs fairly quickly. This in turn changes the air / fuel mixture which can be rectified by adjusting the carb.

Though this is a poor design on Shindaiwas part, The saw is a solid runner otherwise, especially considering that the costs are in the mid $ 200s. It is actually difficult to surmise how the sawdust gets in to the cleaner, but it does.

So I give a thumb and a half up to the Shindaiwa 357 Arborist Saw.

Didn't we discuss that problem at the GTG? I used to be a dealer for Shindaiwa. The little choke levers are always coming disconnected and the dust can easily slip through the hole where the lever goes past the grommet. The air filter doesn't have much capacity, either. Like you said, poor design.

On the other hand, the little 357 is the toughest little top-handle that I know of. They bounce better than any other arborist top-handle. Seriously! If you are going to train a guy to trim trees, give him one of these first. All the Stihls are fragile by comparison, and I don't think the Husq'ys will bounce as durably, either.

 

[RVALUE]

Hey Les, Glad you stopped in.....

My wife ran a saw yesterday for the first time. (I tried to stop her, there won't be a tree left on the place, I remember when she tried cutting hair....)

Now she says she is ready to 'compete' at the next GTG. :msp_w00t:

I told her we'd have a wet saw contest....

 

[RVALUE]

Didn't we discuss that problem at the GTG? I used to be a dealer for Shindaiwa. The little choke levers are always coming disconnected and the dust can easily slip through the hole where the lever goes past the grommet. The air filter doesn't have much capacity, either. Like you said, poor design.

On the other hand, the little 357 is the toughest little top-handle that I know of. They bounce better than any other arborist top-handle. Seriously! If you are going to train a guy to trim trees, give him one of these first. All the Stihls are fragile by comparison, and I don't think the Husq'ys will bounce as durably, either.

How is the air supposed to get into the filter area?

 

[logging22]

Hey Les, Glad you stopped in.....

My wife ran a saw yesterday for the first time. (I tried to stop her, there won't be a tree left on the place, I remember when she tried cutting hair....)

Now she says she is ready to 'compete' at the next GTG. :msp_w00t:

I told her we'd have a wet saw contest....

If me and Kim can make the next one, they can race for titles and stuff. Throw in a little cash maybe. Hell, i gotta make a profit somewhere.otstir:

 

[RVALUE]

Anybody remember the night Les posted 100 posts?

 

[RVALUE]

If me and Kim can make the next one, they can race for titles and stuff. Throw in a little cash maybe. Hell, i gotta make a profit somewhere.otstir:

I've bought 4 saws, and 2 rolls of chain since the GTG... I was hoping you were there.

 

[logging22]

I've bought 4 saws, and 2 rolls of chain since the GTG... I was hoping you were there.

Really wanted to be there brother. Just couldnt make it happen. More GTG's in the future. Maybe Matt will have one. Or Steve. Or??

 

[pdqdl]

How is the air supposed to get into the filter area?

I'm not sure that I ever figured that out. I don't have one to look at anymore; I do seem to remember that it was a bit of a mystery.

I know the filter is thin, plugs up easy, and doesn't always seat right. Sawdust ingestion is common, but doesn't seem to hurt the machine, other than messing up the carburation.

 

[RVALUE]

I'm not sure that I ever figured that out. I don't have one to look at anymore; I do seem to remember that it was a bit of a mystery.

I know the filter is thin, plugs up easy, and doesn't always seat right. Sawdust ingestion is common, but doesn't seem to hurt the machine, other than messing up the carburation.

True. There is no apparent place for the air to get into the cavity. I'm going to invent one.

 

[RVALUE]

If me and Kim can make the next one, they can race for titles and stuff. Throw in a little cash maybe. Hell, i gotta make a profit somewhere.otstir:

Oh, that says titles. I didn't have on my glasses.....

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Really wanted to be there brother. Just couldnt make it happen. More GTG's in the future. Maybe Matt will have one. Or Steve. Or??

We missed you. Saw posers? Well maybe a wood hack or two. :msp_scared::msp_scared:

Oh, that says titles. I didn't have on my glasses.....

Dirtie old man..

 

[RVALUE]

We missed you. Saw posers? Well maybe a wood hack or two. :msp_scared::msp_scared:




Dirtie old man..

The way he types, there's no telling what it says..... :msp_wank:

 

[RVALUE]

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Any body seen the chicken farmer.

 

[Hedgerow]

Sup saw posers??? Had a little of the wet stuff today. Anybody else?:msp_biggrin:

Yup... It's wet...

 

[Hedgerow]

Really wanted to be there brother. Just couldnt make it happen. More GTG's in the future. Maybe Matt will have one. Or Steve. Or??

Maybe by the next one I'll have this little project done...
Hint? It don't run on gasoline...
:after_boom:

 

[logging22]

Maybe by the next one I'll have this little project done...
Hint? It don't run on gasoline...
:after_boom:

Pics??

 

[Hedgerow]

Pics??

Nope... Got testing and more experimenting to do... If it succeeds, I'll take pics and post...
If it fails, I'll throw it in the trash and nobody will ever know about it...
:msp_biggrin: