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At first glance it appears that the dog only has 3 legs.
I did'nt know if anybody would.......................
Oklahoma ice storm, hardware store smiling
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I did'nt know if anybody would.......................
Trigger-Time
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No on the 270.............140 grs. VS 491 grs. For limmimg I will
take full choke 12 ga every time.
one well placed shot of #6's willcut a 2" dia limb at 40' up.
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I shoot a few thousand rounds a year, on avg about 8000 of 12ga
Skeet, Trap, Sporting Clays and a little Tactical. This saw stuff
has really slowed the shooting down...........
I used to shoot probably 300 rounds per weekend of skeet. Very light, skeet loads. What a fun sport and it did wonders for my hunting skills. Trap was OK but I really enjoyed sporting clays/wobble trap as something different. I never thought of using it to my advantage in my timbering skills. Wow, what you can learn from this sight, lol.
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I used to work in the shop at a hardware store and a major ice storm
hit. My power at the house for a couple of weeks, when I would get to
work, the parking lot was full of "desperate" people, all of them with big
problems.
The store's saws and heaters, and generators were sold in the first 1/2
hour, and the distributors stockpiles were already on the way to other
hardware stores. The owner drove to Tenn. to get a trailer load of heaters,
and they were gone in an hour the next morn. He ordered a tractor trailer
load the next day, I warned him it was too late, as Lowes had already
beaten him to the punch. He got them in, and he was too late. He was selling them at suggested retail, and of course Lowes had them a lot cheaper.
So many of the locals accused him of gouging, but in his defense, he had
to pay a lot in freight.
From my perspective, I had hundreds of folks wanting there stuff fixed,
all of them NOW!!!! So I decided early on, fix heaters and generators first,
the limbs in the front yard can wait. So saws were put on a back burner.
My power was out for two weeks along with everyone else's, so sob stories
were not much use.
A humorous sidenote, the guy from the county went to Lowes and bought
a fleet of 30 wildthings at Lowes, he brought half of them to me a month later
wanting warranty work done on them, they were leaving huge puddles of oil
everywhere. I laughed and said that was normal. The owner of the
hardware store told him to get their dam saws out of his store.
A guy from the state had been by earlier that day investigating the
gouging complaints, so he was kind of testy.
After 2 weeks of insane madness, two 70 work weeks later, my
paycheck was not much bigger, so much for a grateful town.
Just rambling on, to kind of put it in perspective, I wouldn't expect that
saw to be done anytime soon.
hit. My power at the house for a couple of weeks, when I would get to
work, the parking lot was full of "desperate" people, all of them with big
problems.
The store's saws and heaters, and generators were sold in the first 1/2
hour, and the distributors stockpiles were already on the way to other
hardware stores. The owner drove to Tenn. to get a trailer load of heaters,
and they were gone in an hour the next morn. He ordered a tractor trailer
load the next day, I warned him it was too late, as Lowes had already
beaten him to the punch. He got them in, and he was too late. He was selling them at suggested retail, and of course Lowes had them a lot cheaper.
So many of the locals accused him of gouging, but in his defense, he had
to pay a lot in freight.
From my perspective, I had hundreds of folks wanting there stuff fixed,
all of them NOW!!!! So I decided early on, fix heaters and generators first,
the limbs in the front yard can wait. So saws were put on a back burner.
My power was out for two weeks along with everyone else's, so sob stories
were not much use.
A humorous sidenote, the guy from the county went to Lowes and bought
a fleet of 30 wildthings at Lowes, he brought half of them to me a month later
wanting warranty work done on them, they were leaving huge puddles of oil
everywhere. I laughed and said that was normal. The owner of the
hardware store told him to get their dam saws out of his store.
A guy from the state had been by earlier that day investigating the
gouging complaints, so he was kind of testy.
After 2 weeks of insane madness, two 70 work weeks later, my
paycheck was not much bigger, so much for a grateful town.
Just rambling on, to kind of put it in perspective, I wouldn't expect that
saw to be done anytime soon.
I guess it wouldn't bother me too much if he would not have had it for more than a week prior to the storm. He had probably 4 days after he got the part to get it fixed but he couldn't find time to do it. He had the part on the saw Thursday or Friday of last week. He just hasn't taken the time to tune the saw. I check with him every couple of days so he knows I am wanting my saw back. I just feel that he had more than enough time to get it fixed by now. Every time I'm in he says "I'm just getting ready to work on your saw". I'm sure he changes his tune once I'm out of the store. Anyway, I'll stop beating a dead horse and just hope I get it soon. :deadhorse:
Why do the wildthings leave the oil puddles? I've heard or read somewhere that if you will loosen the bar oil cap and let the pressure off then they won't do this. The hard part is remembering to do this.
My hardware store guy has a good supply of saws right now. He sold 4 MS250's to the county yesterday along with gas cans, bar oil, extra chains, engine oil etc. Says he won't likely order any more unless he has a large enough order to get a break on the freight. If he does, he'll have to charge more than his current price. He said he ordered enough last time to get "free" freight. They were sold out of heaters early and all their generators were rented. They usually stick to their guns and sell what they have but don't try to make "extra" by going out and buying lots of extras. I really hope they do well. They provide pretty good service overall and are handy to have so close. I just wish he had taken the extra time he had prior to the storm to fix my saw. Damn, theres that dead horse again. Greg
Why do the wildthings leave the oil puddles? I've heard or read somewhere that if you will loosen the bar oil cap and let the pressure off then they won't do this. The hard part is remembering to do this.
My hardware store guy has a good supply of saws right now. He sold 4 MS250's to the county yesterday along with gas cans, bar oil, extra chains, engine oil etc. Says he won't likely order any more unless he has a large enough order to get a break on the freight. If he does, he'll have to charge more than his current price. He said he ordered enough last time to get "free" freight. They were sold out of heaters early and all their generators were rented. They usually stick to their guns and sell what they have but don't try to make "extra" by going out and buying lots of extras. I really hope they do well. They provide pretty good service overall and are handy to have so close. I just wish he had taken the extra time he had prior to the storm to fix my saw. Damn, theres that dead horse again. Greg
