Not a good day. 3 days ago 'Craig' called me. 1/2 a big locust had falled from 'Russ's' lot into his field. Niether of us had Russ's phone number, he and his wife were in care homes somewhere. Craig wanted me to clean up the tree (I had already offered). I didn't want the wood, jus the fun and exercise doing it. From the road it looked like a smallish stem, figured one day. Me and Craig agreed that I would clean it up, haul the brush and stack the firwood sepearate from my stash in case anyone showed up to claim it. Not a bad haul, about 1/2 cord
Day 1 - Thusday: I arrived and found the down stem to be big, 24" + at the base. Someone had been "working" at it but there was no pattern to his attack, Random cuts, severed branches, chunks cut up into random lenghts, not much done at all. Found out later from the house renter that "joe" had turned up to work on it but didn't have a saw, borrowed hers'. Never came back (she didn't say if he returned the saw.
So day one was brush clearance - had planned to donate it to Von next time I went down on the willow clearance project. Not to be. Lots of brush and I had to do something with it, wound up with 2 1/2 loads in my wood storage lot - I'll burn it next time we have a good rain or next winter.
Was having some problems with my 'go-to' MS361'. run great but set it down a few minute and it would be stubborn starting. Then I found it would start by giving it a "manly" pull vice my "old mans p88888 pull"
Finished with most of brush hauled and a lot of the top cut to 16".
Day 2, Friday: Whittlign around on the main log still attached to the tree, Jammed the 361 truning to cut the log free, Pull the power head and used the old MS310 to free it. Remounted bar chain on 361 and no start. Great! Now I was down to the old, well clapped out 310. and the 192T. Managed to cut up eveery thing except a few branches trapped under the log. Turned to noodling rounds. Not to be, the 310 with good sharp chain didn't have the pwer to pull chain on a noodling cut. Back home and mounted the MS441 with a 20" bar and fresh chain.with plans to finish in the morning
Today, Hi Ho! Hi Ho' off we go for a short session noodling and loading...HAH!
Couldn't pull the 441 more than one rev at a pull so no start...Okay...try 310 again. Suffered through 4 blocks having to baby it all the way. then the light dawned "MS441 HAS A COMPRESSION RELEASE DUMMY".
Swapped chains bars and for one reason or another nothing worked except the last resort.
Ended by nooding remaining rounds with the 441 wearing a 32" bar.
I now have a day planned for tomorrow sorting out every chain I have (at least a dozen), sharpening them.
The MS361 waa diagnosed as a failed ignition module. He had a tester on it when I checked ywesterday, pull normally and no spark. Give a good heave and it would spark. He will order parts and keep me advised.
Day 1 - Thusday: I arrived and found the down stem to be big, 24" + at the base. Someone had been "working" at it but there was no pattern to his attack, Random cuts, severed branches, chunks cut up into random lenghts, not much done at all. Found out later from the house renter that "joe" had turned up to work on it but didn't have a saw, borrowed hers'. Never came back (she didn't say if he returned the saw.
So day one was brush clearance - had planned to donate it to Von next time I went down on the willow clearance project. Not to be. Lots of brush and I had to do something with it, wound up with 2 1/2 loads in my wood storage lot - I'll burn it next time we have a good rain or next winter.
Was having some problems with my 'go-to' MS361'. run great but set it down a few minute and it would be stubborn starting. Then I found it would start by giving it a "manly" pull vice my "old mans p88888 pull"
Finished with most of brush hauled and a lot of the top cut to 16".
Day 2, Friday: Whittlign around on the main log still attached to the tree, Jammed the 361 truning to cut the log free, Pull the power head and used the old MS310 to free it. Remounted bar chain on 361 and no start. Great! Now I was down to the old, well clapped out 310. and the 192T. Managed to cut up eveery thing except a few branches trapped under the log. Turned to noodling rounds. Not to be, the 310 with good sharp chain didn't have the pwer to pull chain on a noodling cut. Back home and mounted the MS441 with a 20" bar and fresh chain.with plans to finish in the morning
Today, Hi Ho! Hi Ho' off we go for a short session noodling and loading...HAH!
Couldn't pull the 441 more than one rev at a pull so no start...Okay...try 310 again. Suffered through 4 blocks having to baby it all the way. then the light dawned "MS441 HAS A COMPRESSION RELEASE DUMMY".
Swapped chains bars and for one reason or another nothing worked except the last resort.
Ended by nooding remaining rounds with the 441 wearing a 32" bar.
I now have a day planned for tomorrow sorting out every chain I have (at least a dozen), sharpening them.
The MS361 waa diagnosed as a failed ignition module. He had a tester on it when I checked ywesterday, pull normally and no spark. Give a good heave and it would spark. He will order parts and keep me advised.
