Ash is the best, I'm cutting a lot of it due to the die back at the moment.
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Ash is the best, I'm cutting a lot of it due to the die back at the moment.
Need some bigger logs and longer bar for the 500
First impression is wow.... Instant throttle response, chain stops spinning fairly quickly once off the throttle compared to my other saws.
My daughter and I cut 4 logs, which took up all of the rack behind the cutting deck. Using most of the 20" bar. Saw didn't use even close to a full tank, which Ive gotten my daughter in the habit of topping off fluids after 2 logs using the 261, 362 or 462. I don't like running the saws out of fuel and 2 logs will usually use the majority of a tank, depending on the length and diameter of the log.
Trying to bog this 500i down was another story. It doesnt want to bog in the cut. Lean on it, and it doesnt really slow down, just keeps eating. Next time I have it out, Ill see what it takes to get the chain to stop, but I leaned on it harder than I do the 462 where I can stall the chain and this just kept going.
After the initial start of several pulls to get it going, it hadn't been started at the dealer, restarts were a single pull.
I am VERY impressed with it. If it gets better as it breaks in, I could see it being a go-to instead of the 462 or 661 for everyday use.
Need some bigger logs and longer bar for the 500
Bigger means more work. Age is making me work averse.
Ill get a 28" on it soon. I think Ive got some bigger stuff in my pile.
WayNorth
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Good evening everyone,
We are located in the far north, up in Whitehorse Yukon; and we use wood to heat our house in our cold dry winters. We generally order about 6 cords of pine (cut to @18 - 22" length and split) at a time, which usually lasts us 2 seasons and keep it stacked along the fence near the house.
Our last delivery of firewood was 2 years ago, which we filmed and posted on YouTube
Almost time for us to order some more for the next season...
All the best from Whitehorse, Yukon
Thanks,
We are located in the far north, up in Whitehorse Yukon; and we use wood to heat our house in our cold dry winters. We generally order about 6 cords of pine (cut to @18 - 22" length and split) at a time, which usually lasts us 2 seasons and keep it stacked along the fence near the house.
Our last delivery of firewood was 2 years ago, which we filmed and posted on YouTube
Almost time for us to order some more for the next season...
All the best from Whitehorse, Yukon
Thanks,
Iowawoodguy
ArboristSite Operative
Got a lot of splitting to do.
Welcome!
Best get your order in early.
I ordered two loads five weeks ago, with a six week lag. It only gets longer from now through fall.
I like to order next springs logs in early fall, late fall delivery and have them on the ground, so the road frost weight limits don't hold me up in the spring.
Edit: I did that a couple years ago and they did not get to me. Missed some nice spring days to work on it. I order two loads, when one is done, I order two more. Has worked out pretty good.
Its to hot for this ....... Just saying .... Seems like im scoring a ton of logs in 100 degree heat and humidity.. ugh
Before, and after.
After several more rows, the 35 cord on the right may get moved and double stacked on the left, to open the entire right side for this falls processing. That will make early in early out rotation for sales easier in the spring. There is rear access down the far left side to the rear, where pallet storage is also. It is working out better than I had hoped. Getting 200 more pallets this coming Tuesday.
Edit w/2 more photos: Cutting up 40 pallets I had planned to repair. There is now room for two more truckloads of logs on left of drive, stacked side by side, coming this week or next.
After several more rows, the 35 cord on the right may get moved and double stacked on the left, to open the entire right side for this falls processing. That will make early in early out rotation for sales easier in the spring. There is rear access down the far left side to the rear, where pallet storage is also. It is working out better than I had hoped. Getting 200 more pallets this coming Tuesday.
Edit w/2 more photos: Cutting up 40 pallets I had planned to repair. There is now room for two more truckloads of logs on left of drive, stacked side by side, coming this week or next.
WayNorth
New Member
Good evening everyone,
Well this is our firewood from last year, after we stacked most of it up....
All the best from the Yukon,
Thanks,
Well this is our firewood from last year, after we stacked most of it up....
All the best from the Yukon,
Thanks,
Almost 400 pallets added the last couple weeks;
The single stacks are last years wood; due to Covid 19 I'm not selling firewood this year, copd, old age and all. When the double stacked side fills out a few more rows, last years wood will get moved and double stacked also, opening up the left side for next springs splitting. Five gallons of fuel and an afternoon. Many of these covers are UV deteriorated and will be removed and trashed before they break down more.
EDIT: Trying covers silver side up instead of the black side to see if they last longer.
3rd photo is yesterdays (1) cord worth of chips;
Only did 3/4 cord today, late afternoon start.
The last two are two different day after the cutting is done, Oval Beach is a city owned beach on Lake Michigan.
Typically there is 300' of beach from the parking lot to the water.
This summer it is down to maybe half that or less.
Off to the beach tonight with a couple low folding chairs.
The single stacks are last years wood; due to Covid 19 I'm not selling firewood this year, copd, old age and all. When the double stacked side fills out a few more rows, last years wood will get moved and double stacked also, opening up the left side for next springs splitting. Five gallons of fuel and an afternoon. Many of these covers are UV deteriorated and will be removed and trashed before they break down more.
EDIT: Trying covers silver side up instead of the black side to see if they last longer.
3rd photo is yesterdays (1) cord worth of chips;
Only did 3/4 cord today, late afternoon start.
The last two are two different day after the cutting is done, Oval Beach is a city owned beach on Lake Michigan.
Typically there is 300' of beach from the parking lot to the water.
This summer it is down to maybe half that or less.
Off to the beach tonight with a couple low folding chairs.
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Iowawoodguy
ArboristSite Operative
Getting the hang of using a maul.
thewoodlands
ArboristSite Operative
I put the paint brush down and started getting some firewood for the inventory,
I felled two Yellow Birch to make room for plowing snow and it will make the entrance to the small gully bigger and easier.
Picture 0626 is the first smaller Yellow Birch, 0627 & 0628 is the rounds from the Birch, 0629,30,31 is the second Birch that I felled today and the rest of the pictures are what I plan to fell so that whole area is open.
I felled two Yellow Birch to make room for plowing snow and it will make the entrance to the small gully bigger and easier.
Picture 0626 is the first smaller Yellow Birch, 0627 & 0628 is the rounds from the Birch, 0629,30,31 is the second Birch that I felled today and the rest of the pictures are what I plan to fell so that whole area is open.
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thewoodlands
ArboristSite Operative
Just some pictures of the Yellow Birch (3 separate trees) that I felled today, there is still more bucking left but once I ran out of water, I called it a day. One part of this Yellow Birch was very small like a branch and the first part I felled, I forgot to take a picture.
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thewoodlands
ArboristSite Operative
Yesterday I took care of the tops from two Yellow Birch, there isn't any big wood but these rounds will give off some btu's. I did get all the small branches off to the side with some on the backhill but I can get through the trail after I cleared everything that was down. I did drag one top out of an old trail using the rhino, it also put me cutting in an area that had some shade.
One of the pictures is the gully at the base of backhill that will need limbing up more for our RTV.
One of the pictures is the gully at the base of backhill that will need limbing up more for our RTV.
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This is our yard from last week. All done processing last year's wood. Cleaned up now, organized, and ready for the next 100 cord.
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Log pile grew a bit, and neighbor up the road asked for help removing some trees off his lot. If that happens ill be set for wood for the next few years. May even have to put up another wood shed. Good problems to have I guess.
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