Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[abbott295]

Bias-ply tires.

 

[LondonNeil]

I like the baby stroller/trolley casually parked nearby the wood pile.

Ha! I nearly took a photo of that but didn't think it was interesting enough, glad you noticed it though. That old pram is my wood hauler. I use it to move rounds and logs from the driveway out front to where ever I'm stacking, I use it to move splits from the splitting area to the final stack, I use it to move splits up to the house. I fill several ikea Blue tote bags with splits, pile several bags into, under and on top of the pram and wheel to the back door then carry the bags inside. Its nice big wheels roll well even on my wintry and very wet rear lawn, London clay soil, euk, heavy and virtually impervious to rain. My lawn can get very very boggy over winter so I try to stay off it as much as I can or it'll end up a mud bath rather than a [poor] lawn. I'd been using it to carry saw and bits down to the wood pile and to move rounds the 10 feet from the pile to my temporary bucking table (the pile of pallets) and to move pallets around 3 at a time, just to minimise the amount of walking around. Its great that pram, so overbuilt as a pram its super tough! I've had massive rounds of ash balanced in it, its regularly bounced down steps when loaded, and 3 ikea bags of dry splits is a fair weight too. Its been in use about 18-20 months and must have moved about 6-7 cord of green wood and 3 cord of dry splits. I'll miss it when I finally overload it one time too many and break it. I've already decided I'd get one of those garden trolleys to replace it but I'm not sure it wold be so good.

 

[LondonNeil]

Bias-ply tires.

Moisture meters.

If we say those words will the spider appear?

 

[JustJeff]

I’m out of the Husqvarna business. Just sold my first real saw, the 365xt. Really liked that saw but It hasn’t seen much use since since I got the 460. Sigh. I miss it already.

 

[LondonNeil]

Like an ex girlfriend? Not as capable as the wife but fun at the time

 

[rarefish383]

We need a Vent, Rant, Scream thread! Or maybe "Scrounging" will work? I over slept, got up at 5, had one tablespoon of coffee left, how do you get 3 cups from one tablespoon? WEAK! The first thread I see is a list of Do's and Don'ts. It says I must have a fire-putter-outer next to the stove. I do, it's a 100 year old brass unit with a glass cup inside with hydrocloric acid in it. When you turn it upside down it reacts and squirts water out, check. I must have a smoke smeller thing. When they built the house in 87 they put one in, check. I got tired of reading, with clear coffee how can you read a do's and don't list, so I stuffed it in the stove and hit it with the Bernz-O-Matic. Can I use my BernO-Matic to start a fire? Then I noticed the thread was 10 years old, and I got suckered into responding to it. I dropped off a new tractor tire to be mounted, NO MY TRACTOR DOES NOT HAVE SEAT BELTS, so while I'm out I'm stopping at 7-11 for a cup of coffee. I have one request, stop bringing up 10 year old threads of stupid list, posted by people that left 8 years ago, because they didn't wear their PPE and got squished when the tried to throw a big leaner the wrong way, Joe.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Did you type all that with your safety glasses on?!

 

[rarefish383]

Actually, yes. I had my Oakly full wrap, Deep Water Polarized, Poly carbonate shooting glasses on. They are also my prescription glasses and I can't see with out them. I got a big cup of real coffee in me so I can ease up on the guy that never does anything wrong on the "Do's and Don't" list, Joe.

 

[rarefish383]

But, I'm still in shorts, t shirt and crocks, loading up a cord of Oak for my neighbor. I'm also I little cranky because the Briggs on my Huskee won't crank. Taking it to the Briggs Doctor. It may get replaced with a Predator, Joe.

 

[chipper1]

Bias-ply tires.

Don't knock em, been over 150 on them many times , and what a great ride.

That is not the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere is the Great Salt Lake desert in between SLC and the Nevada border. It's as close to being on the moon as you can get in this country. There's no birds, no bees, no bugs, no deer, coyote, people, houses, trees, grass, weeds or even dirt. If you have never been there you should go. There's so much nothing there it's worth seeing.

Sounds like something/or not something to go see , I'll be sure to take pictures , cause of nothing .

Treat yourself to a new 661 and you'll be up and about, long time.

I've heard stihls cure all sorts of things .

Dealer has changed the plug twice now. I even pulled it to check to see if it was flooded. I have tried to use the saw for 2 months now and have only gotten one tank run dry...and that is a dinky little tank.

Been in a funk for the past couipel days, couldn't get up any ambition at all so jsut sat around the house.

Sorry to here that, I been right there with you. It was a bummer because we got the last blast of upper 50-60 degree wether here and I had some things I wanted to get done, ever counter flash a chimney with big gloves on .
I wonder if it has a pinched line right from the factory, one that was a little long and now has a kink. Doesn't seem like it with the symptoms, but it's also odd being that it's a new saw. I've not heard of anyone having these problems with any of the echo products let alone this ones specifically, and I did a lot of reading on them this summer as I bought a bunch of top handles this year and wanted to be up on the issues of all the models(there really isn't to many options out there.

 

[chipper1]

Moisture meters.

If we say those words will the spider appear?

He just might .
If you want really dry wood, you gotta have a stihl mm, it's a stihl thing you wouldn't understand .

 

[chipper1]

Actually, yes. I had my Oakly full wrap, Deep Water Polarized, Poly carbonate shooting glasses on. They are also my prescription glasses and I can't see with out them. I got a big cup of real coffee in me so I can ease up on the guy that never does anything wrong on the "Do's and Don't" list, Joe.

That's awesome, I have safety glasses with readers, really helps when you have to read those lists of dos and don'ts in the mornings by the wood stove .
If you were a little closer I would have thrown another pot on for ya .

 

[nomad_archer]

Man it would be a scroungers paradise up at camp. They are cutting timber everywhere. There are good everywhere you look. In the last few years it hasn't been uncommon to hunt with a chorus of saws and heavy equipment in the background. This time we scrounged up some deer. My hunting buddy got a doe on Saturday and I scored one on Monday afternoon. She wasn't as big as I thought but she will taste better than that tag. It was a banner seeason up at camp. Three hunters and 4 deer. We didn't see many deer but the ones we did see took a ride in the truck.

 

[chipper1]

I’m out of the Husqvarna business. Just sold my first real saw, the 365xt. Really liked that saw but It hasn’t seen much use since since I got the 460. Sigh. I miss it already.

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That's alright, the 460 will keep up okay, beside the 460 has a better resale value if you need the cash down the rd and they normally sell a little quicker as stihl has done a lot of advertising for us .
I like the 365xtorq a lot though, great saw.
The great thing is if you want another there will be plenty for sale in the near future with everyone getting all pumped about the next greatest saw in the world hitting the market soon, either the orange one or the creamsicle version.
Here's one I scrounged up, I also have one with a standard handle I should list, it has very low hrs on, this one has a good amount of hrs in it.

 

[chipper1]

Man it would be a scroungers paradise up at camp. They are cutting timber everywhere. There are good everywhere you look. In the last few years it hasn't been uncommon to hunt with a chorus of saws and heavy equipment in the background. This time we scrounged up some deer. My hunting buddy got a doe on Saturday and I scored one on Monday afternoon. She wasn't as big as I thought but she will taste better than that tag. It was a banner seeason up at camp. Three hunters and 4 deer. We didn't see many deer but the ones we did see took a ride in the truck.

Nice work Trevor .
Way to get us back on topic as well .

 

[panolo]

Yours too?? I bought one. CS 303T, as an emergency fill in for my Stihl 193T. I have not managed to get any use out of it. Fires right up in the morning, runs/cuts well (when it warms up which takes a quit a bit of cutting before it finally leans out). Shut it down to pile brush, pick it up and can't even get a "pop" out of it. Multiple trips back to dealer who can find no problem with it.

I know in larger equip we have seen vapor lock, bad/weak diaphragm pump, spark plugs, and coils act the same way. Most times it was always fuel related and usually at that it was the diaphragm. Good luck and I hope it gets figured out. Nothing worse than having lost confidence in a piece of equip.

 

[panolo]

@chipper1 That thing is pretty enough for the Swedish bikini team

 

[muddstopper]

methuselah 16pt

 

[chipper1]

@chipper1 That thing is pretty enough for the Swedish bikini team

I've got a couple others too .
The oe in this ad is the real clean one, both the xtorq above and the xpw build in this ad have some hrs on them.
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/couple-more-372s-two-for-tuesday-sale.314734/

 

[MustangMike]

My first Mustang, a 1967 289 4 speed fastback, had Goodyear Polyglass belted wide ovals, they were considered Bad A$$ at the time. I did a lot of "drifting" with that car before I ever heard of the term!

Yea, there is an advantage to owning a Husky saw ... there are always plenty of parts saws available to help you out with repairs!!!

Muddstopper, Real nice Buck, but don't drink the water he was drinking!!!