Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Steve, if you make it up 95, was it Albany, I can squeeze a couple of my smaller Homelites in your back seat. I know I have an XL 900 series I could get rid of, maybe a C72, and I have a Super 1050 that I cooked the cylinder and piston on, I've got a new used cylinder and new greek piston, and an nos carb still in the box. The two 80CC saws probably haver 20-24" bars and the 1050 has a 24 and 36 with new chains. I have another XL 924 with a 30" bar but want to keep that one, and another Super 1050 that I use as my back up milling saw. I could probably throw the old Zip-6 in too, it's in the 80-90CC range, made mid late 60's. Let me know when you're heading up the road, Joe.

Ooh this deal keeps sounding better!!

Heading up around Presidents weekend, will see if I can convince the rest of the occupants to make a pit stop in your area.

 

[James Miller]

You went from GAD to FAD lol.
Maybe I'm talking about myself now, cause I surely don't suffer from CAD.
Scrounged a box off the porch today today .
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I'd like to find a 291 for my brother to replace his problem child 028. He has no need for a saw that size but won't buy a small saw cause I guess it would make him feel less manly. Wish he would just buy my 490 so I could pick up a nice 40cc saw .

 

[KiwiBro]

I'd like to find a 291 for my brother to replace his problem child 028. He has no need for a saw that size but won't buy a small saw cause I guess it would make him feel less manly. Wish he would just buy my 490 so I could pick up a nice 40cc saw .

I have it on good authority cowboy is trending towards small saw sissification too. What's next? eCAD?

 

[James Miller]

I have it on good authority cowboy is trending towards small saw sissification too. What's next? eCAD?

This is how eCAD starts.

 

[farmer steve]

I'd like to find a 291 for my brother to replace his problem child 028. He has no need for a saw that size but won't buy a small saw cause I guess it would make him feel less manly. Wish he would just buy my 490 so I could pick up a nice 40cc saw .

290 sittin in the shop that don't see me action anymore since i got the 241.

 

[nomad_archer]

today's scrounge. a BIG white oak limb i found in hunting season. had to noodle some and stihl couldn't lift some with the bad back.got a few buckets of the the small limb wood home. in the "swamp" @nomad_archer .
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Nice. Let me know when you want to get the rest out of the swamp. After christmas may not be a bad time. I can walk to swamp for you and see if we can get any deer moving, then load up the wood. Also when is the massive white oak top down back on the agenda?

 

[svk]

Heading out to do a little cutting in a bit.

I'm curious how my AT saw will run off the bat in 60 degree temps at sea level when it was last operated in 20 degree temps at 1300 feet.

 

[chipper1]

Heading out to do a little cutting in a bit.

I'm curious how my AT saw will run off the bat in 60 degree temps at sea level when it was last operated in 20 degree temps at 1300 feet.

If it was a 572 like a legend .

 

[chipper1]

View attachment 618575 Had to start moving some of the oak chunks today to make room for the next batch. Pulled that old trailer out of the tree line a few weeks ago it sat buried for years and the only thing wrong with it is the tires don't hold air very well anymore.

Grab a couple spares from junk yard and you will be all set.

 

[MustangMike]

Yea, I hear the 572 runs just as well as the 462, and is only a little more than a pound heavier!

 

[Bobby Kirbos]

View attachment 618589This is how eCAD starts.

Yeah... I don't see an electric chainsaw in my future.
Short story long...

I will have that large maple to contend with next spring. In the interest of not making a ton of noise in the back yard all summer, I was considering that cheap Harbor Freight electric saw for the small stuff. It would be like $30 if I get it on sale and then add the 20% off coupon.

THEN

We did the last yard cleanup for the season which involved trimming the hedges. For that, I have an electric Black & Decker trimmer. HOLY CRAP was that power cord annoying. So annoying in fact that I looked at gas powered hedge trimmers. THEN the wife brought me back to earth - for the 1 time per year that I use it, it's not worth the $200+ for a gas trimmer. No big deal... I'll spend that $200 on a CS-310, or maybe add a few more $$ to it and get a CS-352.

 

[rarefish383]

I have it on good authority cowboy is trending towards small saw sissification too. What's next? eCAD?

I can remember when my smallest saw was a 70CC Homelite, now I have an MSA 170, lowdy I'm getting old and weak, Joe.

 

[Philbert]

Yeah... I don't see an electric chainsaw in my future. . . . I was considering that cheap Harbor Freight electric saw for the small stuff. It would be like $30 if I get it on sale and then add the 20% off coupon.

Harbor Freight $30 item is not a 'chainsaw', anymore that a cardboard box is a 'house'.

I'm down to maybe a dozen corded electric saws (not counting the battery ones).

Scrounged a lot of wood with them.

Philbert

 

[woodchip rookie]

I have it on good authority cowboy is trending towards small saw sissification too. What's next? eCAD?

eCAD is so 1990's...kids nowadays have iCAD.

 

[woodchip rookie]

I'd like to find a 291 for my brother to replace his problem child 028. He has no need for a saw that size but won't buy a small saw cause I guess it would make him feel less manly. Wish he would just buy my 490 so I could pick up a nice 40cc saw .

I wish he would buy your 490 also. So you could buy my 445. So I could buy a 550xp.

 

[James Miller]

Yeah... I don't see an electric chainsaw in my future.
Short story long...

I will have that large maple to contend with next spring. In the interest of not making a ton of noise in the back yard all summer, I was considering that cheap Harbor Freight electric saw for the small stuff. It would be like $30 if I get it on sale and then add the 20% off coupon.

THEN

We did the last yard cleanup for the season which involved trimming the hedges. For that, I have an electric Black & Decker trimmer. HOLY CRAP was that power cord annoying. So annoying in fact that I looked at gas powered hedge trimmers. THEN the wife brought me back to earth - for the 1 time per year that I use it, it's not worth the $200+ for a gas trimmer. No big deal... I'll spend that $200 on a CS-310, or maybe add a few more $$ to it and get a CS-352.

That old plug in saw only gets used beside the splitter for quick trimming. It saves time in that situation grab saw pull trigger make cut. I won't be picking up an esaw to work in the wood pile any time soon.

 

[KiwiBro]

eCAD is so 1990's...kids nowadays have iCAD.

Can I get that on Android or just Apple?

 

[chipper1]

I wish he would buy your 490 also. So you could buy my 445. So I could buy a 550xp.

So I can buy a 390xp lol. Not sure how that would work, but it just sounded right since I've got a few 372's .

 

[chipper1]

Yea, I hear the 572 runs just as well as the 462, and is only a little more than a pound heavier!

They say the 261 is lighter than the Husky 550, but I don't feel that when holding it, same with the 241, but I am a fan of those, but not because of how they feel in hand.
I think there is a lot of hype on both models, and even my post above in regards to it being a legend is me mocking husky. The more saws you run the fewer that have the wow factor, good thing I like to run them all .

 

[95custmz]

Yeah... I don't see an electric chainsaw in my future.
Short story long...

I will have that large maple to contend with next spring. In the interest of not making a ton of noise in the back yard all summer, I was considering that cheap Harbor Freight electric saw for the small stuff. It would be like $30 if I get it on sale and then add the 20% off coupon.

THEN

We did the last yard cleanup for the season which involved trimming the hedges. For that, I have an electric Black & Decker trimmer. HOLY CRAP was that power cord annoying. So annoying in fact that I looked at gas powered hedge trimmers. THEN the wife brought me back to earth - for the 1 time per year that I use it, it's not worth the $200+ for a gas trimmer. No big deal... I'll spend that $200 on a CS-310, or maybe add a few more $$ to it and get a CS-352.

You're right about the power cord, big PIA. Because of that and the fact I only trim the hedges about twice a year, I found an old $20 Craftsman hedge trimmer on CL that only required a new plug and Fuel line. Way better than the electric!