Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[turnkey4099]

Yes you can. Go slow when taking down the rakers though. You want the saw to self feed and stay in the powerband but not bog. I'm not sure if they make depth gauge tools that measure outside .025 but @Philbert might know.

I have one chain that came with a saw that "wouldn't cut". The corner of the tooth was messed up and they took the rakers down WAY too far because they thought that was the issue. Philbert ground the tooth past the damage and reshaped the front of the rakers with one of those fancy grinding wheels. After taking a lot of material off the tooth, the rakers were still about .040 down. I haven't tried it in hardwood but in softwood my 550 pulls it awesomely.

Yes they do. Stihl has a 025 and an 030. I use the 030 on all my chains and have cut soft wood, and locusst with an MS310, 361, and 441 with no 'bogging' The Stihl depth gauges also have a very nice 'hook' on one end just for cleaning out the bar grove

 

[Cowboy254]

Thanks for all the kind birthday wishes guys

Well, what did you get then? Something 'extra special' from Mrs Krib? New fiskars perhaps? Or maybe even a new Stihl starting with a 4 or better?

Don't keep us waiting and guessing!

 

[svk]

View attachment 621845 View attachment 621844 @svk you've done a few of the small echo cat muffs. What do you think of leaving the deflector like this with the top piece out.View attachment 621845 and what works best for gutting the cat? Drill bit, hole saw, air chisel.

Do you want to do it right or do it easy?

We put the engine side of the muffler in a vice and heated up the lip over the exterior facing side. Pry the lip open and pull the exterior half off. Cut the cat out then reheat and recrimp the muffler together.

My saw has the exterior deflector and screen removed although I carry it with me in case I'm cutting in dry conditions.

I used the same log and chain to test before and after muffler mod. My 352 went from 11 second cut times to 7.5 seconds. Big difference!

 

[James Miller]

Do you want to do it right or do it easy?

We put the engine side of the muffler in a vice and heated up the lip over the exterior facing side. Pry the lip open and pull the exterior half off. Cut the cat out then reheat and recrimp the muffler together.

My saw has the exterior deflector and screen removed although I carry it with me in case I'm cutting in dry conditions.

I used the same log and chain to test before and after muffler mod. My 352 went from 11 second cut times to 7.5 seconds. Big difference!

I guess I did it easy. I used a hole saw in a drill press and just opened the cat housing all the way threw. Basicly a straight shot to the deflector. Washed the muff out with soap and water 4 times to get any junk out. All back together idle and low are set about right. Going to hit the wood pile tomorrow and find something to tune the high in. Deflector and spark screen stay on this saw as its not mine.

 

[svk]

Nice work. As long as all the bits and pieces are out you are good to go!

 

[farmer steve]

Wow .. I unplug for 2 days and you all left me behind..
So Happy birthday Jeff
Mike I wish you would hurry up and put the Asian saws in some wood I may have some milling to do
James 5 Cubes plus make a big saw lol but you can get by with 70cc
Joe life gets in the way but I don't know how that muscle car is not calling your name

I will catch up more later was only calling for a dusting of snow but I have 3 so I am going to start moving some I was hoping to broom the drive way

Hi Dave. our "dusting turned in to about 5 inches. asked the farmer when he was cutting the corn and they are waiting on it to get drier. the big old oak is just waiting on us.

 

[farmer steve]

drug this ash tree out today so i have something to saw in the new year. gotta get started right.

 

[chucker]

!! what you do on the first day of the new year, you will be doing the rest of the year.... start your saw's scrounger's.

 

[Lowhog]

!! what you do on the first day of the new year, you will be doing the rest of the year.... start your saw's scrounger's.

I'll stay in the house while its 20 below here in Ottertail.

 

[chucker]

I'll stay in the house while its 20 below here in Ottertail.

well normally I would say "I am right behind you" ... but in this case "I am right at home " on this one! lol to danged cold to even go to the set/heated fish house where the eye's are biting!! lol

 

[dancan]

Since it's still summer up here in Igloo that beeline with the tractor to the land of spruce and honey paid off !

Spruce from the side of the road on the way in .
The main objective for the day was to work an ATV trail that had some dead standing and broken tops .

On the way to this trail we cut and hauled roadside another load of tree length spruce and maple for later retrieval [sorry , no pics of that hitch ].
Here's today's trail haul .

Scrounge on gentleman !!!

 

[JustJeff]

Been very cold here for December. High of -14C today. Spent part of the day riding snowmobile trails. It’s the reason I scrounge, propane savings pay for insurance and trail pass. Supposed to be sure enough cold tomorrow, some places are cancelling outdoor New Years celebrations. I plan on riding when I’m not stuffing the stove.

 

[flatbroke]

Had a tough day scrounging. Could have used a brush dragger. But no luck

 

[dancan]

Since this polar vortex has landed we've been lucky , Maine and New Hampshire are certainly way more southerly than me but their temps are like upper Canada .
I'm glad I burn wood , there are reports of electricity grid problems and I hear some areas are having natgas shortages .
-12C/10F tonight for me and no snow , My brother lives 3 hours south of me , closer to Maine and it's been snowing there on and off for the last 4 days .

 

[nomad_archer]

Also, they both have OEM piston bearings and piston pin clips, so I think they will hold up well.

I'm almost afraid I will like em so much I won't want to move em on, but I'm up to 13 runners now, including 2 - 066s, 2- Asian 660s, and one Asian MS 710!

I haven't been keeping up but when did you get into Asian knock offs?

 

[James Miller]

drug this ash tree out today so i have something to saw in the new year. gotta get started right.
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Must have snowed its self out on the hill. I don't think we even got to the 2" they called for here.

 

[chucker]

Had a tough day scrounging. Could have used a brush dragger. But no luck View attachment 621970

!! looking pretty fridged there so better get them car harts out to keep the chill off the muscle shirts....

 

[nomad_archer]

View attachment 621845 View attachment 621844 @svk you've done a few of the small echo cat muffs. What do you think of leaving the deflector like this with the top piece out.View attachment 621845 and what works best for gutting the cat? Drill bit, hole saw, air chisel.

Hole saw is the ticket.

 

[flatbroke]

!! looking pretty fridged there so better get them car harts out to keep the chill off the muscle shirts....

Was lucky to clear the zipper, shrinkage factor was out of control

 

[chucker]

know this!! lol 2" wood tool and a 4" tool pouch don't work well! lol easy to get lost!