Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[LondonNeil]

If it ever stops raining I get to rum a saw ..... I have a few on our property that need to go
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Was going to get to it when the ground froze lol
It's still standing .

We did get a new toy
When I hold a GTG I will make Hats
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Now I can say I have made a Stihl View attachment 655425 View attachment 655426

Steve I will trade you for some asparagus lol

My daughter has that same Wendy house on our patio. I keep considering it.....i reckon it'll hold half a cord if stacked full, half a cord right by the back door to the house....however my daughter is a hardy girl and pays with ot all year round...ha ahhhh, still I'm sure she will grew out of it in a few years and the plastic looks hardy.

 

[Ryan A]

Camping just outside of Maple Grove Raceway near Reading,Pa for my daughters 8th birthday. Wood guy is making a KILLING. 5$ a bundle for the outside pieces.

 

[dancan]

Hot here today , mid 80's , bleh .

 

[rarefish383]

Camping just outside of Maple Grove Raceway near Reading,Pa for my daughters 8th birthday. Wood guy is making a KILLING. 5$ a bundle for the outside pieces.

Used to go to the Summer Nationals at Maple Grove every year, then have dinner at Stoudts. Love their Fat Dog Stout.

 

[chipper1]

That cannon shot is great.
Wish I could do that to the boss's car...lol.

Just flex shot/seal the whole thing without shooting it lol.

 

[Ryan A]

Used to go to the Summer Nationals at Maple Grove every year, then have dinner at Stoudts. Love their Fat Dog Stout.

Fortunate to be where I'm at in the Philly suburbs. 1 hour 10 to Maple Grove, Atco NJ or Cecil County, MD. I used to spend time at Kutztown University and head to the spring swap meet from a buddies dorm.

 

[chipper1]

Hot here today , mid 80's , bleh .

That's cool Dan .
Do they have a locust or white oak brewery.

 

[chipper1]

And you never borrow Cowgirl's saw/s?

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I know I would, oh wait I have one like it .

 

[chipper1]

If it ever stops raining I get to rum a saw ..... I have a few on our property that need to go
View attachment 655421
Was going to get to it when the ground froze lol
It's still standing .

We did get a new toy
When I hold a GTG I will make Hats
View attachment 655423
Now I can say I have made a Stihl View attachment 655425 View attachment 655426

Steve I will trade you for some asparagus lol

I had a couple I wanted to do when it was frozen, then when spring came, hopefully it will be mild this summer .
Those hats are sweet .

 

[Cody]

I'm with you Cody .
I'm not into this hot weather, 50-60 works fine for me, and if it's gonna rain it might as well be 25 and snowing so I can at least do something outside.

Well, we're definitely not used to 90+ degree days in May, not multiple ones, or consecutive ones, but it's sure helped the garden. The worst part of it is all these damn gnats, I here Minnesota is worse though. I sure like fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, sweet corn, beans, peas...the list goes on!! Can't wait to scrounge up all that out of the garden later this summer.

I had a couple I wanted to do when it was frozen, then when spring came, hopefully it will be mild this summer .

Same here, still got one if not two I'd like to take down that are over shading our only remaining apple tree. One of them needs pulled and hopefully I can do it. Then this fall I've already got a dozen oak trees I'd like to take down. Still need to clean up the two I trimmed at the end of the driveway but they're starting to disappear in the foliage and the bugs are just ridiculous.

 

[Cowboy254]

If it ever stops raining I get to rum a saw ..... I have a few on our property that need to go
View attachment 655421
Was going to get to it when the ground froze lol
It's still standing .

We did get a new toy
When I hold a GTG I will make Hats
View attachment 655423
Now I can say I have made a Stihl View attachment 655425 View attachment 655426

Steve I will trade you for some asparagus lol

Those hats are fantastic!

And you never borrow Cowgirl's saw/s?

No I do not borrow Cowgirl's saws. Being the gentleman I am, I have assisted with the break-in process and have been providing guidance on safe operation. As would any good husband.

What made you say 'saws' BTW?

 

[MustangMike]

I try to match the saw to what I have to do. Most of today's cutting was 12" or less, so no need to use anything heavier than my 261, although I did break out the 360 to do some stumping.

660s are great for bucking, but just foolish to limb with one.

I don't care who you are, limbing with a 660 will wear you out prematurely.

 

[KiwiBro]

Those hats are fantastic!



No I do not borrow Cowgirl's saws. Being the gentleman I am, I have assisted with the break-in process and have been providing guidance on safe operation. As would any good husband.

What made you say 'saws' BTW?

Future-proofing my question 'tis all. I'm not saying CAD is a STD but it's contagious nevertheless.

 

[rarefish383]

Fortunate to be where I'm at in the Philly suburbs. 1 hour 10 to Maple Grove, Atco NJ or Cecil County, MD. I used to spend time at Kutztown University and head to the spring swap meet from a buddies dorm.

It was great living through the heyday of muscle cars and drag racing. We had Capital, Budds Creek, 75-80, Mason-Dixon. Here's a pic of my 112" front engine dragster with the engine out. Had a Dodge 340, 727 trans, 8 3/4 rear with Olds axels, 513 gears. Ran a best time of 9.6 at 168 MPH. Wish I had better pics, but that's the only one I could find. Would love to have that car back. It was a Chassis Research chassis. I still have the Chassis Research cast aluminium gas pedal out of it. I keep saying one day I'll build a new car around the gas pedal.

 

[Marine5068]

I try to match the saw to what I have to do. Most of today's cutting was 12" or less, so no need to use anything heavier than my 261, although I did break out the 360 to do some stumping.

660s are great for bucking, but just foolish to limb with one.

I don't care who you are, limbing with a 660 will wear you out prematurely.

I have a MS291 and it is even a bit heavy for some of the small cuts I do. And some days I do lots of those small cuts.
Guess I'll need a smaller saw too.
Now how to convince the wife that I really need another saw....hmmmm

 

[LondonNeil]

I'll convince the forum that ickle saws have their place yet. Heck Philbert may even convince us to go electric. We know from Dan that they run well in spruce

 

[MustangMike]

I have a MS291 and it is even a bit heavy for some of the small cuts I do. And some days I do lots of those small cuts.
Guess I'll need a smaller saw too.
Now how to convince the wife that I really need another saw....hmmmm

Just trade the other one in on it, the women won't know the difference, "it's a saw"!!! Also, pay cash that you earned from your tree/wood work. No trail, no house money.

 

[rarefish383]

I'll convince the forum that ickle saws have their place yet. Heck Philbert may even convince us to go electric. We know from Dan that they run well in spruce

I've been thinking about trying an electric, just waiting for one that will pull 36" to 52" .404.

 

[JustJeff]

“Ickle” saws do have their place. I’d like a smaller good saw. My buddy just picked up a 009 for $10! The rat bassturd! $10 and it runs! I haven’t come across one yet. Not sure I’d lump a 261 in the ickle class but I want one of those too. They feel like a toy after swinging the 460 for a couple hours. For my light saws, I have been using craftsman/poulan 33-42 cc saws. I pick them up for 30-40 bucks and do a muff mod and put Stihl chain on them. Makes for great limbing saw plus it’s nice to own a rat saw that you don’t mind tossing in the back of a truck, boat, tractor etc.

 

[chipper1]

I do quite a bit of cutting with the 40 cc saws, and I like them a lot for limbing out small stuff when I'm in no hurry. They all have picco/lp chain which isn't grabby and they sip fuel, which makes for less fill ups and a better average cut time . Then the 50cc saws for a bit larger stuff, and the 60cc saws and bring two bars if I only want to bring one saw, anything above that is for cutting quick with a 20 or running a 24" bar or larger and isn't even needed much, but they are fun so they get broke out quite a bit .
The reality is I don't need a saw over 60cc's 90% of the time, and could avoid much of that if I choose to, but I have to have some "reason" to run all those 60cc plus saws lol. This is a scroungers thread, so a one saw plan should be more the reality here, but the reality is we've found commonality in this community and we all enjoy saws.