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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Two big chunks of scrounged blue gum, about 15kgs (33 pounds) each in the heater at 8.30pm = nice and warm in the morning.
I can remember the tree it came from, it was the first tree I dropped with Limby a couple of years ago, good times.
This wood has less ash in it than a monster blue gum I cut that was in more exposed territory, it really isn't bad from an ash perspective (as far as blue gum goes at any rate). Can't knock the BTUs though. Very good for overnight burning.
I can remember the tree it came from, it was the first tree I dropped with Limby a couple of years ago, good times.
This wood has less ash in it than a monster blue gum I cut that was in more exposed territory, it really isn't bad from an ash perspective (as far as blue gum goes at any rate). Can't knock the BTUs though. Very good for overnight burning.
Joe, I saw this on craigslist and thought of you.
Alaskan Chainsaw mill - $350 (Griffin)
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For sale a Alaskan chainsaw mill, Will cut 1/2 inch to 12 inch by 42 inches wide. Engine was running when placed in storage 30 years ago, i am not able to try to start now. Just trying to sell the mill, if engine will run then great to who buys. Comes with 2 extra bars and chains,one is 36 inch the other looks to be a 24 or 28 inch bar. Chains look new.Have manual and parts list to go with the saw.
Saw is a Homelite XP 1100, 100 cc.
Alaskan Chainsaw mill - $350 (Griffin)
image 1 of 3
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap
(google map)
For sale a Alaskan chainsaw mill, Will cut 1/2 inch to 12 inch by 42 inches wide. Engine was running when placed in storage 30 years ago, i am not able to try to start now. Just trying to sell the mill, if engine will run then great to who buys. Comes with 2 extra bars and chains,one is 36 inch the other looks to be a 24 or 28 inch bar. Chains look new.Have manual and parts list to go with the saw.
Saw is a Homelite XP 1100, 100 cc.
Joe, I saw this on craigslist and thought of you.
Alaskan Chainsaw mill - $350 (Griffin)
image 1 of 3
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap
(google map)
For sale a Alaskan chainsaw mill, Will cut 1/2 inch to 12 inch by 42 inches wide. Engine was running when placed in storage 30 years ago, i am not able to try to start now. Just trying to sell the mill, if engine will run then great to who buys. Comes with 2 extra bars and chains,one is 36 inch the other looks to be a 24 or 28 inch bar. Chains look new.Have manual and parts list to go with the saw.
Saw is a Homelite XP 1100, 100 cc.
Ahh, the magic words.
Wow, I'd love that XP1100, little too far for me to drive though. If he had a 60" bar, I might change my mind.Joe, I saw this on craigslist and thought of you.
Alaskan Chainsaw mill - $350 (Griffin)
image 1 of 3
© craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap
(google map)
For sale a Alaskan chainsaw mill, Will cut 1/2 inch to 12 inch by 42 inches wide. Engine was running when placed in storage 30 years ago, i am not able to try to start now. Just trying to sell the mill, if engine will run then great to who buys. Comes with 2 extra bars and chains,one is 36 inch the other looks to be a 24 or 28 inch bar. Chains look new.Have manual and parts list to go with the saw.
Saw is a Homelite XP 1100, 100 cc.
Looking at the old milling saw, I stopped in the shop I bought my dump trailer from, they are a Stihl dealer now, so I asked for a price on a 36" 3/8 .050 chain for my mill. He said $60. That's a little cheaper than the Southern States that is a Stihl dealer also. Then he said we have a buy one get one one policy here. So, I got two 36" 115 DL chains for $62.96. A couple weeks ago the SS charged $34 for a little chain for my MS170. I know where I'm getting my chains now.
Yep that’s what I’m pretty much doing every night now, on the milder nights I put them across the other way as it’s a slower burn. I’ve got a little yard stick marked up with width, depth and height of the fire box. The overnight stuff I’m burning now went through the yard stick splitting process two years ago. It’s a delight to have two monster logs which only just fit in the fire place, pretty much load the fire twice in a 24hr period.
The weather man was saying on the news last night that yesterday (11th of July) is statistically the coldest day in southern Australia so statistically it will get hotter from here on. Loving the cool winter even love the ride to work on the pushy on the frosty mornings.
34 bucks for a low profile chain?!!! Did I read that wrong? I thought $19 was high at the Stihl dealer by my aunts house!
Storm rolled in about 1 AM. Closest lighting strike I’ve ever experienced a few minutes later. It was behind the house so I didn’t see the hit from my bedroom window but it was CLOSE. Going to grab a cup of coffee and take a walk in a minute to see if I can find the struck tree.
We’ve had well over 4” of rain in the past 24 hours. 6” in the prior ten days and well over a foot in June. No forest fire risk here anyhow.
We’ve had well over 4” of rain in the past 24 hours. 6” in the prior ten days and well over a foot in June. No forest fire risk here anyhow.
Oz Lumberjack
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Nice score Cowboy, hard to beat the heat of a good dense gum. What part of Vic are you located?
Heard from a friend that the county highway to my house washed out AGAIN last night. I’m 38 and the house has been in the family since 1973. Road has never washed out in that time but it’s washed out twice in the past month!
92utownxh
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Speaking of lightening strikes, I've been way too close a few times. The first time was in high school. I was in the passenger seat of a friends '79 F150 4x4 heading home from the county fair. The lightening struck the guardrail right next to me. Sparks flew out over the hood, and our ears were ringing. Scared us! The other time I was in the garage working on a truck. The storm blew up and I just stayed in the garage, door open. The lightening hit a tree right next to the garage. Sent slivers of wood shooting into the ground.
Scary stuff.
The closest I was was driving too, heading to the east coast to make a delivery and lightening struck a billboard sign which was quite close to the road, I had a lightening bolt etched in my right eye like the flash from a camera until I was almost out of Pennsylvania and it happened south of Lansing Michigan
.It was a very hard drive and it was high dollar expedited freight to a GM plant so it couldn't stop lol.
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That's what makes me really like the Archer chain for the smaller saws, $12 a loop. They don't cut quite as smooth but that's because they're a bit more aggressive out of the box, much faster cutting.
We've had some close ones while in the house, 200-250 yards maybe. The closest one ever though was while I was hauling a skid loader back, trying to beat the rain to unload it and was driving down the gravel road. It hit somewhere in the field and I remember feeling it at about the same time I saw it, there was no time in between it crackling either. I don't know what caused my hair to stand up, but it was something.
I had a pretty close one at a campground up in NY a few years ago too. We were walking on a road within the campground and a storm was coming but not actually close. Lighting zapped a big white pine in the woods not far from us. We made quick tracks back to the car after that!
Your getting old buying all those small saws lol.Well, I guess LondonNeil is going to call me on my old statement, "I don't buy little ickle saws. My goal is 70CC or bigger". He remembered I bought an MS170 last year. Then I bought 3 little Homelites a couple months ago. Last week I found a sweet running Poulan 25. Now, today I bought a brand new Poulan Pro 5020 for $60 and an old Homelite XL12 for $18. The XL12 runs so good I put a video in the "You Suck" thread. While it's hot out, I've switched from scrounging wood, to scrounging saws.
This one was "almost" taken down by me yesterday with a little echo top handle in the picture, I had to make the back cut a little deeper
.Dropped it onto the trailer and hauled to the road to be chipped
.I filled that trailer 6 times just pruning trees at the inlaws and taking down the big Christmas tree
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