Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[farmer steve]

Hey @nighthunter. Good to see ya. Got a 462 a few weeks ago . Stihl breaking it in. Been to wet an muddy to do much cutting here. Saw some pics on another forum of a guy that got a bag of Irish peat blocks for a Christmas present and was thinking of you.

 

[nighthunter]

Them 462s really are a nice saw, mines really holding up well to logging so far. This winter has been 1 of mildest winters on record with nearly grass growth all year round, when we start harvesting peat again in a couple of months, I'll ship you a box full for the heck of it @farmer steve

 

[cantoo]

My firewood splitting area is all ice now. The temps really dropped last night and we are sitting here in a storm. The winds are still up here but visibility is good here along the lake. Unfortunately where I was supposed to go this morning is very poor visibility, closed roads and lots of accidents. Highway 400 is closed in sections too. I cleaned out the back of my truck and now bitching to my wife that I might as well head to the bush. She suggested I wash the floors, that isn't happening. Just finished posting a bunch of bids at an online auction and now going to go sharpen some chains. We'll try again tomorrow morning.
My nephew is blowing the roadway back in the neighbours field to get to the wind mill. Sometimes they shut down and the guys have to go push a couple of buttons. It takes about 5 minutes but he's been blowing for 2 hours and likely 2 more to go as he's just hitting the deeper drifts now. Snow was wet last night and would have taken maybe 1/2 hour to blow out, now it's frozen solid on top and wet underneath. They could have just driven over top of the frozen snow but their Safety guy won't let them do that, they can't drive outside the stakes either even though the field is frozen solid. The only snow on the property is the fence line and of course that's the roadway. The guys are sitting at the road waiting too. Lots of dollars being spent.

 

[Philbert]

Back yard.


Front yard.

Hard packed.

Philbert

 

[bigfellascott]

Are hardwoods aren't made out of concrete like yours. Theres alt more about square filing over on O P E and some of those guys are running it for work chain.

Yeah I think it was more the fact we cut up a lot of wood that can have sand, dirt and fine rocks etc in it that he was refering to in regards to the square filing not being worth the effort due to those issues, he reckons it cuts quicker but dulls quicker doe to above.

I've never tried a square filed chain so have nothing to go by in regards as to whether its true or not but he cuts firewood regularly and races saws regularly and has tried the square filed chain in a firewood cutting scenario and didn't recommend it (I think it went dull fairly quickly in the dirty wood) hence his recommendation of not bothering with square filiing for firewood cutting duties.

 

[turnkey4099]

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Back yard.

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Front yard.

Hard packed.

Philbert

We didn't have any winter until 3 weeks ago. I haven't done a thing outside the house except run the snow blower about every 2nd day dto keep the drive and walks clear. I did clear a path to get to the 'to be split' pile of rounds a week ago and haven't had reasonable conditions to limber up the Fiskar's since - mostly do to winds with the chill factor way down there. Currently sitting in the house watching a mini blizzard going out there Trying to figure out how to keep the dumb dog from just going up a snowdrift and over the fences. Back one is 7' to the top (includes a 4' retainer wall) retainer wall) but buried in a drift.

 

[bigfellascott]

So I haven't posted on here in a while, how's everybody keeping

Keeping fairly busy for the most part, what have you been up to?

 

[turnkey4099]

Yeah I think it was more the fact we cut up a lot of wood that can have sand, dirt and fine rocks etc in it that he was refering to in regards to the square filing not being worth the effort due to those issues, he reckons it cuts quicker but dulls quicker doe to above.

I've never tried a square filed chain so have nothing to go by in regards as to whether its true or not but he cuts firewood regularly and races saws regularly and has tried the square filed chain in a firewood cutting scenario and didn't recommend it (I think it went dull fairly quickly in the dirty wood) hence his recommendation of not bothering with square filiing for firewood cutting duties.

I got a couple loops of square filed many years ago - cuts like a scalded cat but edge doesn't last long. I re-filed using a round file.

 

[Philbert]

Trying to figure out how to keep the dumb dog from just going up a snowdrift and over the fences. Back one is 7' to the top (includes a 4' retainer wall) retainer wall) but buried in a drift.

Piles from plows are higher. I have had some years where the snow was piled up to the top of the fence. With a 14 year old, blind dog, the bigger problem is creating pathways so that she can attend to her business.

Philbert

 

[LondonNeil]

Still chilly at night so running one stove, but quite glad its ickle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47360952

 

[bigfellascott]

I got a couple loops of square filed many years ago - cuts like a scalded cat but edge doesn't last long. I re-filed using a round file.

That's pretty much how my mate said it too, cuts great but the edge doesn't last long hence what he said about it being useless for cutting firewood.

 

[bigfellascott]

I have some full chisel chain but rarely use it. Only on fresh clean, green stuff, most of what I get is dirty so go wth the RM or Carlton semi chisel.

That's pretty much me too Jeff, I just stick with the Semi Chisel stuff from Stihl but happy to use any brand semi chisel except the chinese stuff, I've got a couple of loops of Hurricane here as part of a deal I got a while back and that stuff is woeful, cutters missing and drive links destroyed after one use so it's clearly rubbish but I will use it none the less and when it disintegrates again they will be binned like the last one that fell to bits.

I've got a mate who bought one too and it's the same, exactly the same issues as mine so it's clearly not upto the aussie hardwood, not sure about pine, it might be ok in that stuff, then again a butter knife could cut that LOL

 

[U&A]

Man,

Down into the single digits again for the rest of the week. Sure has been a crazy winter with drastically changing temps.

Sunday morning my yard was a muddy sloppy swamp and sunday evening it was a frozen swamp with snow on top.


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[woodchip rookie]

Anybody else have nasty wind today?

Yep

 

[woodchip rookie]

Bought one these on sale at Rural King today for the new shed I build this year, propane, not stinky kerosene. I now have this and one of those propane tank top heaters.

Wait. You scrounge firewood but heat with propane? Isn't that illegal?

 

[Deleted member 150358]

Not sposed to see average temps till mid March. Gonna be looking at snow for a long time before mud season.

 

[bigfellascott]

Yep

What are they made out of mate?

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Wait. You scrounge firewood but heat with propane? Isn't that illegal?

That’s a heat source for out in the shed. Don’t want to lose my membership.

 

[bigfellascott]

Not sposed to see average temps till mid March. Gonna be looking at snow for a long time before mud season.

Mud season sounds like fun - NOT! I hate slopping around in mud.

 

[MustangMike]

Just curious to know Mike, when you rock a chain with a square ground chain is it as painful to file as with a round file or does it rip metal out faster?

It will sometime go through softer nails w/o too much problem, but if you rock or metal it real well it is a PITA to get back in shape, mostly because I file by hand.

If you do the correct angles, it will hold up just as well as RS (full chisel round) and cut a bit faster. If you make the angels steeper, it will cut faster but won't hold up as long, same as when you change the angles on round file.

I almost never take my chains off the saw, I'm real careful not to "farm" with my saw, and I can square file a chain just as fast as I can round file one, so why not? I drop most of the wood I cut, so it stays clean. Usually gets cut on the spot, but if I drag a log I keep one end off the ground so it does not get covered in crap.