Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[steved]

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Is that firewood?

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[svk]

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Wow sorry to hear

 

[Colt Marlington]

I scrounged up a couple of limbs and some deadfall outta the yard tonight. Bit of storm cleanup. Little 2511 got the honors.

 

[chipper1]

I scrounged up a couple of limbs and some deadfall outta the yard tonight. Bit of storm cleanup. Little 2511 got the honors.
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They sure are a tiny saw aren't they.
Is yours stock.

 

[chipper1]

Is that firewood?

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It is now lol.

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Sorry about your truck James.
Is there a lot of damage with the wind/rain out there.

 

[Colt Marlington]

They sure are a tiny saw aren't they.
Is yours stock.

It is stock. Except the 14" Poulan bar and Oregon chain I put on there when I dinged up the drive links on the 12" chain. Tried a 10" on it but it was too light!

 

[James Miller]

Is that firewood?

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It will be touching up the chain on the 590 now. Soft maple but its 20 yards from the racks.

Wow sorry to hear

If that's the end of that truck I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it. 250k on the original drivetrain. 1/4 ton rated and treated like a 1/2 ton or worse since the beginning.

It is now lol.

Sorry about your truck James.
Is there a lot of damage with the wind/rain out there.

Gona throw the 590 and 355t in the 350 and take a drive in a minute. Its calmed down a bit for now but supposed to get really strong winds again tomorrow.

 

[chipper1]

It's a single bolt that goes through the PTO into the crank. I've had it happen before, and when the bolt shears, it takes all of the torque and tension off of the threads, and some times just turns right out. My shop is really good, and they go out of their way to take care of their customers. In the spring I put my walk behind in for it's annual service. The Kawasaki muffler cracked and was over $300 for a new one. They called and asked if I wanted the factory one, or could they just make me one, it would be cheaper. They found a factory muffler that had the correct Y pipe on it, but the mounting bracket on the wrong side. They cut a bracket off a used muffler and welded it on the correct side, where it bolted up like new. Charged me $9 for a "used" muffler and $20 to install. It's not like they work for free. With every thing in the spring service, belts, blades, filters, oil, etc, the bill was almost $500. But when they have an obsolet part they can make fit, make the customer happy, and get it off the shelf, they kind of just throw it in. I take all of my small engine stuff there now. Except my chainsaws!

Sounds like you have the right guys on the job. It's very hard to find a place that will take care of you, even harder to find someone who can mock up parts of another model and make them work as they should on yours, many mechanics are just parts replacers.

When Dad was in business we only kept Oak, Cherry and Locust for a few regular customers. All the rest we sold wholesale to a farmers market. At the most we only sold about 30 cord a winter. Dad hated messing with wood, it was loose, loose situation. We were making an average of $85 per man hour for 3-4 man crews back in the late 70's-early 80's, so about 2K a day and we only got $100 a cord then. He used to guarantee his top men a half days pay if we couldn't work due to weather, but they had to show up to work. he'd put them on the wood pile for a couple hours waiting to see what the weather was going to do. They hated splitting wood so bad, if it wasn't really nasty out, they would rather work in a light rain all day, than put time on the wood pile. In 79-80 I bought a $4000 Bliss wood splitter. it took 40 HP to run it. After that Dad gave me all of the wood and I worked on it in my spare time. Now I only do about 10 cord a year.

My helpers are a lot cheaper per hr lol.
When you look at the cost of getting and processing firewood there isn't a lot of profit there unless you are focusing on it solely.
The customer I delivered to today asked me if I could cut up a walnut tree top from a nice sized walnut she sold. The guy who bought it said they would take care of all the brush and cut up all the firewood, they took the stem and left . I told her I could but it would cost just as much as buying a seasoned cord delivered, then I asked her if her son was going to split it(he suggested she ask me to cut it up), she said I hadn't thought of that. I'll probably buck it up this fall so it can dry out a bit and then load the rounds onto the trailer and split off the trailer right into her woodshed for spring next season, I'll ask her son remove the rubbish left over.

 

[chipper1]

It is stock. Except the 14" Poulan bar and Oregon chain I put on there when I dinged up the drive links on the 12" chain. Tried a 10" on it but it was too light!

Too light because the chain was bouncing?

 

[chipper1]

Gona throw the 590 and 355t in the 350 and take a drive in a minute. Its calmed down a bit for now but supposed to get really strong winds again tomorrow.

Sounds like a plan. Keep an eye/ear overhead, bring a good flashlight to look for any hangers and check roots/rootballs on trees around anything your cutting, they often come down in groups as the root systems intertwine.
We had some pretty good winds today, but nothing real bad.
Then it changed to this.

 

[Colt Marlington]

Too light because the chain was bouncing?

Nah. Just not enough feel for the bar.
For me, the smaller bar made it feel poorly balanced. 12 inch was fine. 14 inch is good too.
Doesn't seem lacking in power to pull a 14" 3/8LP .050 chain at all.
I don't view it as a racer. But it can hold it's own against most anything under 35cc's I'd bet.

 

[chipper1]

Nah. Just not enough feel for the bar.
For me, the smaller bar made it feel poorly balanced. 12 inch was fine. 14 inch is good too.
Doesn't seem lacking in power to pull a 14" 3/8LP .050 chain at all.
I don't view it as a racer. But it can hold it's own against most anything under 35cc's I'd bet.

I see.
Strong for the size for sure.
I hope to do some mods on mine.

 

[Colt Marlington]

I see.
Strong for the size for sure.
I hope to do some mods on mine.

I've thought about doing some custom work on the muffler. But I don't mind that it's not real loud.

 

[James Miller]

Sounds like a plan. Keep an eye/ear overhead, bring a good flashlight to look for any hangers and check roots/rootballs on trees around anything your cutting, they often come down in groups as the root systems intertwine.
We had some pretty good winds today, but nothing real bad.
Then it changed to this.

I'm not cutting crap in the dark unless i have to. Saws are only going in case of emergency.

Nah. Just not enough feel for the bar.
For me, the smaller bar made it feel poorly balanced. 12 inch was fine. 14 inch is good too.
Doesn't seem lacking in power to pull a 14" 3/8LP .050 chain at all.
I don't view it as a racer. But it can hold it's own against most anything under 35cc's I'd bet.

I ran scottyoverkill from FHCs muffler modded 2511. Strong little saw. Would be great in small stuff if I didn't have the 355t already.

 

[chipper1]

Saws are only going in case of emergency.

I figured, but it's always good to have these things in mind if this happens , which is the only reason I mentioned it .

 

[MustangMike]

Halloween was warm, a little wet, and very windy. I did Trick or Treat with the Grandkids, then came home and lost power for an hour and a half.

Got an email from the guy where I'm going to split wood in the AM … bring a saw, tree is down!

I cut and split about 20 cord a year … just to stay active … then do some milling and make some furniture. Also do some saw repairs and porting, just to keep me out of trouble!

Now I need to find some 9' logs, to make collar ties with live edge for the guy who is putting the peep sight on my 95. All the wood I currently have is cut 7-7.5'.

 

[chipper1]

Halloween was warm, a little wet, and very windy. I did Trick or Treat with the Grandkids, then came home and lost power for an hour and a half.

Got an email from the guy where I'm going to split wood in the AM … bring a saw, tree is down!

I cut and split about 20 cord a year … just to stay active … then do some milling and make some furniture. Also do some saw repairs and porting, just to keep me out of trouble!

Now I need to find some 9' logs, to make collar ties with live edge for the guy who is putting the peep sight on my 95. All the wood I currently have is cut 7-7.5'.

Maybe the logs you need will be there tomorrow, one could hope .
Load up the mill just in case .

 

[MustangMike]

I think the logs I need I already cut a week or two ago … a 25" Ash. Luckily, I did not buck the trunk yet. Should easily get 2 or 3 - 9' logs from it. Just have to ask the land owner if it is OK that I don't turn it all into firewood! (S/B perfect, was already dead, but solid).

 

[chipper1]

I think the logs I need I already cut a week or two ago … a 25" Ash. Luckily, I did not buck the trunk yet. Should easily get 2 or 3 - 9' logs from it. Just have to ask the land owner if it is OK that I don't turn it all into firewood! (S/B perfect, was already dead, but solid).

Sounds like a plan.
A buddy borrowed my CSM a month or so ago, I've had it for around 6yrs and never used it, now I need it to do the white oak log at my parents lol.
He'll probably be by with it before I get a chance to do anything over there anyway, their yard stays wet for a while compared to mine, which is sand.
I'll probably have him give me a hand with it as he has a good bit of milling experience as well as the saws to mill with, he only borrowed mine because he wanted to do some experimenting with it, hope it comes back in one piece lol.

 

[rarefish383]

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My cousin came by yesterday and we were talking about old times and some of the winners we had that worked for us. He told me about one guy that "used" to work for him, tried to drop a saw log onto a single axle dump. Bent the steel bed so bad it couldn't be fixed, blew all for tires, but missed the cab. I could have told you it wouldn't work. At least it's up off the ground so you won't rock your chain.

Sorry about the truck, it was a pretty one.