Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Cowboy254]

You … Only Have … One … Gun???? AAAHHHHHH!!!!!

People ask me "How many Saws do you have?"

Other's ask "How many Guns do you have?"

The answer to both questions is the same … I'm not really sure!!!

But the correct answer is "Not enough".

 

[Logger nate]

Plenty of sunshine down here. We're looking at 111°F tomorrow - good scrounge seasoning weather.

I like sunshine, but you can keep the 111*

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Plenty of sunshine down here. We're looking at 111°F tomorrow - good scrounge seasoning weather.

It gets 111*F around here I get like @Logger nate does with no sunshine, my wife hides the guns and makes me wear pull on boots and shoes. 40 years working Mills where the temp could climb to 120*F ruined me for heat.

 

[MustangMike]

I don't have room for another gun cabinet in the house, or anther saw in the garage!

I still need to finish some of my projects and move some saws along. I really don't need 7 - 066/660s!!! But persistence has paid off, in that I have a Asian 660 clone that runs super strong!

It makes noodling large hardwood rounds so uneventful!

I also like to have multiple saws when milling, so I don't have to change or sharpen chains in the middle of the process, and to allow the saws to cool down. Milling is tough on them.

 

[svk]

I don't have room for another gun cabinet in the house, or anther saw in the garage!

I still need to finish some of my projects and move some saws along. I really don't need 7 - 066/660s!!! But persistence has paid off, in that I have a Asian 660 clone that runs super strong!

It makes noodling large hardwood rounds so uneventful!

I also like to have multiple saws when milling, so I don't have to change or sharpen chains in the middle of the process, and to allow the saws to cool down. Milling is tough on them.

I finally (again) have a saw with enough nuts to be good for milling (the 8500) and I am hesitant to do so because I am told replacement P+C are very hard to locate. Not that I am planning on wrecking it but in the event that something happened I would fell bad damaging that saw especially if parts are NLA.

I may borrow my buddy's Granberg and do enough to make a wood shed. That will be shorter runs in smaller wood to just make poles and slab sides.

 

[SS396driver]

My grandfather carried the gun on the boat from Italy try doing that now.

 

[Logger nate]

It gets 111*F around here I get like @Logger nate does with no sunshine, my wife hides the guns and makes me wear pull on boots and shoes. 40 years working Mills where the temp could climb to 120*F ruined me for heat.

Dang! Yeah that’d do it.
This helpswas about 90 out that day.

 

[svk]

My grandfather carried the gun on the boat from Italy try doing that now.

Lots of cool stuff came home from Asia and Europe with the GI's!!

 

[farmer steve]

I finally (again) have a saw with enough nuts to be good for milling (the 8500) and I am hesitant to do so because I am told replacement P+C are very hard to locate. Not that I am planning on wrecking it but in the event that something happened I would fell bad damaging that saw especially if parts are NLA.

I may borrow my buddy's Granberg and do enough to make a wood shed. That will be shorter runs in smaller wood to just make poles and slab sides.

Not sure about the 8500 but I think I was told seals were hard to come by on the 5200. The guys in the poulan stickie know their poop.

 

[svk]

Not sure about the 8500 but I think I was told seals were hard to come by on the 5200. The guys in the poulan stickie know their poop.

That too!

To my understanding the 5200, 5400, 8500 are mostly the same saw? But the 8500 was built under the reorganized Weedeater Poulan company versus the previous rendition of the company known as Beard Poulan. And the 8500 weighs a bit more. I think they had 4 different reorgs over the years so there were 5 different Poulan companies. Hard to keep track of it all.

 

[SS396driver]

Lots of cool stuff came home from Asia and Europe with the GI's!!

He came over in 1915 . Was 16 years old at the time.
My uncle went from Europe to Japan. Came home with lots of stuff . Some guns and a crapload of swords.

 

[panolo]

Plenty of sunshine down here. We're looking at 111°F tomorrow - good scrounge seasoning weather.

I do my best work over 95F. Good cutting and splitting weather!

 

[SS396driver]

It gets 111*F around here I get like @Logger nate does with no sunshine, my wife hides the guns and makes me wear pull on boots and shoes. 40 years working Mills where the temp could climb to 120*F ruined me for heat.

Weather here is screwed up . Wonder what it's going to do to my Sugar maples. Should be below freezing during the day this time of the year.

 

[svk]

I am definitely done when it is over 80 degrees unless someone really needs wood and is paying what I tell them.

I was splitting around the 4th of July last year and got heat stroke. Not fun. Although now that I drink water and Pedialyte I feel a lot better in warmer weather.

 

[panolo]

Weather here is screwed up . Wonder what it's going to do to my Sugar maples. Should be below freezing during the day this time of the year. View attachment 793344

I'd cut them and start buying Aunt Jemima! My favorite wood.

 

[Logger nate]

I am definitely done when it is over 80 degrees unless someone really needs wood and is paying what I tell them.

I was splitting around the 4th of July last year and got heat stroke. Not fun. Although now that I drink water and Pedialyte I feel a lot better in warmer weather.

I have always just drank water and when it got 80 or above about time I almost had trailer full I’d start feeling terrible and no energy. After you guys talking about Gatorade and your super man elixir I tried some Gatorade with water and felt WAY better. Still had energy and didn’t feel like I was going to die. Might have to try something else though, Gatorade seems to give me a headache sometimes.

 

[panolo]

I like sqwincher better than gatorade. But 50-50 pedialyte and water is probably better. Honestly I drink more beer than anything when it's that hot.

 

[steved]

I have always just drank water and when it got 80 or above about time I almost had trailer full I’d start feeling terrible and no energy. After you guys talking about Gatorade and your super man elixir I tried some Gatorade with water and felt WAY better. Still had energy and didn’t feel like I was going to die. Might have to try something else though, Gatorade seems to give me a headache sometimes.

I did some drilling in Paducah, Kentucky one very hot summer. The young lady running the project had a Gatorade in her hand at all times during the day, I can't imagine how much she had that summer...she started out that project at about 125 pounds, she left at nearly 175 three months later!

Gatorade will make you fat if you don't watch it...

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[MustangMike]

Milling softwood is not as hard on the saws, but with the 066/660s, luckily there are plenty of parts out there (OEM and AM) and they are very durable saws (but heavy).

I have a running 066 w/OEM jug, and an OEM 066 and 660 jugs available, they work great with Meteor pistons.

I'm also impressed with how some of my Cross P+C's run. The one in the HL Supply Video is still running, and has done a good amount of milling, but I plan to port it this year to try to get a little more out of her. Performance is addictive!

 

[woodchip rookie]

I do my best work over 95F. Good cutting and splitting weather!

All my stuff is done by like April. I learned from working in the heat.