Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[muad]

Maybe Heidi instead LOL

The wife would question that one.. LOL

 

[muad]

Here's an option I just saw at the local hardware store, look at the size of that blade lol.
Pretty sure the safety police will be all over users for one handing it .
$149 for it.
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They also had these there which surprised me, really like to try one.
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Imagine that, paid 1.079 gal about 30 min for our house yesterday . It just went from 1.47 to 157 here in town , I'll just buy when I'm out and use the fuel I bought at the beginning of this fiasco for 1.37.
On the lakes shore 50 miles from our place it's at 1.00 a gal, this is just down the street from @Sandhill Crane place .
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And here I was putting extra miles on the F350 being gas was so "cheap" here @ $1.55/gallon.

It's too bad today's pump gas is garbage after 60 to 90 days. Otherwise a man could do himself well by buying a 500 to 1000 gallon fuel tank, and filling her up at current prices.

 

[farmer steve]

And here I was putting extra miles on the F350 being gas was so "cheap" here @ $1.55/gallon.

It's too bad today's pump gas is garbage after 60 to 90 days. Otherwise a man could do himself well by buying a 500 to 1000 gallon fuel tank, and filling her up at current prices.

I called yesterday about 5 different tanks that had been listed on marketplace for the last 2 weeks or so. Every one sold. Wanted to get 1 for diesel fuel

 

[muad]

I called yesterday about 5 different tanks that had been listed on marketplace for the last 2 weeks or so. Every one sold. Wanted to get 1 for diesel fuel

I want one for diesel for the tractor, and AV gas (100LL) for the saws, generators, etc. At least those two fuels have decent shelf life (with the AV gas being good for YEARs).

 

[chipper1]

I called yesterday about 5 different tanks that had been listed on marketplace for the last 2 weeks or so. Every one sold. Wanted to get 1 for diesel fuel

Is deisel even dropping.
Want me to look for one for you, I see them now and then when I'm searching "rust free" and "no rust", pretty sure I saw one the other day.
Once the travel ban is lifted you could come up here to get it and you wouldn't even need to wear a mask.
Saw this yesterday when I was out grabbing up a saw.

 

[chipper1]

So you lean it out past Limiter? Or am I reading it wrong?

Yes, unless someone changed the coil.
What are you doing .

It reads to me like leaning past the limiter too.

All the way in to lean stop, out until definitely rich and ' waaaaaa burbleburble waaburble wa burbleburble burbleburble...'. Then in again should up the 'waaaa's and reduce the 'burbles' but bouncing the limiter sounds similar so it never really gets to 'waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' as other saws do

Jeff and chipper are both saying you'll hear the difference though... Ok get that, but surely on hearing the limiter you should go 1/8 to 1/4 rich again, not further lean? Or are you saying that extra limiter bounce is ok as it cleans up in the cut? Mine goes clean but seemed down on torque, hence I think it's not right.

I go leaner once I hit the limiter.

 

[chipper1]

Got a few goodies from Homelite410 today.
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Still over my head in house stuff so it may sit a while. Trying to take advantage of my growing labor pool of furloughed family. Will have 2 this week!

That and the knuckle dragger I paid for 2 Stihl es light bars has ghosted. (Not from here). So only have the 1 32" rollomatic yet. Was hoping to make that my dedicated felling and stumping bar.

That's a bummer.
I bumped Randy in that thread, hopefully something changes and you get the bars.
I like the vise .
Would like one of those myself, not sure why I haven't bought one yet .

 

[panolo]

Been MIA for a bit. Corona screwed with my schedule majorly. Thought I would have more time off but it hasn't transpired much like I would have imagined. Which is good business wise.

Got the conveyor rigged and fired up. Had some issues with the electric motor popping the breaker so went and fished out an old gen set. While that had issues and I had to fix those. Pulled the motor apart and put in some new hard ware and cleaned the windings but it was still drawing too much amperage. Bought a new horse and a half. Installed it and a 9" v belt pulley on the jackshaft of the conveyor. Works great. Did about 8 cords and had 3 jams. Have the belt set so it slips and doesn't break chains. Took a bunch of pics but the last one out the truck window is the last one that phone took. I dropped it shortly after and it was rendered useless. Only got three pics uploaded as I never switched my google drive to work on anything but wifi and that is all it did while I was in my driveway for 5 minutes uploading. We cut and split at a different location. Tore the setup down the next day before I got a new phone so I didn't get any other pics. Hopefully be up and running one day this week or next and take some more pics. Did things a little different than others so maybe my pics could give others ideas. I looked at a bunch of pics here from others that helped me. Hopefully I'll get to catch up on the goings on here in the next couple days.

I hope you are doing well and your families are great. It's a trying time for many.


Around 6 cords in that pile. Had some buddy's kids who needed pocket cash so they stacked it for me. I'll get a row and half more in the larger green house which holds 7 cords. Within 24 hours I had more water dripping from the ceiling of my greenhouse than ever before. It was 100 inside the greenhouse on Sunday afternoon. Pretty crazy that in 2 days I am getting the ends cracking on red oak. But also shows how much water oak holds. Should be ready to burn in a couple months.

 

[muad]

@chipper1 Nice videos! I need to learn more about filing down the rakes/safety humps on my chains. I've been hand filing for years, but I just file the cutters. I use to have the one local shop dress mine, but the chains seemed to dull super quick (You could see a discoloration in the cutting teeth where they used a grinder on them and they got hot, which may have changed the temper or something). Anyhow, since I've been hand filing, my chains seem to stay sharper longer. But, I have never adjusted the rakes, etc. I just buy new chains LOL!

I'll have to try and watch that video when I get some better signal.

 

[muad]

Been MIA for a bit. Corona screwed with my schedule majorly. Thought I would have more time off but it hasn't transpired much like I would have imagined. Which is good business wise.

Got the conveyor rigged and fired up. Had some issues with the electric motor popping the breaker so went and fished out an old gen set. While that had issues and I had to fix those. Pulled the motor apart and put in some new hard ware and cleaned the windings but it was still drawing too much amperage. Bought a new horse and a half. Installed it and a 9" v belt pulley on the jackshaft of the conveyor. Works great. Did about 8 cords and had 3 jams. Have the belt set so it slips and doesn't break chains. Took a bunch of pics but the last one out the truck window is the last one that phone took. I dropped it shortly after and it was rendered useless. Only got three pics uploaded as I never switched my google drive to work on anything but wifi and that is all it did while I was in my driveway for 5 minutes uploading. We cut and split at a different location. Tore the setup down the next day before I got a new phone so I didn't get any other pics. Hopefully be up and running one day this week or next and take some more pics. Did things a little different than others so maybe my pics could give others ideas. I looked at a bunch of pics here from others that helped me. Hopefully I'll get to catch up on the goings on here in the next couple days.

I hope you are doing well and your families are great. It's a trying time for many.
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Around 6 cords in that pile. Had some buddy's kids who needed pocket cash so they stacked it for me. I'll get a row and half more in the larger green house which holds 7 cords. Within 24 hours I had more water dripping from the ceiling of my greenhouse than ever before. It was 100 inside the greenhouse on Sunday afternoon. Pretty crazy that in 2 days I am getting the ends cracking on red oak. But also shows how much water oak holds. Should be ready to burn in a couple months.

That's awesome! Is that a grain/hay elevator you're using??

 

[Philbert]

I skipped on a couple of chainsaw vids the other day and they mentioned "taking out the gullet". , , , What are they talking about?

The only parts of the cutter that really cut are: the top plate edge, the corner (or 'point'), and the upper part of the side plate edge. The gullet does not cut, but helps to carry away the chips.
Sometimes, sharpening guides only position the file to hit those important areas, and the gullets get neglected. This can result in a negative slope to the cutter, instead of the familiar 'C' profile, and the tooth will not cut well, even with sharp edges. Below, is a an extreme example:


Periodically cleaning out the gullet, to restore the original profile will improve performance. I do this with a file (any diameter) after sharpening the edges, or with the grinder wheel, again, after grinding the edges.



'Buckin' Billy Ray' has really emphasizes 'get the gullet!" in some of his YouTube videos. If you keep up with them as you sharpen, just like keeping up with the depth gauges, it's not a big deal.

No complex carbs.

Yeah, the EPA really made tune ups difficult!

Philbert

 

[Philbert]

Great Deal for Makita Power Tool Users!

COVID-19 deal! Free labor and delivery (both ways!) on Makita power tools needing repair! Pay for parts only!
Makita closed their 'factory service center' near here many years ago, and another 'authorized service center' closed a few years back. So this is attractive to me.
*Not sure if it applies to gasoline powered equipment*. I called the 1-800-4MAKITA number and was e-mailed a shipping label to send my tool in.

Philbert

https://www.makitatools.com/company/freelaborandshipping

 

[Deleted member 150358]

That's a bummer.
I bumped Randy in that thread, hopefully something changes and you get the bars.
I like the vise .
Would like one of those myself, not sure why I haven't bought one yet .

He did email the seller. Haven't heard anything though. Probably got the same response I did ______.

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Yes, unless someone changed the coil.
What are you doing .

I go leaner once I hit the limiter.

Not me, use a tach to hit power output rpm in cut. Or Fatten it till it's 4 stroking, lean out in cut so 4 stroke cleans under load. Do not like hearing it bumping off limiter. To each his own. Don't care for your tree dropping techniques either. To each his own.Flat cutting is just asking for kick backs. IMO

 

[woodchip rookie]

And here I was putting extra miles on the F350 being gas was so "cheap" here @ $1.55/gallon.

It's too bad today's pump gas is garbage after 60 to 90 days. Otherwise a man could do himself well by buying a 500 to 1000 gallon fuel tank, and filling her up at current prices.

Why do you think gubmit mandates ethenol be added?

 

[panolo]

That's awesome! Is that a grain/hay elevator you're using??

Yes. They used it for ear corn a few years ago. It was set to be PTO driven. Bought it for $150 and with the motor and such have about $500 into it.

 

[SS396driver]

Why do you think gubmit mandates ethenol be added?

Suppose to make it burn cleaner . Around me I can get premium non ethanol , I use it in all my carbed equipment. Nice going into the barn and the 68 starts right up after sitting the winter. . It stores like the old gas .

 

[chipper1]

Not me, use a tach to hit power output rpm in cut. Or Fatten it till it's 4 stroking, lean out in cut so 4 stroke cleans under load. Do not like hearing it bumping off limiter. To each his own. Don't care for your tree dropping techniques either. To each his own.Flat cutting is just asking for kick backs. IMO

They won't bump the limiter if they free rev after tuning in the wood?, mine do.
You'd have some terribly fat saws if you tuned them that way after porting, not as bad when stock. I don't bump the limiter too often on the bigger saws, but it's normal to on the smaller ones, maybe I need to back them down a bit, wait, those are the auto tune saws .
I don't understand what you mean by flat cutting, and by kickback do you mean the bar or are you talking about the tree kicking back.

 

[MustangMike]

Steve, I though about asking for the Blue Spruce Logs for milling, but I still haven't milled the 3 Black Walnut, etc, etc. Just no time or room for it.

 

[MustangMike]

Cleaning the gullet may help a little (for most of us), but on race chain they view it as important because the lower the rakers and are cutting softwood. I rarely bother doin it.

If you are cutting hardwood, you are not taking bites that big.