Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Things health wise looking up, wooding wise, down.

Put in 4.5 hours at Jim's (I thought he was a Tim) felling/brushing/bucking/loading small locusts, Butt ends in the 12" range. Did 5 or 6 trees and loaded 4 for a 1/4 cord. At the end I was still mobile and the legs were rather rubbery but still working.

Wooding wise, had problems starting the MS210, let it set and one pull running, bucked one tree, shut down and couldn't restart it. MS193 T did the rest. Amazing what that dinky little chain will cut. I haven't yet tried to start the MS262. My weight exercises seem to be adding a bit of strength back into the arms but getting a first full pull on a saw is still not very good.

On way home, I pulled out on main highway in 3rd gear, odd rattly noise and engine shut down. Pulled out new cell phone (old on went through the laundry) and could not figure out how to make a call. Flagged down a guy, used his cell to call Mike and have him send a tow (I didn't have the tow number). This might be the end of 89 F150

Time I was back home it was 3 pm.

Wow, 4.5 hrs is pretty good if you ask me after all you been thru of late.
That little 192 rear handle I just picked up last week did a bit of work today for me(not 4.5hrs though) and a 5105 with heat I recently picked up.
Both saws have easy start on them and it works quite well, maybe an easy start saw would be something to look into.

 

[chipper1]

These are the two types of sqrench's that I have

Yep, the smaller, but longer one on top is a great one, really like the way they work.

 

[chipper1]

Governor just authorized motorized boating and travel between residences. Probably got a few fishermens' votes back.

Soon as I heard that I thought of you .
Lots of landscapers were out today, everyone needs to bring in some cash!

 

[turnkey4099]

Wow, 4.5 hrs is pretty good if you ask me after all you been thru of late.
That little 192 rear handle I just picked up last week did a bit of work today for me(not 4.5hrs though) and a 5105 with heat I recently picked up.
Both saws have easy start on them and it works quite well, maybe an easy start saw would be something to look into.

My 193 has an easy start...dealer stole a 192 one to put on it. Love that system. I had a 192 with it, very nice running/starting top handle.

 

[Logger nate]

Somebody get a new toy.
You gonna mount the 2511 on there .
Yes, I've seen the videos for those who may ask lol.

It’s my brothers. He flys a big one for part of his jobs, surveying and cell tower inspections. Their pretty cool.

 

[Cowboy254]

G'day fellas, had an all-day scrounge today with Ross. Stupid phone packed it in so I'm sorry but there are only 7 pics. First went out to the farm to pick up the remaining peppermint. There were also these two long skinny ones and also a couple of small casuarinas.



Loaded up most of the rounds in the first load.



Took that to Ross's place then he came with me back out to collect most of the rest and light up all the junk. Forgot to take a pic of that. Then a final trip to collect maybe half a cube that was left. Dropped that load at Ross's too then went out to another mate's farm. It was a bit of a goat track to get up there. There was plenty of wood but the bit he wanted us to have a go at was a mess.





There was some careful assessment required of the log pile and managed to work around it and cut a good amount of wood.





All peppermint and almost all very dry.



Roscoe loved the X27 too, reckon he's sold on that. All MMWS 241 work today, the biggest log was probably 20 inches I guess. Both of us were cooked by the end of the day, got home just on dark. Around 6 cubes all up for the day, and the last three were hard work to get.

 

[Jeffkrib]

Did ya grab a couple of Casuarina logs for your own wood burning assessment?

 

[Cowboy254]

It all went to Ross today. I have burned some previously - there are a few on our property. They go ok but these aren't the best type. Might be pepperminty in density but small so not really worth dealing with unless they're in the way. The downside is the bark which disintegrates when dry and makes a mess. There were some proper buloke casuarinas planted in the park next to the family house when I was but a Cowkid. Back then I could jump over them. Now, they're 100ft high. Meant to be top grade firewood and easy splitting for such dense trees. Wouldn't mind scrounging those!

 

[Cowboy254]

Mom had a tree by her house that was leaning towards the house with lots of limb weight on that side too. It’s actually on neighbors property (church camp) they said go ahead and cut it. Kinda hard to see but it’s the one in the middle closest to driveway View attachment 821804View attachment 821805View attachment 821806
Surprised it hadn’t broke off before with the heavy snows we’ve had. Cut the top up for firewood and loaded 3 logs up to mill into boards. Mom’s little tractor sure is handy, impressive what it will doView attachment 821807View attachment 821808
All doneView attachment 821809

The little echo 2511t sure is nice and light

Used the 550 to chunk down the lower stem, heavier but way faster than the little echo

Fantastic pics, Nate! How's the body holding up with all this work?

Got the second and final load of the trunk bucked, noodled, loaded into the ute

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Dolly Part'n (wood) mowed through the trunk. Here she is, queen of all she surveys

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Split the ute load and rest of the limb wood

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And headed back in for a cuppa T, job done.

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There was a lot more in that mystery meat acacia gum tree than there looked in the initial pic!

 

[rarefish383]

I may have been involved with turning a few of those JDM motors into shrapnel over the years. Could pick up B18C and B18R long blocks for 6 to 8 hundred back then. The 2 more door civic had a stock B18C long block that turned 10k and swallowed 18psi for better then a year before the rings started going. Killed one on nitrous before that, broken ring lands and the first turbo motors rods left extra inspection ports in the block do to a tuning error .

When Chrysler quit making the 426 Hemi, and crate motors were future science fiction, running “Windowed” blocks was rather common. Especially if you had the numbers matching engine for a rare car. There were a couple companies that had jigs to put an engine in. If you popped a hole on the left side, they would take a block with a hole on the right, cut them in half, and weld them back together. If it was a little hole, and the block was still in specs, they would “window” it.

 

[rarefish383]

Simple way to measure is with a straight edge and some automotive feeler gauges.

Optional way is with a fancy micrometer / caliper / or cheap ($7) tire depth gauge off of eBay.
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/depth-gauge-tools-for-saw-chain.279374/View attachment 821040

Why measure?
- Sometimes it is diagnositc, to let someone know why their chain is behaving a certain way ('Specs say 0.025" and yours are more like 0.042"!')
- Similar, but to explain the concept of 'consistency' ('Yours ranged from 0.017" to 0.035"!')
- To copy /replicate settings that you really like ('0.029 works really well for me in this wood').

Philbert

Ha, I learnt sumpin new. I would have never thought of the tire gauge. I do as you said. But I just lay a file across the cutters and eye ball the gap. If the file actually touches the drags (rakers), I’ve been lazy. Back in the day, we would adjust the rakers to the type of wood. Poplar, bigger bite. Now a days I mostly cut Oak for firewood, so I can see the gap I’m used to working with, and like.

 

[rarefish383]

Me and baitcasters. View attachment 821641 Gimme my old Zebco.View attachment 821646

Since you posted it, do you know what Zebco stands for? Before you go search it, Zero Hour Bomb Company. If I remember the story right, the inventor made it on his lunch break. The company claimed rights to it, because he did it at work. He, being an honest man agreed, and let them have it. Now do a search and find out how bad my memory is.

 

[svk]

Just having a little coffee here waiting for go hour. My neighbor said to meet him at 9 and we’ll start cutting. It will be nice to have this last batch of cutting done on the road. I’m renting the mini excavator next weekend to dig rocks. Then grade the road and the only thing left to do is grind a few stumps along the roadway when my neighbor rents the stump grinder later in the summer.

 

[rarefish383]

I just sold the second, of my three remaining, Super 1050’s. The first one was real nice so I made a plywood box that slide inside the cardboard. Put the saw in a big contractors bag, in the box, then filled and packed it tight, with Oak noodles. Cost $49 to ship. The second one is a little beat, but runs, so I used much lighter packing, shaving nine pounds off the weight. I was expecting it to be about $30. The clerk said $65. I think I left skid marks in my titey whitey’s. The second one has a full wrap, so I put it in a bigger box, which turned out to be over their limit of a small box. He said by weight the price would be bases on 23 pound, about $25 bucks. But because it was over sized, it’s based on 33 pounds. Today I’m looking for a smaller box!

 

[farmer steve]

I just sold the second, of my three remaining, Super 1050’s. The first one was real nice so I made a plywood box that slide inside the cardboard. Put the saw in a big contractors bag, in the box, then filled and packed it tight, with Oak noodles. Cost $49 to ship. The second one is a little beat, but runs, so I used much lighter packing, shaving nine pounds off the weight. I was expecting it to be about $30. The clerk said $65. I think I left skid marks in my titey whitey’s. The second one has a full wrap, so I put it in a bigger box, which turned out to be over their limit of a small box. He said by weight the price would be bases on 23 pound, about $25 bucks. But because it was over sized, it’s based on 33 pounds. Today I’m looking for a smaller box!

Can you take the wrap off Joe? I bought a Remington Logmaster for a guy and shipped it to him. The saw cost $10 and shipping was $55.

 

[H-Ranch]

Looks like a perfect day for firewood. I started with a load from stacks in my own woods that I cut this winter. Had to take the long way around since the trail on the west side of the property is swamped. Also found the poplar that I heard come down on Thursday. More to come.

 

[Logger nate]

Fantastic pics, Nate! How's the body holding up with all this work?

Thanks Cowboy! It’s doing ok thanks to your advise! I’m still having some arm/elbow pain but nothing like it was. As long as I keep doing your exercise’s it continues to improve, worst thing is gripping and lifting and starting saws but the tongs and starting saws left handed helps. Back hurts if I have flip line attached to waist D rings but I’ve been using it attached to strap that goes under my butt and works fine.Thanks for asking, and your on line PT!

 

[muad]

Nice plane, and nice rifles!!!

Is that a 25% stunt plane for 3D?

 

[muad]

Got the second and final load of the trunk bucked, noodled, loaded into the ute

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Dolly Part'n (wood) mowed through the trunk. Here she is, queen of all she surveys

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Split the ute load and rest of the limb wood

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And headed back in for a cuppa T, job done.

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That is one cool looking splitter.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Nice plane, and nice rifles!!!

Is that a 25% stunt plane for 3D?

I think 30% but yes. 3DHS 103" Extra 330SC. 100cc smoker twin. 27" prop.