Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[djg james]

This morning I went to the log yard for a couple of buckets of mulch and I ran into the arborist. There was a pile of brush with some oak branches in it that was destined for the burn pile. he said I could have it. Also, in another pile was a Cherry log he said I could have. He wasn't suppose to burn for a couple of weeks, but you know how that goes. I thought I'd better spend a little time getting it out of harm's way. Just cleaned up my splitting area (driveway). So I went ahead and split and haul it down the hill, too. Made a nice half load of splits. May go back today with by trailer and get the Cherry. Soaked two shirts in the process.

 

[husqvarna257]

I got around to splitting some huge rounds that were dropped off because nobody wanted them. Some will be noodled and I will try using the tractor log grapple to load them. The recoil starter on the Lifan 13 hp crapped the bed, the spring broke but it was able to start and I could split for an hour or so then it was to hot to work outside.
They say that Lifan is a Honda clone so I am taking a chance and ordered a Honda recoil starter. It looks like it will fit and I can return it. I think Honda will be better quality than Lifan.

 

[James Miller]

Good stuff! Keep us all posted on what saw you end up with. Love to see it!

Not well versed in the red heads but the 2188 or 2095 would be a bigger, more modern saw than your 111s.

Looks like it will be a 2095.

Oh my! Would you use it if you had it!?

It uses the same bar mount as my 7910 dolmar. So I can always just keep a 24 on it most of the time. I do have times where the 7910 is at its limits. I used the phone a friend option to get a ported 394 with a 42 on scene to do the rest of this oak trunk.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Make friends with any nearby logging operations. If they aren't chipping they may let you clean up the tops and the skidder flattened trees. A lot of times they don't cut on weekends and it's perfect for the 9-5 guy.

That’s what I’m doing right now. Cleaning up a logging site. We made a deal that I would blade their road a couple times a year in exchange for all the wood I can haul.

 

[djg james]

It was only 90 out when I went back for the Cherry. Turned out to only be 10 rounds and a 4' length that I might CSM 2-1/2" stock out of for 2" table legs once dry.
My saw has been cutting on an angle despite my attempts to even up the sides of my chain. Just don't have enough grinding power to do it in a reasonable amount of time. So to speed things up, I put on a new Stihl 36RM2-72 chain. OMG! I can't believe the size of the chips and the speed it cut. I think I'm going to have to enough in a Chainsaw Sharpening class at the local junior college . Seriously, I need to buy some new chains. Looking for an alternate to the one cited.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

It was only 90 out when I went back for the Cherry. Turned out to only be 10 rounds and a 4' length that I might CSM 2-1/2" stock out of for 2" table legs once dry.
My saw has been cutting on an angle despite my attempts to even up the sides of my chain. Just don't have enough grinding power to do it in a reasonable amount of time. So to speed things up, I put on a new Stihl 36RM2-72 chain. OMG! I can't believe the size of the chips and the speed it cut. I think I'm going to have to enough in a Chainsaw Sharpening class at the local junior college . Seriously, I need to buy some new chains. Looking for an alternate to the one cited.

Full chisel chain is the only way to go. Husqvarna makes a roller gauge that actually works pretty good, but it still sharpens from the face of the tooth. The best way I can do scribe how to file a chain is from underneath. You almost have to file three directions, down to get the gullet, back to get the side plate and then up to get the top plate from underneath. Always file from inside of the tooth. And use a good raker gauge. The husqvarna roller gauge comes with a built in raker gauge that works pretty well.

 

[panolo]

I need more wood like a hole in the head but a buddy called today... His son's tree service is removing a sugar maple and did I want the wood? I'll have to go get it because nobody wants to drive out here in the sticks but I said yes anyway. Sugar maple is the holy grail of firewood around these parts..... Perhaps even highly valuable!

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People around here can have all the oak they want. Give me the sugar maple.

 

[panolo]

I got around to splitting some huge rounds that were dropped off because nobody wanted them. Some will be noodled and I will try using the tractor log grapple to load them. The recoil starter on the Lifan 13 hp crapped the bed, the spring broke but it was able to start and I could split for an hour or so then it was to hot to work outside.
They say that Lifan is a Honda clone so I am taking a chance and ordered a Honda recoil starter. It looks like it will fit and I can return it. I think Honda will be better quality than Lifan.
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If you know how to replace the springs Yamaha recoil springs from the old 3 wheelers fit just about everything. We used to stock a dozen and put them into everything from yard machines to snappers.

 

[LondonNeil]

saw a tree in the park/kids play area that i didn't know and my daughter asked what the nut/fruit on the ground was. google lens gave me an answer but I know I'll get a confirmation if it is right...

pignut hickory?

 

[Philbert]

You call THAT a ‘Stick Blender’? THIS is a ‘Stick Bender’ (doubles as a trolling motor). Hot sauce for a few hundred of my newest friends.


Philbert

 

[Logger nate]

Same here, only logger Nate is exempt...

Thought I wanted to cut these until I started limbing them, lol.

 

[Lee192233]

It was only 90 out when I went back for the Cherry. Turned out to only be 10 rounds and a 4' length that I might CSM 2-1/2" stock out of for 2" table legs once dry.
My saw has been cutting on an angle despite my attempts to even up the sides of my chain. Just don't have enough grinding power to do it in a reasonable amount of time. So to speed things up, I put on a new Stihl 36RM2-72 chain. OMG! I can't believe the size of the chips and the speed it cut. I think I'm going to have to enough in a Chainsaw Sharpening class at the local junior college . Seriously, I need to buy some new chains. Looking for an alternate to the one cited.

I've been pleasantly surprised with Carlton chain from Bailey's. It's their Woodland Pro line. They have a pretty nice chain selector on their website. It's nice practicing filing on a $15 chain instead of a $30 Stihl chain. I also like the Oregon Powercut chain.

 

[Lee192233]

Had a little fun with my MS180 with the 14" bar and cut off an ash stump last weekend. Runs good since I resealed the crankcase and installed new rings. Could've grabbed a bigger saw but this one is cheaper if I rock the chain.

 

[farmer steve]

Happy Birthday @Cowboy254. Hope you have a good one mate.

 

[farmer steve]

saw a tree in the park/kids play area that i didn't know and my daughter asked what the nut/fruit on the ground was. google lens gave me an answer but I know I'll get a confirmation if it is right...
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pignut hickory?

Leaf structure doesn't look right for pignut. Also I have never seen clusters of nuts like that on a hickory.
pignut leaf from google search.

 

[H-Ranch]

Happy Birthday @Cowboy254. Hope you have a good one mate.

Happy birthday @Cowboy254! Have fun whatever you do today and we expect pics. Well, except for THAT. Those photos belong on a different kind of website.

Cheers mate.

 

[LondonNeil]

Thanks Steve. Google fail. Don't tell me daughter

 

[abbott295]

Tyres for your birthday?

 

[MustangMike]

Happy Birthday Cowboy!!! Hope you have a good one.

Thanks to your advice, I'm still going strong w/o back surgery. Loaded a real heavy Chestnut Oak table into the back of my PU by myself yesterday morning, and in the afternoon worked with my brother doing some strenuous concrete work! In other words, living my normal life! I do my little exercise routine EVERY morning.

 

[MustangMike]

OK, I know you guys like pics!

Here are some pics of Whaley Lake from our new bike trail. We start at Lake Tonetta, then go past Ice Pond (Knickerbocker Co used to ship ice to NYC by train), then the Great Swamp, then Whaley Lake.