Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Brufab]

Yea the clear maple does split easily. Good thinking on the display of being a bad@ss. Never hurts to let others know that

 

[svk]

0 degrees and extreme winds here today. Glad I’ll be inside this weekend.

 

[farmer steve]

0 degrees and extreme winds here today. Glad I’ll be inside this weekend.

Not quite that cold here but pretty gusty overnight. @James Miller took this pic by his house this morning. I found 3 more ash trees that went over but to wet/muddy to get them. Anyone else not getting alerts to this thread?

 

[svk]

Yikes!

BTW alerts seem to be working over here.

 

[farmer steve]

Yikes!

BTW alerts seem to be working over here.

I got the alert you replied but didn't get the 8 or 9 previous to when I posted. I go to new posts and that's the only way I see activity here. I double checked and stihl am watching this thread. Stay warm up there Steve. you found something to keep you warm.

 

[James Miller]

Not quite that cold here but pretty gusty overnight. @James Miller took this pic by his house this morning. I found 3 more ash trees that went over but to wet/muddy to get them. Anyone else not getting alerts to this thread?
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I saw others blown nearly over also. Oddly all the trees in the areas I cut regularly survived. So I took the 2095 to a stumping job just to run a saw.then noodled it up for easy splitting when I get back there.This red head can drink. That's a full tank to stump that ash and get it noodled. Should be able to start leaning it out after another tank or so.

 

[farmer steve]

I saw others blown nearly over also. Oddly all the trees in the areas I cut regularly survived. So I took the 2095 to a stumping job just to run a saw.View attachment 966104then noodled it up for easy splitting when I get back there.View attachment 966105This red head can drink. That's a full tank to stump that ash and get it noodled. Should be able to start leaning it out after another tank or so.

I looked it up. That saw holds all but a quart.

 

[Philbert]

Well, this showed up from a neighbor today. Heck, the bucket alone must be worth $1!

Philbert

 

[James Miller]

I looked it up. That saw holds all but a quart.

All I know is I'm gona need a 2 gallon can if that saw sees alot of use. Thinking about picking up a 7310 echo since I gave the dolmar back to my cousin. Should handle out to a 28 well and get much better mileage lol

 

[SS396driver]

Started getting the ash the power company is clearing away on my street

 

[LondonNeil]

Crazy high winds in England today. Just been standing (on the upwind side!) beside an old yew tree that's dying back. Weird sensation as the roots lifted me up several inches, every time there was a big gust. Trees and branches are coming down everywhere -
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Guess you'd call that 'firewood'?

Wind gusted up to 122mph in the South this morning. Look at this idiot taking his child for a walk on the sea-wall:
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Yes a fair few trees down around my bit of South London. I need to text my friendly tree guys

 

[rarefish383]

I saw others blown nearly over also. Oddly all the trees in the areas I cut regularly survived. So I took the 2095 to a stumping job just to run a saw.View attachment 966104then noodled it up for easy splitting when I get back there.View attachment 966105This red head can drink. That's a full tank to stump that ash and get it noodled. Should be able to start leaning it out after another tank or so.

Nice to see you back. That 1050 you told me needed a bigger bar? now has a 45" on it.

 

[James Miller]

Nice to see you back. That 1050 you told me needed a bigger bar? now has a 45" on it.

I've still got the little 150 and a 360 on the shelf. Some day I'll find time to bring them back to life.

 

[calamari]

Been for a walk around today to assess the wind damage. Got some clearing up to do. Like this:

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Never known what it is - the leaves are large oak-leaf shape, but the bark is pretty smooth. Completely rotten at the foot, as can be seen. Fungal attack has turned it all into a sponge.

This oak was riven in a big storm in October 1987. Still standing 35 years later, and even today's high winds have only managed to pull a high branch off it.
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There's a golf course in Sacramento that in addition to having quite an assortment of clubs stuck up in the many trees on the course (I've seen those), has a tree that had a crotch where golf balls came to rest. The limbs were of the right size and angle so that when the wind blows they move back and forth and the golf balls are slowly splitting the tree. I haven't seen the tree but the source is very credible and without the sort of personality to make up anything as odd as this.

 

[Ryan A]

Not quite that cold here but pretty gusty overnight. @James Miller took this pic by his house this morning. I found 3 more ash trees that went over but to wet/muddy to get them. Anyone else not getting alerts to this thread?

Wicked winds over here Thursday night into Friday here in Delaware and Philadelphia Counties. We didn’t have power when I first got to school this morning. Ton a trees and wires down.50mph+ winds over night.

 

[Brufab]

Wicked winds over here Thursday night into Friday here in Delaware and Philadelphia Counties. We didn’t have power when I first got to school this morning. Ton a trees and wires down.50mph+ winds over night.

Same here in michigan. But most 90% of the ash has been blown down already since the eab wrecked there havoc long ago. Still a few standing but not for long.

 

[Ryan A]

All I know is I'm gona need a 2 gallon can if that saw sees alot of use. Thinking about picking up a 7310 echo since I gave the dolmar back to my cousin. Should handle out to a 28 well and get much better mileage lol

My 620p handles a 28” Stihl bar with an adapter no problem. Modified carb and muffler. I’m sure a 7310 would have no issues running a bar that long. Only photo I have at the moment noodling up some hard ash

 

[Brufab]

I think 32 and 36 it will run on the 7310. I was looking at them aswell.

 

[MustangMike]

Good to see you posting again James, it has been a while!

 

[James Miller]

My 620p handles a 28” Stihl bar with an adapter no problem. Modified carb and muffler. I’m sure a 7310 would have no issues running a bar that long. Only photo I have at the moment noodling up some hard ashView attachment 966191

My ported 590 has been putting in some work lately. I'm sure it would pull a 28 if I needed to. But anything over a 20 I'd just grab the 7910 dolmar. I gave the dolmar back to my cousin so I've been looking at the 7310s to take its place.