Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Kodiak Kid]

What I didn’t buy yesterday, at my local Menards. Also out of bar oil.

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Philbert

I've never seen pre mixed fuel before! That's something else!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Ordered a new Milwaukee hand truck from HD. I was going to buy an aluminum Magliner with pneumatic wheels this past winter but the model I wanted was not in stock.
The story goes, a while back I cleaned out my shed for more room and had some large plastic lawn/garden trash cans that I hadn't used in years. Decided to keep them so I moved them outdoors. I saw them last firewood season when we had some snow forecasted and thought it would be good idea to fill them up with firewood and store them at my basement door where my stove is. It worked good but more wood handling, filling the cans with a wheel barrow and then filling the wheel barrow to take the wood inside as needed. Thinking that with a hand truck I could take the cans to the woodpile to be filled and also move the cans inside the basement, and not just with bad weather but all of the time. Another plus, the wheelbarrow cant get close to the stove but the hand truck can.
Present time, I now have a bunch of wood to process and most of the rounds are too heavy for me to lift into a wheelbarrow. I should look for a bigger hand truck to solve both problems. The Milwaukee is rated for twice the weight at 1000 pounds and has larger wider pneumatic wheels. The shelf at the bottom is 12" deep which will make it much easier to tip back the cans full of firewood vs. the Magliner.
As the pics show, the first load was 2 large rounds but I'm a featherweight and had trouble tipping the truck back. Single or smaller rounds stacked if I can lift them for now on. The truck did good though, easily rolling across soggy ground after a rain without making any depressions.

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Inflatable tires are the only way to go on one of those things! We call them "Dolly's" up here.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

No wood for me today. Spent quite a few hours organizing my tool chest. The picture of the chest if a few months old (when I first got it). I was waiting for my tool organizers to get here before I actually started setting it up. I'm almost done, but have to order more organizers before I can finish it up. All of the stickers and crap are off of it now, and it's 60-70% done. I've been using these exclusively to organize my box https://toolboxwidget.com/. Expensive as s%$&, but worth it to me. And no, they're not Snap On or Mac. But for what I do, I don't need Snap On or Mac tools. These will suit me just fine.View attachment 993850View attachment 993851View attachment 993852View attachment 993853View attachment 993855

Nice Work!

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Nice Work!

Thanks. Got the compressor and hose reel set up today as well. Just trying to keep busy in the shop while creating some space between the "better half" and myself LOL.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Thanks. Got the compressor and hose reel set up today as well. Just trying to keep busy in the shop while creating some space between the "better half" and myself LOL.View attachment 993911View attachment 993912

Well understood! I go there often myself!

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Well understood! I go there often myself!

What was it that Superman had, the "Fortress Of Solitude" or something like that? Well, the shop is my Fortress Of Solitude, because she can't get to me!

 

[Cowboy254]

Ah... didn't get the "brand new" part from the original post... I'd go with with brake on with fast idle! I ran into a friend of mine, who is a very mechanically inclined guy (bicycles, motorcycles, cars, exotic cars) one time coming out of the saw shop where my son works. He bought a new saw and let it sit on fast idle with the brake on... melted the oil pump! It happens!

Hmm, I'm thinking he may have left it WOT from start-up and sat it down without blipping the trigger to drop it back to idle.

 

[farmer steve]

The guy that started my firewood/ chainsaw obsession turns 91 today. Happy birthday Dad.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

The guy that started my firewood/ chainsaw obsession turns 91 today. Happy birthday Dad.
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Hell yes! I hope I'll Stihl be getting my throttle on at 91!

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[501Maico]

Inflatable tires are the only way to go on one of those things! We call them "Dolly's" up here.

Yep, I learned that when I installed a no-flat on my wheelbarrow. Looking at the new no-flat wheelbarrows, I notice that the rim is much larger in diameter with shorter tire sidewalls. I wonder if they feel more like an inflatable?

 

[501Maico]

I was in my Stihl dealers the other day and he called me back in the shop. He showed me the same view as your saw in the last picture. The clutch bell was purple, the plastic around it melted., guide plates discolored. He asked what I thought happened. I said he either tried to run it with the brake on and just laid on it till he burnt the brake up, or, he cranked the chain down so tight it couldn’t turn and laid into it till he burned it up. He said the brake pad was gone down to just the band, and the bar was purple too. He had to take a screw driver and pry the chain out of the bar. Sounds like he had the brake on and the chain tight. He told the guy no way would Stihl cover it. It was a fairly big saw too, like a 441. I should have taken a pic. If I get a chance I’ll run by today and see if he still has it?

When I bought my new 462 from Ace, the floor guy was going over how to adjust the chain. I reached down to move the chain and couldn't even budge it. Once I got it home I had to turn the adjusting screw quite a bit to relieve the pressure on the guitar string.

 

[chipper1]

When I bought my new 462 from Ace, the floor guy was going over how to adjust the chain. I reached down to move the chain and couldn't even budge it. Once I got it home I had to turn the adjusting screw quite a bit to relieve the pressure on the guitar string.

He was selling you the whole song and dance .
Imagine how many have walked out the door like that .

 

[501Maico]

Hea was selling you the whole song and dance .
Imagine how many have walked out the door like that .

Someone "not in tune" would have brought the saw back with something burned up.

 

[chipper1]

Someone "not in the know" would have brought the saw back with something burned up.

Good chance of that, also a good chance that the dealer would blame the homeowner . Technically it would have been the homeowners fault since they didn't check the tension like you did.
I run my chains tighter than most guys I know. If they sing on the bar they are too tight, if they don't then they are just right.
I noticed the other day that the chain on my 550 was a bit loose, unfortunately when I went to tension it there was no adjustment left. I haven't ran out of adjustment like that in a long time, I'll just have to pull it out a little this last time, then I'm done with this chain. Sad because it's and old Carlton chain that cuts very nice, and there's still a lot of cutter left.

 

[501Maico]

Combiners used to do that in wet years around here.

My Italian Carraro tractor came with turf tires and I had a dilemma when switching to Ag tires. There is no such thing as forward and reverse because the seat, dash, and all controls swivel 180 degrees depending on which way you want to point. Sorta like a tractor/skid steer combo. So I ended up mounting the Ag wheels pointing in both directions.

 

[TRTermite]

My Italian Carraro tractor came with turf tires and I had a dilemma when switching to Ag tires. There is no such thing as forward and reverse because the seat, dash, and all controls swivel 180 degrees depending on which way you want to point. Sorta like a tractor/skid steer combo. So I ended up mounted the Ag wheels pointing in both directions.

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Looks like a (CLEAN) Mud eating machine..

 

[TRTermite]

Good chance of that, also a good chance that the dealer would blame the homeowner . Technically it would have been the homeowners fault since they didn't check the tension like you did.
I run my chains tighter than most guys I know. If they sing on the bar they are too tight, if they don't then they are just right.
I noticed the other day that the chain on my 550 was a bit loose, unfortunately when I went to tension it there was no adjustment left. I haven't ran out of adjustment like that in a long time, I'll just have to pull it out a little this last time, then I'm done with this chain. Sad because it's and old Carlton chain that cuts very nice, and there's still a lot of cutter left.

Take a Link out???

 

[chipper1]

Take a Link out???

I'll send it to you, Just need an address .

 

[MustangMike]

I was going to say just run an 8 pin rim till it is done! MUCH EASIER!

 

[TRTermite]

I'll send it to you, Just need an address .

If I have the correct preset I would feel Privileged..