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I know very little about chains. Does X-Cut come in a 20" 72 DL 0.063 gauge 0.375 chain? What tooth?
I haven't seen any yet myself and the Husqvarna page only gives 5 combinations: C83 which is 3/8 .050, C85 3/8 .058, which the C being full chisel designator; SP33 which is a semi-chisel .325 .050 with "bumper link" so folks don't kill themselves, S21 which is .325 .043 semi chisel with bumper link to put on a toy chainsaw for your kid's birthday (j/k, please dont, i am not liable) and S93 which is 3/8 LP .050 semi-chisel with the bumper link.

I bought my twelve loops of 24" so I could break them and spin custom loops. I have an odd 26" bar and have other bars with no corresponding chains made up yet.
 
Thanks for the link :).
Hopefully you get the x-cut chains (the ad says H24 chains or the x-cutchains), not that the others are bad, just nowhere near the same quality.
Also those are .058 gauge, in case someone isn't looking close, wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong game on accident.
I have enough chain here for a long time myself, I have more new chain in my "inventory" than most the local saw shops, then gobs of sharpened ones on the vice waiting to have the rakers set, a pile of them on the bench waiting to be sharpened, and then more in various piles on the floor :dizzy:. Someone should clean that mess up :innocent:.
Any 404 063 full skip on a roll hiding in your workshop with connecting links?:innocent: i have some BIG bars that will need to be fitted up.
 
Looks awesome bf. If we ever get to have coffee you might add one more. I'm busier that a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs and it ain't getting no better. Touched my first saw in nearly 3 weeks today.
Once the house sells Bob, I will most likely come out your way for a day, 5hrs from flint but 7 hrs from westbranch. I feel ya, between moving and getting two houses together and helping my mom and dad move too and taking care of the wife I'm stretched thin aswell. I did take the time to fire up each saw, only 1 recoil failed and one needed alil carb adj. Neighbors were perplexed at how loud they were 🤣
 
Any 404 063 full skip on a roll hiding in your workshop with connecting links?:innocent: i have some BIG bars that will need to be fitted up.
Nope, I've avoided 404.
But 404 semi-chisel sure holds an edge in dirty wood.
Now I do know a guy who may have a bunch, he builds racing chains and has everything to break and spin them too. He's about 35 minutes from my place, so if you were coming to this side of town, he's only about 15-20 minutes from downtown GR.
 
Nope, I've avoided 404.
But 404 semi-chisel sure holds an edge in dirty wood.
Now I do know a guy who may have a bunch, he builds racing chains and has everything to break and spin them too. He's about 35 minutes from my place, so if you were coming to this side of town, he's only about 15-20 minutes from downtown GR.
I will keep that in mind, thanks. Guessing loops have to be 50$+ for 43" bars
 
All this talk of charcoal costs, I wonder... Anybody got ideas for a really small redneck charcoal retort? Cook up your own. Chipper will no doubt upscale the design and start selling the charcoal 🤣.
Lots of ways to make charcoal, and we already have the wood :happy: .
Haven't started production yet, but honestly, I was already thinking of it. Why not when I have a great place to make it and it's such a "hot" commodity lol.
I've often wanted to pull the larger coals out of my wood stove on the very cold days when I have an issue with overcoaling, but then I learned other ways to deal with it. maybe I should buy an airtight stove to use outside to make charcoal, that would be relatively small batches though, there's many tutorials on YouTube of how to make larger batches in a 55 gallon container or in a pit dug into the ground. Maybe it's time :p. Now, I need to order some bags, Chippers charcoal, it does have a ring to it :laugh:.
 
I've been wanting more wood storage but I had to get on the ball with the large dump from an arborist this April. I originally pulled this 20' "I" beam out of the woods to get some unexpected large rounds off of the ground a few years ago in the middle of the summer. It worked well, but as expected, the "I's" eventually sunk into the ground about half way. The ground slopes slightly toward the fence so the rear sunk faster than the front and the rounds started touching fence.
To make it permanent, I got some solid 4" blocks and leveled them up. The beam width is 8" and my splits are 16", so a 4" overhang front and back. Not certain how stable it would be, I put two 10' 4x4's in the rear to ensure the stack wouldn't fall on the fence. I made sure there were no "rockers" on the bottom row and as a general rule I'm WAY too OCD when stacking and feel that I waste a lot of time. It feels very solid and I think the 4x4's were overkill but I don't know if they are adding to the stability.

The original purpose of the I beam.
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Good afternoon sun at this location.
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Before adding the sides.
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Tapcons into the blocks.
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I've been wanting more wood storage but I had to get on the ball with the large dump from an arborist this April. I originally pulled this 20' "I" beam out of the woods to get some unexpected large rounds off of the ground a few years ago in the middle of the summer. It worked well, but as expected, the "I's" eventually sunk into the ground about half way. The ground slopes slightly toward the fence so the rear sunk faster than the front and the rounds started touching fence.
To make it permanent, I got some solid 4" blocks and leveled them up. The beam width is 8" and my splits are 16", so a 4" overhang front and back. Not certain how stable it would be, I put two 10' 4x4's in the rear to ensure the stack wouldn't fall on the fence. I made sure there were no "rockers" on the bottom row and as a general rule I'm WAY too OCD when stacking and feel that I waste a lot of time. It feels very solid and I think the 4x4's were overkill but I don't know if they are adding to the stability.

The original purpose of the I beam.
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Good afternoon sun at this location.
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Before adding the sides.
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Tapcons into the blocks.
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Great idea with that beam.
 
All this talk of charcoal costs, I wonder... Anybody got ideas for a really small redneck charcoal retort? Cook up your own. Chipper will no doubt upscale the design and start selling the charcoal 🤣.
I took a 5gal metal bucket and cut a hole (1 1/2in Iirc) in the lid. I fill the can with chunks of wood I cut off with my chop saw, seal the lid and place over my gas fish cooker. I did this to use for smoking meat inside my little shed. Hang the meat over the bucket and just let it smoke for a few hours. The byproduct of this process is charcoal in the bucket. I use a gas cooker for convience inside the shed. I dont see why placeing the bucket over or in a regular fire wouldnt work. I also have a cowboy grill I can place over an open fire to grill on. Seldom use it anymore, but is great to take on a camping trip or fire pit. Just let the fire burn down to coals and set the grill over them. Best burgers you can cook.
 
I'm running the 16" narrow kerf bar/chain I got from Bailey's...I really like that set up.

I've got a 201tcm I use as well. I almost stopped using the 201 after I got the 2511, but I did a little port work on the 201 and love it again.

I'm still in the fire service...just play tree guy on the side. I work on the wildland side of things, so I do most of my falling there...I just recently got assigned a new 462R for falling assignments at work.

Thanks about the shop...it's a work in progress lol. I'm trying to move stuff around right now and find some more space.

Alright, pics of the current bike line up...I dont ride as much as I'd like to nowadays.

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Nice bikes, I always thought the trials bikes were cool.
 
Once the house sells Bob, I will most likely come out your way for a day, 5hrs from flint but 7 hrs from westbranch. I feel ya, between moving and getting two houses together and helping my mom and dad move too and taking care of the wife I'm stretched thin aswell. I did take the time to fire up each saw, only 1 recoil failed and one needed alil carb adj. Neighbors were perplexed at how loud they were 🤣
I feel your pain. We moved to MI from IL last year. We also have a getaway place in WI, that is nothing fancy, but served our purposes for the last 20 years. Had to shuffle stuff around and pay taxes to/from all three places for almost a year LOL. Sold the IL house, and now we're full-time in MI, but we're only about 45 minutes away from the WI house, which we are keeping as it's close to a lot of our friends, and we like to go and spend time there as well. I just hate all of the moving end of it though. Hope it goes smoothly for you.
 
Nope, I've avoided 404.
But 404 semi-chisel sure holds an edge in dirty wood.
Now I do know a guy who may have a bunch, he builds racing chains and has everything to break and spin them too. He's about 35 minutes from my place, so if you were coming to this side of town, he's only about 15-20 minutes from downtown GR.
We were in WI riding UTVs with some friends for the last couple of days. Went out for a couple of cold ones to rinse the dust out of our mouths after being on the trails all day. Ran into a large group of bikers at a hotel in Land O' Lakes. They were all from in/around GR. Most of them were riding sport-touring bikes, but there were some Harleys and other makes thrown in for good measure. Needless to say, as a life-time rider, I ended up staying way too late, telling war stories etc!!
 
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