Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Sierra_rider]

It's been awhile since I spun chain, almost forgot how lol...but did a loop of 32" .404 for the ol' freebie Echo 8000 I'm going to build for my old man. He doesn't have a "big" firewood saw and I'm not about to give him one of my 044s, so he'll get this. I'm going to do some "magic" to the cylinder first, she's slow lol.

If anyone's wondering why .404...I've got this medium mount 32" Stihl bar with a .404 sprocket, that I'm not going to use. A little bit of modification and an adapter, it fits on the Echo.

BTW, back to our earlier talk about DL #'s and size of bars...I have no clue how many DLs are on a 32" .404. I didn't even count these out, just coiled the chain up on the bar and sprocket and eyeballed what I thought was good.

 

[svk]

Man your season opens early. Ours doesn't until around Nov 10th. Stays open until Jan 10th. what your season dates?

My post should say taking my SON duck hunting but the damn phone changed it to myself lol. Youth waterfowl hunt was this weekend. Kids 17 and under can shoot ducks Saturday and Sunday when accompanied by a non-hunting adult. My son ended up getting five ducks between the two days.

On a sidenote, early goose season is open as well so you can shoot geese over water or land.

Regular duck season opens on the 24th of September.

 

[svk]

In regards to 9/11/01:

I was starting my third year of college. I was driving down to school and was actually in a construction zone and was on a two lane highway going south over the (regular northbound) bridge when the first plane hit. The second plane hit just as I was getting to town and I stopped at the Hardee’s and watch TV in shock with probably 30 other people. We had classes as scheduled while watching as much as we could on the TVs at school. Went home that night and then went to my now ex mother-in-law’s house to celebrate her birthday. I remember seeing every gas station packed with cars as we drove home. The gas stations that did raise their prices up to six dollars a gallon ended up getting into big trouble.

Being in northern Minnesota we were relatively insulated from it all….When I moved to upstate New York it became more real especially when I visited New York City and saw the holes in the ground. Once I got to know people up there, almost everybody knew someone who had been in the building when they were hit and a number of people knew someone who had died. It brought how much more somber reality than what we experienced on TV back home. It took them years to clean up the mess as I remember driving by the two holes many years later. Once they finally got everything cleaned up, they got memorials done pretty quickly.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I was at work already, we were going in early at that time. I was a fairly new employee, the boss called all of us into the office to show us on a small TV. He had already said a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center, when I got in there I saw the second one hit. Thats when I said they’re doing it on purpose, he said yeah I told you a plane crashed into the tower. Yeah, you didn’t say it was deliberately flown into the tower. Then he got a twisted face, not the smartest guy. He originally had me thinking it was an accident.

 

[Bill G]

I have a tremendous amount of respect for hunters in highly populated small states.I imagine punching a tag on public land must take a lot of time and work in the field! Especially for a B&C class animal on public land! I don't mean to rub anything in here, but a trophy class Blacktial or Moose in AK or Canada. Can possibly go its entire life and never see a person. Those Whitetails in the mid west and east coast can be extremely hard to hunt from what I hear!!! Especially once any particular animal has been hunted once or twice! They learn quick in populated areas with lots of hunting pressure Im sure. Just like any game animal any where in the world that gets a lot of pressure! Thats all I was trying to get at. So once again let me say. Nice animal and congratulations on a hunt well done!

Most can hunt private lands if they drop their ego and use the two hands god gave them. Here is all about folks ego , attitude and their lack of respect for wildlife and the next generation. My father trapped the Mississippi lower pool 16 his entire life until folks ego's took over. I allowed hunters to take deer here for 37 years or so until their ego's took over and their lies ran out.

 

[MustangMike]

I guess I'm getting old as I remember both where I was when Kennedy was assassinated and where I was on 9/11. I think the Kenedy assassination was a bigger shock as no one could believe that it happened ... the early 60s was a very "innocent" time, we felt very secure and could not believe that it had happened.

Those pics of the jumpers horrified me. When I worked on the 82nd floor I told everyone we needed parachutes. My coworkers laughed at me and told me the glass was unbreakable, what would I do with one? I responded that nothing is unbreakable, and how else would we get down, and have they noticed that this was the only location we ever worked at that never had fire drills? One of my coworkers asked me what I thought my chances would be of making it down safe with a parachute and I responded, "a lot better than if I didn't have one". Thinking about the jumpers still haunts me.

NYC used to issue lifetime access permits to all the NYC reservoirs (for hiking, hunting and fishing). They were all cancelled and now have to be renewed every 5 years. For a long time, all access was closed, and all the reservoirs had guards with ARs protecting them. There were big concerns regarding poisoning the NYC drinking water, they became "no fly" zones and were patrolled by Gov planes and helicopters.

 

[farmer steve]

Well fall is here and it’s scrounging season. I bought a new firewood acquisition tool to add to the arsenal, MS400. I figured it was the obvious next step in my 3 saw plan. 33cc, 50cc, now 67cc. I had a hard time justifying a bigger saw than the 261, cause it does everything well. But I guess I wanted to see what the hype was all about, hopefully it brings big smiles in 20” hardwoods. Should also make noodling a little more effortless.

You'll like the 400. It will wake up after 8-10 tanks of fuel. I use mine a lot for noodling.

 

[JimR]

Measured from the case, 20" + 24" s/b about right, but the 28" is really only a 27". If you look, and compare the link count, it will become obvious.

If memory serves me right, 20" is 72 links, 24" is 84 links, but 28" is only 92 links (an increase of only 8 instead of 12).

They try and hide it by now calling the 24" a 25"!!!

A 36 is 115

 

[JimR]

I guess I'm getting old as I remember both where I was when Kennedy was assassinated and where I was on 9/11. I think the Kenedy assassination was a bigger shock as no one could believe that it happened ... the early 60s was a very "innocent" time, we felt very secure and could not believe that it had happened.

Those pics of the jumpers horrified me. When I worked on the 82nd floor I told everyone we needed parachutes. My coworkers laughed at me and told me the glass was unbreakable, what would I do with one? I responded that nothing is unbreakable, and how else would we get down, and have they noticed that this was the only location we ever worked at that never had fire drills? One of my coworkers asked me what I thought my chances would be of making it down safe with a parachute and I responded, "a lot better than if I didn't have one". Thinking about the jumpers still haunts me.

NYC used to issue lifetime access permits to all the NYC reservoirs (for hiking, hunting and fishing). They were all cancelled and now have to be renewed every 5 years. For a long time, all access was closed, and all the reservoirs had guards with ARs protecting them. There were big concerns regarding poisoning the NYC drinking water, they became "no fly" zones and were patrolled by Gov planes and helicopters.

We had the same issue in Mass with closing all public access at the reservoirs for fear of chemical attacks. State police with AR-15's were standing guard.

 

[jolj]

And where is when the space shuttle fail to earth.

 

[JustJeff]

9-11 is my wife's and my anniversary. Lol. 29 years, thanks to the terrorists, I can never forget it. I was living in Mississippi and welding a grain cart for a guy named Bubba. No kidding, it's his actual name! He and I sat in my service truck and listened to it on the radio. Then he said "we're at war".
In the following days Canadians were hanging American flags in their windows in support. As a Canadian, I was an anomaly in small town Mississippi and everyone knew who I was. A man who was the ranger at a local state park and former military, came in to my shop and said he wanted to shake my hand in thanks for the support of my countrymen. For the first time, I was really proud to be Canadian. A horrible day for those killed or affected. I'll never forget it.

 

[JimR]

I went out to do some more Beech cutting yesterday when I noticed my fuel tank on my Kioti had a slight leak. My fuel gauge was weeping fuel. The tank was completely full. I drained the tank to pull it out. Pulled the fuel gauge out to find that the tank was cracked around the fuel gauge studs. Somebody over tightened the gauge. I used carb cleaner to remove all traces of fuel from the top and the cracks. Super Glue was dropped into the cracks. Marine silicone was applied to the mating surface and the rubber gasket. I installed the fuel gauge and installed 5 new 3/16 × 1 stainless steel screws in between the studs. Clearances the screw holes in the gauge and a 9/64 drill hole for the screws. That sure put an end to a leaking tank. These studs were a piss poor design on the tank. The new screws were sealed with silicone. A new tank is $406 plus tax and shipping.

 

[chipper1]

I went out to do some more Beech cutting yesterday when I noticed my fuel tank on my Kioti had a slight leak. My fuel gauge was weeping fuel. The tank was completely full. I drained the tank to pull it out. Pulled the fuel gauge out to find that the tank was cracked around the fuel gauge studs. Somebody over tightened the gauge. I used carb cleaner to remove all traces of fuel from the top and the cracks. Super Glue was dropped into the cracks. Marine silicone was applied to the mating surface and the rubber gasket. I installed the fuel gauge and installed 5 new 3/16 × 1 stainless steel screws in between the studs. Clearances the screw holes in the gauge and a 9/64 drill hole for the screws. That sure put an end to a leaking tank. These studs were a piss poor design on the tank. The new screws were sealed with silicone. A new tank is $406 plus tax and shipping.

Nice job.
Did get any beech cut up .

 

[sean donato]

Most can hunt private lands if they drop their ego and use the two hands god gave them. Here is all about folks ego , attitude and their lack of respect for wildlife and the next generation. My father trapped the Mississippi lower pool 16 his entire life until folks ego's took over. I allowed hunters to take deer here for 37 years or so until their ego's took over and their lies ran out.

It's pretty hard to get into private land around here. Not even for lack of asking. Most farmers have their woods full and guys that have "large" private tracts typically have their own group that hunts the land as well. I belong to a hunting "camp" that leased land for many, many years. Sadly the last owner, passed away and we'll be loosing the land and don't have the money reserves, to buy it as club property.
The next biggest issue as I see it is a lot of farms and timber land are being sold off to developers.

 

[Bill G]

I think those are issues all over the USA. Here access is going away due to the reasons you mentioned but in my case I kicked the people out because of lies and ethics.

 

[svk]

I remember them showing on TV the mother****ers in terrorist countries celebrating the attacks. Sad thing is I think there would be a lot of celebrating in the US if the same thing happened these days.

 

[sean donato]

I remember them showing on TV the mother****ers in terrorist countries celebrating the attacks. Sad thing is I think there would be a lot of celebrating in the US if the same thing happened these days.

Sad but im inclined to agree. Never in my short life seen so much division.

 

[Vtrombly]

I remember them showing on TV the mother****ers in terrorist countries celebrating the attacks. Sad thing is I think there would be a lot of celebrating in the US if the same thing happened these days.

I agree with you. I don't mean to blunt here and sorry if anyone's on that side of the fence... but nowadays when people cant even figure out what bathroom to use I'm pretty sure that we are headed for a catastrophe. If there is a war or conflict that happens in our lifetime all of us are getting drafted regardless of age because these pansies are not going to get it done.

 

[pdqdl]

I think I've mentioned in here before, that I started shooting the .338-06 in the 70's and ended up building a .338-06 dedicated brown bear rifle right after that, I never had to do any altering from 30-06 to .338-06 to get any of them to feed/function properly. Anyway, here it is,

I had switched it to clip fed, but I never liked it as it's just something else to lose and worse yet, in everyday use, the clip requires a shorter OAL in bullet seating.

Anyway, I haven't shot this rifle in years.

SR

Edit in: I had to correct my statement to "clip" fed.

Is that a left-hand bolt action, or is that a mirrored image photo?

 

[Bill G]

I remember them showing on TV the mother****ers in terrorist countries celebrating the attacks. Sad thing is I think there would be a lot of celebrating in the US if the same thing happened these days.

What a difference a few short years make. Back then we embraced national pride and unity . Today we embraced and pander to those that take a knee when the National Anthem is played.