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I had a bar cease up like that with wood chips while cutting Chestnut Oak several years ago. I freed my sprocket tip the same way (WD-40, screwdriver and hammer). I believe I have only had it happen when the tip is buried and I'm pressing it.

I try to either select a longer bar or cut over the top first, so I don't bury the tip so much.
Ahhhh! Just crank the oiler valve wide open, burie that bar tip and winde on'er full throttle! 👍😂🤣
 
Just got my hopped up primary back on line. A couple blemishes and cracks in the plastics, but no "cents" in replacing them.
I just may end up smashing her again in the wind before winter is over. 🤣😂

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I tried bucking a log to test her out, but she failed the test. 🤔 Apparently power saws cut much better with a bar and chain mounted on them! 😉

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware! 👍
 
Just got my hopped up primary back on line. A couple blemishes and cracks in the plastics, but no "cents" in replacing them.
I just may end up smashing her again in the wind before winter is over. 🤣😂

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I tried bucking a log to test her out, but she failed the test. 🤔 Apparently power saws cut much better with a bar and chain mounted on them! 😉

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware! 👍
Try pushing harder.
 
It would be cool if we could get some little 1 liter turbo diesels in cars here. Even little turbo gas cars, no reason they cant make them, they just know we wouldn't want some of the crap they currently are giving us, that and they are pushing the EV agenda now :nofunny: .
Like over here you mean? That's how we've gone for a decade now. We've always had more expensive fuel and hence smaller motors.... Plus smaller roads and smaller vehicle make a bigger motor less important anyway, but the emissions rules drove European vehicles to smaller and turbocharged a decade ago. 1 litre turbocharged petrol give about 140 BHP stock, easy to drive and 50+ mpg.
 
Well, I just got an elk tag. If I succeed on punching it? I won't post a picture if it! Although, 🤔 I may post a picture of the elk. 😉
We actually have an elk hunt here in PA. Tags are by lottery and I have never attempted to get one. 60 bull tags and 118 cow tags this year.
 
Lol. That's just my running joke about work. Can't really complain... It pays the bills. How's your new job going?? And Hannah's new venture?
So far so good for me, $ coming in to help with all the $ going out. Not so good for the wife, no orders yet on all her buisness platforms. Most of her stuff goes to small businesses and with the economy stuff I think everyone is gun shy on doing anything.
 
We actually have an elk hunt here in PA. Tags are by lottery and I have never attempted to get one. 60 bull tags and 118 cow tags this year.
Same in Michigan maybe not as many tags, I believe all the hunts have to be guided. It's a real strict hunt and only takes place in northern lower peninsula where there elk are. We have a preference point system here with bear and elk licenses its a confusing process, I think the more times you apply and take these dnr surveys it improves your chances.
 
Same in Michigan maybe not as many tags, I believe all the hunts have to be guided. It's a real strict hunt and only takes place in northern lower peninsula where there elk are. We have a preference point system here with bear and elk licenses its a confusing process, I think the more times you apply and take these dnr surveys it improves your chances.
Yeah my dads place is there in Atlanta where they are. If your somehow blessed enough to get a tag you had better get one. I've heard is a one tag a lifetime per person here.
 
Yeah my dads place is there in Atlanta where they are. If your somehow blessed enough to get a tag you had better get one. I've heard is a one tag a lifetime per person here.
I see them in the Valderbilt area occasionally on my commute to work. Nothing makes a guy pucker-up faster than a pair of bull elk dancing around in the middle of I-75 at 4:30 in the morning!!
 
I see them in the Valderbilt area occasionally on my commute to work. Nothing makes a guy pucker-up faster than a pair of bull elk dancing around in the middle of I-75 at 4:30 in the morning!!
Oh yeah I came accross a horse one time that got out bad windstorm took a fence down. It was raining and it was in the road I got out and led it back onto what I thought was the owners property and got in the car and waited for the sheriff someone could have got real hurt hitting that poor scared horse.
 
Boost is nice, but it is more than that. The VCT, multi valve, FI, and computer engine control that adjust for octane, temperature, etc.

It combines to produce a combination of drivability, power and economy that was not attainable in the past.

In the past you were forced to make lots of choices between drivability, economy and performance. It is really nice to have it all at once.

And yes, my 2019 F-150 truck has a little 2.7 ltr V-6 bi turbo with a 10 speed and I love it! Great mileage and drivability for a full size 4 X 4 truck.
I've had mine almost a year, and so far I can't find a fault. As far as a practical power plant for a half-ton pickup, it blows away any of the V-6's or small V-8's I've ever driven. The jury is still out on long-term cost of ownership, but I'm giving Ford motor company the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
 
Like over here you mean? That's how we've gone for a decade now. We've always had more expensive fuel and hence smaller motors.... Plus smaller roads and smaller vehicle make a bigger motor less important anyway, but the emissions rules drove European vehicles to smaller and turbocharged a decade ago. 1 litre turbocharged petrol give about 140 BHP stock, easy to drive and 50+ mpg.
Although I don't disagree with you (I'm from Belgium, same narrow roads etc.), I was wondering, at which RPM's do those engines reach 140 bhp? Even though it's true that excellent cars have been built for the European roads and traffic (try making a 180° turn with an American car on our roads... ), in my opinion there's still something to say for the 'there's no replacement for displacement' idea.
I've driven quite a few cars of the VW range of brands, mainly the older, quite dirty, yet very reliable 1.9L turbo diesels. And while it's true that their modern 1.6 counterparts perform the same on the road, it becomes a different story when you're pulling a 2-axle trailer loaded with 1000kgs (legally too much, but hey, you know, it happens :)) freshly cut firewood, off road...

At some point a pretty big van slipped off the forest road close to where I lived, and pretty soon had sunk its right wheels up to its axles into the soft forest ground. No 4x4 available, so I decided to hook it up to my 1.9 turbodiesel Golf ('Rabbit' in the States, I believe). Not a good idea per se, but it pulled it out as if it was nothing... Try to do that with a 1 liter engine... I might be wrong, I'm not a car expert or whatever, just personal experience.

When you mention 1.9L engines to (really) young people, they consider it 'massive'. Go figure :).
 
The only things I drove with more than 2 liter displacement were a tractor, a skid steer (don't know what displacement it had, but quit a lot I would guess) and a big rental van :) .
I once had a new Skoda Octavia company car with 150 hp, 2 liter turbo diesel, automatic gear shifting (manual shifters are still popular here). The thing had a 'launch mode', first time I tested it (standing still at a traffic light) I thought a truck had hit me in the back... That was a pretty great car, break so lots of cargo space, yet 'sporty' and handled corners very well, *and* good mileage, 5-6 liter/100kms, which is 38-47 MPG if I'm not mistaken. The downside, of course, or at least in my opinion, is that the thing is complex, no space left under the hood whatsoever, difficult to work on, lots of things (sensors for example) can cause problems, etc.
 
Some friends of mine are into American trucks, cars (and motorcycles, I used to own a Sportster myself), e.g. Dodge Ram, etc. One of them even has a Boss Hoss, I believe it has a 5.7L car engine under it? :cool:... But those things rarely see the road these times, fuel prices are just too high. My sister bought a Ford Ranger pickup truck last year, for her company, don't know what engine version or whatever (it's a diesel though) but it uses some 11 liters/100 km I believe, and filling up its 80L fuel tank costs you €160... that kinda hurts the wallet.

I went off topic a bit here, but let me fix that :) . Oak trees here have been producing way more acorns than usual, because of the drought, I suppose they do this to ensure offspring in case they die. They became so heavy that tops broke out, especially in windy conditions. A few weekends back I was driving through an area with a lot of privately owned parcels of woodland, and a top (almost half a tree) was blocking the road. I was there to do some bucking on a property, so had my saws with me... Don't know who the owner of the land was but seeing that I cleared the road, I took quite a lot of perfect firewood with me... Gonna warm my house for several days in a year or two🔥
 
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