Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Hard at work on that elm today.

Who sez elm is hard to split and stringy?
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Good stuff!

 

[svk]

Hope everyone had a safe Halloween. I didn’t have the kids yesterday so I worked our Lions Club Halloween party and then went to the cabin. Pretty uneventful here although when I got to the cabin last night the dogs were freaking out about something up the hill. I whisk them inside because of the half dozen or so different animals that could be out at night, most of them could harm the dogs.

In full diclosure I am not a Bears fan by any means but I do have a lot of respect for coach Ditka hence the costume.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Ah ye ol' frankensaw eh??

That’s what I’ve been calling it

 

[chipper1]

Hope everyone had a safe Halloween. I didn’t have the kids yesterday so I worked our Lions Club Halloween party and then went to the cabin. Pretty uneventful here although when I got to the cabin last night the dogs were freaking out about something up the hill. I whisk them inside because of the half dozen or so different animals that could be out at night, most of them could harm the dogs.

In full diclosure I am not a Bears fan by any means but I do have a lot of respect for coach Ditka hence the costume.

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Nice costume.
Did your new gal take the pick?
I have a buddy who lived in Chicago for a good bit, he became a bears/blackhawks fan. He was giving me a hard time because the Blackhawks won the cup(not sure why as I could care less), I just told him, That's okay, we'll let you guys have it once .

 

[svk]

Nice costume.
Did your new gal take the pick?
I have a buddy who lived in Chicago for a good bit, he became a bears/blackhawks fan. He was giving me a hard time because the Blackhawks won the cup(not sure why as I could care less), I just told him, That's okay, we'll let you guys have it once .

No new gal yet. Been out with one a few times who is awesome but nothing official yet. Fingers crossed though.

 

[terryrichardson10]

Some poplar I finished cutting up today

 

[chipper1]

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Some poplar I finished cutting up today

Nice.
Did that little stihl handle that big wood okay lol.

 

[MustangMike]

Sometime you will have to end up at a GTG with me, and we will see how your saws do!

My Asian 660, that I finished the port work on, dynoed at 8.6 Hp.

I've got ported 50, 60, 71, 77, 91, and 99cc saws, plus a few non ported ones that run real nice.

 

[chipper1]

Sometime you will have to end up at a GTG with me, and we will see how your saws do!

My Asian 660, that I finished the port work on, dynoed at 8.6 Hp.

I've got ported 50, 60, 71, 77, 91, and 99cc saws, plus a few non ported ones that run real nice.

If you're talking to me, I'd love that . Been wanting to make it to Steves, just hasn't worked out.
You know in the post above I was 100% joking, that saw can pull a 36" setup very nicely. Stihls still make up a good portion of my saws, I think I currently have 5 runners(one ported ms261), and a parts saw.
I don't have the same selection of ported saws I did, but I still have a 40, 50, 65, 79 iirc, and a bunch that are modded.
I'd really like a ported 2511 rear handle, I just need to sell the modded ms192 rear handle and the ms201 rear handle. I plan on keeping the ms200 rear handle for a bit longer though.

 

[terryrichardson10]

Nice.
Did that little stihl handle that big wood okay lol.

Child’s play for a stihl might be big wood for a husky tho lol

 

[North by Northwest]

I don't know that must be kinda punky then. All the ash I've burnt and have now reminds me of walking in a hunting lodge whenever I smell it. To me it has earthy undertones. A lot of it because of the borer has been dead for quite some time and starts rotting on the stump and it can take on that shroomy smell.

Yeah , agree my Mountain Ash has earthy fresh smell . Nothing over whelming though !

 

[mountainguyed67]

I’m back from the mountains and thirty pages behind.

Made some of these.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Made a new burn pile area.

 

[North by Northwest]

New wood scrounging “tool”

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Unimog ?

 

[cantoo]

I hear you guys have been running out of firewood and have had to resort to talking about guns. I decided I better get some pictures for you guys. Got the processor set up to do some splits. Most of this pile is from my homemade 36" stroke splitter, the smaller pile on the left is from about 5 hours on the processor just so that my wife doesn't sell it on me. Still buying a few things at sales now and again too. Someone borrowed my new to me equipment trailer a few months ago so been on the lookout for another one. I only got to use it 3 times. Sawmill has been sitting idle since last summer, not even gonna fire it up this year.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Sometime you will have to end up at a GTG with me, and we will see how your saws do!

My Asian 660, that I finished the port work on, dynoed at 8.6 Hp.

I've got ported 50, 60, 71, 77, 91, and 99cc saws, plus a few non ported ones that run real nice.

If I ever make it back east, I'll take you up on that offer... I think I'm finally figuring this porting thing out. I've got a round top 066 that I'm pretty proud of. My best work is probably on 044/440s, I found the key to make those rip.

I'm actually doing machine work on a 462 right now, I still need to figure out how to hold my flex shaft hand piece in the tool holder of my lathe, to get the "lip" that forms on 462 cylinders when you deck them. After this, I'm probably going nuts on the 500i... I'm going to try to fit a 660 piston in it.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Unimog ?

Yup

 

[Sierra_rider]

If you're talking to me, I'd love that . Been wanting to make it to Steves, just hasn't worked out.
You know in the post above I was 100% joking, that saw can pull a 36" setup very nicely. Stihls still make up a good portion of my saws, I think I currently have 5 runners(one ported ms261), and a parts saw.
I don't have the same selection of ported saws I did, but I still have a 40, 50, 65, 79 iirc, and a bunch that are modded.
I'd really like a ported 2511 rear handle, I just need to sell the modded ms192 rear handle and the ms201 rear handle. I plan on keeping the ms200 rear handle for a bit longer though.

I'm mostly a Stihl guy nowadays, most of the new ones are factory hot rods. The only "pro" Stihl I thought was a dud was the 201tcm I bought new last year. A little machine/port work and it shreds now, it cured my desire for a 200t.

The 2511s respond well to work. I've done a couple of 2511s...my personal 2511t I went pretty agro with the porting...it's a mean little saw, but just a bit temperamental. That being said, I love it as it out cuts a stock 35cc top handle, as long as you're cognizant of keeping the chain speed up. I did another 2511t for someone else, but went much milder on the build. It's a torquey little saw now. It doesn't have that "mean" feeling like my personal 2511t, but is a much easier saw to live with.

 

[chipper1]

I'm mostly a Stihl guy nowadays, most of the new ones are factory hot rods. The only "pro" Stihl I thought was a dud was the 201tcm I bought new last year. A little machine/port work and it shreds now, it cured my desire for a 200t.

The 2511s respond well to work. I've done a couple of 2511s...my personal 2511t I went pretty agro with the porting...it's a mean little saw, but just a bit temperamental. That being said, I love it as it out cuts a stock 35cc top handle, as long as you're cognizant of keeping the chain speed up. I did another 2511t for someone else, but went much milder on the build. It's a torquey little saw now. It doesn't have that "mean" feeling like my personal 2511t, but is a much easier saw to live with.

Well, not long after making that post I ran my 242xp downstairs, took it out of the excursion because I could smell fuel. I forgot about an ms311 that needs a cylinder kit and the ms462, guess that puts me up to 6 runners and a couple parts saws lol. Getting up there close to half of my saws being stihls, I won't be able to badmouth them anymore if I have many more .
I don't run my 2511t much, as the 200t is a lot faster, and faster makes up a bit for not being that good in a tree. When on a site I try to run the smallest saw I can that will get things done the quickest, but sometimes I just break out a 70 with a 20 on it and tear it up (not the saw, but the tree lol). When I'm cutting firewood, I'll run about anything, usually try to run the real clean saws then as I can take my time more and not trash them. My work saws look like it .

 

[Sierra_rider]

Well, not long after making that post I ran my 242xp downstairs, took it out of the excursion because I could smell fuel. I forgot about an ms311 that needs a cylinder kit and the ms462, guess that puts me up to 6 runners and a couple parts saws lol. Getting up there close to half of my saws being stihls, I won't be able to badmouth them anymore if I have many more .
I don't run my 2511t much, as the 200t is a lot faster, and faster makes up a bit for not being that good in a tree. When on a site I try to run the smallest saw I can that will get things done the quickest, but sometimes I just break out a 70 with a 20 on it and tear it up (not the saw, but the tree lol). When I'm cutting firewood, I'll run about anything, usually try to run the real clean saws then as I can take my time more and not trash them. My work saws look like it .

Lol, I'm sitting at 10.5 runners and a couple of wall hangers. The .5 is that Echo 8000 that I built for my old man. After tuning up the cylinder on it, it started having issues...it definetely needed a new gas line and impulse line. I need to do a vacuum test on it, as it's got an air leak somewhere that's causing a surge when under load.
I finally re-put together my hybrid 044/46 saw last night I had robbed parts off of it for someone else's saw that I built...I wasn't going to start on this 462 until then. What else? I stihl have a 192t sitting in 1000 different pieces inside a cardboard box, it's not mine and the owner is trying to decide if he wants me to work on it or just buy a new one.

I finished the machine work on the 462 tonight, so I'll do the porting when I get around to it...I also need to work on my log splitter project too. I'm antsy to see what I can do to the 500i, that's going to be an exciting project, but I need to wrap some other stuff up. I got an oe-style BB 372 cylinder to put on my 372xt as well. Too many projects lol...I enjoy doing all of them, but just don't have enough time. I've also got it on my mind to get back into mountain bike racing, so training for that is eating up a significant portion of my spare time...I wish the days were a few hours longer.