Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Be Stihl]

Got my neon Husky Clock. lol

Nice axe collection! What’s on the end of that unfinished haft?

 

[Squareground3691]

Nice axe collection! What’s on the end of that unfinished haft?

Here’s the Plumb Head on a Killinger handle to be finished.

 

[Squareground3691]

Here’s the Plumb Head on a Killinger handle to be finished.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You mean you aren't supposed to cut wire with your chainsaw??

SR

 

[chipper1]

You mean you aren't supposed to cut wire with your chainsaw??

SR

You only lost one cutter, not bad lol.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

When's the last time any of you guys saw a tin pop top can of Stihl mix oil?

 

[Squareground3691]

When's the last time any of you guys saw a tin pop top can of Stihl mix oil?View attachment 1029796View attachment 1029797

Ha , the good old days

 

[mountainguyed67]

When's the last time any of you guys saw a tin pop top can of Stihl mix oil?

This is the first time, I am old enough to remember everything in metal cans though.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You only lost one cutter, not bad lol.

Actually, I ended up losing 5 off that chain... Best part is, it's by buddy's chain.. lol

He said it was MY fault because we were cutting in my woods! I told him, NO the load is going to YOUR house, so it's YOUR wood and YOUR fault! lol

SR

 

[Sierra_rider]

Did some deadwooding this a.m. on one of my cedars. I haven't climbed in awhile, let alone a no-spur srt climb. I had trouble finding one of my ascenders lol.



Anyway, all the recent talk about 2511s inspired me to cut with it today, even though it's the normal saw Id pick for this. With the port/machine work, it's wayyy zippy for trimming.



Throw line is my arch nemesis:

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Did some deadwooding this a.m. on one of my cedars. I haven't climbed in awhile, let alone a no-spur srt climb. I had trouble finding one of my ascenders lol.

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Anyway, all the recent talk about 2511s inspired me to cut with it today, even though it's the normal saw Id pick for this. With the port/machine work, it's wayyy zippy for trimming.

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Throw line is my arch nemesis:
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Nice! Good on ya!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Did some deadwooding this a.m. on one of my cedars. I haven't climbed in awhile, let alone a no-spur srt climb. I had trouble finding one of my ascenders lol.

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Anyway, all the recent talk about 2511s inspired me to cut with it today, even though it's the normal saw Id pick for this. With the port/machine work, it's wayyy zippy for trimming.

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Throw line is my arch nemesis:
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I see you have your shot line strung out. When's the fall gonna take place?

 

[Sierra_rider]

I see you have your shot line strung out. When's the fall gonna take place?

No falling taking place right now. It's just been coiled/tangled up for too long and has a ton of memory. I had it pulled out under tension, in order to try and get rid of some of the memory. Throw line with memory is a tangling nightmare.

I did use it to get my rope in the tree, along with my big-shot(basically a sling-shot on steriods.) With that combo, I was able to get a tie-in point about 85' up the tree. It doesn't look like it, because the tree is such a toad, but I trimmed to about 60' up. My big 200' climb line only about about 6 feet of rope touching the ground on the running end. The rest of the slack was used to tie my anchor.

 

[chipper1]

When's the last time any of you guys saw a tin pop top can of Stihl mix oil?View attachment 1029796View attachment 1029797

I bet it smells better than stihl ultra burning .
Have this old bottle of oil, the saws long gone, I thought they looked cool together.

 

[Sierra_rider]

I'm not cold anymore.

 

[chipper1]

No falling taking place right now. It's just been coiled/tangled up for too long and has a ton of memory. I had it pulled out under tension, in order to try and get rid of some of the memory. Throw line with memory is a tangling nightmare.

I did use it to get my rope in the tree, along with my big-shot(basically a sling-shot on steriods.) With that combo, I was able to get a tie-in point about 85' up the tree. It doesn't look like it, because the tree is such a toad, but I trimmed to about 60' up. My big 200' climb line only about about 6 feet of rope touching the ground on the running end. The rest of the slack was used to tie my anchor.

Nice work.
I'd like to get a nice throw line bag, the flat folding style, they work very nice. I was also thinking I need something to lay out under the bag before showing/shooting my line.
One day I forgot my line at the house with a hand fishing reel I normally store it on with a bag attached to it.
Like this one(probably wouldn't hold 200') : https://www.ebay.com/itm/2747411720...axKdrlLp3QkSPYvB/QsGkdYQ==|tkp:Bk9SR4jgsMyIYQ
But fortunately I had an empty stihl bar oil jug, the ones that are kinda square with rounded corners. I cut the top off it and rinsed it out with mix and then dried it out. I was able to fleck the line into it, then put the top into it upside down and it was a place to set the throw bag so it didn't get tangled with the line .

 

[Philbert]

When's the last time any of you guys saw a tin pop top can of Stihl mix oil?

Bunch of years ago I had to clear out a bunch of old stuff at a place I worked. Had a case of those 40:1. Later on I started thinking they might be worth something on eBay.

Philbert

 

[Sierra_rider]

Nice work.
I'd like to get a nice throw line bag, the flat folding style, they work very nice. I was also thinking I need something to lay out under the bag before showing/shooting my line.
One day I forgot my line at the house with a hand fishing reel I normally store it on with a bag attached to it.
Like this one(probably wouldn't hold 200') : https://www.ebay.com/itm/274741172094?epid=1702065275&hash=item3ff7d9977e:g:y44AAOSwLIdahyhK&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAA8NSwmMc91MqNFfm5XwVJqmEymDTMG4YTnXGo0tUdaUxfdF2ckWDyejVjuDU7CRzEFwLQHKDeYRuS/DlC9IYQC/v6Gjot21dMba7/IV74Sv6N4PBqb8x/f2gIs1Z67z4onbABahfuDAsbskD2FXrZA2WO7TXggmAEcNmn97t3o3dnAbT59ypSXIvx3IxxWiMh49HRyCDi5fPgeSo22oRdtxPcGkNfbzyK1J/AYjlwoyOAu0LeREW8pGNi3qy7zTVhE15AR/bLuTt7nRoLWAouTG1uvQ76qKfjrx8m2gcrMxaxKdrlLp3QkSPYvB/QsGkdYQ==|tkp:Bk9SR4jgsMyIYQ
But fortunately I had an empty stihl bar oil jug, the ones that are kinda square with rounded corners. I cut the top off it and rinsed it out with mix and then dried it out. I was able to fleck the line into it, then put the top into it upside down and it was a place to set the throw bag so it didn't get tangled with the line .

Thanks. I use one of those folding throw line bags, they are the real deal if you have your line layed in nicely. I'm also a fan of the big shot for setting the line. You aren't getting a line in most of our trees by hand, unless you've got one helluva arm lol.

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Added a new tool to to arsenal a few days ago. Works way better then I expected for clearing snow off the wood pile. We got about a foot of snow over the last two days and this Husky 525BX made quick work of getting the pile cleared off.



I’ve been neck deep in doing the engine rebuild in our suburban, but got some time today to finish splitting that last load of birch I got. Might be time for a bigger splitter.

 

[cantoo]

Added a new tool to to arsenal a few days ago. Works way better then I expected for clearing snow off the wood pile. We got about a foot of snow over the last two days and this Husky 525BX made quick work of getting the pile cleared off.

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I’ve been neck deep in doing the engine rebuild in our suburban, but got some time today to finish splitting that last load of birch I got. Might be time for a bigger splitter.

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I'm betting there is nothing wrong with the splitter you have, you just need to convert it.