Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[JimR]

Hmm...I didnt think about it, I have an oregon grinder... down angle gauges must be set up differently. Sorry

I'll play around with it this morning and match it to a new chain. Thanks for your help.

 

[JimR]

Sounds like you are talking about a different angle than Sean.
I think your referring to the top plate angle, then there is the side plate angle which along with the way your wheel is dressed and the depth you cut into the gullet will set the side plate angle/hook.
As Sean said, the later is typically set to 55 on round chain, I sometimes set mine more aggressively on semi chisel and use a little higher rakers if the saw can handle it(that's if I have to use semi-chisel chain).

I use a full chisel chain on almost all my saws.

 

[farmer steve]

You probably need a co inspector hr. I'll get my things packed.

I'll have to go along since @Cowboy254 uses Stihl saws and I'm well versed in those.

 

[farmer steve]

@Cowboy254. Woke up early and watched AFL. Looks like the Lions won. Don't have a clue on the rules but fun to watch.

 

[Squareground3691]

T435 mods , changes made a very good difference in performance, gutted muffler that was PITA had to open it up like a sardine can heat always helps , opened up air intake elbow, took out limiter caps , and frozskin breather hole , Ratcheting tool rules ,

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Got $1600 for this load of firewood logs.
Not bad for six hours work. That's fell, logged and loaded. 300 yard round trip turns to the landing




Cut safe, stay sharp and be aware!

 

[sean donato]

Maybe that's the discrepancy, it's set up differently?

Possibly, although I can go from 0* to 45 or 50* on the top plate angle.

 

[sean donato]

Got $1600 for this load of firewood logs.
Not bad for six hours work.
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Cut safe, stay sharp and be aware!

You're doing well, around here I can still manage $700 for a tri-axle of mill reject logs. Sounds like you'll have good profit!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

You're doing well, around here I can still manage $700 for a tri-axle of mill reject logs. Sounds like you'll have good profit!

I'm hoping so. Huge demand for firewood on Kodiak. Unfortunately almost all our wood here is Spruce. I can't complain though. Spruce has kept me warm all my life.

 

[JimR]

Possibly, although I can go from 0* to 45 or 50* on the top plate angle.

Sean, Here is what I came up with using a new Husqvarna H48 full chisel 3/8 chain. The top angle I have set at 30*. That would make the undercut angle at 60*. The face angle is set at 25*. I did this matching up a new grinding disc up against a brand new chain. I lengthened the backstop lever by a good 1/2". Time to go practice on some old chains that I have.

 

[H-Ranch]

Got a few loads in earlier, need to make a fuel run before I can cut too much more.

 

[MustangMike]

My daughter Krystle and I are up at the cabin for the last WE of early bear season.

My 338-06 is no longer virgin! Taxidermist says it is about a 4-year-old sow, the coat is great, and the shot was perfect (right behind the shoulder).

She dressed at 175 lbs. This is not the big one we saw on the camera previously.

My first bear ... we will see how it tastes! Taxidermist said, "It should taste good, you took good care of it".

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My buddy came over this morning and we scrounged more firewood to winch out,

then I'd pick them up with the pallet forks, grapple them,

and hold them over my wagon to be cut to firewood lengths,,

We are now down to the stem on this tree, and this is the last cut that a 20" bar will go through it cutting from both sides,

but I did get a piece of it winched out,

But the wagons full, so that log will be for next times scrounge!

SO, off we go to the splitting yard, but that's a job for another time!

SR

 

[kshansen]

My daughter Krystle and I are up at the cabin for the last WE of early bear season.

My 338-06 is no longer virgin! Taxidermist says it is about a 4-year-old sow, the coat is great, and the shot was perfect (right behind the shoulder).

She dressed at 175 lbs. This is not the big one we saw on the camera previously.

My first bear ... we will see how it tastes! Taxidermist said, "It should taste good, you took good care of it".

Mike, Approximately where is the "cabin" Not thinking that there are many bears in the Brewster area, but then I'm a ways from there near Syracuse.

 

[JimR]

I had some fun using my new to me mower blade grinder and a small balancer that I bought on Amazon. The grinder works so much better than my bench grinder for doing mower blades. I do need to mount this up on a table.

 

[JimR]

I did sharpen 3 chains on the Peerless chainsaw sharpener. What a breeze to use once I got it all set up. If I zero out everything I can take the rakers down too.

 

[svk]

My daughter Krystle and I are up at the cabin for the last WE of early bear season.

My 338-06 is no longer virgin! Taxidermist says it is about a 4-year-old sow, the coat is great, and the shot was perfect (right behind the shoulder).

She dressed at 175 lbs. This is not the big one we saw on the camera previously.

My first bear ... we will see how it tastes! Taxidermist said, "It should taste good, you took good care of it".

Very nice work, Mike!

Duly noted that you were successful in the early antlerless season.

Enquiring minds need to know…Was there any zigzagging before during or after the shot?

Seriously though you’ll have to report on how it tastes. I would bet being that you dressed it quickly, it should be quite good.

 

[MustangMike]

Mike, Approximately where is the "cabin" Not thinking that there are many bears in the Brewster area, but then I'm a ways from there near Syracuse.

My cabin is near Hancock in the NW portion of the Catskills. I have 50 acres on Mtn top, off the grid, overlooking the Cannonsville Reservoir.

We are seeing more bear than deer this year (for the first time), and almost NO small deer.

Never wanted to hunt bear, but feel I have to reduce the numbers. They take out lots of fawns (more than coyote).

 

[H-Ranch]

Well I got more gas for the saw, but got sidetracked on a few other jobs that were more time critical. So I only have one lonely pic to show from this afternoon. At least it's "chairy" and not pine.

 

[MustangMike]

Very nice work, Mike!

Duly noted that you were successful in the early antlerless season.

Enquiring minds need to know…Was there any zigzagging before during or after the shot?

Seriously though you’ll have to report on how it tastes. I would bet being that you dressed it quickly, it should be quite good.

We dressed it quickly and stuffed it with a bag of ice and brought it right to the taxidermist. We got into our stand at about 7 (both of us), we heard it, then got the opportunity to shoot at 8:15. I think it smelled us but could not figure out where we were. It would go briskly for 20 or 30 yds, then stop in thick stuff. I waited till it got close and then waited till it started moving out of the thick stuff and shot it when it was on the move in the clear and I could see where I was shooting it.

The bullet was less than 1/2" behind the leg and punched right through. She went across in front of us and did a semi-circle. I was going to shoot it a 2nd time, but when I saw the exit hole, I knew she was done. She stopped and slowly went down; we waited a few minutes, and we went down from our stand. She never made a sound.

Luckily, the rain did not start till later. In the late afternoon we went back to the stand but with the rain you could not hear anything. I'm not sure exactly how many different bears we have on our trail cams, but I know that we have at least one that is smaller than this one, and one that is bigger than this one.

This one had a great coat and should be good for eating.