Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[svk]

Morning guys. Finally ran a saw for a bit this weekend.

One of our ATV trails goes through a chunk of second growth forest that is over 100 years old. Every year we get a wind storm or two that makes a mess, especially in areas with heavy balsam and/or overly mature aspen. On Saturday afternoon we ran through a full tank of fuel in the Husqvarna 439 in the first 3/4 mile of the trail and made it to all but one blowdown.

Did I mention that refueling was really easy with those Husky flippys?

 

[H-Ranch]

Sssshhhhhh!!!!!!

 

[JimR]

M

I sure like the big ones for the big jobs but in tight spots with lots of maneuvering the little ones are awesome too.

My previous Cub Cadet 7275 27hp tractor could get into everyplace compared to my Kioti NX4510 45hp. The Cub Cadet was a foot narrower and shorter in length. The lifting capacity of the loader was pretty much the same. It was also about 1800 pounds lighter. Sometimes I wished that I had kept it.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Did I mention that refueling was really easy with those Husky flippys?

The best part is, they "stayed on", so you had enough fuel to finish the job! lol

SR

 

[sean donato]

M

My previous Cub Cadet 7275 27hp tractor could get into everyplace compared to my Kioti NX4510 45hp. The Cub Cadet was a foot narrower and shorter in length. The lifting capacity of the loader was pretty much the same. It was also about 1800 pounds lighter. Sometimes I wished that I had kept it.

When I was looking at tractors thay was a big consideration for me. My old man's L series is just too big to get around the back side of the house and shed area. My B series ticked all the boxes, besides I wish it had a few more hp at times. But it does everything I need it to, and if I need a bigger tractor I just grab dad's or one of my uncles tractors.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Bill’s Saw

Bill, an ‘older guy’ I used to work with, was really proud of his Porter-Cable circular saw. He had the ‘contractor grade’ model, with the grease reservoir.

1/8 turn, every couple hours of run time to lube the bearings

Work provided most ‘big’ tools, but gave each of the maintenance guys, like him, a yearly stipend, for personal stuff.

His saw was about $150 in 1970’s dollars.

Always wanted one, but couldn’t really justify one. Even while remodeling our house: the Craftsman and Black& Decker stuff was more than adequate. ‘Good enough’. Plus, I was / am not a ‘contractor’.

Porter Cable was bought out, and dumbed-down to a consumer brand, sold at Lowe’s. When a couple of companies make all the tools, the brand names just become ‘extra stuff’ that compete against each other.

This is not the same model as Bill’s, but still nicer than what I have. And it was at a church rummage sale for less than the cost of a good replacement blade.

Some people just don’t like, or appreciate, corded tools anymore.

This was worth it just for positive thoughts of Bill whenever I use it.

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Philbert

Nice score. My big knock about the sidewinders is that the blade is on the wrong side. One of the reasons I like my worm-drive mag Skil is because the kerf is easy to see if you're right handed.

I got a bit of a chuckle this. Most my carpentry equipment is older then me, but even the newer stuff is still old enough to have cords or air line to power them. Nothing wrong with the cords in my opinion.

I've got a good mixture of battery, corded, and air tools. I like my cordless drills/drivers, but you have to have enough spare batteries on deck...I have a couple of DeWalt 20v chargers on my top of my tool chest and enough spare batteries, that batteries are never an issue. That being said, I like things like my skilsaw, miter saw, etc to be corded. I've got a couple of corded angle grinders (4.5" and 7.") I do have cordless 4.5" angle that is my go-to for light duty work.

I've got a pretty decent compressor in the shop(5hp 2-stage IR,) so I've discovered the value of air tools. When I was disassembling my old Chevy, I was using the crap out of an air ratchet and air chisel. The chisel made quick work of the frame rivets I was doing away with.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Came home with me today, View attachment 1116569

I've got one as well, it's the best blower I've ever used. It's the only blower that will actually blow pine needles for any distance. Even most of the other back packs will only just blow the needles until it forms a wind-row. The 800 will keep rolling the wind-row over and over.

 

[Squareground3691]

I've got one as well, it's the best blower I've ever used. It's the only blower that will actually blow pine needles for any distance. Even most of the other back packs will only just blow the needles until it forms a wind-row. The 800 will keep rolling the wind-row over and over.

Yeah, I have a BR700 for the last 6 years, it’s been flawless, the 800 a nice step up and it feels as light as my 700 ,

 

[Philbert]

My big knock about the sidewinders is that the blade is on the wrong side

When Porter-Cable was a ‘Pro’ brand, they offered both right and left hand blade models.

Not something easy to find, then or now.

Philbert

 

[Lionsfan]

M

My previous Cub Cadet 7275 27hp tractor could get into everyplace compared to my Kioti NX4510 45hp. The Cub Cadet was a foot narrower and shorter in length. The lifting capacity of the loader was pretty much the same. It was also about 1800 pounds lighter. Sometimes I wished that I had kept it.

I looked at a used 7305 Cub Cadet a couple weeks back. Typical marketplace special that looked much better in the pictures than it did in person.

 

[H-Ranch]

Got to a little more today.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

Wow, been gone for a bit again, trying to get some things accomplished. MAN do you guys chat a lot LOL! I'd bet that a good fifty pages have gone by since I last participated! I hope everyone's doing well! Now I need to try and catch up a little bit on what I've missed.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

M

My previous Cub Cadet 7275 27hp tractor could get into everyplace compared to my Kioti NX4510 45hp. The Cub Cadet was a foot narrower and shorter in length. The lifting capacity of the loader was pretty much the same. It was also about 1800 pounds lighter. Sometimes I wished that I had kept it.

I couldn't agree more. I've had my little BX for seven or eight years. And then this Spring I got my "5 series" Kioti 7320 (73 HP). I love the new machine, especially because of the cab and A/C, but I still have a definite need for the smaller Kubota for a LOT of jobs. I wouldn't get rid of that little gem for anything. I'm fortunate though, not everybody is able to have two machines, so I count my blessings.

 

[JustJeff]

I figure if you can't figure out a flippy cap, maybe you shouldn't be running a chainsaw.... it's my theory that the Stihl engineers made it sufficiently particular so operators would pay attention to what they're doing. It's what separates us from the mouth breathers. Full disclosure, I've improperly installed a Stihl flippy cap!

 

[sean donato]

I figure if you can't figure out a flippy cap, maybe you shouldn't be running a chainsaw.... it's my theory that the Stihl engineers made it sufficiently particular so operators would pay attention to what they're doing. It's what separates us from the mouth breathers. Full disclosure, I've improperly installed a Stihl flippy cap!

Who hasn't? I thought it was a right of passage to own a stihl product... that or go broke trying to find aftermarket tanks that accept real caps... wait thats called a husqvarna.

 

[JustPlainJeff]

I had been looking for some light bars for about six months. None of the six or seven stores that I stopped in at ever had them. Finally got a 25" and a 28" bar for the 462 and 500.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

inch an hour they said. other day our area saw storms... and rains... some at 1" in 15 mind!!!

According to AccuWeather there is no rain in Tx and hasn’t been for months. In fact, everything is drying up, according to those morons

 

[singinwoodwackr]

I had been looking for some light bars for about six months. None of the six or seven stores that I stopped in at ever had them. Finally got a 25" and a 28" bar for the 462 and 500.

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Lots of them here

 

[singinwoodwackr]

50 degree for the high on Saturday so we had out first of the season fire .
back to 70s later this week…

 

[Sierra_rider]

I had been looking for some light bars for about six months. None of the six or seven stores that I stopped in at ever had them. Finally got a 25" and a 28" bar for the 462 and 500.

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They were rare as hen's teeth about 18 months ago, but Stihl LW bars have been in stock at the local places for most of this year. Luckily, I was able to somehow get all of mine even when they were hard to get. I really like the Stihl lwb, I've got a 25", 28" x2, 32", and a 36". As you can probably tell, I've got a thing for 28" bars, I've got a 3rd 28" lwb(Sugihara) that hangs on one of my Huskies. I'll probably add a 32" Sugi or Husky lwb to sit on the BB 372 and throw the 28" Sugi on the 365(after I make it find more power.)