Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[SS396driver]

Isn't 7 a lucky #?

If I buy another it’ll be an old one . I’ve been debating on wether I should pull the trigger on this one . I looked at it at the C10 Fall Festival in North Carolina 1974 24k original miles 292 with a 3spd . Truck is really clean I made an offer and he countered with a fair price . I’d most likely sell my XJ Jeep

 

[WoodAbuser]

If I buy another it’ll be an old one . I’ve been debating on wether I should pull the trigger on this one . I looked at it at the C10 Fall Festival in North Carolina 1974 24k original miles 292 with a 3spd . Truck is really clean I made an offer and he countered with a fair price . I’d most likely sell my XJ Jeep View attachment 1127638

Does it have a 3 inch receiver? Seriously tho that looks like another great truck to add to your amazing stable.

 

[muddstopper]

Little brother is starting to get on my nerves. Called yesterday and said his saw wasnt cutting right and would I sharpen it. Now, growing up, he filed and cut just as much wood as I did, no reason he couldnt file it himself. I said bring it over, I was expecting to find a chain filed everywhich way and rocked to death, but it wasnt to bad. I put the 3in one sthil file to it and in a few minutes it looked pretty good. Today, he called and said it was cutting strings in some bradford pair, but he didnt think it was getting enough oil. I told him how to adjust the oiler. Little later he called again, said the saw quit cutting and the chain was smokeing and he didnt think the oiler was still not putting out enough oil. Well to heck with trying to diagnose a saw over the phone, so I said bring it over. Well when he got here the bar was still hot to the touch, so hot the bar had turned blue, the teeth on the chain had rolled over and curled up. I aint talking blue at the edge of the rails, the entire bar was blue. Never seen anything like it. My 346 was setting there so I took the bar and chain off it to put on his saw. While we had the side plate off, I took some brake kleen and cleaned all around the oil pump and clutch area. We fiddled with the oiler and turned it all the way up and it wasnt hardly putting out any oil, turned it all the way down and still no oil, put it in the middle and finally got it to sling a little oil. I am thinking oil pump probably worn out or stopped up. Took saw out behind the shop where I had pushed down a 8in sourwood and started cutting a few rounds. Saw ran great and after bucking about half the tree, the chain looked oily and wasnt hot, so I sent him home. Well he called again a little while ago, claims the saw just quit cutting again and the chain was rideing up at the clutch and base of the bar. Now unless the bar came loose, only thing I can think of would be a worn sprocket, possibly wrong size, but I replaced his blue bar and chain which said .325, with my old bar, that also said .325, bar and chain, but I didnt check the sprocket on the saw. We dont know anything about the saw except its a 353 husky that his soninlaw gave him, and this is the first time he has tried to use it. I told him to bring it over tomorrow and I would check the sprocket and take one off one of my clunkers to get it running.
Only good news out of this is I was digging in my surplus pile and found a 350 I had forgot about having, this should make a good donor saw for his 353, and I found a complete 55 rancher I had forgot about. This was a experimental saw I had rebuilt with new seals and bearings and a chinese topend I had milled the base down on. Saw didnt run worth a flip and I had just set it aside and forgot about it. So it looks like I will be digging out a old cyl and putting that saw back to stock.

 

[chipper1]

Little brother is starting to get on my nerves. Called yesterday and said his saw wasnt cutting right and would I sharpen it. Now, growing up, he filed and cut just as much wood as I did, no reason he couldnt file it himself. I said bring it over, I was expecting to find a chain filed everywhich way and rocked to death, but it wasnt to bad. I put the 3in one sthil file to it and in a few minutes it looked pretty good. Today, he called and said it was cutting strings in some bradford pair, but he didnt think it was getting enough oil. I told him how to adjust the oiler. Little later he called again, said the saw quit cutting and the chain was smokeing and he didnt think the oiler was still not putting out enough oil. Well to heck with trying to diagnose a saw over the phone, so I said bring it over. Well when he got here the bar was still hot to the touch, so hot the bar had turned blue, the teeth on the chain had rolled over and curled up. I aint talking blue at the edge of the rails, the entire bar was blue. Never seen anything like it. My 346 was setting there so I took the bar and chain off it to put on his saw. While we had the side plate off, I took some brake kleen and cleaned all around the oil pump and clutch area. We fiddled with the oiler and turned it all the way up and it wasnt hardly putting out any oil, turned it all the way down and still no oil, put it in the middle and finally got it to sling a little oil. I am thinking oil pump probably worn out or stopped up. Took saw out behind the shop where I had pushed down a 8in sourwood and started cutting a few rounds. Saw ran great and after bucking about half the tree, the chain looked oily and wasnt hot, so I sent him home. Well he called again a little while ago, claims the saw just quit cutting again and the chain was rideing up at the clutch and base of the bar. Now unless the bar came loose, only thing I can think of would be a worn sprocket, possibly wrong size, but I replaced his blue bar and chain which said .325, with my old bar, that also said .325, bar and chain, but I didnt check the sprocket on the saw. We dont know anything about the saw except its a 353 husky that his soninlaw gave him, and this is the first time he has tried to use it. I told him to bring it over tomorrow and I would check the sprocket and take one off one of my clunkers to get it running.
Only good news out of this is I was digging in my surplus pile and found a 350 I had forgot about having, this should make a good donor saw for his 353, and I found a complete 55 rancher I had forgot about. This was a experimental saw I had rebuilt with new seals and bearings and a chinese topend I had milled the base down on. Saw didnt run worth a flip and I had just set it aside and forgot about it. So it looks like I will be digging out a old cyl and putting that saw back to stock.

If it was the wrong sprocket for that bar/chain combo, you probably would ha e noticed when you tensioned the chain.
353 is a good saw, does fine with a 325x20" if you're not to heavy handed for firewooding.
Cool you found the other saws, hope you can get a couple together out of them.

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Found this today in the middle of the road . Bulletproof hitch 3 inch shank not sure what I’ll do with it since the receiver on my truck is 2 inch . It’s even got the pintle attachment View attachment 1127605View attachment 1127606View attachment 1127607

Maybe pick yourself up a 3 to 2 inch reducer like this https://www.princessauto.com/en/3-to-2-1-2-or-2-in-hitch-receiver-reducer-set/product/PA0008915969

 

[spuldup]

Started a new cord row with some old scrounged poles. Only at 20-25% moisture split.

 

[SS396driver]

Maybe pick yourself up a 3 to 2 inch reducer like this https://www.princessauto.com/en/3-to-2-1-2-or-2-in-hitch-receiver-reducer-set/product/PA0008915969

That’s so you can use a 2 inch shank hitch in a 3 inch receiver
“This set allows a 3 in. receiver to accept a 2 in. shank on accessories such as ball mounts, bike racks and cargo carriers. The larger sleeve can be used to mount accessories with a 2-1/2 in. shank on a 3 in. receiver. The smaller sleeve can be used in a 2-1/2 in. receiver to accept accessories with a 2 in. shank. They feature powder-coated carbon-steel construction.”

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

That’s so you can use a 2 inch shank hitch in a 3 inch receiver
“This set allows a 3 in. receiver to accept a 2 in. shank on accessories such as ball mounts, bike racks and cargo carriers. The larger sleeve can be used to mount accessories with a 2-1/2 in. shank on a 3 in. receiver. The smaller sleeve can be used in a 2-1/2 in. receiver to accept accessories with a 2 in. shank. They feature powder-coated carbon-steel construction.”

Install it backwards.
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[MechanicMatt]

Nice stove, I need to refinish the 2 bio mass ones I have. Finish is getting a little ratty. Where did you get the gloss black stove paint? All I can find is flat black and gloss would look a ton better? Saw, not so much but then I don't do Husky's I do own a Husky made S&W branded 308 long gun that I bought an estate sale unused a few years back. Replaced the gritty trigger with a Timney and accurized it but I rarely shoot it, The wood Monte-Carlo stock, don't want to bugger it up as it's really a collectable firearm, not a working sport rifle. Here it is plus a target at 420 yards loading Bergers in custom built Norma brass and jumped for accuracy. The scope needs adjusted for zero on the bull yet but you get the idea anyway... It's a fine rifle btw. Not bad for a 7.62 x 54 on my private range btw.

Interesting, I always thought it was Howa that made the rifles for S&W

Is it a S&W1500?

Either way, nice group for 400+ yards!

 

[Sidecarflip]

Interesting, I always thought it was Howa that made the rifles for S&W

Is it a S&W1500?

Either way, nice group for 400+ yards!

Husky made them first and then Howa. It's a 308 with a Mauser double claw extractor. In fact I can enter the serial number on the Husky website and it gives me the build date. It's a shooter and a justifiable collectors item. Only comes out when it's nice out. Not a fan of wood furniture at all. I'm a carbon fiber composite stock person and all my sticks have to weigh under 8 pounds fully loaded. Bought it unfired at an estate sale, loaded with preservative. I will say the raceways on the bolt are the smoothest I've ever cycled and like any typical early rifle, no escape drillways in the receiver so an overcharge will net you a face full of propellant. Too bad the stock trigger sucked but again typical for a 60's vintage stick. Quite a work of art actually and I added the cushioned butt plate because stock there is none.

 

[SS396driver]

Install it backwards.
Follow me for more great tips.

Don’t work that way I’ve used them before on big equipment. The reducer goes into the 3 inch receiver . Each sleeve brings it down by 1/2 inch .
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hitch+red...i=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbM016ip8k

 

[Ryan A]

Skinning is the hard part!

Once you have the skin off and legs cut, hang the deer from the neck. Grab a front leg and pull it from the body and let your knife follow the fold (crease), each shoulder will easily come off. I put them in a cooler on ICE.

Now get the best part, the backstrap. It is like filleting a fish! Run you knife along each side of the backbone from shoulder to hip. Pull with one hand and cut with the other and go along the backbone and ribs taking out all the meat. Each side will be a couple of feet long, I later cut them to 3" lengths for the grill.

The rumps are the hardest part. Raise the deer up and do similar to the shoulder. You will find the joint in the bone, cut the ligaments with your knife and you will not have to saw anything. When cutting past the privates, just give a little room so you don't contaminate the meat.

Strip the neck for burger, etc.

The shoulders have a flat bone with a ridge in the center. On a large deer you can make a stake or two, on smaller ones it is stew meat.

With the rump, just separate the muscle groups and butcher it as you like. I try to make as many steaks as possible, and make the rest stew meat.

When cutting the backstrap, put the large membrane on the bottom. Cut through the meat to it, then fillet across to remove that tough membrane. You will end up with some very clear meat that is very tender, like fillet mignon!

Best of luck!

Check out guys using a golf ball to skin a deer on YouTube. I’ve never done it, neat idea though.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Yea , side tensioner are nice and captive nuts to , You have one of theses yet it’s a game changer, View attachment 1126852

Where, WHERE did you find that???

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Interesting,

So, I’m not sure I get this. If this chain can’t be easily sharpened back to factory angles, what’s the point?

 

[MechanicMatt]

considering a electric, but I need to keep at least one or two real saws just incase

My dad has three mean Stihls and his dewalt

Guess which on he runs the most?

 

[MechanicMatt]

I waited and waited till HD had a sale on the 2" stuff (R13) for my cabin. Just did the ceiling and 2nd floor walls, which were previously just 5/8" plywood.

Before we insulated, if the temp went under 10* the 55 gal drum barrel stove could not keep up with it. Now, no matter how cold it is out, we leave the upstairs windows open when the stove is running!

Doing the ceiling was a PITA because we had to space it for the ridge vent, but it works far better than I expected.

Last year when it was NEGATIVE 25 in the morning, I had the windows CLOSED all night and was VERY GRATEFUL that you had insulated the cabin!!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Found this today in the middle of the road . Bulletproof hitch 3 inch shank not sure what I’ll do with it since the receiver on my truck is 2 inch . It’s even got the pintle attachment View attachment 1127605View attachment 1127606View attachment 1127607

My wife would want it made into some sort of yard art

 

[singinwoodwackr]

If I buy another it’ll be an old one . I’ve been debating on wether I should pull the trigger on this one . I looked at it at the C10 Fall Festival in North Carolina 1974 24k original miles 292 with a 3spd . Truck is really clean I made an offer and he countered with a fair price . I’d most likely sell my XJ Jeep View attachment 1127638

3-sp + granny low? My stepdad had one of those.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Little brother is starting to get on my nerves. Called yesterday and said his saw wasnt cutting right and would I sharpen it. Now, growing up, he filed and cut just as much wood as I did, no reason he couldnt file it himself. I said bring it over, I was expecting to find a chain filed everywhich way and rocked to death, but it wasnt to bad. I put the 3in one sthil file to it and in a few minutes it looked pretty good. Today, he called and said it was cutting strings in some bradford pair, but he didnt think it was getting enough oil. I told him how to adjust the oiler. Little later he called again, said the saw quit cutting and the chain was smokeing and he didnt think the oiler was still not putting out enough oil. Well to heck with trying to diagnose a saw over the phone, so I said bring it over. Well when he got here the bar was still hot to the touch, so hot the bar had turned blue, the teeth on the chain had rolled over and curled up. I aint talking blue at the edge of the rails, the entire bar was blue. Never seen anything like it. My 346 was setting there so I took the bar and chain off it to put on his saw. While we had the side plate off, I took some brake kleen and cleaned all around the oil pump and clutch area. We fiddled with the oiler and turned it all the way up and it wasnt hardly putting out any oil, turned it all the way down and still no oil, put it in the middle and finally got it to sling a little oil. I am thinking oil pump probably worn out or stopped up. Took saw out behind the shop where I had pushed down a 8in sourwood and started cutting a few rounds. Saw ran great and after bucking about half the tree, the chain looked oily and wasnt hot, so I sent him home. Well he called again a little while ago, claims the saw just quit cutting again and the chain was rideing up at the clutch and base of the bar. Now unless the bar came loose, only thing I can think of would be a worn sprocket, possibly wrong size, but I replaced his blue bar and chain which said .325, with my old bar, that also said .325, bar and chain, but I didnt check the sprocket on the saw. We dont know anything about the saw except its a 353 husky that his soninlaw gave him, and this is the first time he has tried to use it. I told him to bring it over tomorrow and I would check the sprocket and take one off one of my clunkers to get it running.
Only good news out of this is I was digging in my surplus pile and found a 350 I had forgot about having, this should make a good donor saw for his 353, and I found a complete 55 rancher I had forgot about. This was a experimental saw I had rebuilt with new seals and bearings and a chinese topend I had milled the base down on. Saw didnt run worth a flip and I had just set it aside and forgot about it. So it looks like I will be digging out a old cyl and putting that saw back to stock.

Family saw drama, lol

 

[MechanicMatt]

That’s a great find Mark, sell it on marketplace

Every redneck in our area has one on their trucks. You should get a few bucks for it