Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I did a clearing contract out west one summer and ran one of those. You knew you had did something at the end of the day.
True American
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If you are just bucking or milling, power to weight is not that important. That said, speed and power are always appreciated, so none of my saws are stock.
I try to keep a variety of saws to fit almost any circumstance. My ported 261 with 18" bar is nice and light and great for limbing, and my ported 044/046 hybrid with 28" bar has excellent power to weight and is great for difficult felling jobs.
If you are working far from your vehicle, and/or on a steep slope, and the tree is not 100% and has to be hinged at a certain height, power to weight becomes very important. It also becomes more important as you get older ... like it or not, your strength and endurance will diminish.
I try to keep a variety of saws to fit almost any circumstance. My ported 261 with 18" bar is nice and light and great for limbing, and my ported 044/046 hybrid with 28" bar has excellent power to weight and is great for difficult felling jobs.
If you are working far from your vehicle, and/or on a steep slope, and the tree is not 100% and has to be hinged at a certain height, power to weight becomes very important. It also becomes more important as you get older ... like it or not, your strength and endurance will diminish.
The 125’s are fun to run for a little while, but not a all day thing, Rather be holding my 592 ,
ALL of my saws have either rubber or spring anti vib. I will not work with a saw w/o it. I don't need to have spring AV, but I need AV!
All of my saws, including the 660s are either ported or "improved", and run very well. One of my Cross 660 cylinders has been fully ported, another is stock but has a base gasket delete, timing advance and muffler mod and it also runs very strong.
All of my saws, including the 660s are either ported or "improved", and run very well. One of my Cross 660 cylinders has been fully ported, another is stock but has a base gasket delete, timing advance and muffler mod and it also runs very strong.
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On my bucket list brother believe me! This 084 isn't exactly light either!
Got that right,
And old farm wells up on hills.
Yes the 550xp smokes the 346xp. Yes it is heavier. I also had a 562xp 2nd gen. Weight wise I though it was closer to the weight of my 372xp OE. I ended up selling it. Now I have the 550xp 2nd gen, my 372xp OE and a really nice 394xp.Nice saw, so what are they all about.
Good thing you got those big ole dual dogs.
A late model "first gen" 550 smokes a 346, and your "second gen" does too, unfortunately they added so much weight to it you may as well grab a 60cc saw, then you're so close to a 462 you may as well...
Our deer season ended Sunday. We went from hunters driving back and forth, to no traffic yesterday. And there was an obvious last chance push last weekend. The store I take firewood to is closed now, they close with the end of deer season. They give a free cheeseburger to hunters that come by and show their tagged deer, they like to keep track of how the season is going. It was a very successful season compared to normal, I talked to a lot of hunters that got a deer. Hunters actually thinned out early because the season went so well. Hunters that are normally there all season stopped coming up. It’s still bear season. But they can’t use dogs anymore, so more bears are killed by deer hunters now anyway. Some deer hunters will get a bear tag too.
The days of dropping trees are now over for the Husky 2100 in my roster (unless it's an emergency) since dad passed away 3 years ago. He was only the 2nd owner of the saw when he got it back in the 80's. He hadn't used it much, and I pulled out out of storage around 2009 and began using it again, didn't ask dad about it but in the end he didn't mind as long as it was being taken care of. Have had a few offers to buy it but I won't sell it. Other than dealing with the big stuff it has has gone racing and it did take 1st quite a few times. Another member here had a mildly modded 2101 I often had to face off against and for a stock saw it could either keep pace or beat it. The 288XP and 046/460 mishmash saw are the primary felling saws now.
Someclown
Maintenance man
This years scrounge with the 365SP
Theres two rows 36'x4'x16" sugar maple and the remaining to be cut is white birch black and white ash more sugar maple and a bit of ironwood.
Hoping for 13 face cord when I'm done which wood get me a good start for 2026-2027 after I restock the shed next fall
Feels good to be 2 years ahead and have well seasoned firewood
Thanx for sharing the pics.. Me like um heep big scrounge too. I will still add to my scrounge periodically, but with much less hustle..
Welcome to the scrounging thread buddy! Nice looking stack, but be prepared, many of the guys who frequent this thread scoff at the face cord system faster than the metric system.
Someclown
Maintenance man
Havent been on the scrounge thread for awhile now
I've taken heat on the site before for using metric its ok I have tough skin and can laugh it off. I've learned both standard and metric systems growing up so can use either
Correction
554.66 cubic ft
15.7 cubic meters
4.33 cords
12.99 16" face cord
Got to splitting up the maple quarters from the neighbor's tree today.
Thought you guys might like this high beam indicator on my Chevelle 
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