Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Well I question everything because, in my 30+ years of existence, I've found many things to be absolute BS. I just hope my patience will prevail when my kids develop the same trait.

I'm the same way, as far as questioning things. I like to understand why I'm doing what I'm doing.
"absolute BS", I love that being used together. Things change quite a bit, and some thinking needs to be modified other thinking should stay the same.
Many "absolutes" are not that, but are things that were taught and passed on, but the reasoning behind was not passed on, although you'd never know that the way people talk.
Why did Grandmas Christmas ham have the ends cut off, someone here knows.

 

[svk]

Mills Fleet Farm Sold to Private Equity Firm KKR

http://www.wsj.com/articles/kkr-buys-midwest-retail-chain-mills-fleet-farm-1451997680

Welcome to corporate america! My neighbor works in office of one of their stores...will have to see what he thinks of this.

 

[MustangMike]

Very cold here today, was single digits this morning, but luckily not as windy as yesterday. Hi teens & windy made it very raw yesterday afternoon.

Just a pic of the pups to break up this oil stuff!!!

 

[KenJax Tree]

10° here....brought some up Saturday for the fireplace

 

[Marshy]

I use mine all year, leaves, grass, snow.
Just got used twice this last week on the light snow we had here, one time about an inch the other half an inch.
I have used opti-2 in my trimmer and blower for over 10 yrs and have not even changed a plug. Two pulls on the blower unless I forget to turn the throttle up a bit, then it takes more. I've worn multiple heads of the trimmer and replaced the recoil twice on the blower. Other than that I had to change the filter and gas line on them both. I also use 87octane with ethanol since I burn through a gallon pretty fast.
I have a bunch of the Huqvarna and stihl syn on hand from a deal I did so I will be using that 50:1.
most of the problems I've seen are from straight gassing equipment or air leaks.

Oil threads may bore you, but I think a lot of newbies want this info. I can appreciate that you are not "dead set" or "this is the only way" about what your doing. If more people had that attitude it would sure be more civil, and oil threads might be more funner lol.

 

[svk]

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Must be a "chainsaw truther"

 

[nomad_archer]

Very cold here today, was single digits this morning, but luckily not as windy as yesterday. Hi teens & windy made it very raw yesterday afternoon.

Just a pic of the pups to break up this oil stuff!!!

I am going hunting tomorrow in this cold. Ok maybe for a little bit in the morning. Supposed to be 12* overnight. Hopefully the cold gets some of these deer moving. I am going to see how long I can stay out on the stand. It is supposed to get to 39*. I will be out there in stand no later than 8 but I have to be home by 5 fer dinner. I dont think I will make it that long in these temps but I am going to try

 

[Ambull01]

I may go to 40:1 eventually but I still have a bunch on 50:1 to use up. The leaf blower uses it up pretty quick. But there isnt a reason to use that right now.

How long do you store the mix?

If my bar and chain oil is too thick in colder weather (Minnesota) I thin it with kerosene, per the owner's manual.

I have had to thin even 'winter grade' oil.

BTW, this is even more of an issue with electric and battery powered saws, which don't have a muffler to warm up the oil in use. Have to keep that oil, and those saws, if possible, inside the house or vehicle cab, before use on really cold days (under 20F).

Philbert

Wow, I thought they would come with some kind of heating element to keep the oil from gunking up.

I've used Stihl blue at well below zero with no issues. However I am too cheap to pay for it myself so I thin regular oil with 5w30 and never had a problem.

I usually store my saws in my guest cabin overnight when I can so they are definitely above freezing when I start them in the morning.

Guest cabin hah? Fancy pants

Oil threads may bore you, but I think a lot of newbies want this info. I can appreciate that you are not "dead set" or "this is the only way" about what your doing. If more people had that attitude it would sure be more civil, and oil threads might be more funner lol.

Well they bore me because it's all basically the same. Some dude will come on asking what mix ratio they should use. Then everyone will state their preferred ratio. Then it will go on to brands. Basically what nomad stated. In the end it leaves people more confused about the topic

 

[svk]

Guest cabin hah? Fancy pants

Bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, and sauna. This ain't fresh prince of bel air!

 

[svk]

I am going hunting tomorrow in this cold. Ok maybe for a little bit in the morning. Supposed to be 12* overnight. Hopefully the cold gets some of these deer moving. I am going to see how long I can stay out on the stand. It is supposed to get to 39*. I will be out there in stand no later than 8 but I have to be home by 5 fer dinner. I dont think I will make it that long in these temps but I am going to try

Do you own a buddy heater? 90 bucks that will make an all day sit a comfortable reality.

 

[Ambull01]

Bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, and sauna. This ain't fresh prince of bel air!

Sauna in your guest cabin and outhouse in your hunting cabin. You sir are a masochist.

 

[svk]

Sauna in your guest cabin and outhouse in your hunting cabin. You sir are a masochist.

Outhouse is not IN my hunting cabin LOL

 

[crazywolf]

Outhouse is not IN my hunting cabin LOL

That would not be good....lol

 

[Ambull01]

Outhouse is not IN my hunting cabin LOL

haha. Warmer butt but awful smell. That may be the incentive to get out and do more hunting.

 

[nomad_archer]

Do you own a buddy heater? 90 bucks that will make an all day sit a comfortable reality.

Hard to fit a propane heater in my climber and I go minimal extra stuff with my .75 mile hike tomorrow. I have enough layers and I should be able to make it most of the day but that could get cut short because of boredom or cold of we hang out around the 12* mark too long. In sat all day last wendsday and didn't see any thing.

 

[nomad_archer]

Ambull I keep my mix until its gone or gives me problems. Sometimes it goes 5 months. I use 89 ethenol free and the two cycle oil has stabilizers in it. Have not had a problem yet.

 

[svk]

Hard to fit a propane heater in my climber and I go minimal extra stuff with my .75 mile hike tomorrow. I have enough layers and I should be able to make it most of the day but that could get cut short because of boredom or cold of we hang out around the 12* mark too long. In sat all day last wendsday and didn't see any thing.

I figured that after I typed.

If you have room to pack in a little ground blind you could position it in another site a couple hundred yards away and stalk between them when you get cold or bored.

 

[MustangMike]

Heaters .... what has hunting come to!!!!!! It ain't Kosher!

 

[MustangMike]

My Aunt & Uncle used to hunt up in the Adirondacks (freezing cold) and not even bring a tent, just a tarp, and stay in the woods for a week!

 

[svk]

Heaters .... what has hunting come to!!!!!! It ain't Kosher!

There's always a compromise, Mike.

I like to hunt in wool clothing so I can stalk without looking or feeling like the Michelin man....drawback is I can't sit as long in a stand because I get cold. I don't like to have the enclosed stands because you lose your best sense (hearing) in the process and need to rely only on your eyes. Therefore a heater on low will impact hearing a little but you are still out on the turf with your quarry.