Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

I don't know of any 88/90 cc saws that are as light as an 044/440 or 372, so if you have to do some limbing with it, lighter is better.

The 60 & 70 cc class saws are likely the most useful for most stuff, with smaller saws being better for limbing & smaller wood, and larger saws for running the big bars & milling.

I'm getting a ported 066 from Randy, it will be used with the 36" bar and for milling, but I don't envision it getting as much run time as my 044/440 & 046/460 saws. Although I did cut up 2 nice large Red Oak during the past year that needed the 36" bar. The ported 460s pull it well, but it will balance better on an 066.

 

[Cowboy254]

Someone had "Don't move here" in their signature. Cowboy is a little more subtle, but I get it. I will stay where snakes are Gardner, and spiders are daddy long legs.

Not at all, you blokes would be most welcome. I shake my head when I see the sort of immigrants (that don't fit in well) that appear to get in easily where people from countries with similar values to Australia who try to immigrate the right way have to jump a thousand hurdles to make the grade. My brother in law married one of my friends from the USA and she's a ripper lady but she had a hard time getting a permanent visa (she's since received citizenship). Just don't say we didn't warn you about the snakes, the spiders, the scorpions and the drop bears.

When you come to this side of the world where every critter isnt out to maim, poison, or kill you.

Just keep reminding yourself that the women are out to love you.

In my parts i can run naked through the woods and take a nap in a field, the only thing to worry about is a tick that may have lime disease.

Prove it !

 

[Cowboy254]

In my parts i can run naked through the woods and take a nap in a field, the only thing to worry about is a tick that may have lime disease.

BTW, the load from yesterday which had the redback on it sat out last night and I unloaded it today. Look who I found!



A cool little wood scorpion. I suppose I carried him to the trailer as well as the redback, without getting stung. Two in a row ! So you know, you don't die if they sting you, they just hurt like shi!t.

I look at all your pics with your monster trailers and I'm embarrassed. The lady farmer's trailer is puny in comparison and mine is not much better (ok, it's marginally deeper so I can keep my man-pride). It's a bit like when you're standing at the urinal having a wizz and you think you're doing ok, and some bloke walks in, stands next to you and pulls out a donger that's like a fire hose. Anyway, here was the second load that I picked up yesterday and unloaded today.



There's just about a full cord sitting in front of the wood shed waiting to be stacked in the bay on the left. Each of those bays can hold 20 cubic metres or 5 and a bit cords which is enough for us for a winter, plus taking 3 cubes to my brother with a bit left over. Here's this afternoon's load of peppermint. This stuff is a bit termitey so I'm going to unload it on another section of our property. There is a meat ant nest behind the trailer (they don't kill you either but they do bite) and I'm going to unload and split there and then the meat ants can chow down on the termites, they just love 'em! I figure that if they're living on my property rent free, they might as well earn their keep.

 

[Cowboy254]

I went back after lunch , wanted to swap the winch onto the 336d .

Since it all went smooth I drug out a spruce blowdown .

All rotten and shaggy looking , here's why , white sawdust

Solid core and dry , even had that turps smell when I split it , too good to pass up

When it comes to scrounging, you are the master

 

[Cowboy254]

The guy that had it in his back yard paid some guys to cut it down for him about 3 years back. I'm thinking they gave up when they started getting into the big wood. It worked out for me they left the last 35ft of it just had to drop it. Didn't get nothing done on it today rained all day. I was hoping to get the rest cut up and start splitting always next weekend I guess. If you ever get out this way there plenty more to cut up

I spent a month in Ca just after I left school, a bit in San Francisco and most of it up around Lake Tahoe, skiing and ... socialising. Just about the free-est I've ever felt. Good times. If I'm over and the 661 ever gets out of hospital, I'm there!

 

[dancan]

When it comes to scrounging, you are the master

Nah , I'm just a hack with a bunch of old worn out gear .
My mechanic at the shop burns wood and has a 40 acre woodlot , he has a Yanmar like mine minus the loader , I said to him one day that he should keep his eyes open for a used logging winch , he said he wasn't as serious about getting wood as I was , I told him it was just that I was lazy .

 

[Cowboy254]

Nah , I'm just a hack with a bunch of old worn out gear.

I don't believe it. That Ryobi looks brand new and the Ronco rocks. Besides, since when did scrounging require shiny new stuff?

 

[dancan]

It was new once , worn out now lol

 

[svk]

I don't know of any 88/90 cc saws that are as light as an 044/440 or 372, so if you have to do some limbing with it, lighter is better.

The 60 & 70 cc class saws are likely the most useful for most stuff, with smaller saws being better for limbing & smaller wood, and larger saws for running the big bars & milling.

I'm getting a ported 066 from Randy, it will be used with the 36" bar and for milling, but I don't envision it getting as much run time as my 044/440 & 046/460 saws. Although I did cut up 2 nice large Red Oak during the past year that needed the 36" bar. The ported 460s pull it well, but it will balance better on an 066.

I knew you would come around!

 

[muddstopper]

He is a very efficient scrounger. He walks up the hill behind his house and cuts rounds off blow downs and they just roll down the the landing behind his house.

He's running two 42 cc saws (one Husky and one Poulan) so I'll be sending one of my larger saws down there for permanent vacation so he can attack the bigger trees.

If he needs a bigger saw before you get back, I can loan him a Husky 55 or a 365. I am not currently cutting anything as all my wood for this year and next is now in the shed. I run a 20in bar on both saws and have a 24in bar for the 365.

 

[svk]

If he needs a bigger saw before you get back, I can loan him a Husky 55 or a 365. I am not currently cutting anything as all my wood for this year and next is now in the shed. I run a 20in bar on both saws and have a 24in bar for the 365.

Thanks. I sent a message to him. I might give him one of my saws and send it down with my grandpa who will be there in a couple of weeks.

 

[ashy larry]

Scored a nice local scrounge. Guy is building a house on the ridge above my place. No hurry, just needed about 11 trees cleared for septic lines. All trees were under 12" but still came out to be quite a bit and easy to get to. 2 red oak, a cherry, a dogwood and the rest poplar.
%5BURL=http://imgur.com/KAlQDGH][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KAlQDGH.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

That pile is from two poplars.

 

[ashy larry]

Can't seem to make link work.

 

[svk]

Can't seem to make link work.

Try uploading the photo to here.

 

[ashy larry]

 

[benp]

Lit my first fire in the King
View attachment 538200
View attachment 538201

That fire is pretty cool looking!!!!

View attachment 538234 View attachment 538232 View attachment 538233 View attachment 538232
Here's a pics of my big buddy @woodcut70 cleaning up the brush before we dropped her he's a big boy 6'4 and 350

Holy cow!!!! Awesome score Plowboy!!!!!

Anyone else find this statement a little to manly, or just wrong. What the hell does not VERY VENOMOUS even mean? sheesh.

I believe it means you get to walk 100 feet before keeling over vs 5.

Someone had "Don't move here" in their signature. Cowboy is a little more subtle, but I get it. I will stay where snakes are Gardner, and spiders are daddy long legs.

I'm kinda with you.

Snakes that kill you right there, scorpions, spiders, ants that eat meat, and bears that fall outta the sky.

Bears....that......fall......outta......the.....sky. It's like you have to be vigilant on all fronts. probably have to worry about Graboids too.

Like I said before, those guys have earned that awesome firewood.

 

[MustangMike]

I knew you would come around!

I seem to remember a nice 044 with sharp square file chain putting a nice smile on your face in hardwood! With a power head of just under 14 lbs, I think you would concur that it would be hard to find a better "all around" saw. Likely similar things could be said about your 562.

That said, it is great to have other toys also.

All the best,
Mustang Mike

 

[MustangMike]

So let's see, your dropping a tree near some power lines & a road, you do your notch & back cut, not enough room for a wedge with the saw still in the tree but you have cut your notch so thin you can't believe the tree is still standing. So you remove your saw and reach for a wedge, just as the wind gusts and tips your tree in the wrong direction .....

Using rope or cable when the fall direction really matters is not a reflection of a lack of skills, but rather reflects common sense. Be safe out there, not sorry. In the woods is a different story, but not near houses, power lines or roads. But always be alert any way, even the small one that you think is no problem can kill you. ALWAYS look for dead stuff and hang ups when felling, and always wear a helmet. To quote a line from a famous book "There are no second place winners" (ie there is no room for mistakes).

 

[svk]

I seem to remember a nice 044 with sharp square file chain putting a nice smile on your face in hardwood! With a power head of just under 14 lbs, I think you would concur that it would be hard to find a better "all around" saw. Likely similar things could be said about your 562.

That said, it is great to have other toys also.

All the best,
Mustang Mike

Oh I loved that saw don't get me wrong. You are just going to another dimension when you step up another 20 cc's of ported goodness .

 

[svk]

I seem to remember a nice 044 with sharp square file chain putting a nice smile on your face in hardwood! With a power head of just under 14 lbs, I think you would concur that it would be hard to find a better "all around" saw. Likely similar things could be said about your 562.

That said, it is great to have other toys also.

All the best,
Mustang Mike

Although I am surprised you are getting it ported. According to the great sage CTYank, ported saws dont run any better they just make more noise.