Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[dancan]

Looks like good loads !
Yup , best stick to the game plan that works, deviat from a plan that works in a rush and unexpected things happen.
Gonna rain here by Friday, no snow or real frost in the ground .

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[chipper1]

Not amused [emoji58]lol

 

[chipper1]

I agree that most (or all) of the gains from the 044/440 can be had w/o porting (depending on the cylinder), and make stock 460s (and even 660s) look slow.

046/460s respond very well to porting, giving them a lot of torque. My strongest 044 (#1) will run just about as fast as the ported 460s as long as you let the saw "run", but if you are avoiding a pinch, or just want to lean on it, the 460s are noticeably stronger. The other 044 and 440 are a bit slower, but still run very good. IMO, #1 is just a freak.

I am currently having a hybrid built, which should have all the power & torque of a 460 in the weight of a 440. The ones I ran at the most recent GTG finally had it figured out. Before that, most of them had speed, but lacked the torque of a ported 460.

I didn't say mine wasn't ported .
They do make the big saws look slower in the 25 and under wood, but the torque of the big boys shows when you hit the big ones and load them up.

 

[MustangMike]

This is 044 #1 with a 28" B&C in 19" Red Oak. This saw has no port work done to it.

 

[svk]

Anyone cut columnar poplar? Same or similar density as aspen/cottonwood?

 

[chipper1]

This is 044 #1 with a 28" B&C in 19" Red Oak. This saw has no port work done to it.

Looks great Mike.
I'm shipping this one today since I have the new to me 461 as well as my ported 044. I lent my compressor out to a buddy, never do that when you have a dirty saw for sale lol.
I don't cut much big wood, and if I had to do some for a job that needed to be done quickly I'd just buy one for craigslist retail and get-r-dun.

Here's the 044 right after I got it with a bent 25".

 

[LonestarStihl]

Looks great Mike.
I'm shipping this one today since I have the new to me 461 as well as my ported 044. I lent my compressor out to a buddy, never do that when you have a dirty saw for sale lol.
I don't cut much big wood, and if I had to do some for a job that needed to be done quickly I'd just buy one for craigslist retail and get-r-dun.
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Here's the 044 right after I got it with a bent 25".

 

[CaseyForrest]

Going after, I think, loads 8, 9 and maybe 10 this Sat.

 

[nomad_archer]

Looks great Mike.
I'm shipping this one today since I have the new to me 461 as well as my ported 044. I lent my compressor out to a buddy, never do that when you have a dirty saw for sale lol.
I don't cut much big wood, and if I had to do some for a job that needed to be done quickly I'd just buy one for craigslist retail and get-r-dun.
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Here's the 044 right after I got it with a bent 25".

Man that thing sure cuts slow. A husky would have been done a least 60 seconds sooner.

 

[woodfarmer]

Can you take a picture of the grapple from the other end so we can see it too, thanks
Doesn't this fracking rain suck, I haven't been in the bush for more than an hour all week

 

[cantoo]

Woodfarmer, the rear grapple is the most labor saving device I've built. No jumping on and off the tractor and fighting brush and mud to hook and unhook chains. I can cut all day and using lights I can safely pull wood out in the dark. I can go for a couple of hours without getting out of the tractor. I can work in the rain and snow storm, it's really good. As long as you use it wisely and not pull stuff sideways or jammed between trees so you break the 3 pth arms 4 times. I made it too long so I could see what length it needed to be, I think I will cut another 10" off it, there is just too much leverage for my 35hp tractor. I also made a bracket to use it on the loader but it works so nice on the rear I never use the front. I cut almost 1000 cedar posts this summer. Even at 3 posts per tree that would have been 300 times off the tractor to hook a chain and 300 off again to unhook the chain at the landing. If I didn't have the grapple I never would have done them.

 

[woodchip rookie]

Is there a Fisher stove thread somewhere?

 

[cantoo]

This is the new section I'm starting on. Lots of dead and dying poplar, tons of curved cedar and a few ash among them. For now I'm only taking the poplar if it's in the way. The cedar can wait until I have time to deal with it. Last thumnail pic is the new landing I cleared out on the edge of the mess. The pic of the ash logs is an area that I'm pretty much done with for now. I hope the owner is happy with the way I've left it. Large cash crop farmer who doesn't care about bush but I hope he logs it for the cherry, maple and all the big ash I left before they die completely. Says it isn't worth his time to deal with.

 

[chipper1]

Man that thing sure cuts slow. A husky would have been done a least 60 seconds sooner.

I can't disagree buddy lol

 

[chipper1]

Going after, I think, loads 8, 9 and maybe 10 this Sat.

I was wondering how that was going when I drove by earlier. Will there be more after that.

 

[woodfarmer]

This is the new section I'm starting on. Lots of dead and dying poplar, tons of curved cedar and a few ash among them. For now I'm only taking the poplar if it's in the way. The cedar can wait until I have time to deal with it. Last thumnail pic is the new landing I cleared out on the edge of the mess. The pic of the ash logs is an area that I'm pretty much done with for now. I hope the owner is happy with the way I've left it. Large cash crop farmer who doesn't care about bush but I hope he logs it for the cherry, maple and all the big ash I left before they die completely. Says it isn't worth his time to deal with.
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How close can you get to the logs without a winch?

Woodfarmer, the rear grapple is the most labor saving device I've built. No jumping on and off the tractor and fighting brush and mud to hook and unhook chains. I can cut all day and using lights I can safely pull wood out in the dark. I can go for a couple of hours without getting out of the tractor. I can work in the rain and snow storm, it's really good. As long as you use it wisely and not pull stuff sideways or jammed between trees so you break the 3 pth arms 4 times. I made it too long so I could see what length it needed to be, I think I will cut another 10" off it, there is just too much leverage for my 35hp tractor. I also made a bracket to use it on the loader but it works so nice on the rear I never use the front. I cut almost 1000 cedar posts this summer. Even at 3 posts per tree that would have been 300 times off the tractor to hook a chain and 300 off again to unhook the chain at the landing. If I didn't have the grapple I never would have done them.

thats quite a machine

 

[MustangMike]

I can't disagree buddy lol

Whenever you guys want to play against my Stihls, just say so!

 

[chipper1]

Whenever you guys want to play against my Stihls, just say so!

Hook line and sinker .

 

[svk]

I don't think I'd want to tangle with mike's saws unless I had at least a ported 461.

 

[nomad_archer]

Whenever you guys want to play against my Stihls, just say so!

Only way I am playing is with a ported 395xp or 3120xp.

Unless its a noodle competition. Every stihl I have noodled with liked to clog up the clutch cover where as the design of the husky clutch cover keeps the noodles flying.