The working man, and chainsaw thread!!!!!!!!!

[NHlocal]

Yeah, 60 wouldn't be a bad minimum. I did a Poplar on Sunday (shed project for the lake, building a shed out of round wood and cutting my own planks for it.... with a 435 Husky) that was 4- 8 foot sections plus the top, which was easily 12 feet. Easy 45 feet, maybe 50, and yours dwarfed mine by 30 feet easy. Good job.

I went back yesterday and cut up the Red Oak I took down and while I was there I put a tape on the Hemlock I felled and wouldn't you know that thing measured out to 67 feet!:msp_ohmy: I would not have believed it if I didn't see it myself, you called it pretty close. :msp_thumbup:

 

[carym2a]

Norm, how are the vibes on the 2100??

The vibes on my 2100CD are right where they have been since 1986 not bad and not good, the old owner gave up on Husqvarnas when Stihl came out with better A.V. He still liked Husky's but the hands couldnt take it any more. Now he runs log loader on the landing, way better work day for sure nice having a part of logging history in my shop, one of the kings of the timber setting next to the SP125C with 395XP's and 272XP looking on.


Cary

 

[carym2a]

This tree Norm?

My first solo Redwood. I did the facecut with a CP125, put the cut for the jacks with that clunk 075, did the backcut with a 900G.

Look at the kid, Randy , what year and place?

Cary

 

[NHlocal]

Id look at the carb and pay special attention to the limiter caps if it has ones. One might of come loose and this means the screws can't stay in place.

No limiter caps, the idle screws just sit on a spring. The screws don't seem/feel loose?

 

[RandyMac]

1977, the Van Duzen watershed. I was 22.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Norm, how are the vibes on the 2100??

Some complain, but some will never be happy. No its not as smooth as a 372, but it cuts like a bastered. I feel where you get alot of torque you will have to live with some vibes. I grew up on really old saws. I run the 2101 in the front lines all the time maybe the most. It does not bother me much, when running side by side with my newer 660. Weight and vibration is not a world apart. It has all rubber mounts, and was designed really well. I love to run them a handful of torque. It may be the best saw I have laid hands on. Sure if they redesigned it with springs they could get a smoother saw, but to me it is not that bad. Some preference I guess. I am sure the new ones are smoother.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Cary good info, and I agree nice to have logging history. Randy M I love that picture my friend. Randy you have a pic of a hemlock maybe that was the tree? Alex may have been on to something carb, also you check intake boot. May pass a leak test when stationary. But if you have a crack it may open up as you move the saw. Sometimes carbs have to be replaced, not all will take a rebuild, most I think will. But some will not iron out. Also Aaron shed some light and help me with one here, and showed me your metering lever can affect things, did you check the adjustment?

 

[NHlocal]

Cary good info, and I agree nice to have logging history. Randy M I love that picture my friend. Randy you have a pic of a hemlock maybe that was the tree? Alex may have been on to something carb, also you check intake boot. May pass a leak test when stationary. But if you have a crack it may open up as you move the saw. Sometimes carbs have to be replaced, not all will take a rebuild, most I think will. But some will not iron out. Also Aaron shed some light and help me with one here, and showed me your metering lever can affect things, did you check the adjustment?

.....metering level?, sorry Norm, that's a new one for me, I don't know how or what it looks like???

 

[Brian13]

Randy, looks like the take down went real well! Especially roping limbs down by yourself. Didnt even look like the tree shook that much. Will definitely let you know what I think of the treemotion when I get it, cant wait to try it out. Will try to get you a little more info on the carbs for you later. They can be difficult LOL. Norm, I love those old saws as well. The Macs are my favorite, and with Aarons persistence, the Homies are really growing on me. Need to get some large cc Homelites to play with. Randy Mac, love the picture! Would like to see some more of your stories again, and how is the book coming?

 

[Brian13]

Randy here is some info that may help in working on your 260. If the idle is falling off, it might be flooding. Usually but not always if its an air leak it will race instead of fall off. Still do the vac test, and make sure you flex the tank and case and try to cycle the piston to make sure that it still holds the pressure. Here is a pic of the metering lever and the tool to set the height.

If that is too high it will flood. Look through this service manual for the Walbro WT carbs, might help a bit. http://wem.walbro.com/distributors/servicemanuals/WTseries.pdf Hope this helps some.

 

[NHlocal]

Randy, looks like the take down went real well! Especially roping limbs down by yourself. Didnt even look like the tree shook that much. Will definitely let you know what I think of the treemotion when I get it, cant wait to try it out. Will try to get you a little more info on the carbs for you later. They can be difficult LOL. Norm, I love those old saws as well. The Macs are my favorite, and with Aarons persistence, the Homies are really growing on me. Need to get some large cc Homelites to play with. Randy Mac, love the picture! Would like to see some more of your stories again, and how is the book coming?

Brian that take down went great! The big limb I cut off the front was the "worst" of the whole top, very little shake when it fell into the rope. I purposely didn't use an undercut knowing it would tear out and take "a little" of the shock load off the rope. The only real regret I have about the whole take down is the two pieces of the top (not quite as big as the limb that came off the front) I took out with the porta wrap I didn't get any before pics or video, only a few after pics I took myself. My wife didn't get there until I was getting ready to put the back cut in the last piece of the top, that's why I have pics and video after that point. I gotta say it again, the porta wrap performed way beyond what I expected.

Hey Brian, thank you for all that information on the carb, I appreciate it. I'll take time a bit later to look it over real close and go through it a few times so I can really understand it. :msp_thumbup: Great pic of the carb and metering lever with the metering gage. Makes it a lot easier to understand, most of it is all new to me. Thanks again.

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Brian13]

Glad it went well! Good luck on the saw, working on them can be fun and it can be a PIA. If you run into any questions post them up!

 

[carym2a]

1977, the Van Duzen watershed. I was 22.

way south from here below fortuna, my how things have changed in the last twenty to thirty years.

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Hello gang! Randy theya can be frustrating to get right. Brian good to see you, and great post and info on the metering lever-rod adjsutement. I am still learning, and thanks to Aaron's help found the trouble, and that is why it would flood. We tried to ear tune it, and not quite where it was right, close. I had Aaron put an ear to it, and he agreed, and thought now, double check, and readjust the metering lever. Cary time flies eh? Yes it does.

 

[NHlocal]

Hello gang! Randy theya can be frustrating to get right. Brian good to see you, and great post and info on the metering lever-rod adjsutement. I am still learning, and thanks to Aaron's help found the trouble, and that is why it would flood. We tried to ear tune it, and not quite where it was right, close. I had Aaron put an ear to it, and he agreed, and thought now, double check, and readjust the metering lever. Cary time flies eh? Yes it does.

Ayuh, I'll start tearing it down ASAP and see if that is the problem.....gotta get some coffee going and head off to work.
Work safe. :msp_thumbsup:

 

[Alex D]

Did chipping most of the day today at a lot clearing and the f%^king heat drove me insane. Over 40 Celsius today with humidity which translates to around 100F or so.I will try and get some pics up of a giant silver maple we are gonna be felling soon its over 5 foot dbh

 

[carym2a]

Be careful, have fun.

 

[NHlocal]

Did chipping most of the day today at a lot clearing and the f%^king heat drove me insane. Over 40 Celsius today with humidity which translates to around 100F or so.I will try and get some pics up of a giant silver maple we are gonna be felling soon its over 5 foot dbh

Ayuh, hot here to, 95[SUP]o[/SUP]F, maybe "a bit" hotter tomorrow. :msp_blink: I sure would enjoy seeing some pics of that Silver Maple.....:msp_drool:

 

[struggle]

Hey guys been quiet latley for me. A couple stumps here and there but not much else. If you recall a while back I bid a job with four large maple stumps at a commercail buisness where they oured the concrete right against the trees. Well that guy called me MOnday and said they flush cut the trunks and were hauling everythign away and this coming Monday he was going to cut the concrete out and asked if I would be able to grind them out. Should be a good job. I will get pictures of this one for sure. I will not have to haul any chips away which is fine with me as it would require a lot hassle on my part.

Have a couple other tree bids out and waiting for one other family to call me back as they were going to be out of town this week. Pine trees along a power line. I am in contact with REC on this one. They said they would do what ever we needed to get the trees down. Couple small branches dancing on a 7K line. They will shut the entire line off if wanted.

I did order the flip line tonight finally as suggested wire core from Baileys as well as the series one climb DVD. It is a little spendy the DVD but it will make the most sense to me I think to watch things in action for set up. Used the fathers day promo on that stuff so it saved a little coin there.

I do have two standing dead trees to take down maybe this weekend. Nothing difficult though. Can be dropped from the ground safely.

Great job shout out to all the work going on here

 

[NHlocal]

Hey guys been quiet latley for me. A couple stumps here and there but not much else. If you recall a while back I bid a job with four large maple stumps at a commercail buisness where they oured the concrete right against the trees. Well that guy called me MOnday and said they flush cut the trunks and were hauling everythign away and this coming Monday he was going to cut the concrete out and asked if I would be able to grind them out. Should be a good job. I will get pictures of this one for sure. I will not have to haul any chips away which is fine with me as it would require a lot hassle on my part.

Have a couple other tree bids out and waiting for one other family to call me back as they were going to be out of town this week. Pine trees along a power line. I am in contact with REC on this one. They said they would do what ever we needed to get the trees down. Couple small branches dancing on a 7K line. They will shut the entire line off if wanted.

I did order the flip line tonight finally as suggested wire core from Baileys as well as the series one climb DVD. It is a little spendy the DVD but it will make the most sense to me I think to watch things in action for set up. Used the fathers day promo on that stuff so it saved a little coin there.

I do have two standing dead trees to take down maybe this weekend. Nothing difficult though. Can be dropped from the ground safely.

Great job shout out to all the work going on here

Hey Shane good to hear from ya',
Definitely would like to see pics of those maple stumps. :msp_thumbup: Working anywhere near power lines makes me nervous, gonna get some pics?
Good deal on the flip line, I think you'll be happy with it, post an update on how it works out for you, I'm interested to hear how you like it. I have the series one
and two Working Climber DVD set(haven't had the money to get the third one), I learned a HUGE amount of GREAT information from them. I am certain it will be a
BIG help to your climbing. Beranek's DVD's and books are loaded with great fundamental information.
Hope everything works out dropping those dead trees.
Time to put on coffee and go to work.....:hmm3grin2orange:

Work safe. :msp_thumbsup: