Well i have my $50 saw and my $40 mill....now what?

[ancy]

Picked up the saw late last year at a devorce sale and the mill at a death sale. Got an idea on what to do but any tips will help. Looking at starting this weekend on some downed 24"+ red oak on a creek bottom.

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[Rudolf73]

Nice 066 you got there!

 

[Red Amor]

Fargone 60 bucks for the 66 and 40 for the gig MAAAAAAAN U SUK AY
GOOD SCORE BLOKE YEAH :msp_thumbup:

 

[Rudolf73]

Fargone 60 bucks for the 66 and 40 for the gig MAAAAAAAN U SUK AY
GOOD SCORE BLOKE YEAH :msp_thumbup:

G'day there Tassie bloke

 

[abbott295]

"Now what?" he asks.

Read the sticky "CS milling 101" and anything else here.

Rig up an auxiliary oiler, get some wedges, cant hook, peavey, loglifter, etc. People have made lists of the stuff they take with them for CSmilling. I see you're in Iowa, ("Is this Heaven?") so you may already have a tractor(?). Personal protective gear.

You have downed trees in a creek bottom. Have you checked to make sure they are still there? They may have floated away; others may have floated in. Do you have a boat?

Congratulations on a couple of good buys there. You may not be needing a bigger saw for a while.

 

[mad murdock]

For less than 100 bucks her ready to go to the races!! Nice scores for sure!! Peruse through the csmilling 101 and you will have a quiver full of ideas to try on as you figure out the methods that work best for you. No matter what, a well tuned saw, and a sharp chain are 2 things you want to keep as constants. On long cuts, let the saw cool down at idle a few min.before shutting it off, and get a feel for how long you can go on a tank, don't let it run dry of gas, as it can lean out bad at the end, and since milling is extra duty for the engine, can have a deteiment effect on your piston/rings/cylinder.