Where's WYK been, and what trouble is he making?

[wyk]

Well, here are the results of the mods so far:



Well over 200 psi... how much more? Well, it got to 205 or so before this happened:

 

[wyk]

So, yeah, the HyWay handle doesn't lasts like the original Stihl do...

 

[treeslayer2003]

lol, you gonna need electric start now

 

[wyk]

Well, I raised the exhaust more than I usually do - actually hoping to bleed off some compression. I also removed one of the piston rings. So, though she has more static compression, she is actually a bit easier to start, and she is very eager to rev. But I only had her test fired before I did that comp test. So dunno how she runs yet. I'll put a new handle on tomorrow. The piston was a pretty tight fit, but I have seen tighter, so I am curious to see how long it lasts with one ring. The bore is chrome plated - and thick. A lot of work to grind on it. So even if the piston starts to cause problems, I think I can clean it up and replace it.

 

[wyk]

I may have mentioned in the past how much more expensive saw stuff was here in Ireland. But a picture says a thousand words - at my 'local' shop:

 

[northmanlogging]

800 euro, isn't that like $1400 merica money?

Thats easily 3-4 times sticker price here...

 

[wyk]

800 euro, isn't that like $1400 merica money?

Thats easily 3-4 times sticker price here...

It's closer to $900. Which is ridiculous for a 460 rancher. The crazy thing is the 365's this guy sells are only 100 euro more.

 

[madhatte]

gross

 

[northmanlogging]

That right the euro has tanked... forgot about that

 

[Samlock]

Doubles up the Scandinavian shelf price. Do they have to smuggle that stuff to Ireland or what?

 

[wyk]

Doubles up the Scandinavian shelf price. Do they have to smuggle that stuff to Ireland or what?

YOu'd think by looking at the prices, yeah. The good news is old saws in good condition can sell well. So I fix up a few here on occasion and sell them off for some spare change to help make ends meet. I once managed to buy a 2165 for 250 euro, do a mild port job, add a new plug, add a hole to the muffler, removed a gasket and then sold it for 380 nearly the same day I put it up on the classifieds. Local farmer was very impressed with how it ran.

 

[wyk]

Still chilling out here in Ireland. Splitting and bringing in wood to season and prepare for winter. This is most of the wood from clearing out a small hillside by one of the estate houses. Poor little 241...

 

[wyk]

I trust the holidays have been treating you folks well? I know some of you have been having some terrible weather. We have, too. Storm after storm have hit us. We are at the foot of the Comeraghs mountain range, so the water has flooded every inch of our estate nearly. I have to put the tractor in 4X4 to simply get around in some places.

 

[northmanlogging]

yer making me ask why I left the first time again...

 

[madhatte]

I have to put the tractor in 4X4 to simply get around in some places.

Tractor?!? Hardly knew 'er!

 

[wyk]

More craziness. The bridge this starts at is 10 mins away from me. Two friends were forced to evacuate This video was done by a friend's son in law.



at about 1:00 you can see Slievenamon, the mountain in my video. To the right are the COmeraghs
2:04 is only a few minutes from us here
2:40 is our main bridge in to town.

Here's a vid I made on faceplaces

 

[1270d]

Looks like a tank blocking the road in the beginning? Serious business this flooding.

 

[wyk]

Looks like a tank blocking the road in the beginning? Serious business this flooding.

That, my friend, was a bridge. The first image is an engraved glass panel from the railing, which was quite apropos. This river, the Suir, floods often as it is between two mountains here(as well as two counties- Tipperary and Waterford). Yes, we put the "water" in Waterford, aka wasserfjord, an old Viking establishment.

 

[1270d]

But is that a military tank blocking it? In the overhead shot around 35 seconds or so?

 

[wyk]

I couldn't tell ya. I do know that Ireland uses the military often in times like these, tho. We have no tanks, tho. Only people movers.