All machinery. Bear in mind our forestry is partially state subsidized, tho.
Where's WYK been, and what trouble is he making?
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Volume is volume. It's just way easier to accumulate with larger trees.
In general in Europe, even in places like France, etc. the trees are smaller than we'll find in the PNW. But if any of you have visited Europe, you'll notice they do not build with as much wood as they do stateside. Most houses and buildings are mortar or steel. And they often use hardwoods in construction. Pine and larch usually find themselves in interiors, stairs, doors, cabinets, etc. Much of the forestry is for pulp, chippings, and furniture, too.
In Ireland, most logging is done with machinery. There are very few saw men outside of arborist/tree surgery work. Most sawmen in forestry work along side the harvester to get the trees in tight spots, or the large trees, and they would do the first few thinings(I've done a few myself). Because they mainly use machinery, they have to log the trees at a younger age.
These are the guys that did the work, and are about 20 mins from where I live in this video:
Forestry career propaganda:
Here is Dave Keith talking a bit about it in a Husky advert. He works mostly in Ireland, and helped me out when I went to the UK to do some work. He is 'outinthewoods' on a few forums, and is a regular on the arb talk UK forum.
Coillte(quill tshuh) is the state forestry department in Ireland. It is handled like a company, but is state owned. Coill means woods in Irish. I have dealt with them on occasion when doing my work in Waterford and Tipperary on the massive estates out there. They have a lot of state grant schemes to allow for different types of forestries. On the Waterford estate we are currently leasing 60 acres of land to Coillte(construction and pulp wood), and on the Tipperary one it is about 30 acres(for ash, which i have thinned once already). Most of the stuff I do is firewood, which requires much more land than forestry because we want the wood to mature and nearly die by itelf, and the estates I work also prefer to look more natural and beautiful. They only do a bit of forestry to pay their taxes, or avoid their taxes.:
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forest...rants/brief-overview-of-forestry-grant-rates/
In Ireland, most logging is done with machinery. There are very few saw men outside of arborist/tree surgery work. Most sawmen in forestry work along side the harvester to get the trees in tight spots, or the large trees, and they would do the first few thinings(I've done a few myself). Because they mainly use machinery, they have to log the trees at a younger age.
These are the guys that did the work, and are about 20 mins from where I live in this video:
Forestry career propaganda:
Here is Dave Keith talking a bit about it in a Husky advert. He works mostly in Ireland, and helped me out when I went to the UK to do some work. He is 'outinthewoods' on a few forums, and is a regular on the arb talk UK forum.
Coillte(quill tshuh) is the state forestry department in Ireland. It is handled like a company, but is state owned. Coill means woods in Irish. I have dealt with them on occasion when doing my work in Waterford and Tipperary on the massive estates out there. They have a lot of state grant schemes to allow for different types of forestries. On the Waterford estate we are currently leasing 60 acres of land to Coillte(construction and pulp wood), and on the Tipperary one it is about 30 acres(for ash, which i have thinned once already). Most of the stuff I do is firewood, which requires much more land than forestry because we want the wood to mature and nearly die by itelf, and the estates I work also prefer to look more natural and beautiful. They only do a bit of forestry to pay their taxes, or avoid their taxes.:
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forest...rants/brief-overview-of-forestry-grant-rates/
So this 2 smoke thing produces like 226hp/litre if my math is right? Yeow.
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Yup, them lil 2 strokes can be amazing. I had a 60 hp CR500 that weighed 224lbs. Modify it and It would have been really insane. Mine had Boysen reeds & an FMF Knarly pipe. Imagine with nitrous or even better, nitro for drag racing.
Just done porting a 365AT. Love how simple these older Husky's are to tear in to. Waiting to head back down to Waterford so I can test it in larger wood. The muffler on these here are very stuffed up. So I spent some time in there. Otherwise, just did what most folks I see hereabouts on the forums do. Added a few degrees to the xfers and intake, advanced the timing a touch, hogged out the exhaust a bit. Etc etc.
Wendell - I know Mitch has used and ported a few, so wondered have you tried any of the newer 565's or 572's? Did they get rid of the AT heat start issues? I wonder. Also - don't forget to put Hey, WYK! on the wall next time you are near your work station. Be cool to see it.
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I was burning 5 cords and down to none here too.
I put in a Hase stove from Germany in our new house and the thing is so efficient we only go through 3-4 splits a night.
Of course we're only trying to take the chill off instead of heating the whole house.
So, basically, for hot start problems you open the tank to vent it, and then pull for all you're worth with the throttle full open?
So, 565 or 562 or 400cm or mebbe 462...
I am leaning towards getting a 562 mkii and porting it. A nice light all rounder, and much cheaper than the Stihls. Though the 565 is affordable(ish) here, I sort of need a saw that will work a 15inch bar as much as a 24 and not destroy a 50 year old man's back inthe process.
I had Mastermind work my 562 over a few years ago and it's great. I've been running a 32" Sugi on it mostly and it never says no.
Ahh, all his photos are banjaxxed(Lil Irish for ya, there):
https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/mastermind-meets-the-562xp.191622/
Porting a Husky 365XT:
The X-Torq mufflers here have a baffle in it that's straight forwards to remove.
This is what it looks like removed before you stick the spinny thing in there and smooth it out:
There's loads of room in the chassis to clear louvres, especially under the raised hood of an XT. If I can keep it simple and not have to fabricate or braze anything, I'm all for it. This mod makes it a three port:
I must add I do love working on most Husqvarnas since they are very simply put together. Can't say it for the 562 or 550 since I haven't seen one yet, tho.
The X-Torq mufflers here have a baffle in it that's straight forwards to remove.
This is what it looks like removed before you stick the spinny thing in there and smooth it out:
There's loads of room in the chassis to clear louvres, especially under the raised hood of an XT. If I can keep it simple and not have to fabricate or braze anything, I'm all for it. This mod makes it a three port:
I must add I do love working on most Husqvarnas since they are very simply put together. Can't say it for the 562 or 550 since I haven't seen one yet, tho.
