Thread: land clearing with husqvarna 365sp & 440xtorq

thanks!
yeah,the place here is very hilly and the work here on the top is tough but i can't wait to get down lower,there are some trees there,i will keep that in mind if i need help.thanks again!
so what you doing these days? start the 61??

ok been a while sinse i updated here,i didn't update day 3 because of lwhat i thought a lack of feedback from here to be honest,as i say
we have a huge amount of work to do here,where we are right now is just at the entrance on top,later on we will be felling some very huge ASH trees at the moment all the trees here are whitethorn and ash and some blackthorn,all great wood.

another nice load this evening to bring home,it's selling as fast as i am cutting it
the wood is awesome and burns FRESH even,i had some in the fire lastnight and was amazed with the quality after just been cut,i am very pleased with it now.

i used two saws today my husqvarna 365special and another (unknown) brand i got the loan off my father,it's a very light saw and worked very well,i used the smaller saw for the smaller lighter branches.


i will update a few more pics and if any intrest i will update again as i go.



ASH trees today,still clearing a path way in.

and a nice load up!

looking pretty muddy. How many times did you stick the Nissan?

hello Gkiesel

the nissan was fine,no problems,i honestly thought i wasn't going to make it out this evening,but it was fine,low box and
diff lock on and it didn't miss a beat,i must get a video next time of me pulling out of here with a full load,
it is muddy!!

my own stubberness not to wait till summer,it is still wet,but as they say no time like the present
waiting for irish weather is like waiting for lottery numbers to come up .... lol

I think I'm more excited about the 3.0 DI turbo in the Nissan, than I am about the firewood!! That thing musy get very good mileage!
Rich

hello powerking

the nissan patrol is a good machine,this paticular one i own now two years and never failed to do what i wanted of it,never missed a beat,it is an 04 model,i had some bad luck with the last one i had though it blew the head,but i drove it harder than this one,it was also a 00model and they were sort of prone to problems of that year.i find it good for towing heavy loads.

it is good on the diesel,i can get 80miles for 20euros...not bad,some vans arn't doing it

If most of the wood you cut is the size shown in the first few posts, you might get a 16 or 18" bar for your 365 which would make it somewhat lighter. You could use this bar on your 61 when you get it back running also. Your suv must go pretty good in the mud.

So did I understand you that your planning on clearing hundreds of acres one load at a time? I think it's cool that you can sell the small wood like that. Even here on the east coast of USA people would not want the small stuff like that. As for your Nissan, we cannot get diesel versions in the States that i know of. George

rburg,

yeah it's not bad now offroad,it's very good in fact,i have yet to get caught out with it,allthough i almost did go back the field too far and itwas slow in coming back out of it,but i go out,the further back the field i go the softer things seem to get so thank god i am going ok so far


gkiesel,

thanks forthe input yes the wood i sell is very small,in ireland right now there seems to be a high demand for small firewood because a lot of people are fitting small wood burning stoves here,maybe in the states you lads have bigger open fires so yeah then the bigger firewood is much better.the small firewood has advantages such as easier to split with an axe,and easier to handle.it's easier for folks like us anyway who do a lot of manual work.

and yes i have the rest of my life if i want with no panic to clear all this place,the owner of the land is in no hurry,he is a farmer and the land is just sitting this way for 50 years+ now,so he will be delighted to see the back of the trees,you would be surprised how fast you can clear a place at this rate,the trees start to dissappear fast.i won't be working here everyday at all so this could be a long job,it's mainly to get firewood for my own use and to sell when i need it and the farmer is glad for the land to be cleared,he has no time for this work and the land isn't exactly flat,well not all of it anyway.

i just got a new addition to my chainsaw family,see my new thread here i will update there.



i will update here lon this thread later when i get some more work done.

DAY 5 20-01-2012



ok so had a great day today here,felled some large ASH and blackthorn/whitethorn trees.the day consisted of just felling and stacking the cut wood today,we didn't get to get a load filled and home as it turned quite wet out in the day.

i may have to invest in a winch for my nissan to pull up some of the larger trees down further in the hill.

my latest new addition saw to the family performed very well (husqvarna 440xtorq) i found it very easy to manage nice and light with loads of power and economy pretty impressive.i cut at one point 15" ash with no problem at all.



husqvarna 440xtorq

husqvarna 365special felling large blackthorn tree







i need to wear the big mask cause i use premium pump petrol and unfortunatly not ASPEN.


















ok so stay tuned here for a video of both saws in action today cutting some pretty large ASH and
whitethorn/blackthorn trees

I've been meaning to ask what's with the mask?

The 440 will make cutting the smaller stuff much easier. With the 2 saws you are cutting with you should be able to handle just about any size wood you will find.