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two years later , not too much has changed . I had re-hung this collins head on new wood and cleaned it up quite a bit the same week as this thread started 2 years ago, I ended up cutting it down it is 29 inches. I cut till it felt right with good balance it is a nice length for me for good...

I try not to cut above 55 30-40 is nice frozen ground and 30 for a high and sunny is best it is just cold enough to wear a sweat shirt and work. do most of my cutting in Dec, Jan , Feb , Mar and round it up in April I could cut in Nov but there be hunting to be done. a neighbor had a tree...

you can turn a husky large mount into a small mount with a round file in a few minutes. picked up some Husky large mount bars at 3 dollars each then tried to put it on a small mount and realized it was about 1/8 inch from fitting on the chain tensioner , vice and round file to elongate the hole...

never known anyone to change the hydraulic oil on a tractor every hundred hours , during planting and harvest you could be changing it every week. I would change filters and watch the condition of the fluid , if it darkens replace but I bet that is years from now at 10 hours a year. as a fluid...

I am in the saw is a tool camp I have a saw and a backup saw that serves duty on larger wood also I have a 55cc and a 72cc but I don't want to tell you what you should or should not have. my son really doesn't cut much so 2 is working for me at this time there is definitely logic to "you can...

it seems a lot of places have empty green houses come June , I wondered if any one has moved pallets of fire wood in to the otherwise empty green houses . I would think the heat would cook the moisture out of the wood in a hurry move a pallet back out and set next to the back door till the green...

I am not not one to make fire starters or buy them far to cheap to buy . most of my fires start with junk mail. but I grabbed some boxes at the grocery store to pack my groceries in , wife sent me the last few weeks and I take my truck and 12 bags of groceries are just a pain , I can slide...

I almost never buy cans any more , tried to cut way back on soda . so when I do get it it is 2 liters to mix with bourbon or rum.

free truck topper from the side of the road usually the back window is busted , build a basic frame for it to get it off the ground a bit just far enough to get the splitter under it. only question is if you roll the splittter under it or roll it over the splitter , since the splitter already...

I have 2 of those if they work OK but not really good for me and only on proper length wood the 16 inch work from about 15-18 inches. I spent too much time fighting with them to be happy with them the concept is good and someone may make a good set but with most things timber tuff the...

farm and fleet puts their's on sale down to 4.99 sometimes my local saw shop is 7 dollars all the time he buys bulk barrels and puts it in gallon jugs the sale oil is always 30 weight and at the temps I prefer to cut at with frozen ground to haul out is like syrup so I use more 10 weight oil...

between 2 1/3 and 2 2/3 cord currently started kind of early 6 inches of snow on Halloween but not been that cold just up and down a lot. probably get to around 3 1/3 to 3 2/3 cord before April.

for 3-4 cord an not sinking the whole bar in the log cut after gun the 20 on the 455 runs decent better than it did on the 50cc saw I had. I ran a MS260 for about 9 years with a 20 inch but I would drop one tree and cut it up then my wood cutting place changed and now I end up with a stack...

for a saw you intend to do any regular production with #CC/3= max bar length if you are only running occasional use and not cut after cut after cut #CC/2.5=max bar length 55CC/3=18.33 72/3=24 for safe figuring

you can get buy with less saw or smaller bar but have to carefully get the notch cut then leave a good 10-15% trigger in back and set up the hinge cutting from both sides. then at the end your just cutting the trigger the back 10-15% of good wood fiber that is how I get the trees more than a...

I like my 2166 Jred and it runs a 28 fine for the few felling cuts I use it for then switch to the 24 . I have taken a few that I still had to cut from both sides with the 28 inch bar. the 2166 is 71 cc i think I paid exactly 700 for it cash new old stock with a 24 inch bar and chain. good...

didn't Bob say it was fine for you to take those logs , I am sure I heard Bob say all yours. yeah he said I keep meaning to get to those but if they are still around after the 4th I am just not going to get to them and they are all yours.

framing up a shed isn't difficult. my father in law bought a little tin shed and wanted help assembling it. what a colossal waste of time trying to fit that all together I could have designed, framed , sided and roofed a shed in less time than it took to put that stupid thing together with...

ash especially standing dead wood can go nearly from tree to stove the same day.

mine is certainly nothing fancy I used 4x4 posts if building again I would use 2x4 walls 8 inches on center , I ended up building a center wall this way and it works well with the 2x4 8 inches on center each 16 inch split contacts 2 2x4s and no sheathing or siding is needed air flow is great...