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or when it might be another problem? Weekend before last I was cutting up a downed Red Oak using my Dolmar 3410TH for the smaller stuff and my 5105 for the bigger limbs. Both were running just fine although the 5105 seemed a little hard to get up to speed. In other words it bogged for a few...

Yesterday evening I pulled the 5105 out of my truck tool box, filled it up with gas and bar oil and tried to start it. I couldn't pull the rope at all! So I took the spark plug out and found the reason - the cylinder was full of gas! I dumped out most of the gas and pulled the rope several...

Well, here we go again! Give or take 22 large pecan trees were blown down Monday by either straight line winds or, most likely, a tornado (to be determined by further examination). These trees are well over 100 years old, and, as y'all can imagine, it's a big mess to clean up. I've burned...

We experienced severe storms in our area yesterday, and we personally lost 20 pecan trees in our orchard, a large red oak in the yard and a very large loblolly that fell on the tractor shed destroying my cow pasture fence, planer, woodsplitter, and probably pto chipper. Luckily the tractor was...

My son has a little used 290 that refuses to oil the bar/chain. Oil seems to be coming out of the orifices just fine, and a puddle of oil can be found under it when it sits, but the bar will not pick up oil. After a few minutes of running the bar is too hot to handle. What gives? Any help...

OK, maybe this ain't the place to talk about a motor grader, but I bet someone either has knowledge of this equipment or can direct me to another forum that can help (I've been unsuccessful so far in finding one). One of my three jobs is operating a CAT motor grader for the county. That's in...

The ATV pulling the splitter is loaded on the trailer. Saw gas, oil, tools, helmet, etc. are in the truck, and I need to get this pile rendered into next season's firewood and get it out of my way before mowing season. This is one of those Henny Penny things. Who wants to help me make...

Our house in central Georgia is pretty typical of ones built around here in the late thirties; it is very poorly insulated. We added on in '93 which included a rebuild of the entire roof, converting an old tin, uninsulated one to a conventional plywood and asphalt shingle design with decent...

I have an oversupply of firewood and try to sell a little during the winter. It's almost 100% pecan from the several orchards I manage, and most of the wood is from limbs that break off with the occasional blow down or dead tree. Pecan wood can be a bear to split, and it can also be rough on...

I have a Stihl combi-engine, KM 110, that is used 90% of the time to run a pole saw. Generally, it has run perfectly in the past, but I'm having a problem with it right now that befuddles me somewhat. It sat in the chainsaw compartment of my service truck most of the summer with very little...

I realize that forest management, logging, and markets differ dramatically from one part of the country to the next, but I thought it would be interesting to see what goes on from region to region when it comes to partial harvests or thinnings. Around here, in the SE, we do a good deal of...

I just finished marking about 140 acres of mostly pulpwood sized trees for a second thinning. One area had larger timber with a good bit of chip-n-saw and some older sawtimber. My management strategy for several years now has been to avoid selling higher product class pine timber due to...

I've about decided to give all four of my sons identical saws and try to wrangle a good deal by purchasing volume. Only one of the sons currently owns a chainsaw, but the one I have in mind will compliment what he already has. I'm not particularly stuck on one brand, but I wanted to get...

I bought a new wood splitter two seasons ago, a Troy-Bilt 27 ton unit, powered by a Honda engine. It was the Honda power that attracted me to it, and I couldn't be happier with the engine. It starts usually first or second pull every time, and I've had no issues at all with it. The...

Here in GA we're seeing many oaks with signs of a disease with the main symptom being patches of smooth grey bark when the bark normally has fissures and is more "3-D". Red Oaks are the most commonly affected. Anyone have an idea about what this is ? I'll try to get some pictures this week...

My son and I marked about 11 acres of pine pulpwood to thin on my Dad's place the year after he died, and we found a local man to cut it using only a saw, a skidsteer and a 10 ton truck. The site was not accessible to tree length log trucks without doing extensive work to a steep sloped ford...

and I don't know anything about them. The saw is said to be in great shape and has a 24" bar. I don't necessarily need another saw right now, but the asking price is $45, which seems like a good deal if the saw is as advertised. How about this model of saw ? Are they worth having ?

Has anyone had problems with powder post beetles excavating their firewood ? I find major infestations whether the wood is stacked on gravel under a shelter or just stacked outside under a tarp. They don't consume much wood, but it makes a huge mess trying to move it around inside the house...

My Buck Stove, bought 32 years ago and used in two locations, has four precut "slots" to adjust the main damper. I prefer to use the last one at night closing the damper to just a crack and also opening the door dampers just a little to allow the fire to burn slowly all night long. However...

If there is already a thread on this I couldn't find it, and would someone please direct me to it rather than starting all over. What are the opinions out there regarding installation of a "chip" or power program for diesel truck engines ? Is a significant increase in HP and torque inviting...