More progress.
Cherry and box elder.
Maple, cherry, and oak.
The everything pile with the excess box elder.
Cherry and box elder.
Maple, cherry, and oak.
The everything pile with the excess box elder.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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zogger
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Well, a few slow pulls choke on, one good yank choke off, vroom! I think I'll be able to finish this tree now, although I need two more loops of non LGX, that stuff goes dull fast in this dead wood. Expensive tree for me...the powah in this 394 is..a lot. This is a 28 on it now, I have a three footer, bet it would pull chain on a four footer. Had to try it, a few cuts before dark. And just a few cuts proly got me half a ton on the ground....
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nomad_archer
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Looks like a pile of fun zog.
zogger
Tree Freak
Thanks man. The young man isn't mine but he's basically my little brother from another mother.
zogger
Tree Freak
It has been so far except for the heat. I just stopped cutting there after a few sessions, I'd get whipped within one tank. Now that it is cooling off a little I can get back to it. The rest of the cuts are all..gotta stay frosty, this sort of weight is nothing to sneeze at. I just ran the calculator, single rounds off the main trunk, 16 inch, will be coming in at around 1500-1600 lbs. I'm deducting a little for it being standing dead. Where it is wider from branch stems, easily a ton or better.
nomad_archer
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Be careful with that kind of weight. How do you calculate the weight of a round?
MuskokaSplitter
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[QUOTE="Wood Nazi, post: 5500098, member: 13662210044 View attachment 442071 Not firewood related at all. But at $100, it's almost a scrounge and my son paid for it with money he made selling firewood. I feel cooler already.[/QUOTE]
LOL i just picked up a 1999 polaris xcr440 for 100 bucks. I was driving with it on the truck and when i got to work the senior mechanic at the shop said get that f'n snow machine out of here. Lol. He hates winter haha
LOL i just picked up a 1999 polaris xcr440 for 100 bucks. I was driving with it on the truck and when i got to work the senior mechanic at the shop said get that f'n snow machine out of here. Lol. He hates winter haha
benp
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Another large day up here so I decided I'd go tractor atving and scout out a few more trails .
Spotted many dead hardwood tops in the horizon
All was going well until ....
I'll save that trail for the atv LOL
Seen plenty of wood on today's run , some of it like those large hard maples will be a challenge to get out because of terrain but I'm up for the challenge
I didn't go home empty handed , brought a small load home to add to next year's wood .
Dan,
What was that picture with the hole in front of you????? Were you on the roof of some sort of building/dwelling?
Looks good!!! I think you'll have more fun with the longer bar and letting the saw come into it's own.
I noticed that also the other day dealing with that petrified elm. Semi chisel performed waaaaay better than full chisel.
The teeth on the full chisel when I was done reminded me of when I have cut some frozen wood with it.
The 36" Total bar I got for my 394 just hangs on the wall now. It seriously screwed up the balance for me on that saw. So, I am on the hunt for a new 32" .063 3/8". For me, that is it's sweet spot.
I understand about the deck Zog.LOL
To channel Walter Sobchak - "Also, Zog, slaves are not the preferred nomenclature. Minions, please."
I delivered 2 more cords out of the big pile yesterday, after a total of 6 cords, the big pile is not so big any more!
I pulled a muscle in my left leg last week while pushing a wheelbarrow up hill. Felt like someone whacked me in the the back of the calf with a baseball bat. The calf and ankle are still a bit swollen, and black & blue below the ankle bone, so I put off taking down the two Ash trees on a steep slope for a bit.
Steve, great to see the little ones involved, but bare feet and axes never mix well, I'm cringing!!!
So, how does that new saw feel??? How does the big non ported saws compare to the smaller ported ones? I would guess more torque but less speed, but I'm just guessing.
I pulled a muscle in my left leg last week while pushing a wheelbarrow up hill. Felt like someone whacked me in the the back of the calf with a baseball bat. The calf and ankle are still a bit swollen, and black & blue below the ankle bone, so I put off taking down the two Ash trees on a steep slope for a bit.
Steve, great to see the little ones involved, but bare feet and axes never mix well, I'm cringing!!!
So, how does that new saw feel??? How does the big non ported saws compare to the smaller ported ones? I would guess more torque but less speed, but I'm just guessing.
nomad_archer
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Heal up Mike.
Does anyone know the semi chisel equivalent to Oregon 72LPX?
Does anyone know the semi chisel equivalent to Oregon 72LPX?
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
72DPX
benp
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Yep.
I have good luck with both the Oregon and Bailey's Woodland Pro semi chisel.
I have good luck with both the Oregon and Bailey's Woodland Pro semi chisel.
Well it cuts pretty darn good. Obviously comparing semi chisel to square isn't a perfect comparison. But I'm quite happy.
Hey, if it even cuts good with semi on it, you are set! I'm sure sooner or later you will run it with some RS on it, or maybe even square!!!
Good Luck with that beast!
Good Luck with that beast!
I figured I'd grab a loop of Stihl chisel for now and get some square eventually.
The power company is FINALLY supposed to be cutting my right of way trees in the next two weeks. Took them almost a year. That will give me another 8 cords or so to buck up.
USMC615
Wood's Tougher Than Woodpecker Lips...
nomad_archer
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Thanks. I run mostly semi chisel stihl until recently because regardless of the scrounge I will get acceptable performance. I am trying Oregon full chisel on my new saw but wanted to have a loop of semi around for he 28" bar just in case.
Benp , it's a bridge with the center rotted out , it is wide enough for an atv on each side but my tractor is not wide enough to straddle both sides and too wide to go down one side
woodenboater
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Did I show you guys this week's Zogger wood ??
I ended up with a bunch of this eastern white cedar for kindling up to about 6" cedar from a clump of cedar that Pioneerguy600 and I thinned out .
is that there a Crappy Tire anvil lopper ? I recognize the handles. looks like my plain jane lopper, or is that Lee Valley
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