texx
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thats 2 gmax has bought that i almost put a bid on , then changed my mind
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Texx - I visited the Whyalla (sp?) feed lot once, they had a few of our older machines making flaked grain for cattle feed.
Here is a photo's of the latest project, a Remington Mighty Mite rebadged as a John Deere 9.
A little bit of cleaning, a new carburetor kit and fuel line and it's alive. The saw comes with a combination compression release/throttle lock for easier starting. It is a manual oiler, but every time to you open the throttle it also works the oiler button, pretty slick feature I'd say.
I took another of the 9 setting in front of the McCulloch 99 but sadly it didn't come out. You can't really appreciate how small this saw is from the photo.
Mark
Here is a photo's of the latest project, a Remington Mighty Mite rebadged as a John Deere 9.
A little bit of cleaning, a new carburetor kit and fuel line and it's alive. The saw comes with a combination compression release/throttle lock for easier starting. It is a manual oiler, but every time to you open the throttle it also works the oiler button, pretty slick feature I'd say.
I took another of the 9 setting in front of the McCulloch 99 but sadly it didn't come out. You can't really appreciate how small this saw is from the photo.
Mark
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texx
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did you call into the town ( texas ) or did they just fly you into the feedlot and out again .
that was the biggest feedlot in the southern hemisphere when they ( nippon meats )first built it ( i think ) but dont know if it is now , it is has permits to go to 90,000 head i believe .
it is also one of the only feedlots to have shade cloth over the pens .
that was the biggest feedlot in the southern hemisphere when they ( nippon meats )first built it ( i think ) but dont know if it is now , it is has permits to go to 90,000 head i believe .
it is also one of the only feedlots to have shade cloth over the pens .
It's been a long time but I know we drove there, can't remember where we were staying at the time. I was traveling/working with some of the folks from Ridley's. Some of the best people I have ever worked with...
Mark
Mark
Sawdustmaker
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one of the nicest saws i've ever had... i am going to kick myself for selling it.
ill prolly kick myself for this one to... it is for sale. real nice saws...
ill prolly kick myself for this one to... it is for sale. real nice saws...
stone69er
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Here pictures of my saws,much to the delite of my wife,them being inside next to the fire....
026
Took this today, just finished putting up the wood for next year. I did the majority of my sawing this year with the 026. I've got 1.5 cord here at home, 2 cord at the parents, and 2 more still at the woodlot that needs to be split and hauled home. Everything in the pic was cut twice, once at the woodlot late last year and then again to shorten it for the insert I got in December.
None of the other saws in my sig got much action this year, 026 is just too darn handy not to use.
Took this today, just finished putting up the wood for next year. I did the majority of my sawing this year with the 026. I've got 1.5 cord here at home, 2 cord at the parents, and 2 more still at the woodlot that needs to be split and hauled home. Everything in the pic was cut twice, once at the woodlot late last year and then again to shorten it for the insert I got in December.
None of the other saws in my sig got much action this year, 026 is just too darn handy not to use.
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
I just got back from a bit of a working holiday to a mate's place in Tasmania (Australia).
He wanted a fair few trees cleared as a fire break after seeing what happened with the Victorian Bushfires. These were mainly Pine, Wattle, Stringybark, and a few Bluegums. Unfortunately the ideal saw for most of these would have been my 7900 with a 32" bar but it was getting fixed so only had my 3120XP and 5100-S. Probably around 90% of the cutting I did was with the 3120. Needless to say I was well and truly worn out by the end of the week. My forearms diameter is rapidly overtaking my biceps. I really don't care if I don't touch the thing again for a few months...
My mate has an 029 with a 20" bar but isn't confident enough to fell some of the larger trees.
Although I'd spent a reasonable amount of time on my 3120 I learnt a whole new level of respect for her after running over 70 litres of fuel through it in 5 days. One thing I realised is that they use a LOT of fuel
, and the second thing was not to get in its way when flush cutting stumps. I had it kick back pretty violently and caught the handle in my left thigh and left, um, you know what. It launched me for a few metres where gravity took over and I ended up about 10 meters down into a dry creek bed holding my crotch in the foetal position hoping that my still idling Husky with 42" buried wasn't going to pop out and land on me. I ended up with a bruise the size of a baseball on my leg but thankfully should still be able to bare children.
Have attached a few photos and will attach a video of a big 4 foot pine I dropped once its uploaded to Youtube...
These massive pine logs were felled a couple of years back by a guy from a local mill. He was meant to come back and get the logs but never returned. I cut them up with the 3120 and 60" bar so a local guy with a 5 tonne excavator could roll them into a creek bed so they'd rot away. There were two pines - one had a trunk about 5 foot and the other near 7 foot. Also had to be very careful that none of the cut pieces rolled off down the very steep hill and took out my mate's fire fighting water tank!
Note burnt up .404" sprocket tip. It gave up completely shortly after and siezed solid. I used a 36" GB Hard Nose after that plus 42" and 60".
I box cut this Bluegum after a plunge cut to check for rot. It had both rot and some fire damage from bushfires that ravaged the area in the early 60's. This wood is very, very hard - and damn heavy. This one log yielded around 4 tonne of firewood as it had snapped off about 20' off the ground. Came down with one big thump. Husky is wearing a 42" bar that I changed from .404" to 3/8" and was running non skip Carlton semi chisel.
He wanted a fair few trees cleared as a fire break after seeing what happened with the Victorian Bushfires. These were mainly Pine, Wattle, Stringybark, and a few Bluegums. Unfortunately the ideal saw for most of these would have been my 7900 with a 32" bar but it was getting fixed so only had my 3120XP and 5100-S. Probably around 90% of the cutting I did was with the 3120. Needless to say I was well and truly worn out by the end of the week. My forearms diameter is rapidly overtaking my biceps. I really don't care if I don't touch the thing again for a few months...
My mate has an 029 with a 20" bar but isn't confident enough to fell some of the larger trees.
Although I'd spent a reasonable amount of time on my 3120 I learnt a whole new level of respect for her after running over 70 litres of fuel through it in 5 days. One thing I realised is that they use a LOT of fuel
, and the second thing was not to get in its way when flush cutting stumps. I had it kick back pretty violently and caught the handle in my left thigh and left, um, you know what. It launched me for a few metres where gravity took over and I ended up about 10 meters down into a dry creek bed holding my crotch in the foetal position hoping that my still idling Husky with 42" buried wasn't going to pop out and land on me. I ended up with a bruise the size of a baseball on my leg but thankfully should still be able to bare children.Have attached a few photos and will attach a video of a big 4 foot pine I dropped once its uploaded to Youtube...
These massive pine logs were felled a couple of years back by a guy from a local mill. He was meant to come back and get the logs but never returned. I cut them up with the 3120 and 60" bar so a local guy with a 5 tonne excavator could roll them into a creek bed so they'd rot away. There were two pines - one had a trunk about 5 foot and the other near 7 foot. Also had to be very careful that none of the cut pieces rolled off down the very steep hill and took out my mate's fire fighting water tank!
Note burnt up .404" sprocket tip. It gave up completely shortly after and siezed solid. I used a 36" GB Hard Nose after that plus 42" and 60".
I box cut this Bluegum after a plunge cut to check for rot. It had both rot and some fire damage from bushfires that ravaged the area in the early 60's. This wood is very, very hard - and damn heavy. This one log yielded around 4 tonne of firewood as it had snapped off about 20' off the ground. Came down with one big thump. Husky is wearing a 42" bar that I changed from .404" to 3/8" and was running non skip Carlton semi chisel.
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MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
This was an ugly Stringybark that I finally managed to fell after hitting a steel stake dead in its centre - the stake must have been part of an old fencline and probably been in the tree for around 50 years. Have also attached a photo of a near new Carlton .404" semi chisel chain - now a right off. Snapped off 5 cutters, two down to the rivet.
Dolmar 5100-S after leaving it out overnight in -4°c temperatures. Started 4th pull This saw worked its guts out all week in the hands of myself, my fiancee, and my mate. I already thought it was a great little saw but now absolutely love it
Also dropped into "AGFEST" on the way back to the boat to come home. The locals tell me it is one of the biggest agricultural shows in the Southern Hemisphere. Found this old chainsaw display that many of you will probably find interesting...
Dolmar 5100-S after leaving it out overnight in -4°c temperatures. Started 4th pull
This saw worked its guts out all week in the hands of myself, my fiancee, and my mate. I already thought it was a great little saw but now absolutely love it
Also dropped into "AGFEST" on the way back to the boat to come home. The locals tell me it is one of the biggest agricultural shows in the Southern Hemisphere. Found this old chainsaw display that many of you will probably find interesting...
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MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Another view of one of the big pine logs with my 3120 and 5 foot bar. It only just made it on this section of trunk.
An old log left on my mate's property from when it was logged decades ago. Not sure what it was (probably Bluegum?) but it was as hard as hell. I blocked it up for firewood.
The 5100-S was used for this whole Stringybark. I'd never cut Stringybark before but it was tougher than I thought. It has a lot of sap pockets and the bark gets wrapped around the sprocket and every other moving part of the saw. I siezed the .404" nose sprocket on my 32" Power Match Plus bar when it blocked the 3120's oil holes deep in a log.
And before anybody laughs I stuck a 32" bar on my mate's 029 after grinding off 50% of the cutters on a Carlton 3/8" semi chisel chain. It pulled it OK in Stringybark when buried with no real downforce and the oiler just kept up. I only did this for the odd occasion he needs a larger bar and it certainly didn't spin it with any authority
And here is the video of one of my mate's big pines that he wanted dropped. This one is about 4 foot diameter where I cut it. He had another one that he wanted dropped that is around 6 foot at the base but he decided to keep that one standing for now. It was a big occasion for his kids and you can hear them clapping and carrying on in the background. His 20 month old son now calls me "Chainsaw Matt". It was this stump that I was flushcutting where the 3120 grabbed, kicked back and I wore the handle square in the thigh after glancing of my left you know what...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRnUuLxcNxc
An old log left on my mate's property from when it was logged decades ago. Not sure what it was (probably Bluegum?) but it was as hard as hell. I blocked it up for firewood.
The 5100-S was used for this whole Stringybark. I'd never cut Stringybark before but it was tougher than I thought. It has a lot of sap pockets and the bark gets wrapped around the sprocket and every other moving part of the saw. I siezed the .404" nose sprocket on my 32" Power Match Plus bar when it blocked the 3120's oil holes deep in a log.
And before anybody laughs I stuck a 32" bar on my mate's 029 after grinding off 50% of the cutters on a Carlton 3/8" semi chisel chain. It pulled it OK in Stringybark when buried with no real downforce and the oiler just kept up. I only did this for the odd occasion he needs a larger bar and it certainly didn't spin it with any authority
And here is the video of one of my mate's big pines that he wanted dropped. This one is about 4 foot diameter where I cut it. He had another one that he wanted dropped that is around 6 foot at the base but he decided to keep that one standing for now. It was a big occasion for his kids and you can hear them clapping and carrying on in the background. His 20 month old son now calls me "Chainsaw Matt". It was this stump that I was flushcutting where the 3120 grabbed, kicked back and I wore the handle square in the thigh after glancing of my left you know what...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRnUuLxcNxc
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boombah
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great photos
great set of photos, especially the one of the dolmar, not a husky fan will stick to my ms880,090, and dolmar 166. by the way how did the new dolmar go are you happy with the performance , as im considering getting one [ps7900] to replace my ageing 046 mag regards steve oh what part of the big island do you reside in - me geelong cheers :rockn::chainsawguy:
great set of photos, especially the one of the dolmar, not a husky fan will stick to my ms880,090, and dolmar 166. by the way how did the new dolmar go are you happy with the performance , as im considering getting one [ps7900] to replace my ageing 046 mag regards steve oh what part of the big island do you reside in - me geelong cheers :rockn::chainsawguy:
gmax
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Nice photo's , I spotted an "Atom" amongst the vintage display 
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
G'day mate. I live in Glossop which is in the Riverland, SA on the Murray River. 7900 an awesome saw (or Makita DCS7901 - same thing and probably easier to find in Oz than Dolmar). One Tassie mob were selling them at AGFEST for AUD$1099 which is an absolute steal. I'm going to buy another one soon. Mine packed it in (blown base gasket) and was meant to be going to Tassie with me but unfortunately wasn't fixed in time. My work in Tassie would have been done a lot quicker if I had the 7900 over the 3120. My mate had that much rain in the first few days I was there that I had to carry everything hundreds of metres up the hill by hand as even my 4WD new Nissan Navara wouldn't get up the tracks. Carrying the 3120 quickly sapped any enthusiasm I had
The 5100-S was a joy and punches way out of its weight class.I drove through Geelong this morning on the way home from Tassie! Boat came in at 7am to Port Melbourne. 7 1/2 hour drive home.
P.S. I'd buy an 880 anyday over a 3120 too except that the local Stihl dealers are useless and ripoffs. I HATE OUTBOARD CLUTCHES
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boombah
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re: ps7900
your blown cylinder gasket woes sounds like the story my mate told me that one of his customers had the same trouble, do you by any chance know laurie kibblewhite [ saw chain supply ] ????. and i know what you mean by your local stihl dealer being a rip off my local dealer is is a bit expensive on his prices as well , so i tend to buy most of my stuff at a stihl dealer 25 klms away hes great has a lot of old stock for the older saws,as well as a ex stihl dealer at balmoral, im currently restoring an old 056 magnum2 that i had given to me and was after a new muffler and he had one [ actually had 3 in stock ] and a new ignition module for the sem ignition .I should have it running hope fully by the end of next week cant wait !!my ms880 i paid $700 for with 4x25" chains and solid nose bar and 4x36" chains and roller nose es bar it had only done 30 hrs from new oh and a tecomech sharpener thrown in as well .i have a nice collection of saws at the moment , they include 2 x 090av, 1x std 090, a 1959 lightning , ms880 mag ,066 mag ,046 mag ,056 mag2 , 030 ,3 x08s - 2 with chain brakes ,a jonsered xf ,2 mculloch 250 ,a solo 626 ,dolmar 166 [what a beast ] these are all in perfect running order and 3 more 090s [1 is an av] , 2 more lightnings these are awaiting repairs to be got going!!!, looking for a dolmar 143, and a 153 as well, i cut a fair amount of firewood each year and drop the occasional big tree , but mainly storm damage trees as well as i bought myself a super axe ws400 woodsplitter this year just to make it a bit easier and a lot faster to split lmao !!!. Here are some shots of some of he saws , and some of me dropping some dead pines at my mates farm in kangaroo valley nsw with the help of a 20 ton cat excavator as the pines were widow makers lots of dead crumbly branches overhead
:chainsawguy::rockn:
your blown cylinder gasket woes sounds like the story my mate told me that one of his customers had the same trouble, do you by any chance know laurie kibblewhite [ saw chain supply ] ????. and i know what you mean by your local stihl dealer being a rip off my local dealer is is a bit expensive on his prices as well , so i tend to buy most of my stuff at a stihl dealer 25 klms away hes great has a lot of old stock for the older saws,as well as a ex stihl dealer at balmoral, im currently restoring an old 056 magnum2 that i had given to me and was after a new muffler and he had one [ actually had 3 in stock ] and a new ignition module for the sem ignition .I should have it running hope fully by the end of next week cant wait !!my ms880 i paid $700 for with 4x25" chains and solid nose bar and 4x36" chains and roller nose es bar it had only done 30 hrs from new oh and a tecomech sharpener thrown in as well .i have a nice collection of saws at the moment , they include 2 x 090av, 1x std 090, a 1959 lightning , ms880 mag ,066 mag ,046 mag ,056 mag2 , 030 ,3 x08s - 2 with chain brakes ,a jonsered xf ,2 mculloch 250 ,a solo 626 ,dolmar 166 [what a beast ] these are all in perfect running order and 3 more 090s [1 is an av] , 2 more lightnings these are awaiting repairs to be got going!!!, looking for a dolmar 143, and a 153 as well, i cut a fair amount of firewood each year and drop the occasional big tree , but mainly storm damage trees as well as i bought myself a super axe ws400 woodsplitter this year just to make it a bit easier and a lot faster to split lmao !!!. Here are some shots of some of he saws , and some of me dropping some dead pines at my mates farm in kangaroo valley nsw with the help of a 20 ton cat excavator as the pines were widow makers lots of dead crumbly branches overhead
:chainsawguy::rockn:boombah
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and a couple more
the 166 is a rocket i reckon it out grunts the ms880 and a 3120 <i recently bought a makita dolmar dcs500 for my nephew in bagdad tas i was impressed and he was ecstatic it was a present for his 25th b-day his first saw well must go as work awaits me at 6am so will catch you another time cheers :chainsawguy::rockn:
the 166 is a rocket i reckon it out grunts the ms880 and a 3120 <i recently bought a makita dolmar dcs500 for my nephew in bagdad tas i was impressed and he was ecstatic it was a present for his 25th b-day his first saw well must go as work awaits me at 6am so will catch you another time cheers :chainsawguy::rockn:
gregz
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Ran a tank full of gas through the ol 56 today.
Beautimous!!!
