Nik's Poulan Thread

[LegDeLimber]

That re-claimed/re-sawn lumber looks like it's going to give a nice color!

I have a friend who was in Architectural salvage, thus I've had the fun of plucking foreign objects out of a few beams.
I'll have to snap a couple pics of some of the tooling for it.

 

[Cantdog]

That re-claimed/re-sawn lumber looks like it's going to give a nice color!

I have a friend who was in Architectural salvage, thus I've had the fun of plucking foreign objects out of a few beams.
I'll have to snap a couple pics of some of the tooling for it.

You mean in the toboggan??

 

[LegDeLimber]

Toboggan is nice too.
The material is in your second pic, lower rt corner
in front of the hand truck, in front of the planer.
Sort of got that Swiss cheese look of old wiring tubes or pipe holes in it.

 

[Cantdog]

Ahhh.....no that was just some 3/4 birch plywood cutoffs that I used for packing.......junk.....

 

[fossil]

Wow!

 

[OhioGregg]

Well, while we are way off the Poulan track... I'll post a couple pics of the progress I'm making on trying to cobble a loader together for my tractor.
Actually got it mounted and in working order!!! Gonna swap buckets yet, if I can get the other one fixed up.

Gregg,

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Well, while we are way off the Poulan track...

Covered.

 

[Acornhill]

All NOS TOP COVERS but different configuration

oldest on the left

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[fossil]

Well, while we are way off the Poulan track... I'll post a couple pics of the progress I'm making on trying to cobble a loader together for my tractor.
Actually got it mounted and in working order!!! Gonna swap buckets yet, if I can get the other one fixed up.

Gregg,

Nice work Gregg.

 

[3000 FPS]

Well, while we are way off the Poulan track... I'll post a couple pics of the progress I'm making on trying to cobble a loader together for my tractor.
Actually got it mounted and in working order!!! Gonna swap buckets yet, if I can get the other one fixed up.

Gregg,

Nice job there Gregg. Looks like your in business.

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[LegDeLimber]

Ahhh.....no that was just some 3/4 birch plywood cutoffs that I used for packing.......junk.....

Junk boards eh.
OH #@*$! I really am going blind, from staring at carburetor parts.
This is from a pair of knockoff ZAMA C1M-W26C.
I've been trying to look them over, to pick the better one for my friends PP4218.
New carb and fuel line, etc, dialed in the screws and Saw cranks like it should now.
Buddy says "I've never seen it start up like that before"
And yes, it had been an Ethanol victim (until now!)

We put a 16" powersharp bar & chain on it also.
Been wanting to see how well they cut.

Wowzers. I've run out of drive space to edit pics,
but here's a few crops to, maybe, make up
for me derailing things earlier.

You'll see a problem I found in both carbs.
See how that cover and the body are not aligned?
The diaphragm gets that crease pinched into it as a result.
I tried to smooth the corner, without going too far out from under the ridge line on the cover.
Then I put a rubber diaphragm back, rather than that plastic one.
I think the rubber ones make for an easier cranking engine.
I think my friend also does now.

 

[OhioGregg]

Nice job there Gregg. Looks like your in business.

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Holy snikes Roger!!! Looks like you made firewood out of every last tree in Wyoming.

Nice handy tractor/loader combo there also! I love the Ford 1000 series tractors of the 70's & early 80's, kinda like the Poulan saws of that same era.

Gregg,

 

[3000 FPS]

There are no trees where I live. It is strictly high plains and grass lands.

The last tree I got came from the Cemetery that someone had planted there back in the 1930's. It had blown over during the winter.
So I get a little here and a little there.

 

[Acornhill]

There are no trees where I live. It is strictly high plains and grass lands.

The last tree I got came from the Cemetery that someone had planted there back in the 1930's. It had blown over during the winter.
So I get a little here and a little there.

Wow Roger, no trees and all those chainsaws. I would go crazy. Do you truck all of your wood in from other places?

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[3000 FPS]

Wow Roger, no trees and all those chainsaws. I would go crazy. Do you truck all of your wood in from other places?

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Yep pretty much have to travel to get firewood. Cheyenne is about 30 miles away if I get wood from there.
I do go up to the mountains every year for beetle kill pine. I will get about 2 to 3 cords worth of wood from there.
That is a 200 mile round trip. I like doing it so no big deal for me.

Like you said all those chainsaws. I always have some wood around here that I can test chainsaws in.

 

[fossil]

I'm in the middle of cutting to size, splitting (maul) and stacking. I could use a good stacker about now.

I picked almost all white ash so far this year. I left the gnarly stuff that I usually get stuck with. It is so nice to have rounds that split in one smack for change.

 

[fossil]

Out cutting (between the ice pellet showers) with a 3700 and a 3800. I don't see much difference but the 3700 has a slight edge.

 

[Hoggwood]

I really enjoy splitting wood. Always maul and sledge to break down the big stuff. The past few years, I've been using a large tire, fit to a big round, to place my wood into before splitting. Swing away and circle the tire. Can split a 18" round or chunks into 10-12 pieces - without ever stopping or bending over - in about 20 seconds if you are energetic. Way faster than a splitter. The sidewall of the tire is great for strikes that blast through as it absorbs the energy. Pick the splits out of the tire and toss them into the wheelbarrow.

Picked myself up a Fiskars Super Splitter from CTC a bit ago. I needed to replace an axe so I figured I would give it a try. I haven't thrown it into any rounds yet, but some folks that have been hand splitting for decades suggest the axe's claims are justified. We'll see.

 

[fossil]

Picked myself up a Fiskars Super Splitter from CTC a bit ago. I needed to replace an axe so I figured I would give it a try. I haven't thrown it into any rounds yet, but some folks that have been hand splitting for decades suggest the axe's claims are justified. We'll see.

I think I'm going to get one of those. My arthritic hands aren't liking the maul anymore. I can only split for an hour or so before they start to swell up. I will pick up the 36" model. As you said most people seem to think they're really good units.
I picked up mostly white ash this year so far which splits well and is almost dry as is. I also got some of what I think is maple but I don't think it is. It's stringy as hell like elm and really tough to split. I had to noodle some 12" rounds as I could not get it to split.

You'll like this.
I was wearing what I call my designer jeans which have more holes in them than Swiss cheese. I was cutting a large round down to length with a 3700 and could feel something weird going on. It was windy and wet with ice pellets so I didn't give it much thought. The chips from the saw were entering my jeans at large horizontal rip at my knee. It filled up my boot and the bottom half of my jeans with chips.
I better get my chaps on next go around.

 

[blk05crew]

We split all our wood with maul's too, I really enjoy doing it. Good exercise and stress relief!