Does not look like Clint has posted since Mid February. Hope all is well.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Philbert:
That is good work you are doing.
Post some pix if you can.
No Chainsaw Call Outs for us Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Teams yet.
I have owned a MS310 for ten years. It a is a good, solid, dependable saw.
David
That is good work you are doing.
Post some pix if you can.
No Chainsaw Call Outs for us Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Teams yet.
I have owned a MS310 for ten years. It a is a good, solid, dependable saw.
David
mainewoods
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I'm still kickin'. It was a tough winter, snow still in the woods in late April-early May. Wayyy behind on this years firewood. We had around 160" of snow fall where I'm at, and the mountains received over 270". Nice of you guy's to think of me, and thanks for the B-Day wishes !! I'll be on more often here shortly. If it don't start snowing again!
sunfish
Fish Head
Good to see ya still kickin!
That 346xp I got from ya is still kickin also, and kickin azz.
I couldn't leave well enough alone, so I followed @MustangMike instructions to the letter. Seems to pull harder in the wood and doesn't seem louder although I wear earplugs when I cut anyway. 
happy belated birthday Clint.
that's only about 130" more snow than we got all winter. now get busy cuttin wood.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Damn you guys!!! I thought I had kicked the habit, but all day sitting in my office I was daydreaming of going down to the local husky dealer and buying out all his forgotten left behind saws. Back when I was still a mechanic and living paycheck to paycheck he told me to bring a handful of cash and make him a offer. Now that I'm a little more financially stable...
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
He has a pile of parts saws. Saws that needed work and the customers left behind instead of paying the diagnostic fee
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
I gave away three parts saw 350 I had. I was trying to downsize for a while. Now uncle Mike sucked me back in. Damn you guys
Glad you like it, and the best part is the saw will run cooler and last longer with that mod. ENJOY!!!
Next, we'll get into a timing advance!
I've been chipping away at some of the smaller green candlebark branches that I cut a few weeks ago and am saving up to take down to my brother (which is code for wood that I don't want), splitting it with the X27. It is interesting comparing splitting tools. The fiskars will go straight through the middle of a 6 inch candlebark round but the round will often stay strung together on either side to you have to pull the X27 out to chop out the remaining strings and half the time the cheeks get caught and it doesn't want to come out so there's more mucking around. The type of wood plays a fair part I guess as does the relatively short edge on the X27. The same round when dry would probably split more easily as well. The 8lb maul smashes the same green rounds apart but hurts me to use so the X27 has been a nice implement to use for this and I think will be my main weapon of choice.
The back two rows are from the last trailer load and are green, about 1.5 cubes or a bit over one facecord.
The front three rows are a mix of dry bluegum and candlebark and some swamp gum which is denser than the candlebark and possibly even the bluegum but ashy so by brother can have that too. As far as he is concerned, wood that appears in his driveway for free without him getting his hands dirty is excellent firewood. The dry candlebark branch bits I have been pulling out of my dry wood in the shed as I come across it.
There might be just about a cord there in total.
The back two rows are from the last trailer load and are green, about 1.5 cubes or a bit over one facecord.
The front three rows are a mix of dry bluegum and candlebark and some swamp gum which is denser than the candlebark and possibly even the bluegum but ashy so by brother can have that too. As far as he is concerned, wood that appears in his driveway for free without him getting his hands dirty is excellent firewood. The dry candlebark branch bits I have been pulling out of my dry wood in the shed as I come across it.
There might be just about a cord there in total.
Ryan'smilling
Addicted to ArboristSite
That's my complaint with the X27 too. Those cheeks act like barbs and if the round isn't blown apart it can be a pain in the neck to get the maul out. I am planning on rounding those cheeks off a little bit. I don't think it will take much to make a difference but my thought is that they won't cause as much of a problem if they can't bite the wood. I don't think it'll affect the splitting power either, since I think the splitting either does or doesn't happen before the bit gets that deep.
I like that plan. Just a little bit of rounding should do the trick.
Ryan'smilling
Addicted to ArboristSite
If you beat me to it, let me know how it works. I've got a couple projects higher on the priority list than splitting wood for the next few days, and when I do get back to it I probably won't be using the Fiskars. Got to spend a little more time with the new "maul"...
I would not mod it a bit. I think you will just replace splitting action with easier removal, but every wood is different.
With a minor muf mod my ms 460 really started to sing. I prolly should do more to the power head in regard to the squish and open the exhaust, advance the timing a bit take the rough casting bits out of the flow,polish the exhaust after squareing up, leave the intake rough.....ooh yeah I'd rather be cutting/milling (-;
Rarefish how did you know of my attire with this standing boards/fire wood?
That 4 foot bar is in the picture since less than 25% notch didn't fall, and couldn't stack enough wedges,so lifting with the bar tilted it enough to lay her over. 661 with 36" bar is what was used. Now to decide how to part that fat boy into most usable/profitable pieces. Branches will board out ,take siding off shed ,edge to edge addition under roof,replace siding to have more shelf space inside shed.
A new aquaintance, Ragin' Cajon, asked what I was doin' with this wood & wanted to buy a round table top from me from rounds sitting in front of my homestead. See where that goes..... enjoy & stay safe
I sure wish I had a brother like you lol. I got stuck with 2 sistersI've been chipping away at some of the smaller green candlebark branches that I cut a few weeks ago and am saving up to take down to my brother (which is code for wood that I don't want), splitting it with the X27. It is interesting comparing splitting tools. The fiskars will go straight through the middle of a 6 inch candlebark round but the round will often stay strung together on either side to you have to pull the X27 out to chop out the remaining strings and half the time the cheeks get caught and it doesn't want to come out so there's more mucking around. The type of wood plays a fair part I guess as does the relatively short edge on the X27. The same round when dry would probably split more easily as well. The 8lb maul smashes the same green rounds apart but hurts me to use so the X27 has been a nice implement to use for this and I think will be my main weapon of choice.
The back two rows are from the last trailer load and are green, about 1.5 cubes or a bit over one facecord.
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The front three rows are a mix of dry bluegum and candlebark and some swamp gum which is denser than the candlebark and possibly even the bluegum but ashy so by brother can have that too. As far as he is concerned, wood that appears in his driveway for free without him getting his hands dirty is excellent firewood. The dry candlebark branch bits I have been pulling out of my dry wood in the shed as I come across it.
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There might be just about a cord there in total.
Dieseldash
ArboristSite Operative
Found a free little scrounge today. Some ***hole illegally dumped a load of yard waste. I can't stand people who do this crap. But ended up being a nice little score of hardwood. Looks like Elm to me but I'm not an expert on hard woods. Ran the 350 and 024AVS. The made easy work of the cutting. Splitting Elm is a pain compared to our native conifers.
Don't make fun of my Mercedes wagon wood/kid hauler. With the self leveling suspension you couldn't tell it was back there. I didn't plan on hauling a load. I would of taken my Dodge Cummins if I did. I figure Dancan and a few others using minivans or Subaru will approve.
Don't make fun of my Mercedes wagon wood/kid hauler. With the self leveling suspension you couldn't tell it was back there. I didn't plan on hauling a load. I would of taken my Dodge Cummins if I did. I figure Dancan and a few others using minivans or Subaru will approve.
