I saved this one for just that purpose, though the floorspace may be smaller than ideal for owls from the reading I was doing. Has a nice little roof over the entrance. Guess I need to get it mounted and let them try it out.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Oh, if you are wondering what I was doing pointing the chain at the end of the log, I was trying to show how it throws oil, but you really couldn't see it. It's manual oiler only and it really pumps it out.
Sad deal.
You wonder if there’s any accountability to the people who are in charge of placing new pastors. They’ve got to know some of these folks are going to be a bust.
Looks good sitting there among the saw dust. And, seemed to be running fine on the video. If you sell it, you'll one day regret it. If you don't, you'll probably never run it again.This one is for @Jere39. One of my big Oaks died about 2 years ago. All the bark was falling off and it was starting to drop big branches, so I cut it down today. I have a 1968 Homelite XL12 I was thinking about putting on Ebay, so I shot a short video of it, then cut up about half the log till it ran out of fuel.
It does run nice, and I like the stack muffler on it. I can still hear it with my hearing aids out and hearing protectors on.
CAUTION!! Wood related pics. 
Headed down to my one scrounging spot today and saw these Amish guys logging out the storm blown over HVBW tree's.
Backin up
Hookin up.
Dragging em out.
Headed down to my one scrounging spot today and saw these Amish guys logging out the storm blown over HVBW tree's.
Backin up
Hookin up.
Dragging em out.
The load being dumped is the reason for the trailer in the next picture. Taking the logs out one or two at a time with the grapple takes a lot of time. Because we can't get the dump trailer out many of these old logging roads we needed another option. Hence our cheap option. We are cutting out the wheel well section on both sides to make a crude forwarding trailer. We'll pull it out the old roads, load it up, go back to the dump trailer and unload it there. Should be quicker than one or two at a time.
Shea
We've tried it that way. Much harder to unload having to reach over to grab a log. The section we are cutting out on each side is wider than the grapple on the tractor. That makes unloading much easier, along with being able to see what you are doing. That's it. Heck, my son thought it would be a cool project, final box checked off.
Shea
Looks like it will work well, and those trailers will haul a nice load. So will you just hook it to the back of the skidding winch and then drop it at a loading spot.
I was wondering in the pictures you posted earlier I see you had the chain hooked quite a was down the log, what was the purpose in that.
That's awesome, I like seeing guys working like this, they sure had a nice day for it.CAUTION!! Wood related pics.
Headed down to my one scrounging spot today and saw these Amish guys logging out the storm blown over HVBW tree's.
Backin up
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Hookin up.
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Dragging em out.
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That saw scabbard and cant holder are nice options, and that guys got some nice looking duds on.
Wonder if they are allowed to use the 462's
.Oh yeah, your nuts lol.
There’s a saw in it. Two in fact.
https://adland.tv/commercials/breathe-right-saw-2001-060-usa#smooth-scroll-top
https://adland.tv/commercials/breathe-right-saw-2001-060-usa#smooth-scroll-top
Working up a hunger while loading/unloading that trailer?
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Now that's resourceful!Working up a hunger while loading/unloading that trailer?
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One of my big Oaks died about 2 years ago.
Oops! Wrong pictures.
Unless we have different ideas of what a big oak is...
Nice little Homelite.
Yeah, I have seven of those trailers, they hold more than they should. That one rolled off the bank and had some minor damage so we decided to hack it up.
I had to refer back to the pic, but that was an odd pull. It was tilted up at an odd angle. The log was over another locust and against a small standing tree. You would have thought that pulling from the end would have given me the extra leverage, nada. Pulled from the sticking point and it came out. The physics I can't explain, but it worked.
Shea
I had that type splitting maul a long time ago, but the handle broke off. I still have the handle as a cheater pipe.
He was running a 461. He told me his dad has a saw shop. They were from Punxsutawney PA. That's over 3 hours from here.That's awesome, I like seeing guys working like this, they sure had a nice day for it.
That saw scabbard and cant holder are nice options, and that guys got some nice looking duds on.
Wonder if they are allowed to use the 462's
Oh yeah, your nuts lol.
