Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Sawyer Rob]

Still do well almost it has a 496 in it now
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Is that a bored out 396?? lol

SR

 

[Be Stihl]

I used to ride dirtbike quite a bit as a teenager, but we were poor kids so never had anything fast or powerful, my bike was a air cooled Suzuki 250 4 stroke.

I sold it when we moved to Texas, and then once we got to Idaho I went and got a Liquid cooled Yamaha 250 2 stroke.

I hadn't rode in a few years at that point, and that bike scared the hell out of me, and after a wreck where I took it over backwards on a steep hill and cracked my helmet front to back, I sold it and haven't touched one since.

A 250 2stroke is an animal, I grew up wanting one. Finally got one at 20 years of age and it rode me more than I rode it.

 

[JimR]

Still do well almost it has a 496 in it now
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Very nice car. Mine was an SS convertible. It was black, black top and black interior. It had a 396, 4 speed, dual exhaust and a 12 bolt posi in it. I blew two 396 motors in it before I said it was too expensive to play with on my inferior pay back then.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

 

[Brufab]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

 

[Be Stihl]

The only cutting I'll be doing today...the precip comes back this afternoon, so trying to get a little riding in. Now I'm just waiting for my riding partner to show up...
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Nice saw holder!

 

[bob kern]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

Hang in there kk and company!!

 

[Vtrombly]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

Sending prayers for a speedy recovery.

 

[Philbert]

Re: log splitter wierd starting problem. I posted a week or two ago about having to pull, play with chock,l pull, etc many many times to get it running. New problem this morning.

Day before yesterday running fine (after the starting problem). Yesterday would only run on 1/2 choke. Today only run on about 3/4 choke. finished my load for today and considered the problem while cleaning chips/etc around the wood lot.

What would make it run that ways? Well obviously lacking fuel. Maybe filter? No, almost new machine and a filter wouldn't plug up that fast with clean fuel. Then I added in the fact that if the fuel supply wasn't shut off when shutting down, it would flood. Okay, that was a needle valve sticking open and not a problem as long as I shut down properly.

So this problem. Possibly a needle valve sticking almost closed? I tried the old mechanic trick and gave the bowl a couple judicious taps with a BFH. Actually I used my mini ball peen. Cured the problem for today. The engine is a Briggs.

That still leaves the cold starting problem. Simple solution is don't try starting it in much below freezing temps.

Have you priced a new carb?

Might be easiest solution.

Philbert

 

[turnkey4099]

My 6.5hp Honda on my SuperSplit starts in cold weather on the first pull. Try cleaning the carburetor.

shouldn't need that and it starts/runs fine in warm weather. machine only has 3 winters on it. Needle vavle sticking open was from day one.

 

[turnkey4099]

My 6.5hp Honda on my SuperSplit starts in cold weather on the first pull. Try cleaning the carburetor.

I love Honda engines. Start first pull every time. I had two lawnmowers and a rototiller with those engines. First lawn mower was still a one pull machine even after some 20 years of heavy use and low compression.

 

[turnkey4099]

Have you priced a new carb?

Might be easiest solution.

Philbert

I've debated that and it may happen sometime when the weather warms up. No heated space to work on it this time of year.

 

[Highlander1959]

Thought maybe you guy's that scrounge wood, might share some of your scrounging methods with the seemingly growing crowd of newbie wood burners. From what I have been reading, they would be quite appreciative to hear how you score, and where you score. There is a lot of useful and interesting information scattered throughout the firewood forum. I thought it might be nice to share some of your experiences in one thread, for those who are just starting out and maybe those who are struggling a bit. Thanks to anyone who cares to share.

I don't know about Western Maine but in Ohio, the Emerald Ash Borer has killed thousands of Ash trees. They're standing dead everywhere and in most cases all you have to do is ask when you see them and people will be delighted to have them removed. The community my mom lived in told everyone to cut them all down, dead or alive, before they started falling and I've had all the firewood I could handle for several years now.

 

[Sierra_rider]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

Hope you feel better soon. I had it back when it was the "delta" strain back in the summer of '21. I actually felt pretty good at first and was out splitting firewood and doing work around the property...big mistake, it hit me hard on probably day 5ish. I had a cough and other symptoms that followed me for months afterwards.

So...my advice is to definitely rest up and drink plenty of water. Even if you start to feel better, just sit your ass down on the couch until you know you're good...I know a few people that were feeling better and then got hit with a 2nd wave of symptoms, covid is kinda odd that way.

 

[mountainguyed67]

No heated space to work on it this time of year.

Your dining room isn’t heated?

 

[farmer steve]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

Take care man. Keep an eye on your oxygen levels. I ended up in the hospital this summer for 5 days. Lots of fluids.

 

[Squareground3691]

My Squaw tested positive fir Covid and now I got it pretty bad. Its a bum deal! Hope those of you that haven't gotten it yet never do, and the ones that have. Don't get it again.

Stay positive, and let ur body dictate ur actions, and hopefully it’s passes without bad side effects, and ur Squaw too. This latest variant is supposedly very contagious, but not as damaging to the body as earlier ones.

 

[JimR]

I love Honda engines. Start first pull every time. I had two lawnmowers and a rototiller with those engines. First lawn mower was still a one pull machine even after some 20 years of heavy use and low compression.

My previous 5.5hp Honda that was on my SuperSplit always started on the first pull. I bought that splitter used back in the mid 90's. I believe that they are the best motors on the market.

 

[sundance]

shouldn't need that and it starts/runs fine in warm weather. machine only has 3 winters on it. Needle vavle sticking open was from day one.

Winter starting is always a challenge because you're fighting the pump and cold thick hydraulic fluid.

 

[Squareground3691]

My previous 5.5hp Honda that was on my SuperSplit always started on the first pull. I bought that splitter used back in the mid 90's. I believe that they are the best motors on the market.

Honda small engines , are in a class of their own .