Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Brufab]

You can get new if you look hard enough or import one.

Yea a real great guy on here gave me the link to a place that has them. About 1000$ iirc

 

[chipper1]

Stihl flippy caps are junk, they are ridiculously over engineered, and a pain to use.
While stihl has some great innovations their flippys are not one of them.
For you guys who've never used a real flippy cap, you'd hate the stihl ones after using a husky flippy cap!

 

[Brufab]

Yea mean something like this . View attachment 1056446

I seen one in person at chippers talk about a beast!!! Dang you guys with your dolmars

 

[Brufab]

Stihl flippy caps are junk, they are ridiculously over engineered, and a pain to use.
While stihl has some great innovations their flippys are not one of them.
For you guys who've never used a real flippy cap, you'd hate the stihl ones after using a husky flippy cap!

Yea I replaced a leaky cap on a L65 with a Flippy for a rancher. I like it way better than the caps on my echos

 

[chipper1]

That has not been my experience at all. I’ve never had a problem with old style sthil caps or husky caps leaking. I’ve had quite few sthil saws with flippy caps and they all have started leaking after about 3-4 weeks of full time use, even when kept clean. I have replaced them with new sthil oem caps, same thing. Any production faller I know has had same experience. And it’s almost impossible to remove them without junk falling in the tank unless you have access to an air compressor and I’m not packing one of those around, lol.
Glad they work well for you.

I've seen many of the little lips that they put on the side of the case to hold the string for the cap broken/chipped too. That little lip hold all the chips/oil/crap that ends up in the tank .

 

[chipper1]

I seen one in person at chippers talk about a beast!!! Dang you guys with your dolmars

Pretty sure you saw the one in his picture .
She's a beast!

 

[Brufab]

Pretty sure you saw the one in his picture .
She's a beast!

it was a privilege and an honor to see such a great saw and then to see again today. Well almost time to head into the new job for more on the floor training. Yesterday went easy and successful for the first 7.5 hrs then the last lil bit was quite overwhelming when they switched me to a different area. Had to do complicated plastic pallets. You have to use a router to trim off the excess outside then cut hand holes on the inside, use a torch to deburr any sharp edges, use a v groove tool and rasp, drill drain holes, drill more holes and install push type nylon fasteners.

 

[chipper1]

it was a privilege and an honor to see such a great saw and then to see again today. Well almost time to head into the new job for more on the floor training. Yesterday went easy and successful for the first 7.5 hrs then the last lil bit was quite overwhelming when they switched me to a different area. Had to do complicated plastic pallets. You have to use a router to trim off the excess outside then cut hand holes on the inside, use a torch to deburr any sharp edges, use a v groove tool and rasp, drill drain holes, drill more holes and install push type nylon fasteners.

That was one I didn't really want to let go of, but I said I would, and I did . Good thing I still have a beat up ported 7900.
Glad you made it thru the first day, they usually get easier after that.

 

[cat10ken]

I oiled my leg up good last week when a damned flippy cap didn't latch right. What a mess; I was sawing before I felt my leg being wet. Then the cap and tether string were coated in saw dust. It is near impossible to clean it up without getting crap in the oil tank. The Stihl saws are now left at home until they learn some manners.

 

[chipper1]

I oiled my leg up good last week when a damned flippy cap didn't latch right. What a mess; I was sawing before I felt my leg being wet. Then the cap and tether string were coated in saw dust. It is near impossible to clean it up without getting crap in the oil tank. The Stihl saws are now left at home until they learn some manners.

C'mon man, don't be dogging on stihls .
Little mix goes a long way cleaning the caps when that happens.
I'm usually pretty close to the truck when cutting and I use a brush to clean off the caps before removing them, it helps quite a bit.

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

C'mon man, don't be dogging on stihls .
Little mix goes a long way cleaning the caps when that happens.
I'm usually pretty close to the truck when cutting and I use a brush to clean off the caps before removing them, it helps quite a bit.

Use a brush here too, for the same reason.

 

[cuttinstihl]

Was able to get some runtime on a 151T today. Might have to pick one of these up in the near future

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

I ran the 372XP/24" bar for a couple hours today in some 12-18" frozen birch and maple. 4 tanks and 2 chains later I called it quits. I'm gonna guess I managed to block up and stack 2 cord. Ready for splitter later this week maybe. I ran a semi chisel (fairly new) and a full chisel (on its last legs). The full chisel cut easier.

 

[chipper1]

Was able to get some runtime on a 151T today. Might have to pick one of these up in the near future
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Over the 2511t? I see the echo in your avatar.

 

[chipper1]

I ran the 372XP/24" bar for a couple hours today in some 12-18" frozen birch and maple. 4 tanks and 2 chains later I called it quits. I'm gonna guess I managed to block up and stack 2 cord. Ready for splitter later this week maybe. I ran a semi chisel (fairly new) and a full chisel (on its last legs). The full chisel cut easier.

Frozen wood will dull them for sure. I've had the working corner on brand new Stihl RS chains get bent right over in frozen wood. Did you manage 4 tanks without sharpening?
I like to add a little more hook to the semi-chisel chains, they self feed much better. I've also found 325 chains will self feed into very dense or frozen wood better than 3/8 sometimes.

 

[cuttinstihl]

Over the 2511t? I see the echo in your avatar.

Haven’t had the opportunity to run a 2511 yet. If I could I’d run them both side by side. Really I’d be happy with either saw if given the choice

 

[SS396driver]

Took a screen shot of that. Gonna see if they make anything for crew cab ford's. My 92 is going to need new carpet and finding stuff for a crew cab is next to impossible.

If you buy them get them from Rockauto . They are half the price if you were to buy them directly from ACC

 

[farmer steve]

Frozen wood will dull them for sure. I've had the working corner on brand new Stihl RS chains get bent right over in frozen wood. Did you manage 4 tanks without sharpening?
I like to add a little more hook to the semi-chisel chains, they self feed much better. I've also found 325 chains will self feed into very dense or frozen wood better than 3/8 sometimes.

RM for the win . Either size chain. Have ran both RS and RM and can't tell much difference in cutting speed but the RM lasts way longer in dirty wood. I did put an Oregon RS chain on the 400 the other day. (Freebie). No comparison to a Stihl RM when noodling a big dead ash. Can't wait till it wears out.

 

[SS396driver]

Yea mean something like this . View attachment 1056446

Looks like the twin of mine . Even the same sticker on it

I seen one in person at chippers talk about a beast!!! Dang you guys with your dolmars

I’m always smiling using the 7910

 

[SS396driver]

6 taps done today 4 or 5 more tomorrow. Running real well as it was only 38 today . Tomorrow will be low 50s so it should run more . For the next week daytime temps will be perfect with mid 20s overnight .
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