A fine day cuttin with the infamous dinger...

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Nuzzy

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I find it interesting you don't use your ear muffs on your Peletor helmet.


Stihl helmet :D

I don't for felling because I want to be able to hear creaks/cracks/pops in the tree or hear the spotter trying to notify me of any potential issues/widow makers. I do put them on for bucking and limbing since that's just continuous noise.


Fwiw, my chaps were also safely on the trailer :taped::blush: I was a baaaaaad boy :D
 
clutch25

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:agree2: Pretty much sums it up.

Personally I wouldn't cut without it now! Last year you could actually tell by looking at my wood pile when in the day I cut pieces... Morning everything seemed to be 18-20 and late afternoon everything seemed to be 13" rounds...:rolleyes: I hated stacking wood like that. With the mingo, everything comes out within 15.5-16.5" which I love. (my furnace fits 16s nicely) If you want other lengths, you can just buy different wheels for it.

Does it go through the paint? I love the idea but spending $30 for the marker and then shelling out $10 for the paint...uff.
 
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Savages!
 
K7NUT

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Great pic's, thanks for letting us be there!
Nice blow by blow. I love the odd angled saw shot, but "which one of these dosn't belong"?:taped:

Nice job, wish I was there!:rock:
 
Nuzzy

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Does it go through the paint? I love the idea but spending $30 for the marker and then shelling out $10 for the paint...uff.


It's actually pretty economical on the paint. If you role at a decent clip, it only shoots a small dot each time. I've been on the same can since last year and it still feels pretty full...
 
aandabooks

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Great pics. Love to see the action shots. Those kinds of trees give me nightmares. All the limbs are a pain. Usually I'm dropping those onto a plowed field and all of that has to be cleaned up before spring. An hour running the saw and 3-4 hours dragging brush and loading wood.

I need to find a strong back helper. Then I can run the saw and stay with what makes firewood fun.
 
freemind

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Does the mingo take a special type of can (for the spray paint)?

I looked at the mingo's in Baileys but I didn't see a specific can of paint for mingo's.


I wonder if those cans of upside down spray paint would work? :confused:


Anyway, I want a mingo, and will purchase it pretty soon. I appreciate the heads up on the paint issue.
 
Nuzzy

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Does the mingo take a special type of can (for the spray paint)?


Just a basic upside down construction type can with the nozzle that sprays when bumped sideways in any direction. It's pretty common and comes in an assortment of neon colors :clap: I get it at Fastenal cause the girlfriend works there.


Great pics Nuzz. Nice to see you harvest wood sanely and not in waist deep snow. :chainsaw:


My lungs certainly thanked me for working on solid ground :laugh:
 
freemind

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Just a basic upside down construction type can with the nozzle that sprays when bumped sideways in any direction. It's pretty common and comes in an assortment of neon colors :clap: I get it at Fastenal cause the girlfriend works there.

Thanks for the info. We have a fastenal in Angola. I will check them out for the paint then.
 

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