Mastermind
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AM for a stress test in a milling saw.
chainsaw logger tape
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Trx250r180
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i'm hoping the aftermarket will hold up better than the oem did on the clutch end
Mastermind
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Trx250r180
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It's a nice looking crank.......if that matters.
theres an aft crank thread started ,i mentioned our experiment test ,they seemed leary of aft cranks
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
Logger's tapes anyone?
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
sorry for the derail boss
Mastermind
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Trx250r180
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you mentioned you can adjust tension on recoil ,i saw a little nut on the back and a center screw are one of those the adjusters ?
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
Kindly refrain from posting pictures of the moderator.
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
I can't win for losing. :bang:
roberte
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no, you need a small screwdriver for the ones on the outside ring and twist.
straight take for the day. now back to the regularly scheduled b s.
Reminds me of a story
Bout a month ago a buddy asked me to drop quite a few trees for him, and bought a new husky loggers tape. ($65 in this part of the world) We had to buck em to specific lengts so he could get them cut up for his barn. About the second log we bucked he measured it and i started cutting, and he just janked on it. :bang: Was lucky enough to cut the last unmarked 20" in half so I replaced that with some kevlar string and we were good to go.
If you are now talking about the logger's tape, you loosen the little screws around the edge. Carefully. Those screws get lost very easily. Don't take them out! That loosens up the spring. Then you twist it clockwise, but not too tight or the upper limits of the tape will not spool out. When you get it so you think it is OK, tighten up all the little screws.
Another caution, when using one of those tapes, it is easy to "walk out" the tape and it will break off at the very end. You can make an emergency repair in the field if you have a little screwdriver and a knife or awl. Simply undo the screw, punch another hole in the end of the tape, screw that in, and reel it in.
You'll also want to put some tape on the end that the nail is on. Most folks tape that part up about 6 inches and it keeps it out and handier to pull on, and also strengthens it a bit.
Of course, the downside to that is that it will get hung up on stuff. We were working in a snakey place and we heard a scream and then "Old King Zipper got me!" Our snake phobic boss got his tape hung up without realizing it, it let go and the nail got him. He thought he'd been bit by a rattler. That was the laugh of the day.
WD40 will clean pitch off and keep it in good shape. And no, despite what loggers say, the broken tapes do not burn up in slash piles or instantly disolve in road ditches, or in the woods, or on the roads.
Another caution, when using one of those tapes, it is easy to "walk out" the tape and it will break off at the very end. You can make an emergency repair in the field if you have a little screwdriver and a knife or awl. Simply undo the screw, punch another hole in the end of the tape, screw that in, and reel it in.
You'll also want to put some tape on the end that the nail is on. Most folks tape that part up about 6 inches and it keeps it out and handier to pull on, and also strengthens it a bit.
Of course, the downside to that is that it will get hung up on stuff. We were working in a snakey place and we heard a scream and then "Old King Zipper got me!" Our snake phobic boss got his tape hung up without realizing it, it let go and the nail got him. He thought he'd been bit by a rattler. That was the laugh of the day.
WD40 will clean pitch off and keep it in good shape. And no, despite what loggers say, the broken tapes do not burn up in slash piles or instantly disolve in road ditches, or in the woods, or on the roads.
stikine
ArboristSite Member
Now THAT is a classic!
Not by themselves, no. But if you put one inside a burning tire...or so I hear anyway.
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
I heared it had to be a skidder tire.
echoshawn
....Beer is good.....
I thought burning slash piles and ditches made everything magically cease to exist? Kinda like a porthole to some magic garbage dimension?
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
i bet the 2 cutters that just stopped by would like to be standing next to that fire ,they were soaked and covered in chips
