Hey guys, I dunno if you remember this post...
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=128745
But early in the year I brought home most of what I'll burn this winter. I got close to filling all my racks but throughout the summer I've burned some off in my fire pit and a couple racks weren't exactly overflowing so I got some more of the same stuff.
In my first post I complained that my 6401 with the 20" bar could not get all the way through the bundle so a few months ago I scored a 25" Stihl bar with a dull Stihl skip chain off the trading post. The chain was square ground and I have no idea nor interest in filing square so I re-filed it with a round file and got busy.
Don't let anyone tell you that a 6401 shouldn't wear a 24-25" bar, with the skip chain 25" bar it cut just as fast as the 20" and full comp chain. The chips flew out instead of slowly trickling out of the kerf like they did with the 20" setup. I feel no need to step up to the 7900 top end, this saw really pulls great.
The 36" x 41" x 41" bundle is fairly seasoned and weighed 950 lbs on my scale, I'll take it home and make one more cut to split the bundle into two 18" wide bundles and then pissant it all back to the rack. I think from now I'm going to do it like this, cut it into manageable chunks here at work, then truck them home on Friday afternoons. It'll give me something to do on Saturday morning for a few weekends in spring and I'll get to play with the saw more times that I would otherwise.
Ya'll have a great weekend and drink a few beerskis!
http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=128745
But early in the year I brought home most of what I'll burn this winter. I got close to filling all my racks but throughout the summer I've burned some off in my fire pit and a couple racks weren't exactly overflowing so I got some more of the same stuff.
In my first post I complained that my 6401 with the 20" bar could not get all the way through the bundle so a few months ago I scored a 25" Stihl bar with a dull Stihl skip chain off the trading post. The chain was square ground and I have no idea nor interest in filing square so I re-filed it with a round file and got busy.
Don't let anyone tell you that a 6401 shouldn't wear a 24-25" bar, with the skip chain 25" bar it cut just as fast as the 20" and full comp chain. The chips flew out instead of slowly trickling out of the kerf like they did with the 20" setup. I feel no need to step up to the 7900 top end, this saw really pulls great.
The 36" x 41" x 41" bundle is fairly seasoned and weighed 950 lbs on my scale, I'll take it home and make one more cut to split the bundle into two 18" wide bundles and then pissant it all back to the rack. I think from now I'm going to do it like this, cut it into manageable chunks here at work, then truck them home on Friday afternoons. It'll give me something to do on Saturday morning for a few weekends in spring and I'll get to play with the saw more times that I would otherwise.
Ya'll have a great weekend and drink a few beerskis!
