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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Went out to the farm again this arvo. Put a tank through the 241 and got the rest of the nice peppermint stem cut up.
I chucked a cube or so in the ute, there's stihl another mebbe half a cube there plus probably 1.5 cubes of the dry but termite chewed wood from the other day.
I considered leaving it in the ute and just driving around for a few days so people could admire my scrounge and boost my cred a bit but then decided to just stack it in the shed. I have moved wood around in there so I can get started stacking a couple of rows in the back then progressively fill it as I burn my way forward.
I chucked a cube or so in the ute, there's stihl another mebbe half a cube there plus probably 1.5 cubes of the dry but termite chewed wood from the other day.
I considered leaving it in the ute and just driving around for a few days so people could admire my scrounge and boost my cred a bit but then decided to just stack it in the shed. I have moved wood around in there so I can get started stacking a couple of rows in the back then progressively fill it as I burn my way forward.
That 241 is a little beast.
My brother has a 241 ... nice little saw ... but I consider my 261 Ver II light enough for liming, and since it is ported it has plenty of snot to pull an 18" 3/8 with square file.
IMO the 241 is pretty much a dedicated liming saw, but the 261 is very capable of also handling small bucking chores.
IMO the 241 is pretty much a dedicated liming saw, but the 261 is very capable of also handling small bucking chores.
Okay... which one of you firewood scroungers did this? Own up to it... 
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/vi...e-wrong/a973e64a-ac53-48ff-a07f-148543f56230/
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/vi...e-wrong/a973e64a-ac53-48ff-a07f-148543f56230/
There are times when I think I might have gone too far..
The big rounds measure 36". Most of the stem is still to come. Oh cr@p! I've a space issue!
The big rounds measure 36". Most of the stem is still to come. Oh cr@p! I've a space issue!
On my screen they only look 2" across
.Just keep scrounging, we'll let you know when you've got too far
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Looks like your mother is getting her firewood early this year. Or are you going to stack it against the front of the house like last year?
Wasn't me, I would have gotten at least $100 for that oneOkay... which one of you firewood scroungers did this? Own up to it...
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/vi...e-wrong/a973e64a-ac53-48ff-a07f-148543f56230/
.Can't even burn that Douglas "fur" stuff, you'll burn your house down
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I run a 20 on my ported 261, I mainly buck with it. I prefer the handling of my huskys for limbing, but the 241 is into the category of light enough for me not to care about the handling characteristics as much. But I do agree that the largest bucking I want to do with a stock 241 is around 12", but his was ported by Randy iirc, so it probably would do well up to 16-18 I'd guess depending on the wood.
Aren't you up pretty early
.Edit, just looked, 6:30am. Earlier than I like to get up, then again I'm up then quite a bit, not that I want to be though.
It's a great little saw, complete with Randy's herbs and spices, 16" bar and 0.325 full chisel chain. It was a line-ball decision vs the 261 but since I wanted it specifically to dock up small stuff up to 6" and weight was the deciding factor I went with the smaller saw. Then I found out that it'll happily zip through most of the wood that I cut. Yesterday's biggest rounds were close to 20". I generally use the 241 until I can't get through rounds by overbucking the far side first then go to the 661 after that. The poor old 460 doesn't get much of a look in these days.
Dudders
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Ah the ballbarrow, I remember it well. Got given one with a flat tyre. But there was no way it would pump up, or come apart to expose a tube, if there is one. So I had the idea to use some of that aerosol expanding foam, which I'd never used before. No indication on the can about how much it expands, so I had to guess - maybe half the can will do?
That was a few years ago. There are still hundreds of gobs of the stuff stuck all over the inside of my garage. Went off with quite a bang.
I saw that. It was one of those " take down my tree for free firewood ". Got spensive quick.Okay... which one of you firewood scroungers did this? Own up to it...
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/vi...e-wrong/a973e64a-ac53-48ff-a07f-148543f56230/
I was just telling the gal at t-mobile that the phone they wanted to give me wasn't free or without a contract
.Free means I don't pay anything for it ever, and without a contract means I can leave anytime without having to pay extra for leaving
.I'm not opposed to the deal, just the way they make it sound, it's kinda like when the government gives us something free
.The fleet, Some of the last Gray Elm I'll prolly ever burn on the barrow, had that one over 30 years, mixed hundreds of loads of mortar in it. Made the middle cart 20 years ago, holds more and is more stable than the wheel barrow, like today it's often used to drag stuff round the farm, when it's too wet for the mower. Love the little trailer, converted from a jet ski trailer, 275 pounds, hauls motorcycles behind the Prius, brush, firewood and dirt behind the zero turn.
Oh indeedy, mum doesn't know yet but she may be getting a couple of years worth delivered. Given the way gas is up in price and the extra interest it's caused in wood, I'm not going to stack out front this year, it might grow legs.
Yep green oak is a lot heavier than Conifer to shift! No photos I'm afraid, had to just crack on as I've more coming tomorrow.... The stem. 
15 barrow loads more moved to the back and the rest sorted into a few piles by size so I can get to it with saws at the weekend.
15 barrow loads more moved to the back and the rest sorted into a few piles by size so I can get to it with saws at the weekend.
Oh yeah, way too far is only just enough.
