Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MechanicMatt]

My new scrounge about 1/2 hour from my house View attachment 1161300View attachment 1161301View attachment 1161302

I thought you were gonna post my pictures as a joke


It sure is windy at my place!!

Did some splitting before dinner, love coming home and it actually being daylight out. Split some ash to mix in with that elm. Night and day difference in splitting. The wedge kisses the ash and it pops apart…

 

[chipper1]

I hit my log pile this afternoon for 3 hours with my 550XP MK11. This saw cuts faster than my rebuilt 254XP.

Did you check the squish on it, if you can get it down around .018-20 it will pick up some nice power. I've also found they are much happier running fat vs lean.
Looks like you got a good bit done, much better than I managed to this afternoon. Maybe tomorrow I'll get a decent amount split , except with the hydraulic splitter .

 

[chipper1]

@sean donato , I always think of you/your MIL'S place whenever I drive past this bamboo. Not sure if they put up the wall to stop the bamboo or to stop some of the noise from the road lol.

 

[Cowboy254]

4' euc took out 5 others...quite a mess but a lot of funView attachment 1152491View attachment 1152492

I may be a month behind, but this post gave me a bit of a twitch in my jocks

 

[farmer steve]

1125 140 0609

Looking at my 036 IPL I get # 1125 140 0608. Just double checking. On my way to the stihl boneyard today. 036 pro might be diff.??

 

[sean donato]

@sean donato , I always think of you/your MIL'S place whenever I drive past this bamboo. Not sure if they put up the wall to stop the bamboo or to stop some of the noise from the road lol.
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sound barrier would be my guess, but if the foundation goes about 3-4 ft under ground it will stop the stupid bamboo too.
Bamboo trimming will start as soon as the weather gets nicer. I'm soon going to have an issue with it at my place from both thr neighbors planting it. Already called the township and met ed since the jerk neighbors patch has now grown into the lane and is laying on the power lines. Met ed sent a guy out to look at it. Supposedly they are going to send a crew out our way to trim back the right of way. No idea in when though.

 

[Squareground3691]

I hit my log pile this afternoon for 3 hours with my 550XP MK11. This saw cuts faster than my rebuilt 254XP.

You running that 23RS Pro NK chain right, Lol

 

[EchovsStihl63]

Incase anyone was wondering where my user name came from, here is the reason lol.

The power company came in and dropped about 25-30 white pines up the right of way a few years before we bought this place and just left them laying and the people that were living here/renting did not take care of the house, much less any of the property, so here we are. I am trying to cut a new driveway in across the property and its is going to pass right through here. I am not a fan of white pine for burning in the stove, but it does come in handy to start a fire or get it going in the morning.

 

[sean donato]

Incase anyone was wondering where my user name came from, here is the reason lol.

The power company came in and dropped about 25-30 white pines up the right of way a few years before we bought this place and just left them laying and the people that were living here/renting did not take care of the house, much less any of the property, so here we are. I am trying to cut a new driveway in across the property and its is going to pass right through here. I am not a fan of white pine for burning in the stove, but it does come in handy to start a fire or get it going in the morning.

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If they arnt all rotten they make some nice boards. They burn just fine if allowed to dry properly, really fast but make decent heat for the 30 seconds they do burn.

 

[EchovsStihl63]

If they arnt all rotten they make some nice boards. They burn just fine if allowed to dry properly, really fast but make decent heat for the 30 seconds they do burn.

I work with a guy who has a saw mill, he looked at a few of the bigger ones this time last year and said they were right on the edge of being useable, bugs had started getting to them and the outside was pretty soft. I worked about a cord up last year and stacked it in the woods and its all but gone.

 

[svk]

Morning guys.

Had an enjoyable evening yesterday hunting chaga around my cabin. I had never done that before but a friend is a frequent chaga user. I said lets go scour the area that is getting logged this spring. We didn't even get very far and more than loaded a 5 gallon pail full of it.

Wrapped up the evening with some awesome t-bones, fried corn, steamed asparagus and blueberry cheesecake cream dessert.

Also saw a black backed woodpecker. I am an avid birdwatcher and have never seen one up here before.

 

[sean donato]

I work with a guy who has a saw mill, he looked at a few of the bigger ones this time last year and said they were right on the edge of being useable, bugs had started getting to them and the outside was pretty soft. I worked about a cord up last year and stacked it in the woods and its all but gone.

that's a shame. Yes, it sure rots fast. Good thing if you just want it gone.

 

[farmer steve]

They're the same thing, either will work. Thanks for checking.

Got one for ya. A little pricey since it's a Historic part.

 

[JimR]

You running that 23RS Pro NK chain right, Lol

I have the original Pro X-cut chain on it.

 

[lone wolf]

Morning guys.

Had an enjoyable evening yesterday hunting chaga around my cabin. I had never done that before but a friend is a frequent chaga user. I said lets go scour the area that is getting logged this spring. We didn't even get very far and more than loaded a 5 gallon pail full of it.

Wrapped up the evening with some awesome t-bones, fried corn, steamed asparagus and blueberry cheesecake cream dessert.

Also saw a black backed woodpecker. I am an avid birdwatcher and have never seen one up here before.
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Score on the Chaga!

 

[JimR]

Did you check the squish on it, if you can get it down around .018-20 it will pick up some nice power. I've also found they are much happier running fat vs lean.
Looks like you got a good bit done, much better than I managed to this afternoon. Maybe tomorrow I'll get a decent amount split , except with the hydraulic splitter .

I did do the squish on the 254xp. I believe it is at .02, I honestly don't remember. The saw is running 40:1 with the carb slightly on the fat side. If I recall correctly the saw is running at 13,600. This saw has a 3/8" chain setup. I had a 3/8" setup on the 550xp and switched back to the .325 setup. My 550xp screams bloody murder with the .325 on it compared to the 254xp with the 3/8" setup. I'm also running an 18" on the 550xp versus a 20" on the 254xp.

 

[JimR]

sound barrier would be my guess, but if the foundation goes about 3-4 ft under ground it will stop the stupid bamboo too.
Bamboo trimming will start as soon as the weather gets nicer. I'm soon going to have an issue with it at my place from both thr neighbors planting it. Already called the township and met ed since the jerk neighbors patch has now grown into the lane and is laying on the power lines. Met ed sent a guy out to look at it. Supposedly they are going to send a crew out our way to trim back the right of way. No idea in when though.

Spray it and keep spraying it.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Spray it and keep spraying it.

or this.

 

[Squareground3691]

I did do the squish on the 254xp. I believe it is at .02, I honestly don't remember. The saw is running 40:1 with the carb slightly on the fat side. If I recall correctly the saw is running at 13,600. This saw has a 3/8" chain setup. I had a 3/8" setup on the 550xp and switched back to the .325 setup. My 550xp screams bloody murder with the .325 on it compared to the 254xp with the 3/8" setup. I'm also running an 18" on the 550xp versus a 20" on the 254xp.

You want cutting performance, .325

 

[gggGary]

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or this.

Invasive! There's one on nearly every little kids bed.