Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[chipper1]

Wore a hoody so no one would know it was you running a Stihl.

Sort of, I think it was raining lol.

what saw is it? its a strange looking little thing

It's a stihl ms201c, a rear handled version of the 201tc which is the one with a standard carb, that's why it looks so odd is because it started life as a top handled saw. It's one of the worse out of the box stock stihls ever released(maybe the worse), but it's still better than the husky pro saw in this size since there isn't one . I just did the timing advance, MM, and limiters on the carb. Not many tanks through it total, a few by me and a few by the original owner(who wasn't too impressed, it's starting to wake up now. I also have the mtronic version of it with a few more tanks on it that runs quite well, they are great for lot clearing where it's all 3-4" they will cut bigger, but if the wood is much larger I grab a bigger saw when I finish with the smaller stuff and get them.
Here'a a video of it right after I finished the mods, nothing fast but it's light and cuts.

 

[chipper1]

LOL

You caught up yet .

I just moved some of my larger equipment in shop... welder, table saw etc to front for easier access... and made a List of all the items, boxes I swapped out the space for... cause am not sure just where everything is! lol

bought a nice $9 cap bill light at the Stihl shop few months back... put it away so would be ez to get for close up bench work...

sill looking for it! lol

I bet your wife could tell you right where you put it .
Those do work nice, I need to get a few new ones this summer. Seems they are on sale in the summer but at a premium price in the winter, that dollar I save could be used on a new saw.

 

[Cowboy254]

Bonfire night. One drawback with being the one to light it is that you don't actually get to see it go up since you're dodging around the stack trying to stay out of direct sight of the flames as you light her up so that you escape with your hair and eyebrows intact. Fortunately, a few other people have sent me some pics that I will now inflict on you all. There's some video somewhere as well but I don't have hold of that yet.

So this...



Plus 18 litres of diesel in uncapped containers hidden in the structure, plus 10 litres of diesel/petrol (gasoline) mix around the base equals …













I was just hoping it would burn. Turns out I need not have worried. How'd it look from your place @KiwiBro ?

 

[Be Stihl]

Dealers are only as good as their staff and they should be told so they can track down who spun that loop and show them the door.

The drive links on the right hand side don’t even look like Stihl Oilomatic, there are no holes in them like the o es on the left.


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[chipper1]

Bonfire night. One drawback with being the one to light it is that you don't actually get to see it go up since you're dodging around the stack trying to stay out of direct sight of the flames as you light her up so that you escape with your hair and eyebrows intact. Fortunately, a few other people have sent me some pics that I will now inflict on you all. There's some video somewhere as well but I don't have hold of that yet.

So this...

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Plus 18 litres of diesel in uncapped containers hidden in the structure, plus 10 litres of diesel/petrol (gasoline) mix around the base equals …

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I was just hoping it would burn. Turns out I need not have worried. How'd it look from your place @KiwiBro ?

That's sweet.
I like a good fire, but that's a great fire, now I know why the moon was so bright .

 

[U&A]

This a a great picture

Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

 

[farmer steve]

Sort of, I think it was raining lol.

It's a stihl ms201c, a rear handled version of the 201tc which is the one with a standard carb, that's why it looks so odd is because it started life as a top handled saw. It's one of the worse out of the box stock stihls ever released(maybe the worse), but it's still better than the husky pro saw in this size since there isn't one . I just did the timing advance, MM, and limiters on the carb. Not many tanks through it total, a few by me and a few by the original owner(who wasn't too impressed, it's starting to wake up now. I also have the mtronic version of it with a few more tanks on it that runs quite well, they are great for lot clearing where it's all 3-4" they will cut bigger, but if the wood is much larger I grab a bigger saw when I finish with the smaller stuff and get them.
Here'a a video of it right after I finished the mods, nothing fast but it's light and cuts.

Here's the forerunner to that saw Brett. Customer dropped it off for me to go over and get running. His dad bought it new back in the 70's. Ugliest saw Stihl ever made.

 

[Cowboy254]

Here's the forerunner to that saw Brett. Customer dropped it off for me to go over and get running. His dad bought it new back in the 70's. Ugliest saw Stihl ever made.View attachment 736735 View attachment 736736

Only needs a Magnum sticker on it and it'd be awesome!

PS. Is the chain brake make of wood?

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Not me Steve, my oldest sister is getting remarried tomorrow, this time to a good guy, I’m entertaining all the young men while all the ladies do the hair and nails thing. I should have around 7 fellas fishing today....

a fishing GTG! some pix would be fun...

'hey! don't rock the boat!'....

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

G'day fellas, bonfire night tonight. Yesterday I went and cut just over a cube to be raffled on the night. Found a nice dry standing peppermint which promptly fell over.

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Used the MMWS 241 for everything from the fork up and Limby for the lower trunk which was about 20 inches at the base.

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Beautiful weather for scrounging.

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nice pix! nice scenery... looks like a nice day, too. I like the organization of the packed trailer. thanks for sharing...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You caught up yet .

I bet your wife could tell you right where you put it .
Those do work nice, I need to get a few new ones this summer. Seems they are on sale in the summer but at a premium price in the winter, that dollar I save could be used on a new saw.

ha ~ I could just start reading from the last thread post... but no doubt this thread has some interesting stuff in it. and I am a sucker for pictures! lol.

>I bet your wife could tell you right where you put it . Those do work nice,

wives? uh-huh... yes, at times!

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I finally went over to the garden with the single asspar-a-grass crown in it. got the one spear. 14" long. the top 6" was like eating in a 5-start gourmet restaurant... totally delish. rest spear, well can u say stalk? but, alas... I chomped on it til the end. spit out the chaf! so the QB goes to store yesterday to get bread crumbs for the fried green tomatoes... and feeling sorry for my sorry a**... buys me a # of fresh, well store bot fresh asspa-agrass!

what a gal!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Bonfire night. One drawback with being the one to light it is that you don't actually get to see it go up since you're dodging around the stack trying to stay out of direct sight of the flames as you light her up so that you escape with your hair and eyebrows intact. Fortunately, a few other people have sent me some pics that I will now inflict on you all. There's some video somewhere as well but I don't have hold of that yet. So this... I was just hoping it would burn. Turns out I need not have worried. How'd it look from your place @KiwiBro ?

indeed! nice fire! I bet could see from space shuttle...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I always see theses pictures of a truck load of wood and a saw laying amongst the wood in the back of the truck. Do you guys drive down the road with it back there..., Iv never had the guts or heart to do that. My saw ALWAYS rides in the cab. Sometimes get it a cup of coffee in the morning, too. Sent while firmly grasping my redline lubed RAM [emoji231]

for you!

nice guy!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Or, maybe you can just put it under the hood and use your chainsaw to power your ride home - this guy did it with a HF lawnmower engine . . . . Philbert

all one would need is to add a PTO... then it could power truck and do side work as a saw mill....lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I know a guy who found a high value saw on the highway. He was looking to sell it. I told him for karma's sake he should at very least put an ad out to see if he could locate the rightful owner and then sell it if he wasn't able to return it. He didn't bother. I should have known then that he was a first class snake but I learned the hard way with him. Oh well.

good point svk! at least for karma's sake. a couple of small grocery carts crossed my path recently. store name on them. I liked them. wheels a bit out of service, but what the heck, I had time and oil... and compressed air. tools, if nothing else. besides, I liked them. but rather than just keep them, I called the store. told them I had them. no doubt someone took them, walked home and dumped them. asked them would they like them back? no doubt they paid for them. sales person said well mgr has a truck. i'll tell him. took my info. not too far from me. secretly I hoped they would no-show! but did a real hard-sell... to come get them. of course, no one ever called, much less showed up.

I do like my new roll-a-round wood sheds!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

When I hauled older saws in my Yukon I would drain them before transportation. Then put a sheet of plastic down and a chunk of cardboard on top of that. Any residual would usually get soaked into the cardboard and the plastic was the last line of defense. Worked well.

good plan. I doubt I could get away with that and hope the QB would ride in my car again. I only have to have saw fuel can in trunk overnite... and she wont ride in it... or at least I hear about it. lol

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Do you attribute crime to locals or transplants?

lol; down here to transplants. heck, whites are a minority now! ethnic sprawl I call it!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

You Aussie are definitely hard core and will use any means to scrounge wood.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/man-92-spotted-driving-mobility-scooter-on-australian-freeway

I got some encouragement the other day while traveling up country on ageing... passed a guy's place... and he was out at the front gate mowing the FM frontage. was on the slope of road to drive and ditch. with a walk behind mower... it was an OMG! moment... caught our attention... he had to be close to 90! and it appeared not be self-propelled. and he was winning. a bit of a bizzare scene to me, I should have stopped and asked him etc... at least give him an attaboy!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

At least you do't have to throw an oil line each time you cut: just go by aroma! Philbert

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I blame it on the current court system. A person steals 5 trucks, gets caught every time and is still walking the streets waiting on trial. A guy gets caught stealing packages off a porch and they even have him on camera, he's walking the streets and been arrested several times for stealing chainsaws and weedeaters. guy steals a tractor and gets caught riding it on the highway. Arrested and turned loose, steals a car, arrested and turned loose, has drugs on him everytime hes caught and he's still walking the streets. That is the problem around here, the courts let the crooks go. We have a new jail, its full of tentants from other counties, the county makes money houseing others prisoners so instead of keeping the local criminals in jail they turn them loose so that have a cell to rent out.

omg, sounds like a real problem!