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Bonfire update. Firstly, had to test the stability of the core, I don't want it to fall over.

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Took another load down (number 6)

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Then number 7. You get to this stage and another load makes a very minor difference.

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Then I went out to a mate's farm to scrounge some leafy tops. The first load was a bit sparse in the leaf department but the second load was better. I took the back road into town.

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:)
i use pine needles... no shortage!
 
Sure hope this isn’t a common problem with the 46259143717-6CF5-43F6-B72A-2261FCE188A9.pngmight have to go back to the heavy husky. Case half has already been replaced once because of this. Previous owner ran 32” bar and might have been heavy handed with bar wrench (clutch cover was cracked too) but I run a 28” and use a short handle bar wrench and try to be gentle. It is possible case was cracked when I got it but I didn’t notice it. JB weld?
 
Actually scrounged today. My fishing buddy wanted some poplars dropped at his place. His one neighbor just got a new Kubota mini excavator with a thumb. I dropped 5 trees and once limbed, he would hold them at waist height for me to cut. 5 trees from 10-14" chest high dropped, cut and stumps dug out in 2 hours.
The other neighbors son owns a tree service and dropped off a couple loads of Norway and Sugar maple, which was my reward. The poplar will be campfire wood for my friend. Loaded the trailer with the hoe. Going to take the big saw next trip and block up the sugar maple because the chunks are too heavy for my little tractor. A couple pieces of the Norway were more than it wanted. Felt good to be on the saw but I'm glad I don't do it for a living. I sure wouldn't want to get in a fight with a fella who does!
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I figure a half dozen layers should be sufficient. We don’t eat big breakfasts during the week.

I love (don’t knock it till you’ve tried it) eggs cooked sunny side up in the air fryer. I have a small cast iron skillet so you get the nice cooking on the bottom plus the top firms up sooner with the hot air circulating over it. And they cook so quick.

I love fried eggs on toast. Low carbing it now (lost 16 lbs in two weeks) but once I lose another 40 or so pounds I’ll go back to that.
 
Productive half day. Started with finishing loading over 3/4 cord willow and delivering to Oaksdale, wa (16mile one-way). Just 'dump and leave' - I do not stack but rarely; I can only recall once in the past 10 years and that was a free cord to a disabled.

On return prioceeded to gather all the ltools, fuel boxes, etc.; that I somehow wound up scattering all around the 1/4 acre wood lot when I unloaded a small load locust yesterday; Loaded it all into the car in prep for cutting in a willow clearance project in the morning. Then moved a couple loads locust, willow, and few splits of oak into the back porch. This is MIDDLE OF MAY. Why should I be hauling wood this time of year!!?. Wind going about 24 mph and COLD!! I've never seen so much wind here, seems every other day all winter long. This is the third day running where work conditions were "not nice" due to wind and cilly temps.

Finished by mowing half the wood lot - rest hasn't grown enough to need mowing.
 
Actually scrounged today. My fishing buddy wanted some poplars dropped at his place. His one neighbor just got a new Kubota mini excavator with a thumb. I dropped 5 trees and once limbed, he would hold them at waist height for me to cut. 5 trees from 10-14" chest high dropped, cut and stumps dug out in 2 hours.
The other neighbors son owns a tree service and dropped off a couple loads of Norway and Sugar maple, which was my reward. The poplar will be campfire wood for my friend. Loaded the trailer with the hoe. Going to take the big saw next trip and block up the sugar maple because the chunks are too heavy for my little tractor. A couple pieces of the Norway were more than it wanted. Felt good to be on the saw but I'm glad I don't do it for a living. I sure wouldn't want to get in a fight with a fella who does!
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Nice scrounge Jeff. :happy::rock2::happy::cheers:
 

Stihl plenty of snow on the mountains! We've had a few snowfalls on our hills but nothing that has hung around for more than a week. Looks like a bit more tomorrow. I've stopped burning cypress, the rest of that can go on the bonfire and firepits on the night. Now I'm into nice peppermint - I want to make some space in the shed anyway.
 
Further bonfire update. I took down two loads of poles this morning in Will's double axle tipper trailer. I need to get me one of those!

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The bonfire is about 7ft high now and about twice that in diameter. I also chucked another couple of cubes of junk wood at it today to raise the shoulders a bit. Our local arborist dropped these peppermint logs off last year for the bonfire but then we didn't have one with the covid and all so they are currently getting cut up and roughly split and will go on next.

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It feels bad to waste good peppermint but with 60 odd cubes in the shed, I'm sure I'll get by.

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Further bonfire update. I took down two loads of poles this morning in Will's double axle tipper trailer. I need to get me one of those!

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The bonfire is about 7ft high now and about twice that in diameter. I also chucked another couple of cubes of junk wood at it today to raise the shoulders a bit. Our local arborist dropped these peppermint logs off last year for the bonfire but then we didn't have one with the covid and all so they are currently getting cut up and roughly split and will go on next.

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It feels bad to waste good peppermint but with 60 odd cubes in the shed, I'm sure I'll get by.

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That's gonna be awesome!
I like his dump trailer :rock2:, I need one of those too:lol:.
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Nate, sorry to see your troubles with the 462 ... I love them saws!

Is oil seeping through the crack?

I think to strengthen the case I would pull that stud and put it back in with something permanent like PL Premium or Epoxy.
Hey Mike :hi:.
Are things slowing up a bit yet for you, or is the sun still shinning/work coming in.

I've never heard of PL premium.
 
People still dropping stuff off every day ... new ones plus addl info to finish stuff in process. If the Gov gives you more time, people will take it! Pissed that I'm basically loosing another month of Summer this year after losing 3 months last year!

It is just busy enough to keep you from doing most things you would like to be doing, and the deadline is close!

It is not easy to transition from working on a dirty saw to doing paperwork!
 
Sure hope this isn’t a common problem with the 462View attachment 905739might have to go back to the heavy husky. Case half has already been replaced once because of this. Previous owner ran 32” bar and might have been heavy handed with bar wrench (clutch cover was cracked too) but I run a 28” and use a short handle bar wrench and try to be gentle. It is possible case was cracked when I got it but I didn’t notice it. JB weld?
@Logger nate , bummer about the case, I should look at mine as it came from out west and probably was run with a longer bar because the guy logged with it . That is the most common problem I've seen with them, but it's the only problem I've seen on multiple units so all in all that's pretty good, too bad it's not easier to replace.
It there a crack on the other side of the stud going down at a similar angle.
I would contact stihl and see what they have to say about it, maybe they will come up with a better case half like they did with the husky 371 that had more gussets in in.

That chicken coop of your sons is sweet, does he already have a bunch of chickens.
Been working on ours when it's not raining, it seems every time I wanted to get on it this week it would start raining, yesterday was my first full day, and Friday I got a nice bit of time on it too bending the poles.
I cleared the dirt back from the poles on the outside to bring the fence out on the ground a bit so the coons done dig under it. All that topsoil I added to an area behind the coop that I tilled up earlier this spring for the first time for my wife, I'm trying to level it out a bit, if I have any extra materials I'll fence it in and use the back side of the coop for one of the walls. Last night I ran to HD for some quickcrete and put two of the 4 poles in that the ends of the fence will be attached to. I have a 6'x7' tall gate/door I'm installing on the end to access the run, it's big enough to get either tractor in and clean up or dump fresh gravel. If the woodshed gets any fuller I'll need to put some roofing material on it and I could park another tractor in there, got any metal left over :laughing:.
Made in china. I used a friends pipe cutter and bender, he threw the post driver in there too, good thing a friend gave me one he built a few yrs back.
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Made by Loctite ... it is a construction adhesive that has lots of uses.

As one of my Carpenter friends told me ... Once you start using it instead of glue, you won't use glue any more!
I'm guessing you're talking about construction adhesive. Thought it was always for wood; never knew it was good on plastics/metals.
 
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