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Worked on something green today but wasn't a Poulan, bush hogging on the John Deere 3020. Tree picture for you @Scottr, my short needle pine.
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Steve Sidwell
 
Worked on something green today but wasn't a Poulan, bush hogging on the John Deere 3020. Tree picture for you Scott, my short needle pine.
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Steve Sidwell
The 3020 is a nice tractor. I had a 2010 diesel when I was a kid. They say the 10 series had week transmissions in them and were the ugly step child of the JD’s. But, I loved mine.
 
This one is a row crop model with the tricycle front end. She will turn around on a dime. Will run all day and maybe two on a tank of fuel. Started cutting about 9, knocked off for lunch at 11:30. Started back at 1:20 and cut til 5:00. Was tired from all that. Think me and my brother cut about 30 or 40 acres. Some of it was ruff cattle pasture like in the pics. That pasture hasn't been cut in two years and a reason why. I will plan wear you out cutting it.

Steve Sidwell
 
What is the best adjustment screw starting position for the H screw on a poulan 1800. Wont stay running at full throttle for more than a few seconds.


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Further out than you are now...

Seriously no clue but I'd keep turning it out until it keeps running and you hear it 4 stroke.
 
Got my $20 worth out of an orange one today. Banged off a truck load of the good stuff this dreary morning. Running well in the cooler weather, though. Don't feel like working on many saws of late. Rather enjoying running them as we edge toward fall. I hope those that are looking, find some nice firewood too. I've been pretty fortunate this past few months while out and about scouting.

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I wanna try using my multimeter to measure the RPM. Should be able to using the frequency function on my FLUKE. More just curious to see where it's at.
 
Works just like a wired or wireless tach. Disconnect the black lead and use the red lead to pickup the frequency. Just has to be near it. If I want it could modify another wire to wrap around the spark plug wire to pickup the frequency better but I'll try with the normal lead first to see. That'll give you a frequency in Hz and then I multiply by 60 to get RPM.
 
I figure I'll give it a whirl since I have one. I've been doing it by ear but sometimes wonder how close or far I may be from the real sweet spot. I feel like I may be too rich on my 3700 still. On my 041 I think I'm good too but sometimes my ears deceive me and I really need to wear hearing protection which muffles out the ability to really hear it 4 stroke or not.
 
Worked on something green today but wasn't a Poulan, bush hogging on the John Deere 3020. Tree picture for you @Scottr, my short needle pine.
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Steve Sidwell

Hey Steve , thanks for the picture . It looks like a huge Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana Mill) . Other Common Names : Jersey pine , Scrub pine , Spruce pine , Virginia scrub pine .
My tree book states they are , " Usually 30-40 feet high , rarely more than 18 inches in diameter , sometimes 100 feet tall with diameter 2.5 to 3 feet " .
 
I haven't measured the diameter but looks to be more than 18" in diameter to me. I'll measure it next weekend when we go on the other side of the stream and start cutting that field. Field on the other side will knock your teeth out it's so rough. No fun cutting on a tricycle tractor. When one of the rear tires drop off in a bad dip, definitely makes my heart jump.

Steve Sidwell
 
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