There's no place like home !
Landed safe and sound .
Might be Koffee Tyme !
Sent from my LM-G710 using Tapatalk
Landed safe and sound .
Might be Koffee Tyme !
Sent from my LM-G710 using Tapatalk
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
- Thread starter mainewoods
- Start date
Help Support Arborist Forum:
James Miller
Addicted to ArboristSite
Happy belated new year all. I went to bed at 9 
.
.
panolo
Seldom right...Always opinionated!
Happy new year scroungers!
Happy new year. I gave my raucous group of jays some peanuts to celebrate this morning.
Alright I’m trying to gain motivation to go cut wood
steved
ArboristSite Guru
I'm back from cutting wood. Cut up some downed iron wood and a wind-blown ash. Now for a rest before the Rose Bowl. "Go Badgers"
You guys better get moving. Almost beer:30 here.
You guys better get moving. Almost beer:30 here.
Pretty sure it was yesterday's beer:30 that got me where I am today
Out this morningin a high wind, chill factor wasn't too bad but wroking bare handed wit bolts, chains, etc. was not fun. Had to get the cylinder on the splitter retracted. About a foot of the rod exposed when the motor died. First tried pulling it badk with lever in retract. No go. Tried removing the return hydralic fitting, still no go. Gathered a couple chains, cables and found the come along. Bit of work getting a chain threaded through the workings under the cylinder and around the wedge for a straight pull then cable to a strong corner post,
Been so long I had to fiddle around before I found the operation controls on the come along but finally succeededd in getting all the lashup done.
Lost about a gallon or more of oil but got it retracted. Then figured out that I did not need to undo the return fitting as long as valve was in Retract. Final result was cylinder retracted, puddle of oil on the ground. Gloves soaked with oil, tools the same. Gloves went to the burn pile.
Bagged any though of moving wood around due to the wind.
Grabbing the dog in a few minutes and 5 gal can of diesel and off to the willow patch. I figure it will be a lot easier carrying the diesel down to stash when there isn't any snow on the ground. Need it down there if we ever get a snow cover so I can burn around 20 big brush piles.
No snow of mention due for the next 7 days.
Been so long I had to fiddle around before I found the operation controls on the come along but finally succeededd in getting all the lashup done.
Lost about a gallon or more of oil but got it retracted. Then figured out that I did not need to undo the return fitting as long as valve was in Retract. Final result was cylinder retracted, puddle of oil on the ground. Gloves soaked with oil, tools the same. Gloves went to the burn pile.
Bagged any though of moving wood around due to the wind.
Grabbing the dog in a few minutes and 5 gal can of diesel and off to the willow patch. I figure it will be a lot easier carrying the diesel down to stash when there isn't any snow on the ground. Need it down there if we ever get a snow cover so I can burn around 20 big brush piles.
No snow of mention due for the next 7 days.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Shooting this morning, had a “blast”
Got after the dead wood on my neighbors property. Just aspen but something to supplement the supply.
I did get whacked in the helmet with a branch when I was trying to remove pieces of the crown from the detached widow maker so I stopped there and pulled the rest over. People really need to see a video of this stuff in action to understand how damn fast widow makers come down.
The Poulan ran well and I made the whole load cutting on the ground till I dinged the chain on the third to last bucking cut.
I did do a terrible falling cut on one of the totem poles so I cut the hinge off and threw that piece in the truck too.
I did get whacked in the helmet with a branch when I was trying to remove pieces of the crown from the detached widow maker so I stopped there and pulled the rest over. People really need to see a video of this stuff in action to understand how damn fast widow makers come down.
The Poulan ran well and I made the whole load cutting on the ground till I dinged the chain on the third to last bucking cut.
I did do a terrible falling cut on one of the totem poles so I cut the hinge off and threw that piece in the truck too.
Nice helmet!
Philbert
Philbert
Your first post motivated me to at least run a tank of fuel through the saw. If you didn't go out I was going post about how I was out making Swedish candles while you sat - turns out not only did you get out, you made some of your own! Mine will go on the fire pit stacks for next years entertainment.
Matches my saw!
Yep, and it takes some tricky saw work!
I tell you what, I love the Homelite410 bar adaptors. I rocked the 24” chain while cutting in the snow and since it already was kinda sorta a hack job sharpening last time (removing rock damage from a previous owner) so I’m going to bring it to get machine sharpened this time. So I’ve got two loops of 20” full chisel to work with now.
