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  1. Slade McCuiston

    Are You A Husky/Chevy guy....or Stihl/Ford Guy ?

    I'm a Husqvarna/Ford fan! I'm not represented in your poll. :P
  2. Slade McCuiston

    They're all lucky to be alive

    I am not a professional. I cut trees to heat the house with. I will not cut trees that are near power lines unless they are very under the lines. I would not need heat if I were to die. This video shows a good way to complete said death.
  3. Slade McCuiston

    Carb on Husqvarna 435

    I feel like a retard. The T screw was hidden behind the starter rope. It's adjusted and runs beautiful now. Thanks, guys!
  4. Slade McCuiston

    Carb on Husqvarna 435

    Well, while it's no excuse, I really didn't feel like going out and buying the tool if it didn't get any worse. But it has, and I'm tired of it. It would be properly adjusted if they would use a regular friggin' screw like every other saw I've used. This emissions stuff is really starting to...
  5. Slade McCuiston

    Carb on Husqvarna 435

    Thanks. I figured that I could, but I'd never had to before. I definitely didn't want to tune it with the L screw and then find out there's a hidden screw or something.
  6. Slade McCuiston

    Carb on Husqvarna 435

    I've got a Husqvarna 435 that's a few years old and the carb has never been adjusted since the factory. Recently It has got to where it will die if I leave it to idle for more than a few seconds (literally... five seconds, sometimes ten seconds). This saw runs like a beast otherwise. This...
  7. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    I quit making sloping back cuts a few years ago. Before then, I had no clue at all about dropping trees. I'm still learning, but aren't we all? You guys are SO helpful.
  8. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    As a farmer, I don't know my trees as well as I should. I didn't cut the hinge off. I set it up and fell it with wedges. It just tore down instead of leaving a hinge. And yes, I did cut the back cut very high (though I do like leaving a bit of stump shot). I try to cut as low to the ground...
  9. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    You know, I lied to you guys. I said there was no rot, but there was. It still seems solid, though. It's hard to get a good picture today without it being so bright you can't see it, but I tried my best. The tree twisted and fell sideways this (->) direction.
  10. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    This was a straight, tall tree for it's size and had only very spindly branches (and few at that). I'm assuming the tree was probably broken off at the ground and then re-grew, hiding this knot as it got older. I don't always check my face cut, but I did this time because I wanted to make sure...
  11. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    Considering the weather outside (oh, about zero and raining, turning to ice), I'll have to take pictures of the stump and butt later.
  12. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    I won't be able to take any pictures until tomorrow (if I'm not busy). It gets dark so early this time of year. Seems like I can't get anything done. Seems I missed the diameter question. It was a smaller tree, around 10" or so.
  13. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    The tree twisted 90 degrees towards the side with the knot. The knot made up about 1/8 of the hinge. I wish I had taken a picture of the stump, but I cut it a little lower so we could drive over it. I may go out and take a picture of the piece of the stump I cut off and the butt of the log to...
  14. Slade McCuiston

    Knot in the Hinge

    I was planning to drop a maple for firewood. I did all my usual preparation and limbed the tree up as high as I could. After that, I cut a Humboldt face cut and completed the back cut (and put a wedge in the center of the back cut). As I pounded the wedge in, the tree started to fall in the...
  15. Slade McCuiston

    Buying A Axe for Splitting Oak Firewood

    Exactly my experience on Red Oak. I dropped a large tree that I (shame on me) didn't measure... but it was over 30"... and the Fiskars just couldn't bust it. Now, I believe the Fiskars is a miracle tool... but that was definitely pushing it. So, I cleaved the rounds in half with a maul...
  16. Slade McCuiston

    Fiskars

    I know I did!
  17. Slade McCuiston

    how much?

    My favorite time to cut firewood is in the fall, after leaves have dropped, and winter. During the summer, I mark trees that need to be felled, trimmed, etc. About the only trees I cut during this time are dangerous trees or trees that I'm offered to cut for free wood. I also start...
  18. Slade McCuiston

    Fiskars-Another Believer

    Well, I can't stand to waste anything. They make fun of me for cutting "twigs" that are an inch in diameter to firewood length and stacking it. If I'm that anal, imagine how well leaving a crotch in the woods would work for me! :msp_mellow: Heck, use it as a backlog!
  19. Slade McCuiston

    Thought it was Hype

    Fixed. Just don't go Full Retard and you'll be alright. Apparently, I went there.
  20. Slade McCuiston

    Fiskars-Another Believer

    I use a rotation. I'll run all the rounds by the Fiskars and let's say 75% split within a few whacks. The ones that don't, I hold for the 6 pound maul. The few that don't bust with a few hits with the maul, I break open with a wedge and sledge hammer (Though, I have been bypassing the maul...
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