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  1. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Still alive and recuperating. After two weeks in Yale NH , I came home with a new heart valve and a Pacemaker. Gonna be on lite duty for at est a month. Still on the ten pound limit. Staying with my daughter. No internet at her house. I'l check in when I can. CUL FREDM Oxford, CT
  2. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Question for Mike How you doing with the 029 to 039 conversion? Hope it's going better than mine did. I'll never do another, what a turd that turned into. Just finished the Hus 350 rebuild, new bearings and seals,new piston and a metal clamp on the intake bootie. I used a CV joint boot clamp...
  3. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Nice truck Nate, I like the color. I think the Load Inspector approves also. Sometimes I think it's "the ride", They don't seem to care what it is as long as it goes, and they can look out the window. Blistering heat here, I'm not going outside, gonna hide in the work shop and assemble the...
  4. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Thanks for the get well wishes. This lite duty sucks, 10lb weight limit, don't bend arm at the wrist, no push or pulling. Of course I follow the instructions, to the letter. ;) Ever try to drink without bending your arm? Duz a Husky 350 PHO weigh more than 10lb ? I didn't think so. CUL
  5. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Hey 257: Nice load of uglies, have fun splitting, hope you have a hydro. A BTU is a BTU. Them chunks burn great but hard to sack. Survived the peek into my heart, Doc went into the artery at the wrist, everything is OK except the valve. sched. for a IMR/Cat to check rest of the body for...
  6. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Good thinking Nate, better safe than sorry. She can inspect the load after you get home. If that is all red fir, there's a lot of dead branches to feed a forest fire. Not knowing it's Red fir my guess would be Hack,( larch, tamarack).. To my eye, not as pretty as a Eastern White or Norway...
  7. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Converting a 029 to a 039 ? YUCK, I did one of them, what a PIA that turd turned into, major air leak @ the cyl/pan . I have it all back together but afraid to start it, something else may be wrong. What was I thinking? I have two Makita 6400 running perfectly and will kick that cinder blocks'...
  8. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Well the 029/039 super is back together. I'm afraid to start it. might find something wrong and I don't want to dig into that cinder block again. I got better saws then that clunker. Next project is rebuild a Husky 350, got two, so plenty of parts. What beaver dam ? After Trapper Steve took out...
  9. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    OT, Love & Hate My 029 Super to 039 conversion is breaking my nads. That Chinese short block , (supposed to be press/vac tested) leaked like a sieve. Pulled it down and found the piston had scored, ran lean. Couldn't get the mixture right. Did get it cleaned up and almost have it back together...
  10. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Hang in there Mike, things get better. I live about 25 mi east of Danbury. We had an excess of deer and turkeys.. The coyotes showed up, took care of the turkey and some of the deer fawns. Now we don't have a coyote or deer problem since the wolves and cats showed. Yes you read that right...
  11. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    1/4" vs 3/8 pico (3/8"lp) In the daz before I caught the CAD, I had a Stihl 015 running 1/4". The cost of the chain increased and availability hard to find. I decided to convert to 3/8"lp. A new bar and chain, clutch drum, oil pump drive gear and $80 later, I was running 3/8"lp. The honest...
  12. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Get the bark off !! You take your baby saw (30-40cc) and cut a stripe through the bark length wise. Now as the log dries the bark loosens and falls off. Birch is one of the worst, leave the bark on , or not splitting, and it turns to punk. but what do I know ? Wood don't dry unless you split...
  13. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Hey amberg: Your Dad and I share the same BD, Oct 7, but I'm just a kid. I'll only be 83 on what would have been his 100th. My Dad had passed many years ago but I still have found memories of our great time together. Brought a tear to my eyes.
  14. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Still burning, temps dropped into the low 40'sF. Mostly pine, spruce, and ugly maple, kinda cleaning up the junk wood. A BTU is a BTU. I must be getting lazy, the work is piling up faster than I can get it done. Bought a MAXX chain grinder from Bailey's, 100 bux off list. Opened the box to...
  15. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Steve: I have a couple of Mac-10s, but the starters are on the other side. Mike is correct, they are beasts, lots of power and noise, they will shiver your timbers, lots of vibs. I can only run mine about 30 min and the hand goes numb. besides I have gentler saw to run. The 455 rancher and the...
  16. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    I'm still burning, but not 24/7, only to take the chill off. Some days I use two matches, spend thrift that I am. Fellow across the road, does tree work, dropped of three P/U load of dead standing pine, two more loads coming tomorrow. All bucked just have to split it, He gets rid of the pine, I...
  17. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Cleaning the glass- Glass must be cold to warm, cool enuf not to boil the spray cleaner I spray on it. Start at the top and wipe with clean cloth, on baked on I have used a razor blade. Keeping the fire back from the door will help in keeping the glass clean. Chippers, I hate to see what gets...
  18. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    WX last nite, started as thunder/lightening, turned to rain, a good down pour then to hail, back to rain and ice and finished as snow. Sun finished off the snow, it's all gone. Now it's 30deg F and windy. The cat didn't want to go out, opened the door, she looked out and turned around , back to...
  19. wudpirat

    New Firewood Scrounging:

    Joe is spot on, time is money. My buddy, Billy the logger says "anything under 16" goes into the chipper. Don't have time to dickwith the small stuff. Saw logs and pealers go to the mill, the rest we chip." I got a load from XY tree service because it was too big for his chipper and he would...
  20. wudpirat

    Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

    Couple months ago, I was complaining about the beavers clear cutting my back acerage. Well, I got in touch with Trapper Steve and asked if he could help. "Happy to help, lets set some traps and see what we can do" was his reply. This morning he had one about 40#. That's three so far, the other...
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