I just remove the filter and give it a squirt of fuel from a squeeze sauce bottle.
Is the green weenie cable tied on ?
Is it just me or is the 038 Magnum underpowered
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Is the green weenie cable tied on ?
Chainsaw Jim
CJ Saws, LLC
OK thanks Jim,same as my setup,thats why its easy to squirt fuel in.
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I get into some trees way beyond my skill level. That's when I get my DNR fire buddy to stop n drop em for me. In fact I have a big hollow oak he's gonna spot me on hopefully this weekend if it doesn't snow much. I'd just leave it but its enough to heat my house for 6-8 weeks.
If I were you I'd keep it.
Its not as easy as the pros make it look. Heres my scarry job. It was stupid trying this. I don't have anyone around here to help me with it so this is the extent of as far as I'm going to go I got lucky it didn't fall on me or something stupid. It was a very dumb idea but once I took a big chunk out of it I knew I had to down it and I was pretty nervous about it
Damn.
Chainsaw Jim
CJ Saws, LLC
Yep.
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Hey live and learn... I'm glad it turned out well at any point... I have to say I'm surprised you used the 038 to fell. I would have used the dolkita or 372. Fell with your most comfortable saw at a height that's easy to work... Especially if its just for firewood you can flush cut the stump later and you don't need the extra length on the log anyhow.
The 20 inch bar on the Makita wasn't long enough
Refreshing to see such honesty and common sense! Live long and prosper.
I'd like to see my kids grow up he'll one of them is not even born yet for me to be a jackass and leave my boys fatherless would be pretty stupid but I almost did it that tree could have killed me easily if I did it wrong
IF you did it wrong?
It’s not that complicated. Especially when you go with the slight natural lean/weight of a just-off plumb tree. This is ALWAYS preferable, even by an expert.
Stand back, have a look from some different directions. Hang your hatchet if need be to verify plumb.
Have two clear escape routes planned.
Make your notch about 1/3 tree depth or so. Open humbolt is safest. Your back cut about 1 1/2” above the root of the notch. All cuts level ( this is where sloppiness generally happens).
Don’t cut off your holding wood. Listen to and watch the tree as your back cut proceeds. When your backcut is a couple of inches away and above and parallel to the root of your notch slow down a bit on the cut. The tree should start to move in the intended direction. Move well away from the stump at a 45 on one of your escape trails. Watch for falling branches from your tree and others. Voila.
There are about a million YouTube videos on falling.
Hotsaws101, Buckin Billy, and several others are good resources.
Also, the Worksafe BCvideos are another good resource. Watch them all, what the heck!
Your chain is dull too. Never good to fall ANYTHING with a dull chain.
Your saw has sights. Use them.
It’s hard to imagine that you have a bunch of saws and have never dropped a tree.
That is an easy tree. You gotta get GOOD at those EVERY time before you attempt anything remotely fancy. You could drop that tree pretty quick with a 16” bar..
And it IS refreshing to see that you are comfortable showing a mistake.
Anyway, we have all done stupid stuff, or stuff that doesn’t work out as planned (one of the reasons for the escape routes). The nature of trees is that each one is different. This makes it potentially complicated.
watch some videos and read some stuff. The information in any reasonably modern chainsaw owner’s manual is a wealth of information...
Be mindful of the wind...
Bla, bla,bla..bla, bla
It’s not that complicated. Especially when you go with the slight natural lean/weight of a just-off plumb tree. This is ALWAYS preferable, even by an expert.
Stand back, have a look from some different directions. Hang your hatchet if need be to verify plumb.
Have two clear escape routes planned.
Make your notch about 1/3 tree depth or so. Open humbolt is safest. Your back cut about 1 1/2” above the root of the notch. All cuts level ( this is where sloppiness generally happens).
Don’t cut off your holding wood. Listen to and watch the tree as your back cut proceeds. When your backcut is a couple of inches away and above and parallel to the root of your notch slow down a bit on the cut. The tree should start to move in the intended direction. Move well away from the stump at a 45 on one of your escape trails. Watch for falling branches from your tree and others. Voila.
There are about a million YouTube videos on falling.
Hotsaws101, Buckin Billy, and several others are good resources.
Also, the Worksafe BCvideos are another good resource. Watch them all, what the heck!
Your chain is dull too. Never good to fall ANYTHING with a dull chain.
Your saw has sights. Use them.
It’s hard to imagine that you have a bunch of saws and have never dropped a tree.
That is an easy tree. You gotta get GOOD at those EVERY time before you attempt anything remotely fancy. You could drop that tree pretty quick with a 16” bar..
And it IS refreshing to see that you are comfortable showing a mistake.
Anyway, we have all done stupid stuff, or stuff that doesn’t work out as planned (one of the reasons for the escape routes). The nature of trees is that each one is different. This makes it potentially complicated.
watch some videos and read some stuff. The information in any reasonably modern chainsaw owner’s manual is a wealth of information...
Be mindful of the wind...
Bla, bla,bla..bla, bla
Ahh buckin Billy Ray I love watching that guy anyway what exactly are the sites on the saw that I keep hearing about I know it's probably a dumb question but it's pretty obvious I don't know much.
Well since the website seems to be cooperating here's pictures of my new Stihl oil and gas caps when I was out cutting I lost the oil cap somehow in the gas cap is always leak so I figured what the hell they were like $8 each
Not exactly period correct but oh well you can't get the old ones anymore.
Not exactly period correct but oh well you can't get the old ones anymore.
In those videos when you see a guy get down behind his saw while the saw is in the level cut of the notch he is checking his sights. Sometimes it is just a quick look across the saw, sometimes it is a real careful sighting, depending on the situation.
Watch hotsaws101. He does it pretty much every time. A trained faller at work.
Look at your saws. They have marks across the top and recoil cover that are square to the bar.
Notice the “fin” that stands proud on the recoil cover of the 038..that is the sight. There will be more on that saw..It’s in line with the starter handle, pretty much.
Actually, that is wrong, it is further forward and extends out of the venting and lines up with an indent in the top cover.
Anyway, you will figure it out if you look
Watch hotsaws101. He does it pretty much every time. A trained faller at work.
Look at your saws. They have marks across the top and recoil cover that are square to the bar.
Notice the “fin” that stands proud on the recoil cover of the 038..that is the sight. There will be more on that saw..It’s in line with the starter handle, pretty much.
Actually, that is wrong, it is further forward and extends out of the venting and lines up with an indent in the top cover.
Anyway, you will figure it out if you look
