Jim, the 2 cycle mix has stabilizer in it, so you are good at least 3 mos. I never empty or start my saws in tax season (2.5 mos) and they are all fine at the end of it.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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He said "climate controlled" 
On that note, as long as your saws aren’t setting on the floor (or the ground), gas will last a long time. Seems the old mag case saws really like to pick up moisture in the gas if left in a damp building or the cement floor.
High school classmate asked me for a half a truckload of wood for her firepit. I made sure it’s more than half full.
Beautiful sunsets lately with the western forest fire smoke in the atmosphere
Beautiful sunsets lately with the western forest fire smoke in the atmosphere
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That’s one heck of a laser pointer.
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I cut down a big tri sister ash at my BIL's this morning. Took my 440, 460 and the new 261. 460 wouldn't start, got the 440 started and headed over to the tree to get started, saw stalled and just wouldn't start again. My buddy grabbed his 460 and on the 2nd pull he pulled the rip cord in half. BIL went to get his 360, by this time I'm getting pissed and grab the 261 and headed into the 1st limb. Had to cut a big notch in it (26" dia) just so the 261 with 18" bar could get thru it. Dropped it like nothing. Buddy started cutting up the limbs with his Echo and my BIL loaded the bigger logs with his tractor and hauled them to his place to cut up later. The 261 ended up doing all the big cutting and had no problem. Got home and the damn saw started right up so I headed back to my log pile and spent an hour blocking up 32" rounds for my OWB. No pictures of the big ash but a few of my rounds.
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Lot of good wood. If all that wood was from that single tree it was a monster.
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Dahmer, none of that wood is from the ash at my BIL, this is all from where I cut at home. He did get a lot of wood from the tri sisters though, forgot to take pictures of it all.
Finally got this saw together to give to my uncle. Long story short I had parts saws from @chipper1 and @muddstopper that I combined. Was almost ready to go in February then I lost the muffler. Finally gave up and ordered a Chinese muffler which arrived yesterday.
New parts: carb boot, impulse grommet, chain, muffler.
Everything else was salvaged from three dead saws and a box of spare parts from Bill. Bar came off of that 5020 Poulan I picked up the other day.
New parts: carb boot, impulse grommet, chain, muffler.
Everything else was salvaged from three dead saws and a box of spare parts from Bill. Bar came off of that 5020 Poulan I picked up the other day.
You need to borrow Mike's eyeballs so you don't have to use the marking paint.
my wifes friend works for NPS in WV. she posted this on Facebook the other day.
I used to tow a air compressor and concrete pump like that, try backing that up.
That's great Steve, looks good, hows it run.
Not sure about that one, maybe it's because mine are "newer mag saws" their okay lol. I do try to keep the nicer ones on cardboard, but the basement is pretty moist, the dehumidifier runs 24-7 except when I don't dump it.
Just picked up another Honda TRX90 yesterday that I will be cleaning the carb on, it takes a good 5 minutes of running it before you can shut the choke off, then it still has a low idle, not sure how many of these carbs I've cleaned, but it's quite a few
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I don’t notice the problem with the newer saws....maybe the breather vents are better?That's great Steve, looks good, hows it run.
Not sure about that one, maybe it's because mine are "newer mag saws" their okay lol. I do try to keep the nicer ones on cardboard, but the basement is pretty moist, the dehumidifier runs 24-7 except when I don't dump it.
Just picked up another Honda TRX90 yesterday that I will be cleaning the carb on, it takes a good 5 minutes of running it before you can shut the choke off, then it still has a low idle, not sure how many of these carbs I've cleaned, but it's quite a few
The fuel in my older Jonsered will go stale within two months if it’s left on the floor. We used to store it under the bench in the sauna dressing room while we were gone (before we built a storage shed). Lots of humidity in there and the gas would be crap very quickly. I now put it up on the shelf in the shed and you can leave it full of gas for a year and it’s still fresh.
It might be a chemical reaction with the old unpainted mag tanks though? I don’t know how to quantify it but it’s definitely real.
I’ll let you know how it runs. Being the p + c are both cleaned up from other dead saws it’s a bit of a test for me too.
Squish with base gasket delete was .035.
Squish with base gasket delete was .035.
Just sitting in the screen tent enjoying some good covfefe. Eyeing up some future firewood. The two big crooked aspen in the center rear need to go eventually. Both are 24” plus diameter and could hit my sauna building (just off the right side of the photo) if the wind is wrong. The one on the right is full of core rot and both have a good collection of conks on the trunk.
Yeah I know I need to mow!
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Thats beyond mowing. You need a forestry clearing saw.
It’s just grass with a few root suckers. Need to get those root suckers before the stalks turn woody though. Don’t need punji sticks in my yard lol.
Here’s one of those aspen
Here’s one of those aspen
