We only had plastic bags.
oic; got it. am thinking... while my body at rest right now finishing some...reading 'the news'... it needs to revert into one that is: " a body in motion stays in motion"
agenda items on the Agenda List... today's items.
Not yet!
I have done it up SVKs way: sauna to snow in my birthday suit.
KiwiBro, is any of that kiwi native timber still being harvested today, any plantations?
Not from plantations. Although there was a trial of plantation grown Totara but the qualities were nothing like the old-growth trees so I think the trial was a fizzer. There are old-growth sustainable management plans that allow the select harvesting of some native forests though. It's quite a process to apply for a permit, with inspections, GPS mapping of the selected trees, measurements to project the volume of the whole forest and predicted volume growth per year, of which the plan allows a set percentage to be taken every 10 years sometimes, etc. They are usually flown out to avoid damaging anything else, so as you can guess it's not a cheap exercise, but definitely worth it in the right patch of forest though. Even if a big one blows down in a storm, we cant touch it.
You guys and your hot rod, blown and injected, ported and polished, balanced and blueprinted monster saws. I figured that my beloved old Super 1050's were getting heavier as I get older, so I broke down and put the 100CC saws on the shelf and got me a little 82CC saw. Picked it up for 40 bucks, lightly used, cost me 30 bucks for the 1/2 inch loop for the 31" bar. It's a tad lighter. All you have to do is get it started about an inch into the wood and let go, It does every thing else on it's own. Just watch it settle in the wood, grab it before it comes out the other side and start over.
You guys and your hot rod, blown and injected, ported and polished, balanced and blueprinted monster saws. I figured that my beloved old Super 1050's were getting heavier as I get older, so I broke down and put the 100CC saws on the shelf and got me a little 82CC saw. Picked it up for 40 bucks, lightly used, cost me 30 bucks for the 1/2 inch loop for the 31" bar. It's a tad lighter. All you have to do is get it started about an inch into the wood and let go, It does every thing else on it's own. Just watch it settle in the wood, grab it before it comes out the other side and start over.
The white one in the truck is a Poulan Super 68, 82CC's made from 68-72, I think. I got it complete, less chain, at a farm auction in PA. There is a Stihl dealer I pass going to my property in WV. Last year I stopped in and asked if he had any old Homelites and he sold me 4 old Homelites. Three for $10 each and a 1050 for $40. This year when I went by I asked if he had any 1/2" chain? He had 2 rolls, and cut me a 31" loop for $30. When I got the Poulan home I put a shot of mix in the carb, and after about 10 pulls puffs of smoke started coming out of the exhaust, and lots of raw mix. After about 10 more pulls it fired up. I learned it floods real easy. It starts, idles, and revs like new. I'm waiting to throw some big Ash trees across some logs to keep them up off the ground. As hard as it is ti find that chain I don't want to dull it.
That's cool Steve.
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