NUTNDUN
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We went to get some red oak off of a guy yesterday. I have about 4 more loads to get yet. He wanted $40 a pickup load so I took my pickup and my 6' x 16' tandem trailer with 1' sides also. I figured I would give him $120 for the load since it is basically like having 3 pickup loads. Here are some of the lessons that I learned:
1) I am out of shape
2) I forgot how heavy red oak is
3) I am out of shape
3) Safety chain sucks
3) New 362 with full chisel chain rocks but still bogs down
4) I am out of shape
5) My F150 needs helper springs
6) I need to make my wife start taking steroids
7) Next time wait till fall or early morning cooler day, yesterday was 94* and 80% humidity
8) Don't freeze water if you plan on drinking all of it within 2 hours, for some reason it wouldn't thaw out.
9) I am out of shape
10) Only do it if you know you are going to have time before it gets dark to get a full load.
I think the 362 needs a little more tuning. With the safety chain on she did pretty good and it was hard to bog it down. With about 10 more cuts to make the safety chain was dulled out so I put a loop of the full chisel chain on it. The 362 did great and I can't believe how much the full chisel bogs her down without even putting pressure on it. Most of the logs we cut up were about 18" diameter. I have about 3 or 4 more loads to get, I just wish it was a little closer to me. I know next time we are going on the weekend in the morning so it is cooler and we have all the time we need so we can take our time. I also need to get some wedges because I was having a hard time with some of the logs with compression, we had a digging iron but some of the logs were 30' in length and no room to get under them to do an undercut without burying the bar in the dirt.
I now have 4 tanks through the 362, I can't wait to put a few more on it and start running synthetic and also do the muff mod. I wish the 362 was a little lighter but I am sure the more I use it the weight will become a non issue. It is tough going from an office job to doing physical labor LMAO. The guy was nice and gave me $20 back since we only filled the pickup bed half full. We just simply ran out of time.
1) I am out of shape
2) I forgot how heavy red oak is
3) I am out of shape
3) Safety chain sucks
3) New 362 with full chisel chain rocks but still bogs down
4) I am out of shape
5) My F150 needs helper springs
6) I need to make my wife start taking steroids
7) Next time wait till fall or early morning cooler day, yesterday was 94* and 80% humidity
8) Don't freeze water if you plan on drinking all of it within 2 hours, for some reason it wouldn't thaw out.
9) I am out of shape
10) Only do it if you know you are going to have time before it gets dark to get a full load.
I think the 362 needs a little more tuning. With the safety chain on she did pretty good and it was hard to bog it down. With about 10 more cuts to make the safety chain was dulled out so I put a loop of the full chisel chain on it. The 362 did great and I can't believe how much the full chisel bogs her down without even putting pressure on it. Most of the logs we cut up were about 18" diameter. I have about 3 or 4 more loads to get, I just wish it was a little closer to me. I know next time we are going on the weekend in the morning so it is cooler and we have all the time we need so we can take our time. I also need to get some wedges because I was having a hard time with some of the logs with compression, we had a digging iron but some of the logs were 30' in length and no room to get under them to do an undercut without burying the bar in the dirt.
I now have 4 tanks through the 362, I can't wait to put a few more on it and start running synthetic and also do the muff mod. I wish the 362 was a little lighter but I am sure the more I use it the weight will become a non issue. It is tough going from an office job to doing physical labor LMAO. The guy was nice and gave me $20 back since we only filled the pickup bed half full. We just simply ran out of time.