My firewood tools

[Zare]

The Fleet Of Saws

The fleet this spring...

Stihl 170, 026, 290
Craftsman & PowerMac 36cc standards
Homelite XL-1
Canadian Tire 30cc (circa 1960's)

And the new wood hauler.
(Husky just stands around and doesn't help)

 

[missouriboy]

some of my firewood tools. I will have some better ones on here later
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[cantoo]

Yesterday's auction sale. Post hole digger, roller set, hand cart, pedestal grinder and a bunch of small crap. View attachment 238133

 

[cantoo]

Here's the rollers. They were designed to unroll rolls of plastic but I'm planning on using them for my buzz saw infeed table. I missed a nice 10' table with 2 rolls of 12" wide rollers, too much talking and not enough bidding. I bought some shelving too. View attachment 238136

 

[jcl]

cantoo.
wish i lived near you. there must be some auctions you go to nothing like that in NH. anytime I go to one near me its $$$ close to the cost of new. there good deals in Maine but got to drive a couple hours.

 

[gtsawyer]

I've been planning on the firewood wrapper for awhile now. Goodies from an auction a few months ago, $5 a roll. Cut one down to size with the recip saw already and it works decent enough. Also got 4 dozen safety glasses, gas jugs, handi wipes, hammer staplers, a ready to go business in teh back of the van. Also bought 2 rolls of plastic bags for car tires in case the shrink wrap don't work, I'll just throw the wood into the bags they say Michelin on them. My wife thinks I am nuts. She might have a point. View attachment 231529

I'm an auction junkie, but had to lay off for a bit until I clear out some more storage room.

There are some seriously good deals at auctions - as long as you master the skill of not getting caught up in a bidding war. Know when to say no. I've been much happier driving home w/o anything than spending too much on something for which I then have buyer's remorse.

 

[KiwiBro]

This thread is great.

Every time I'm accused of wanton spending on machinery and tools I just need to come in here or point to this thread and suddenly I'm a conservative saint. It's like feeling tall for the first time in my life, when I toured around China.

Am really keen to see how the buzz saw roller works out for you, cantoo. Have ideas along similar lines, so will keep a watching brief on your progress and hope to learn a trick or two along the way.

 

[owbguy]

I get majorly jealous every time I check up on this thread. I dream about having all this stuff, but each dream ends up with me in divorce court.... :blob5:

 

[cantoo]

I try to not go to more than 2 sales per week. I have promised myself that I am done buying for awhile so I can actually build something out of the stuff I have gathered for a few years. I think I have most of the bigger pieces I need now to build what I want but I need to spend some time on paper and draw out some of the ideas to save some welding and reworking time. I figure I have spent enough now that I could have bought a real processor but that would be cheating. I think the 1st thing I'm going to build is the buzzsaw with conveyor attached because it's likely going to be the quickest and easiest one. The conveyor will be able to be used on the wood splitter too. I'm having a difficult time deciding how to power it, hydraulic would be the easiest and would work on the tractor and the stand alone splitter but am considering powering it with a 12 volt hydraulic power pack so I can use it to load my pickup truck. Drawback of the power pack is it's heavy weight. Of course I already have several power packs and several hydraulic motors to use.
I am going to need a plasma cutter so I might have to go to a few auctions to find one. And if you think I go to alot of auctions you should see my friends place. They run an auction company, 500 tractors on site. Brindley Auction Service

 

[missouriboy]

Mine little spliter is a beast but it doesn't look it.
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[owbguy]

is that a Missouri loop in that chain? I'd tighten that thing up.

 

[missouriboy]

That chain is worn out. so thats all i can get out of it lol. I don't use it because it needs a new chain.

 

[Denis Gionet]

Cantoo, you had mentioned earlier in here about having some trees 4 and 5 feet in diameter. I'm so jealous ! I've been cutting some Tamarack for camping firewood, the bigger ones are MAybe 14 inches at the base. I laugh when I get more than 4 splits from a round. Sure got some big wood down there. I've been down Toronto and Ottawa way enough times, but never around the horseshoe or near the lakes. You've got some nice country there, enjoy it, it's much better than the swamps of Northern Ontario where I live, WAaaaayyy up North and East of Lake Superior, on the T-C 11.

You've got some good equipment from your addiction - er I mean passion - of auction shopping. Lots of good equipment to be found down there I'm sure. Love seeing farmland, makes a nice change from the endless spruce and poplars. Birch and Jackpine are pretty scarce around here.

Keep 'em coming !

 

[cantoo]

I cut a few more candles for an upcoming birthday party. Started with my 056 and finished with my 660. Pretty sure I blew up the 056, it just died, no sputtering, no seize, just plain quit. Hoping it might just be a plug but haven't touched it yet. Cutting these definately gets the saw hot, next time I'll use a couple of saws seeing as I have a few available. View attachment 239558

 

[cantoo]

Yard is getting pretty crowded so I had to move some extra stone back to my gravel pit to make room. Someday I'm going to use my hoe and dig this area all out and put in pit run from my small pit. I'm doing little pieces at a time but ain't getting very far along.
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[Rio_Grande]

Not really strictly for firewood but It will make getting into the tops easier! Hoping this thing makes me rich!



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[cantoo]

Nice Rio, that would be nice to have around once in awhile. From what I have heard a good fire extinguisher is a must have. Dry brush and sparks from rocks don't make for a good day.

 

[Denis Gionet]

I cut a few more candles for an upcoming birthday party. Started with my 056 and finished with my 660. Pretty sure I blew up the 056, it just died, no sputtering, no seize, just plain quit. Hoping it might just be a plug but haven't touched it yet. Cutting these definately gets the saw hot, next time I'll use a couple of saws seeing as I have a few available. View attachment 239558

You figger that lengthwise cutting a tree is hard on a saw ? I cut about 100 linear feet of green Poplar yesterday (making planks for a nature-inspired shed) with my clamshell Husky 435. It got the job done (although I'm far from done the project), but I think it would have been more efficient with the rakers cut down a bit more, 16" with the oem chain, a cutter every 2nd plate. It cross-cuts awesome, but it just doesn't rip quite enough while ripping up the length of a tree (pun intended...)

Might shave the rakers down some more and make it more aggressive, they're due for a trim anyway. I found the chips were more dust than chips, even though it cuts across the diameter REALLY well and throws big chips then. Any suggestions -- getting a bigger saw doesn't count, the wife/accountant won't approve ..... lol !

 

[ShaneLogs]

You figger that lengthwise cutting a tree is hard on a saw ? I cut about 100 linear feet of green Poplar yesterday (making planks for a nature-inspired shed) with my clamshell Husky 435. It got the job done (although I'm far from done the project), but I think it would have been more efficient with the rakers cut down a bit more, 16" with the oem chain, a cutter every 2nd plate. It cross-cuts awesome, but it just doesn't rip quite enough while ripping up the length of a tree (pun intended...)

Might shave the rakers down some more and make it more aggressive, they're due for a trim anyway. I found the chips were more dust than chips, even though it cuts across the diameter REALLY well and throws big chips then. Any suggestions -- getting a bigger saw doesn't count, the wife/accountant won't approve ..... lol !

Have you tried a semi-chisel chain ? It might make life easier for you

 

[Denis Gionet]

Have you tried a semi-chisel chain ? It might make life easier for you

If anyone in this town knew what one was.... lol ! There's about 5,000 people here, maybe 2 of them would know the difference (and I'm not one of them).

Is there a chain model that you could refer me to, Canadian Tire has a wall end full of Oregon chain but there's no cross-reference and I don't trust what models the packaging says it fits. 2011 Husky 435, 16", .325" @ .050", as delivered. Maybe a couple of options and which would do what best could help..... I'm certainly no expert.

Thanks Shane.