That 460 deal almost sounds too good to be true, hope the saw is not hot!
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I know. Guy seemed legit though. Went to his house, three kids there. Talked about farming, he didn't seem jumpy, no indication of sketchy ness. Said he'd owned the saw for a few years but only cuts a few cord a year for himself and preferred his 50cc saw for the weight. It looks really good and has all the labels and numbers on it. I can't find anything wrong with it. Usually when a deal seems too good to be true, it is. I would never knowingly buy anything stolen because that's not my way. Pulled the plug and compression came in at 145 on my cheap automotive gauge that usually reads low on small engines. I'll wood test it tomorrow to see if I truly do suck or if I got suckered. Lol.
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Dang red oak blocking the atv trail. We all know where that is goin 
fruits of our labor on Labor Day. neighbor is selling his property soon and told me i better get the dead stuff while i had the chance. mostly ash but one nice dead red oak that might go on my one buddies band mill.
This is my new favorite saw. Throws noodles better than my Italian neighbor, and is ridiculous when cutting cookies. All I have are rounds so I can't wait to get a log where I can really lean on it without chasing the wood around. Couldn't help but notice the pencil sized exhaust hole.....When I was done playing, I cut some skids with the new crapsman and stacked the rest of the "done been split" pile. As soon as it drops a few degrees, I'm going to get back on the splitter but right now I'm going to the beach!
Well , the scrounge I had lined up didn't happen
I did get a call from a friend that needed some help dropping a couple of trees , when I got there he showed me the trees , no monsters but all were pointing to the house and electric service .
It was a job for the Tirfor
His poulan decided to not want to start so I drug out one of my saws .
He liked the winch so much He decided that we should pull down another , this is where we stopped after "Just one more" lol
He gets to limb them up and drag the up to the driveway , I get to go load them in my truck
I did get a call from a friend that needed some help dropping a couple of trees , when I got there he showed me the trees , no monsters but all were pointing to the house and electric service .
It was a job for the Tirfor
His poulan decided to not want to start so I drug out one of my saws .
He liked the winch so much He decided that we should pull down another , this is where we stopped after "Just one more" lol
He gets to limb them up and drag the up to the driveway , I get to go load them in my truck
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That post was a pic test also. I have never posted pics here. I have a dually with an 8ft bed and that load almost filled the whole bed. It didnt even fill half my 1984 E350
The lakes are real low here and we've had several burn bans this summer with a stretch of woods closure for all gov trails and forest .
Lots of dry wells in some areas and it's a 2 week wait for the guys that deliver tankers of water for those that refill their wells .
When I was cutting on that last scrounge I was having the birch bark turn to embers as I was taking down the larger birch , I made sure to splash lots of water around and double checked before I left so that there was no chance of fire . This dryness is one of the reasons I've not been scrounging the woods that I have a key to the gate for , it's not worth the risk , especially since it's not my woods and I don't want the landowner to worry that something could happen .
I did get a call from another carpenter friend this week , he's got a customer that wants a bigger back yard and needs 6 non hazard trees taken down , it's a paying scrounge
A little rain and a lot cooler this weekend here, much better! Hope you guys got some too.
Looks like you got a great saw at a great price. Most 460s have compression over 150 stock (my 046 had 175). I like the 044/440 best as an all around saw, but in a 2 saw plan the 460 is one of the best bucking saws out there, and they are very durable. Enjoy, ya got a fantastic buy! (While I have gotten a few great deals, I had to work on them all, yours just seems ready to roll).
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Went after a Sugar Maple yesterday.
I figured I would break out the Dolkita for this.
All was going fine until a few feet in front of the bar tip in the picture.
Right when I made it through the log the tree dropped a couple inches. That wasn't the problem.
It was the lip that was on the side of the tree that grabbed the saw on the clutch side and tried to bury it into the ground.
I had taken pictures and thought I uploaded them before deleting but I was mistaken.
Saw came out ok with only the exhaust deflector bent some. I thought for sure that the clutch side was going to be screwed but was pleasantly surprised.
Everything split and stacked except for 3 pieces that need noodled. I will go back and do those. I sure wasn't dragging those heavy rounds out of the woods.
I figured I would break out the Dolkita for this.
All was going fine until a few feet in front of the bar tip in the picture.
Right when I made it through the log the tree dropped a couple inches. That wasn't the problem.
It was the lip that was on the side of the tree that grabbed the saw on the clutch side and tried to bury it into the ground.
I had taken pictures and thought I uploaded them before deleting but I was mistaken.
Saw came out ok with only the exhaust deflector bent some. I thought for sure that the clutch side was going to be screwed but was pleasantly surprised.
Everything split and stacked except for 3 pieces that need noodled. I will go back and do those. I sure wasn't dragging those heavy rounds out of the woods.
For sure, i was totally joking, but we all know he wouldn't want it to go to waste(which I can appreciate).
Another AS member was milling up some cants for a GTG for me and we did up some white oak logs for me while we where at it, and some of the slabs were very heavy, as in I didn't even make an effort to get them off the cant by myself lol.
Do you have a plan for all that lumber, your starting to get some inventory it looks like.
i scrounged up 3lbs of Victoria plums and 1 1/2 lbs of apples and made more jam. I've been promised some more plums yet....I'm struggling to scrounge up the jars now! With the damson and apple and tonights plum and apple I've done 15lbs of jam since the weekend. probably only got jars for another 2lbs at most
Happy birthday to me!
Thanks. Do you know what years they were Yugo made? My other one was Swedish built and I think was a 78'
As a side story probably 75 percent of the wood I've ever was cut with my dad's 65. I still regret giving it up even though it was plumb wore out.
This one came with a 24" bar which will spend more time on my 2186 and 562 while the 65 will wear a 16"or 20" bar normally.
This one came with a 24" bar which will spend more time on my 2186 and 562 while the 65 will wear a 16"or 20" bar normally.
Sadly it's long gone as are the L77 top end parts I had to rebuild it.
