Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[dancan]

Well , after burning scrounged spruce and pine by day and a load of assorted hardwood each night here's the maintenance .
When I decide to shovel I'll open the draft after supper to burn down what the wife last loaded .

Push the coals to the back and shovel the front pile of ash .

Then I pull the coals back to the front and shovel the back ashes .

Then refill with some scrounged hardwood for the night .

Scrounged yellow birch splits on the bottom the bigger rounds are sugar maple and there's some red maple Zoggerwood on the top .
Dropping to 18 tonight but it'll be 70 in the house all on scrounged wood in a scrounged furnace
Scrounge on gentleman !

 

[dancan]

Btw , I think it was Farmer Steve that had made the pic in the avatar a while back , if it wasn't , let me know .

Thanks , I saved it

 

[MechanicMatt]

What type of wood is going in the van?? Astroid? Meteor?

 

[H-Ranch]

Btw , I think it was Farmer Steve that had made the pic in the avatar a while back , if it wasn't , let me know .

Thanks , I saved it

BWAHAHAHA!!! I didn't notice it until you wrote about your avatar in your post

Wrong Steve. That woulda been me. That was quite a while ago...

 

[H-Ranch]

What type of wood is going in the van?? Astroid? Meteor?

LOL. Dan was talking about going to somebody's property to cut and I warned them what it might look like after the AS most prolific scrounger was done!

 

[dancan]

Well thanks a ton there wrong Steve lol !!!

There's spruce on the moon you know ...

 

[dancan]

Well thanks a ton there wrong Steve lol !!!

There's spruce on the moon you know ...

Or was ...

 

[H-Ranch]

Or was ...

He minivan on the moon still makes me laugh. LOL

 

[dancan]

I liked it , and saved it for when it was time to change up the avatar for a fresh change .

 

[dancan]

So ,,, , shoveling that furnace is real hot and thirsty work so I grabbed a can of MacLay's beer to quench the thirst , of course it slipped out of my tired and sweat soaked hand , of course that aluminum can does a gravitational swing and heads for the only rare earth super magnetized , graveton bending , force field warping drywall screw on the floor .
Guess what angle that little depressurization hole will point at on a fully charged fire extinguisher after you try and grab it while it rolling away from you ....

 

[rarefish383]

So ,,, , shoveling that furnace is real hot and thirsty work so I grabbed a can of MacLay's beer to quench the thirst , of course it slipped out of my tired and sweat soaked hand , of course that aluminum can does a gravitational swing and heads for the only rare earth super magnetized , graveton bending , force field warping drywall screw on the floor .
Guess what angle that little depressurization hole will point at on a fully charged fire extinguisher after you try and grab it while it rolling away from you ....

Dang, I haven't shot gunned a beer in years, hope you got every pressurized drop, Joe

 

[dancan]

Oh ya , drops over my glasses , coat , pants , hair .
I smelled like a brewery for a bit lol

 

[woodchip rookie]

I laid my lighter on the floor one time changing trucks on my skateboard. Dropped the truck. Landed strait on the lighter. Lighter blew up on my leg.

 

[dancan]

I laid my lighter on the floor one time changing trucks on my skateboard. Dropped the truck. Landed strait on the lighter. Lighter blew up on my leg.

A fella from the area I grew up in lost an eye because of an exploding disposable lighter and was the main reason that I used matches or a Zippo when I used to smoke .

 

[James Miller]

Ever go to the twin bridges outside of hunterstown ??

Don't think so. My uncle ran twin McCulloch powered karts at the track out that way back in the day.

 

[MustangMike]

When opportunity knocks, I strike! Got 3 660s through the group purchase plan last year, will get 2 440s this year. For about $200-250 (with upgraded P+C) per saw, delivered, you just can't beat it.

It is nice to build saws that are "clean"!!! You can do it in the heated basement and the wife don't complain (too much). Can't do that with the old dirty ones!

Also, now that hunting season is over, got to hook up with my Tree Guy that has numerous broken saws. He is glad to give me dead ones for bringing others back to life for him. Got to see what he still has. I got the saws out of the shop last year, but he says he still has a full trailer load at his home.

The saws last year were 2 066s and 4 460s. Got to see what he still has!!! I fixed an 066 and some 460s for him, sold some 460s, and kept the other 066 for myself. Everyone was happy! He got several running saws for nothing, I paid for all the parts and some labor from selling the 460s, and got to keep the 066 scott free!!! That is the saw in the HL Supply video with the Cross P+C, still running great!

To miss quote a line "Parts for nothing and the saw for free"!!!

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[chipper1]

Well , after burning scrounged spruce and pine by day and a load of assorted hardwood each night here's the maintenance .
When I decide to shovel I'll open the draft after supper to burn down what the wife last loaded .

Push the coals to the back and shovel the front pile of ash .

Then I pull the coals back to the front and shovel the back ashes .

Then refill with some scrounged hardwood for the night .

Scrounged yellow birch splits on the bottom the bigger rounds are sugar maple and there's some red maple Zoggerwood on the top .
Dropping to 18 tonight but it'll be 70 in the house all on scrounged wood in a scrounged furnace
Scrounge on gentleman !

How long does it take you to build up that much ash.
It looks very fine.

 

[turnkey4099]

It gets easier to start after several tanks of fuel but while it's still being broken in the damn thing is incredibly hard to start when cold. I am used to Stihl's, that is all I've been running for years, but a brand new MS193T is in another universe as far as poor cold starting goes. The purge bulb is most likely there just because the people at Stihl thought it hilarious and I suspect the choke is basically useless.

I suspect my Stihl's are affecting my Echo's as well because the PAS multi-tool has become extremely hard to cold start despite a full fuel system overhaul. That or, as usual, the WT carburetor hasn't taken kindly to being rebuilt.

I've had mine since almost the first year of production. Haven't noticed it get any easier. If I am going to use in cool temps (60 or below) it rides in the cab with heater running on it. I have two cutting buddies, both have one and both cuss it. Dealer told me "they put a smaller wheel on it" - must have been a lot smaller. I had the 192T (it was stolen) and it was a ***** cat to start warm or cold.

Great saw except for the starting though!

 

[turnkey4099]

I have found that the best way to start the newer Stihls is full choke until it coughs (might be 1-5 pulls). Once it coughs, pull on half choke and it usually fires off. If not, I'm left with a flooded carb and frustration. Hey, as a side note: Am I the only one that will pull and pull and pull, and then realize that the kill switch is set to "off".

Nope. I have tghat problem with my Echo top handle CS303T. Switch is positioned just right to hit it "off" without knowing it. Has happened to me when in the cut and also when starting it. That is all but impossible to do with a Stihl - no switch.

 

[dancan]

How long does it take you to build up that much ash.
It looks very fine.

About 3 days on hardwood , 6 to 7 days on a mix of soft/hard and 2 weeks on softwood .