Running a MMWS 261 Ver II saw would have to be up there with 'heating your home with firewood' in the list of life's little pleasures! Not that I've ever run a MMWS 261 Ver II
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Running a MMWS 261 Ver II saw would have to be up there with 'heating your home with firewood' in the list of life's little pleasures! Not that I've ever run a MMWS 261 Ver II
Well, what goes around comes around. A couple who we have discounted our services to over the last couple of years own a dairy farm locally. The Khyber Pass fell out of the dairy industry a couple of years ago and they were under a bit of pressure. Things have picked up a bit now, I think. Anyway, they invited Cowlad around to have a play on the farm with the cows, dogs and 4-wheelers and me around for some scrounging! In her words, there are plenty of trees to clean up. I wasn't sure what that meant, if it meant it was a big mess or were on the side of a hill you'd need to be a mountain goat to traverse. So I went out (the farm is less than 10 minutes away) with Cowlad, the saws and trailer and found out that the trees mentioned were dead standing peppermints that had been pushed over with an excavator and dragged into the open. Score! So she says, "How about you take these ones here...
...and leave those ones over there for us".
Beauty, I sez. All dead peppermints, my favourite of the local species. She refused all offers of mine to cut up some of the other wood for them.
There were also a few burn piles about which had up to 12 inch stems in them and she was happy for me to pick those over too. With the monkey saw in saw hospital at the moment I figured they could wait for another time and got stuck into the trunks earmarked for me with Limby and the workhorse. More to come...
...and leave those ones over there for us".
Beauty, I sez. All dead peppermints, my favourite of the local species. She refused all offers of mine to cut up some of the other wood for them.
There were also a few burn piles about which had up to 12 inch stems in them and she was happy for me to pick those over too. With the monkey saw in saw hospital at the moment I figured they could wait for another time and got stuck into the trunks earmarked for me with Limby and the workhorse. More to come...
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Running a MMWS 261 Ver II saw would have to be up there with 'heating your home with firewood' in the list of life's little pleasures! Not that I've ever run a MMWS 261 Ver II
I'm rather content with a version I with the muffler opened up, so yeah, the later version being worked over would be rather enjoyable. I have yet to try square file, have too many chains to buy any more.
No need to buy any more, you can easily convert any full chisel chain to square file, I do it all the time.
Here's another shot of some of the logs allocated to me this morning.
So I got stuck in with the 460.
Down the other end, the 661 was the weapon of choice.
I had to get going to get to work on time so I loaded up some of the bigger rounds. They were a bit oval shaped, about 20 inches the thin way and 26 inches the fat way.
The best bit (or bits, actually) was that part way through, the farmer's wife and Cowlad drive up in the 4-wheeler. Cowlad had a 'Special Sentient Sammich' wrapped in foil for me for morning smoko. It is apparently a creation from Cartoon Network, a sammich with an egg whisked with cheese then fried with lashings of tomato sauce/ketchup then stuck in bread. Yum, yum. The other best bit is that the farmer's wife said that her husband said I could take the other trees as well, "Go your hardest". You know, those ones over there...
Score again! I know they look a bit straggly but they're great burning firewood and very pretty in the firebox with good coals and very little ash. The view from where I was working isn't bad either. Those mountains will be snow covered in a few months. I got another 3 or so cubes cut today to take home another time in addition to what's in the trailer and there's some more in these logs before I get started over there. All up, there's a full season's wood right there.
I'm going to make sure I leave this area looking like an Augusta fairway so I get invited back next year.
So I got stuck in with the 460.
Down the other end, the 661 was the weapon of choice.
I had to get going to get to work on time so I loaded up some of the bigger rounds. They were a bit oval shaped, about 20 inches the thin way and 26 inches the fat way.
The best bit (or bits, actually) was that part way through, the farmer's wife and Cowlad drive up in the 4-wheeler. Cowlad had a 'Special Sentient Sammich' wrapped in foil for me for morning smoko. It is apparently a creation from Cartoon Network, a sammich with an egg whisked with cheese then fried with lashings of tomato sauce/ketchup then stuck in bread. Yum, yum. The other best bit is that the farmer's wife said that her husband said I could take the other trees as well, "Go your hardest". You know, those ones over there...
Score again! I know they look a bit straggly but they're great burning firewood and very pretty in the firebox with good coals and very little ash. The view from where I was working isn't bad either. Those mountains will be snow covered in a few months. I got another 3 or so cubes cut today to take home another time in addition to what's in the trailer and there's some more in these logs before I get started over there. All up, there's a full season's wood right there.
I'm going to make sure I leave this area looking like an Augusta fairway so I get invited back next year.
Score indeed!
Sandwich sounds good. I've been eating more eggs recently, my 2yo loves 'ping egg', a scrambled egg done in a mug in the microwave, 60 seconds of brrrrrrrrr, then ping, done. Or occasionally 58 seconds of brrrrrrrrr then pop! Oh sh**!, ping.
Good photos and scenery, I look forward to yours and Dan's the most, and always feel photos of a suburban London garden with a pile of logs doesn't quite match it somehow!
Sandwich sounds good. I've been eating more eggs recently, my 2yo loves 'ping egg', a scrambled egg done in a mug in the microwave, 60 seconds of brrrrrrrrr, then ping, done. Or occasionally 58 seconds of brrrrrrrrr then pop! Oh sh**!, ping.
Good photos and scenery, I look forward to yours and Dan's the most, and always feel photos of a suburban London garden with a pile of logs doesn't quite match it somehow!
When my Father-in-law passed away I tried to stay out of the I want this, I want that game. Kind of took the leftovers. Had to talk my brother-in-law into keeping his dad's 20 gauge shotgun. Nothing special about it other than it was his fathers and I thought he should have it. Probably has never shot it.
Tree Feller
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I guess it’s my turn. For a month the sun has been shining and I’ve been cutting wood and splitting while those south of us have been pounded by snow storms. Won’t be splitting for a while. 
Hubcaps on my work truck today. Roads were lovely!
No snow left over here but this weekend isn't looking good weatherwise for scrounging
Let's hope that the weatherguessers get it wrong
Let's hope that the weatherguessers get it wrong
calling for it here too. i''ll send the excess norf.No snow left over here but this weekend isn't looking good weatherwise for scrounging
Let's hope that the weatherguessers get it wrong
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Spent most of the morning plowing snow. But did scrounge a rotten old white pine standing dead. Got 2 wheel barrows split probably 1 left. My umph ran out swinging the axe.
I've plowed 3 times all winter .
Maybe 10 times for me. Usually a daily event in the winter. Been a low snow year for sure.
Just Jeff, I just got home from Orillia. Was a pretty tough ride, white outs a lot of the way. I went Stayner way because of the 50 car pileup on the 400 in Barrie. I took Horseshoe Valley Road, they closed 26 from Barrie to the Valley road. There was about 20 cars piled up at the lights, 3 ambulances and cops everywhere. 10 more cars on the curve just before it. Was at least 10 more accidents with multiples from there to Stayner. Last one was right at the fertilizer plant corner. I just drove slow and in 4x4 and pulled over when I had lots of room.
No wood cutting here for awhile. I do have 200 logs piled up but too many other things need done anyway.
No wood cutting here for awhile. I do have 200 logs piled up but too many other things need done anyway.
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Called this in on the way home earlier. If it falls the rest of the way it's taking the power lines with it. May go back tomorrow and see if they let it lay on the side of the road when they take it down.
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I never plow. I dont have a plow. I have a shovel. Used it 3 times this year. Deepest snow I shovelled was about 3 inches.
We had a weird winter, very cold and some snow early, then warm in the middle, then moderate cold and several snows late in the season.
Lots of power outages, etc. Ironically, many of the Westchester repair crews were in Puerto Rico, so there were crews from Canada and other States fixing the service in Westchester!
Some folks w/o power for a week were mad the Gov had done a helicopter fly over in PR, but not in his own State!
Lots of power outages, etc. Ironically, many of the Westchester repair crews were in Puerto Rico, so there were crews from Canada and other States fixing the service in Westchester!
Some folks w/o power for a week were mad the Gov had done a helicopter fly over in PR, but not in his own State!
Bobby Kirbos
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Well, consider the mindset of comrade governor....
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No pictures but I took a few trees down in town today, had to rent a lift, trimmed a few up close to houses as well. One nice american elm that lost it's bark a couple years ago, some of it's iffy but I still got a solid cord and a half I think. Cut down a small ash tree, and have one more to cut tomorrow.
We just got a few inches of snow on Monday, and then it dropped down to 8 degrees F over night so the ground was hard enough to work on, looks like more on Sunday but I rented the lift for a whole week so I'll be using it unless it's straight nasty out.
I think this is probably the third time you've told me this, I usually look at the files to do so, then say no, you'll **** it up. I keep thinking I'll order a couple loops to see if I can do it by hand. Then again, I could find someone with a square grinder and send all my chisel chains to them, then I should still have two loops of semi for each bar size. I bet the 661 would love a 28" loop of square chisel and an 8 tooth sprocket.
We just got a few inches of snow on Monday, and then it dropped down to 8 degrees F over night so the ground was hard enough to work on, looks like more on Sunday but I rented the lift for a whole week so I'll be using it unless it's straight nasty out.
I think this is probably the third time you've told me this, I usually look at the files to do so, then say no, you'll **** it up. I keep thinking I'll order a couple loops to see if I can do it by hand. Then again, I could find someone with a square grinder and send all my chisel chains to them, then I should still have two loops of semi for each bar size. I bet the 661 would love a 28" loop of square chisel and an 8 tooth sprocket.
