Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Deleted member 117362]

I was down to 2 of the small bottles of oil to mix a gallon of premix. Did a little scrounging in the garage and found all of this! Since I’m running them in cheap/free saws I don’t really care what brand I use.

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Probably made by one company and bottled under different labels.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

That saw would look good on a chainsaw mill. Just say'n

You know that weird guy in your neighborhood that has that awesome car but only drives it around the block once a month on sunny days? That’s me with this saw. It probably would make a fantastic mill saw, especially with the @MillerModSaws port and @mg2186 piped muffler but I just cant bring myself to do it. Heck, I lay down a towel on the tailgate when I fuel & oil it.

 

[svk]

Probably made by one company and bottled under different labels.

You are probably right. Most of it is blue. Except for Stihl which is green in the bottle but makes the gas a sickly brown color.

I have a full gallon of Polaris injection oil too but I’m not sure if that’s rated for air cooled engines. I mean back in the day that oil was made probably 1/3 of the Polaris sleds were air cooled. But for as cheap as oil is, not worth finding out it doesn’t agree with a saw engine.

 

[KiwiBro]

Don’t need any more bad habits (that means expensive.)

Is there a market for slabs in your area? One log could pay for the mill.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Is there a market for slabs in your area? One log could pay for the mill.

Not really. I can name 4 sawmills when 15 miles of me.

 

[KiwiBro]

You know that weird guy in your neighborhood that has that awesome car but only drives it around the block once a month on sunny days? That’s me with this saw. It probably would make a fantastic mill saw, especially with the @MillerModSaws port and @mg2186 piped muffler but I just bring myself to do it. Heck, I lay down a towel on the tailgate when I fuel & oil it.

Fair enough. Nice things are worth looking after for sure.

 

[KiwiBro]

Not really. I can name 4 sawmills when 15 miles of me.

Will they buy logs or are the logs too urban for them to mess with?

 

[Deleted member 117362]

Not really. I can name 4 sawmills when 15 miles of me.

A lot of band saw mills around also.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Will they buy logs or are the logs too urban for them to mess with?

They will buy small numbers if it’s exceptional trees. Usually the buy tracts.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

A lot of band saw mills around also.

Guy on the next ridge over that has a portable that he uses maybe twice a year. Tried buying it but he won’t sell. Good thing, because then I know I would probably need a skid steer with grapple, forks and bucket.

 

[Philbert]

I was down to 2 of the small bottles of oil to mix a gallon of premix. Did a little scrounging in the garage and found all of this!

I would run the STIHL and Husqvarna in my saws. Rest goes on CL or garage sale pile when I get it.

Philbert

 

[Deleted member 149229]

The only thing I seriously dislike about the 9010 is the front chain tensioner, I hate those. It is a very thirsty saw but with that power I guess it goes with the territory.

 

[svk]

I would run the STIHL and Husqvarna in my saws. Rest goes on CL or garage sale pile when I get it.

Philbert

Ya darn oil snob LOL

If I’m running new, high end or ported saws I always used the grey bottle XP Husqvarna oil. This Stihl oil was a holdover from when I had my 241 and was using Stihl oil for break-in so if there was a warranty claim they wouldn’t have any excuses.

When I’m running cheap/free/old saws, any oil rated for air cooled engines is fine.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

I was down to 2 of the small bottles of oil to mix a gallon of premix. Did a little scrounging in the garage and found all of this! Since I’m running them in cheap/free saws I don’t really care what brand I use.

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All my saws are old!

I think it's more about recognizing when they need a tweak to stay in their happy place.

 

[farmer steve]

You know that weird guy in your neighborhood that has that awesome car but only drives it around the block once a month on sunny days? That’s me with this saw. It probably would make a fantastic mill saw, especially with the @MillerModSaws port and @mg2186 piped muffler but I just cant bring myself to do it. Heck, I lay down a towel on the tailgate when I fuel & oil it.

I have a big piece of carpet you can use if you bring that saw to the GTG. We used my deckover trailer for a saw bench last year, maybe I'll just carpet that.

 

[chipper1]

View attachment 758442 Seems like it was a good day to work on no heating Bill's. That hickory top in the background and what's left standing are on the agenda for tomorrow.

That's some nice snob wood James .
Is that the tract by your place, I see the bota there, were you able to just drive it over.

 

[chipper1]

You know that weird guy in your neighborhood that has that awesome car but only drives it around the block once a month on sunny days? That’s me with this saw. It probably would make a fantastic mill saw, especially with the @MillerModSaws port and @mg2186 piped muffler but I just cant bring myself to do it. Heck, I lay down a towel on the tailgate when I fuel & oil it.

If you get a mill for it it will act as a cage protecting it .

 

[chipper1]

Except for Stihl which is green in the bottle but makes the gas a sickly brown color.

That's the biggest problem I have with the stihl mix, it makes it look like stale gas, the other thing I'm not a fan of is the smell, but if I have it I run it!
I know a guy who would use 10/30 oil in his saws, I'm not talking 20 yrs ago, the last time I saw him do it was 2 yrs ago in a 372XT. He's very hard on equipment . @brad ruch how did the inside of the 372 you got off Brian?

 

[brad ruch]

That's the biggest problem I have with the stihl mix, it makes it look like stale gas, the other thing I'm not a fan of is the smell, but if I have it I run it!
I know a guy who would use 10/30 oil in his saws, I'm not talking 20 yrs ago, the last time I saw him do it was 2 yrs ago in a 372XT. He's very hard on equipment . @brad ruch how did the inside of the 372 you got off Brian?

It was actually clean.lol

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[svk]

10w-30. LOL!!!

We ran TCW3 oil in my Husky 65 for years because honestly I didn’t know any better. The saw was like 37 years old when I sold it and it still had 110 lbs of compression. Granted low revving saws probably are more forgiving.