Well I solved the problem of oiling the drill bit in the the press in the basement. I used old peanut oil from the christmas bird . Wife was like "mmm that smells good what are you cooking ?"
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Well I solved the problem of oiling the drill bit in the the press in the basement. I used old peanut oil from the christmas bird . Wife was like "mmm that smells good what are you cooking ?"
Well, about 2 my wife called and said a tree went down by a friends front door. Tornado went through. Got there about 230. Had 3 saws and no extra mix. One other friend showed up just to keep the brush and wood out from under my feet. The trunk split in two pieces. The big side toward the yard, the smaller side against the house. Made 3-4 cuts off the stump with the 660. Started st the top with the 170, worked back, then the 290. They both ran out of gas. Poured whawas left in the 660 back in the gallon jug. Filled up the 170 again. Ran out of gas altogether at 4. Made pretty good progress for two old guys in a bit less than two hours.
I take a little pride in the fact, that if you look at that poor rhododendron in the first pic, it's still there in the second, I didn't crush it.
Tomorrow I'm going to put a rope on one of the highest limbs and pull it away from the house, and I think it will flop right over top of the rhododendron
Tomorrow I'm going to put a rope on one of the highest limbs and pull it away from the house, and I think it will flop right over top of the rhododendron
Good work Joe. Is that one of those bulbous silver maples from a nursery? They seem to have a lot of issues with rotting at the roots and tipping over like that.
I stopped at Farm & Fleet today and went down the Stihl isle to check out the 241 and 261 that you guys are all drooling about to see what the big deal is. They didn't have any of either one. They must have upgraded and call them 251 and 271 now. I really wasn't interested because I gave up on Stihl when my new at the time 460 was so hard starting I felt like throwing it in a brush pile and starting it on fire. I have switched to Jonsered and they have been very good saws. 2166, 2172 and 2186.
Most fleet supply stores that sell Stihl do not stock many pro saws. I know the Ace near my old house only had the homeowner line plus the 461.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
These Stihl numbers are so confusing and meaningless. I bought a 391 at an auction thinking it was 91cc. That was a big mistake and I overpaid too.
I haven't been following Stihl too much but I know what I saw 2 hours ago. 251 and 271
cornfused
Saw & Firewood HACK
I remember when my dad bought a bumper sticker to put on his brand spanking new (1972) Chevy 3/4 ton 4X4. It said "Don't californicate Idaho". He's probably floppin around in his grave to see it now!
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Neither are upgrades
Well , what y'all think ?
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
1/3 of a cord.
Plus ac , Bose stereo, heated seats and a trailer hitch 
Leather interior to boot
@cat10ken I don't know you personally, and sarcasm can be hard to detect on line. In case you don't know, the MS251 and MS271 are homeowner/ mid range models, while the MS241 and Ms261 are 'pro' model saws.
The actual model numbers can be confusing.
Philbert
Really my 460 mag at most takes three pulls and it's been around the block multiple times and abused
Yes those are mid sized homeowner grade saws. The second digit of a MS model tells you if it’s homeowner or pro. If it’s an even number it’s a pro saw. Odd number is homeowner. 241, 261, 461, 661, etc are pro saws. 211, 271, 291, etc are homeowner.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
I doubt many of the modern saw fanboys or builder groupies have ran a larger cube Poulan from that era. People do not really understand until they do
I got a buddy that absolutely loves Stihl chainsaws. He’s about 10 years younger than me.... to him Poulan is the Walmart wildthing. You should have seen his face when I brought him to a GTG at Spike60’s and Lee Harvey whipped out a Poulan Pro 455!
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
is this a sign?? Has the Dancan Scrounger Express returning????
