Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Cowboy254]

Got to run a saw today. Lol. The little electric did a good job chopping roots

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I use this for that sort of thing - an axe head welded onto a 5ft steel bar.



Sure, it's not a chainsaw but I don't have to sharpen it afterwards.

 

[farmer steve]

I get 95% of my wood off FB marketplace.
Seems like the settings are changing though. Now you can boost or sponsor your add to keep it toward the top, more viable to others for a small fee. Not a fan as now it seems like a lot of commercial stuff/dealers when looking for things like trucks etc.

Ryan saw some nice FREE mulberry near the Institute of PA Hospital. Listed under Free Fire wood. Not sure why it popped up on my 20 mile radius search.

 

[svk]

Well it’s a sunny morning. Weatherman has predicted rain and t-storms all weekend. Fortunately he was wrong. It rained a bit last night around midnight otherwise has been warm all weekend.

Going to take this opportunity to cut a load of wood today.

 

[LondonNeil]

@svk I just thought, could the bar nutt have dropped into your clothing somewhere? Boot or turn up on trousers (the fashionista may have something to say but hey, rock the look). Or a rolled up shirt cuff maybe?

 

[cornfused]

Gull darnit golly gee

I was revving a saw IN the screen tent and lost a bar nut. Can’t even find it with the magnet.

Mark the outline of the tent. Bring your wife up to the cabin next trip, she'll find it in about 10 second and hold it up between her thumb and finger and ask you, "is this it"?? Been there - done it. She'll have the "look" on her face and her eyes rolled back like she's dealing with a 5 year old!!

 

[svk]

This birch was collateral damage when the largest aspen in the area turned widow maker in a big wind storm two summers ago. It was already dead on the top so it’s days were numbered anyhow. I carried the largest 12 of the remaining 22 rounds out so far. Starting to get warm so I’m only going to put up a half cord today. Nice day in the woods though and with bug spray the mosquitoes are at bay.

 

[chipper1]

Would be better if it was a Ford... Unless it's a Chebby made before 1990.

Plenty of crappy vehicles by every manufacture, then there are plenty of good ones too, the trick is figuring out which ones are the best to get.
My 99 suburban just hauled the kubota down to ohio no problem, 243k on it .

A strong winch is worth it's weight in gold. Takes the FEL to put this one on & take it off.
Bought a portable 1 ton Champion yesterday for little stuff. A little concerned with the duty cycle but I don't work very hard any more
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Nice.
I like the skidding winch on the tractor, but I should replace the clutch on it as it's very weak.

 

[muad]

Plenty of crappy vehicles by every manufacture, then there are plenty of good ones too, the trick is figuring out which ones are the best to get.
My 99 suburban just hauled the kubota down to ohio no problem, 243k on it .

Nice!! I'm just yanking yer chain.

Speaking of suburbans, my buddy had a mid 80's model that had a diesel (same one as the CUCVs). I would totally own that chebby.

 

[svk]

Apparently there were 11 more rounds in the woods. Now there are none.

 

[LondonNeil]

Is it just me that thinks it odd that huztl do a 372 cylinder but not a transfer port cover? Same for all the am part makers. Who would bother getting a Dremel out of if you could buy a cover for a few quid? I almost think at £25 for a cylinder kit that I should just get that. I need to faff and take the whole jug off to get the port off though I believe... Not sure I'll bother....

 

[chipper1]

I put an ad on face book and craigslist for tree companies a place to drop off their wood. I offer to accept large rounds because I have a 3 foot splitter that goes on my Bobcat. I take pine and hardwood. I get a lot of wood from 3 different companies. Even sold some because I have some much and do not want it to rot before use. Good Luck

Welcome to AS.
I'm just east of Grand Rapids, where you at?

Welcome to AS. Quite a few guys from MI here. Just watch put for that @chipper1 guy.

Watch it now.

Yeah there’s some real characters on here from Michigan

Says the guy from Mn lol.

Such a Smartenheimer. To carry IN the truck for saws. Lol

 

[chipper1]

Quick update. With something like over 20 billion in debt and something like 1/2 a million cars, at what point does the Hertz bankruptcy turn into a train wreck(for sellers anyway) for the used car market? Perhaps they are trying to simply restructure and stay in business, so the used car market won't be flooded?
Here are the trucks they have for sale. Are they panic prices or pretty normal?
https://www.hertzcarsales.com/used-truck.htm

Here in the states a bankruptcy can mean quite a few different things, one thing is doesn't usually ever mean is that they could care less about the market, it's typically only about the owners getting out without getting burned any worse than possible.
None of the prices on there seemed like anything special to me, I'm not jumping on any of them, and I'm shopping right now, but also being patient.

 

[Philbert]

None of the prices on there seemed like anything special to me, I'm not jumping on any of them, and I'm shopping right now, but also being patient.

What are dealer prices looking like now? I assume that it is a buyer's market for new cars, with so much economic uncertainty.

Philbert

 

[muad]

@huskihl is the man! Got the 254 starting as it should. Apparently the needle lever, for lack of better technical terms, was a touch too high, which was allowing the diaphragm to push on the needle and allow fuel to fill the crankcase at rest. So, she was always flooded when I'd go to start her. He walked me through adjusting it, and now she fires right up!

Now for the real decision. Slap an 18" Tsumura Light .325 bar on her, or go with a 20" Tsumura Light 3/8. I know the saw will pull the 3/8 fine, and I have a ton of 20" .50/72dl chains. But, the .325 seems to cut fast! Will need to change the sprocket for the 3/8 also....

A race against my MS361 with both wearing 20" 3/8 does sound fun...

I'm so indecisive!

 

[chipper1]

Is it just me that thinks it odd that huztl do a 372 cylinder but not a transfer port cover? Same for all the am part makers. Who would bother getting a Dremel out of if you could buy a cover for a few quid? I almost think at £25 for a cylinder kit that I should just get that. I need to faff and take the whole jug off to get the port off though I believe... Not sure I'll bother....

Not familiar with the Chinese parts, but I know I have no intentions of buying them . I would however buy a meteor/tecomec cylinder kit out of Italy.
I don't know if you can buy a transfer port cover without buying the whole cylinder.
You can loosen the cylinder and raise it up enough to remove the covers(you need a security torx for the transfer cover screws), then put it back down on the same gasket, many have done that successfully without them tearing and some have not. You also run the risk of the gasket leaking, although I've not heard of anyone having a problem. You have to check the squish on the xtorq saws if you want to reduce it, most of them you have to make a custom gasket as they will be too tight just removing it to get .020 squish, they come out closer to .014-.015 normally.
I open the muffler up under the deflector when I mod them. I like to leave as much metal on the front side as there is from the factory on the right side looking in, so I cut the left side the same and then cut towards the back. If you have a way to weld the deflector back on it's much easier to cut the sides of the deflector and then fold it out of the way to open the hole, then weld the deflector back down.
Here's what the transfers look like as well as the limiters on the carb and how I "trim" them, I actually cut them off, then grind them flush. I like to make a mark along side of the transfer restriction with a sharpie, then I break/cut off as much as I can before I start to grind, them mark helps me to see when I've ground all of the restriction off, then I clean it up a little and reinstall.
Also a couple pics of the MM I do on them and what it looks like from the front with and without a screen, I can't find a picture of what the inside looks like from the cylinder side, sorry.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UaVkZa17PvKQz28H9

 

[svk]

@huskihl is the man! Got the 254 starting as it should. Apparently the needle lever, for lack of better technical terms, was a touch too high, which was allowing the diaphragm to push on the needle and allow fuel to fill the crankcase at rest. So, she was always flooded when I'd go to start her. He walked me through adjusting it, and now she fires right up!

Now for the real decision. Slap an 18" Tsumura Light .325 bar on her, or go with a 20" Tsumura Light 3/8. I know the saw will pull the 3/8 fine, and I have a ton of 20" .50/72dl chains. But, the .325 seems to cut fast! Will need to change the sprocket for the 3/8 also....

A race against my MS361 with both wearing 20" 3/8 does sound fun...

I'm so indecisive!

3/8!

 

[svk]

Working slow here as to not get overheated. 16 rounds to split and I’m through with this load.

 

[chipper1]

What are dealer prices looking like now? I assume that it is a buyer's market for new cars, with so much economic uncertainty.

Philbert

I'm probably not the best guy to ask about dealer prices, when I see a sign there saying 8k off, all my mind can think is 8k is more than I've paid for than all the cars I've driven in the last 4 yrs, and I'm still driving them . There's a nice looking GMC 4wd crew that's been marked at 82k for a while now, maybe I could get them down to 70 . Pretty sure I'd be better off buying my pole barn and insulating it with open cell foam, radian't heat in the floor run off an OWB, lift and then buying an older truck that needed a bit of work for 3k or so and then taking my wife and kids out for a nice vacation with the cash left over before paying 70k for a truck . But for those who have the cash/are highly qualified, they can buy a new truck/car at zero % interest rate, which is a great deal if that's what you're into. I'd prefer not to go into debt if I don't have to, and with the obvious financial turmoil in the world right now I think now more than ever is a time to avoid debt, there will be some great deals coming soon.
All the dealers lots are full in this part of the country and from what I've read that's how it is everywhere. It won't do much good to get the autoworkers back to work with such a surplus on the lots, so I'd agree that it's a good market for buyers, and I think it will get better.

 

[chipper1]

Gull darnit golly gee

I was revving a saw IN the screen tent and lost a bar nut. Can’t even find it with the magnet.

Maybe you should get onboard with the side tensioners and the captive nuts .
Hope you find your nut bro .

 

[chipper1]

I use this for that sort of thing - an axe head welded onto a 5ft steel bar.

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Sure, it's not a chainsaw but I don't have to sharpen it afterwards.

I used something just like that on the holes for my woodshed to cut all the roots, it worked great. The neighbor brought it over and said it was something the previous owner left there, I was grateful as it made the work as pleasurable as is to ask for.