Not that big, perfect firewood size, it was about 22-23 inch at waist high, I can still lift the blocks up on the splitter.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Bigger than I thought it was from the pictures.
Another project completed that I should have done 10 weeks ago. Heat in the shop.
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Collected the sap for the week today, cold weather so not allot plus it was all frozen. Boiled last week and got a qt of nice light maple. Farther in the season it gets stronger tasting. I have started looking for a truck, 2500 4wd prefer reg cab and an 8" bed. I am a chevy/gmc type but I will look at fords as well. What sites are good for finding a truck?
If you look close at the stump my Stihl 660 with a 25" bar is sitting on it. Tree was just about 100' tall. This XL12 is one of the early ones at 54CC’s with a 16” bar, I stopped cutting the log at about 18” when the saw ran out of fuel. I have several more with 20 and 24” bars. It can pull a 24 with full 3/8 chain no problem. When the Super XL’s came out they went to 58CC’s. I took the video because I was thinking about putting the saw on ebay. But, dang, I like it too much! Think I'll sell my MS290 instead. I bought 19 saws last year and every time I get one running it becomes my new favorite, for it's size range. All but one I bought last year were over 70CC's.
What a brute
.That shows how steep it is, we have a few steeps here in the river valleys, but they aren't very deep and many times you can get to the low side so it's not a big deal. Last summer I did a tree job at a house that was built on top of a sand dune by lake Michigan, it was so steep I had to tie a rope to the deck so I could pull myself up. I could have walked in from the bottom, but it was about 3 times as far and there was no parking on the road, it was also pure sand and I didn't want to risk getting stuck in my excursion as its only 2wd.
I know how thankful I am for my helper, at 13 has not much shorter than I am, pretty sure he'll be 6'+ as the shortest in my wife's family is 6' and her tallest brothers are 6'2, 6'3', 6'5, they make me look pretty small
. They don't stay small long!
Nice looking saws.
Surely an odd situation with the dealer. I'd give someone above the person you were talking with a call or stop in, but I thought you said it was a bit of a drive.
I had an odd situation with a local exmark dealer(zero turn mower). I had already been to a couple other dealers to get an idea of what I was willing yo pay and then went to this one because I wanted to keep my business local. The salesman told me the price and it was 400 more than I could get them for out of state just 3 hrs away, when I mentioned that he proceeded to tell me that I wouldn't drive down there and that I wouldn't be in their equipment loaner program(if yours breaks down they let you borrow a machine) and that if mine broke down I would go to the back of the line(which is how it works anyway). I told him why wouldn't I drive a round trip of 6hrs to save 800
, then no did and I bought a trailer and two machines, nice way to loose over 12k in sales. But wanting to keep as much of my money local I bought my backpack blower, trimmer, and a leaf vac for my larger machine there spending about 2500 on them. When I dropped the larger machine off to get the leaf vac installed the sales guy wasn't there. When I went to pick everything up the sales guy was there and said "I knew you wouldn't drive there to get them" with a big grin, then I let him know he knew nothing and talked to the manager. I explained to the manager what happened and he explained to me they were the distributor and couldn't sell for lower than the competition, which makes sense. But I explained to him all they would have needed to do was to throw in my backpack blower and trimmer and treated me with respect and I would have bought them, basically if a sale/customer is important to you, you'll figure out a way to make it happen, wasn't like I was asking for much. The manager assured me if I wanted to buy another machine in the future he would make it right with me, but too little to late. I still buy parts there, but I also do what I can to avoid buying there.Hopefully you can at least find out what the heck was happening.
I would have said that I didn't want a bigger saw, but rather a smaller one and asked for the 2511's
.Hope they work out well for you, echo makes a great product. Open the muffler up and they come to life and it can be done with leaving the spark arrester in place.
Funny listening to that saw cutting in the video it didn't seem like it was moving, but it went right thru that logIf you look close at the stump my Stihl 660 with a 25" bar is sitting on it. Tree was just about 100' tall. This XL12 is one of the early ones at 54CC’s with a 16” bar, I stopped cutting the log at about 18” when the saw ran out of fuel. I have several more with 20 and 24” bars. It can pull a 24 with full 3/8 chain no problem. When the Super XL’s came out they went to 58CC’s. I took the video because I was thinking about putting the saw on ebay. But, dang, I like it too much! Think I'll sell my MS290 instead. I bought 19 saws last year and every time I get one running it becomes my new favorite, for it's size range. All but one I bought last year were over 70CC's.
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I would have said that I didn't want a bigger saw, but rather a smaller one and asked for the 2511's
Hope they work out well for you, echo makes a great product. Open the muffler up and they come to life and it can be done with leaving the spark arrester in place.
I doubt they had the 2511s, but I didn’t look.
I haven’t done any muffler mods, but can research it.
Back when you started asking about it I posted a lot of links/videos on the mods.
With them being that close it would be a shame to burn that bridge, although the fact that they are so close isn't the only reason to not burn a bridge...
This past weekend I ran some TruFuel through all the saws, cleaned them up, cleaned air filters, put all but the 421 up on the high shelf, and generally declared the end of firewood cutting season. Of course there are going to be cutting opportunities through out the year, but not likely a tri-saw event. And, then this morning, rather than a pot of gold, Scout and I found and inspected this true "Windfall":
Busy just now, and a full day of rain tomorrow. Tick season has already started here, gnats, mosquitos, and flies are just around the corner.
This nice Red Oak just might lay here till Fall.
Busy just now, and a full day of rain tomorrow. Tick season has already started here, gnats, mosquitos, and flies are just around the corner.
This nice Red Oak just might lay here till Fall.
Maiden voyage with the new truck today. Went to finish cutting the last of the 40 Apple trees. Didn't haul any wood because I haven't got the back window protector on yet.
Update after the surgery. End of week two of the "do nothing" recuperation. I am ignoring the 'no driving' (it is over now anyhow) as I see no difference in driving or sitting in a damn chair. No bending, lifting, etc. Trying to avoid but living alone one just has to do it sometimes.
No pain anywhere and feel physically better than I had in the past two years. Physical Therapist gave me a clean bill of health and said had could no think of anything to do and won't be back. Weekly visit from Home Health is pretty much a waste of time. In the door, ask a bunch of questions, take temp & blood pressure, quick look at incision and gone for another week. I am taking walks up the highway and adding a bit each day, up to about 1/4 mile - my pace has greatly improved of the baby steps I started with.
4 more weeks to go before I am officially 'back in battery" I will probably start swing saws in early in week 6. I did fire up my two small top handles Friday, dumped gas and ran them dry. I shouild have done that three months ago.
No pain anywhere and feel physically better than I had in the past two years. Physical Therapist gave me a clean bill of health and said had could no think of anything to do and won't be back. Weekly visit from Home Health is pretty much a waste of time. In the door, ask a bunch of questions, take temp & blood pressure, quick look at incision and gone for another week. I am taking walks up the highway and adding a bit each day, up to about 1/4 mile - my pace has greatly improved of the baby steps I started with.
4 more weeks to go before I am officially 'back in battery" I will probably start swing saws in early in week 6. I did fire up my two small top handles Friday, dumped gas and ran them dry. I shouild have done that three months ago.
Yes, I’m very happy with it. I think I’ve been fishing with it 5 or 6 times (drilling anywhere from 3-10 holes per time) plus drilled about ten holes yesterday and the battery was down to half.
The guy who recommended it to me told me to keep the battery warm and you’ll never have an issue. I keep the whole unit in the guest house during the winter.
I agree with Chipper. Approach the owner/manager (assuming that they were not the person who tried the funky business) and ask them WTAF was going on with that deal. Then make your decision as to what type of relationship you want with that place based off their response.
There are a lot of places around here where I’ll buy parts/supplies (out of convenience) but would never make a major purchase based on how they treat people.
Well I got a couple more buckets split, heading back out to do more after a quick break. Yesterday I had a bad headache, gonna blame it on allergies. Too bad I didn't think to take some allergy pills.
I'm getting close to having the highest part of the pile that's left coming down, a few more sessions and I'll be done with this pile.
I'm getting close to having the highest part of the pile that's left coming down, a few more sessions and I'll be done with this pile.
