Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[H-Ranch]

Surprised the employees didn't buy all those tools

I recently found gallons of Mobil synthetic oil on clearance at AutoZone and bought every one they had since it was several dollars cheaper than the cheapest conventional oil. The cashier was upset that he didn't see it and buy it all with his 10% discount in addition! LOL. He told me that he had once done that on something else on clearance and even shipped more from another store.

 

[SS396driver]

Few years ago I went to advanced auto to buy some Motorcycle oil . Bought 4 qts girl rings it up and says 5 and change . Look at the receipt the oil was marked down from 6.99 to 1.25 believe it was Valvoline synthetic . Go back in and bought the 2 cases they had and had her do a store transfer of 4 cases from 3 stores all that was on hand . Other guy behind the counter was pissed he didnt know about the "sale" . Seems corporate change the price overnight to move it out without notifying the stores. Doesn't go bad and I have 4 bikes .

I also bought this at lowes yesterday for 1.97 each bought 4 gallons . Figure it will be good to seal end grain on logs I'm going to mill

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Did a tool scrounge today went for calcium chloride came home with two of theseView attachment 956150View attachment 956152View attachment 956154
Dewalt mid range 1/2 inch impact charger and one 4AH battery . No calcium chloride in stock

i always liked black and yellow as a color combo. one of my fav model airplanes growing up was a T-Square i did in black trim and yellow wing. McCoy .35. a combat rat!! few years ago found a NIB T-Square kit on the 'bay. the others didn't need to bother bidding lol... it was mine even before first bid! i think i had put in $150 close to end of auction... scarfed it up for bit less than half that. was tickled to get my hands on it. imo, swell scrounge...

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Another day, another dead Ash (actually, two of them today) as part of my work hours at the Fish & Game club.

The first one was only medium size, and I dropped one leg to the right and one to the left.

The big one was the same diameter as yesterday's tree, but then forked a bunch of times (only got 3 rounds before the forks), but it had lots of wood up top.

My Hybrid did the big stuff, and my 462s did the rest. They don't have as much torque as the Hybrid, but they are light and fast.

Filled my trailer, and still have a bunch left, including the big rounds.

slick pix there, MM. pun intended! lol... that trailer load says it all!

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Lowe’s in Newburg .

i was aisle surfing at one close to me and a 'Buy Me Now!' dewalt stand with drills, bits and kits caught my eye... picked up this neat drill bit set on sale $9 and some change i think it was... i couldn't resist the black n yellow eye-appeal! got a handful of drill bit sets... this one is dedicated to my B&D cordless 3/8ths. drill bits will be for wood only. used it other day to install a locking clasp for my attic stairs project.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

The battery and charger @ 89$ was a good deal. Atleast they didn't give you the skinny battery. That looks like 3 or 4 AH battery. Surprised the employees didn't buy all those tools

i was a batt this, that and whatever hold out! 110-v and a cord, good enuff for my needs! lol... but then up at the ranch i was building a fence around a new section... 3 gates FM road up to the house. and the farm fence builder guy had a cordless drill. i set up the latches on the gate using it. i liked it. it bit me. i then did some $ vs amps n rpms comparisons... and the B&D was a homerun. close to what the deWalt offered but much less. and gave in and got a corless blower to go with my 110's and my hurricane 2-stroke. like both cordless units a lot. i have 2 & 4 AH bats. all interchange. the drill's fits the blower and visa-versa... sso i guess in some cases, 'you can teach an old dawg new tricks!"

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Few years ago I went to advanced auto to buy some Motorcycle oil . Bought 4 qts girl rings it up and says 5 and change . Look at the receipt the oil was marked down from 6.99 to 1.25 believe it was Valvoline synthetic . Go back in and bought the 2 cases they had and had her do a store transfer of 4 cases from 3 stores all that was on hand . Other guy behind the counter was pissed he didnt know about the "sale" . Seems corporate change the price overnight to move it out without notifying the stores. Doesn't go bad and I have 4 bikes .

I also bought this at lowes yesterday for 1.97 each bought 4 gallons . Figure it will be good to seal end grain on logs I'm going to millView attachment 956239

Thompson's good stuff! when we built the barn i bot it in 5-gallon cans. think they were around $28 then. first time i have seen 'timber oil'. ought to hold the weather back pretty good...

>Doesn't go bad and I have 4 bikes.
it is kinda like cold beer... doesn't go bad!!! well, at least that has been my experience!! lol

 

[farmer steve]

For @LondonNeil . Ash scrounge.

 

[farmer steve]

Another day, another dead Ash (actually, two of them today) as part of my work hours at the Fish & Game club.

The first one was only medium size, and I dropped one leg to the right and one to the left.

The big one was the same diameter as yesterday's tree, but then forked a bunch of times (only got 3 rounds before the forks), but it had lots of wood up top.

My Hybrid did the big stuff, and my 462s did the rest. They don't have as much torque as the Hybrid, but they are light and fast.

Filled my trailer, and still have a bunch left, including the big rounds.

Hey Mike. How's come it's only the old guys posting wood pic's?

 

[Brufab]

I recently found gallons of Mobil synthetic oil on clearance at AutoZone and bought every one they had since it was several dollars cheaper than the cheapest conventional oil. The cashier was upset that he didn't see it and buy it all with his 10% discount in addition! LOL. He told me that he had once done that on something else on clearance and even shipped more from another store.

I always look for that kind of deal so I have back up bar oil for winter. Sometimes finding winter grade bar oil in my area is tough. Great score

 

[LondonNeil]

Too wet for me to do any wood. We had a wet summer and autumn and my lawn has puddles still even though it hasn't rained for 3 days. Weatherman says no rain for a fortnight. A forecast is never accurate past 3-4 days but I'm hoping. Need to text my tree guys and wish them hny, and let them know in in the game as I've burnt enough to make a little space. I reckon we are very close to the usual, ' half way burnt through winter' point and it's been mild. I'm WFH while Omicron washes over so heating the house continuously bit still about 20% less wood consumed.

 

[Lee192233]

FYI...
https://www.remington.com/peters-pa...l=4589_HTML&u=18874443&mid=524002573&jb=13028

 

[JustJeff]

Brought a stack up by the door yesterday while it was mild. We are the same Neil, we haven't burned much. 2.5 facecord. Now it's -a bunch Celsius which converts to -not as much Fahrenheit but still just as cold. I imagine that stack will disappear more quickly than the last one. Supposed to -30°C with the wind chill tonight

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[Lee192233]

Bummer about the saw/coil, and the chicom parts.
Right in your neck of the woods and parts availability is a bit better.
https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/super-clean-026.357077/That would give you time to find some oem parts to rejuvenate the ole girl. I'd just put an ad on here looking for a coil, someone has one.
Edit; here's one on flee bay, once you click on it down below the initial ad you will see other options and you can bounce around to find something that may be cheaper, I didn't look to far.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3535507349...9C50swGh_hEVBDcfdqSqm_T0Rs0dWznQaAnzxEALw_wcB
This is also a great saw, if you want to jump into a more modern saw that has some nice features and sips fuel.
One benefit of the 026 is that pretty much any shop can work on it of you don't have a great dealer if you ever had a problem needing diagnosis of the mtronic setup.

I ended up getting a coil from my dealer. Installed it last night and it started on the first pull. It was flooded from pulling the crap out of the other night so it didn't even need any choke. Now I need to run a tank through it to make sure it's good. I think I'm still going to find him a different saw. A MS241 sounds perfect. He really liked running my 026.

 

[chipper1]

Hey Mike. How's come it's only the old guys posting wood pic's?

This old guy has the before pics, but it's been dark or I've gotten pulled to other projects and forgot to take pics.
Here's the before .

 

[chipper1]

I ended up getting a coil from my dealer. Installed it last night and it started on the first pull. It was flooded from pulling the crap out of the other night so it didn't even need any choke. Now I need to run a tank through it to make sure it's good. I think I'm still going to find him a different saw. A MS241 sounds perfect. He really liked running my 026.

That's awesome.
I bet he's pleased .

 

[Lee192233]

That's awesome.
I bet he's pleased .

Thanks! He's happy. That 011 really runs nice for an old saw. Smooth, pulls a 16" bar nicely and handles nice. It's a bit of a pain to work on though.

If you come across a MS241 could you let me know? I think that would be a great saw for him.

 

[chipper1]

Thanks! He's happy. That 011 really runs nice for an old saw. Smooth, pulls a 16" bar nicely and handles nice. It's a bit of a pain to work on though.

If you come across a MS241 could you let me know? I think that would be a great saw for him.

That picco chain sure helps those smaller saws.
I will, but I haven't seen too many lately anywhere near me. If you see one you have to act quick on them.

 

[MustangMike]

OLD??? What are you talkin about??? I was still doing biathlons (running/biking) till I was past 60!

 

[LondonNeil]

Similar here Jeff, we've got normalish January temps now so I'm burning a bit more. Our normal miss winter is pretty mild, same latitude as Halifax bit no post bears hear, gulf stream brings the Caribbean to our shores. January highs of 6, 7,8 C and lows of 2,3,4 are normal. It is very changeable and +-4 or 5C on those is normal band. Snow is rare for London tbh. Fingers crossed for more though while my kids are young!

While we are talking oil, I finally got round to the long overdue oil and filter change on my car. Castrol edge 5w30 in VW long life 504/507 spec, £40+ for a 4 litre jug (8 pints ish). The car takes 6 litres... The oil cost smarts but with a 'warm hatch' as we say here moderately sporty turbocharged car it's not good to skimp. I buy 2 jugs. I then ask a mechanic mate about doing an engine flush as it's done 35k miles now and he appears at my door with a can of Wynn's engine flush, 'use this' he says and hands it to me. I then go hunting for the cheapest oil I can find thinking of flush the flush before refilling and..... Find Pemco 5w30 in 504/507 flavour 10 litres for £40. Shan't be worrying about the cost of oil now. Did my car, then my wife's and gave that the long life too!

Still playing catch up on car spannering though... Kids and laziness meant I'm way over due brake fluid changes too. Wife's car got done during the week, a corner each lunch time, and postie just delivered 3 x1l of Bosch env6 for my car....sporty car gets good fluid.... Although my wife's little roller skate got brembo dot 5.1. I don't see the point in dot 3 or 4, better stuff is mere pennies more!