Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Jere39]

A neighbor who owns more of the property behind my house than I is home from a 3 year assignment in Japan and asked that I open up some of her hiking trails that trees have fallen across. Happy to do so:




Then, since the saw, and I were already hot, I bucked some more on this nice big oak that fell on a corner of my property about a month ago.



I'm not big on sawing this time of the year. I prefer when the sweat level is below 50, and the bugs are dormant. But, duty calls, firewood customers are stocking up early this year, and my supply chain is a simple ATV pull from my distribution center.

 

[chipper1]

What no Bk. Locust? I'm so disappointed in you .

There's like 7 locust sticks on the ground left of that picture about 50', and then a couple cord about 50' behind and right of that picture, and probably 6 or so in the woodshed for this and next season that's 50' right . And 2-300 feet back and left there's at least another 5-6 cord in the woods I plan on getting this fall or when I don't have anything else going on this summer (probably won't happen til fall ). But bit it will help you get by til the next scrounge I'll get a couple sticks out soon lol. Oh and my neighbor should have more for me from the trees I dropped for him a couple weeks ago, almost forgot about those. I have others in my woods and the neighbors, but I'm saving those.

 

[chipper1]

Okay, apparently, I'm out of touch with reality. I haven't bought chains in awhile, but I don't remember them being this expensive. I bought two full chisel chains for a 25" bar for my 462, and they were 97.00 for both, including taxes. Does that sound right??????? If so, holy crap.

Granted, I paid 1,000 for that saw 18 months ago or so, and this dealer still had the same saw priced at 1,300, so I automatically figured their stuff would be more expensive than I am used to paying, but pretty much 50.00 per chain????

Seems high to me. 33 is about normal at the stieahlership, but I don't pay that much.
I try to buy everything ahead so I can get a deal, much like the files, I'm stocking up now. I just bought an ms290 to resell, and it comes with a couple bars and a bunch of chains, I'll keep so chains, and let a few go with the saw if the new owner desires. The last new chains I bought were 24" husky(not x-cut) in 063, I think I bought those for like 24 a pair, but I don't remember.
Before that I bought a bunch of 20" husky bars and chains for 33 each set, then sold off most of the sets that came with the h27 chains and kept the ones with the new x-cut chains, I like those a lot, more than the stihl RS(and the price helps too lol).

 

[chipper1]

A neighbor who owns more of the property behind my house than I is home from a 3 year assignment in Japan and asked that I open up some of her hiking trails that trees have fallen across. Happy to do so:

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Then, since the saw, and I were already hot, I bucked some more on this nice big oak that fell on a corner of my property about a month ago.

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I'm not big on sawing this time of the year. I prefer when the sweat level is below 50, and the bugs are dormant. But, duty calls, firewood customers are stocking up early this year, and my supply chain is a simple ATV pull from my distribution center.

That's some nice wood.
Do you keep the wood from her trails.
You're gonna need to get that all split up now if you want it for next season, even then it may need a little more time. But up on your hill with the wind blowing thru it and the sun shining on it next season may be enough time.
How much do you have ready to sell this fall. I have nothing, 1.5 cord here but it's already spoken for. I think I'm going to ask him to come pick it up or deliver it to get it out of here so I have a place for green wood.

 

[farmer steve]

Okay, apparently, I'm out of touch with reality. I haven't bought chains in awhile, but I don't remember them being this expensive. I bought two full chisel chains for a 25" bar for my 462, and they were 97.00 for both, including taxes. Does that sound right??????? If so, holy crap.

Granted, I paid 1,000 for that saw 18 months ago or so, and this dealer still had the same saw priced at 1,300, so I automatically figured their stuff would be more expensive than I am used to paying, but pretty much 50.00 per chain????

I have one here hanging on the wall that was bought a couple of years ago. Price sticker says $33.99. Of course I bought 2 and got the third free. My dealer is the only one around that does that.

 

[SimonHS]

I bought two full chisel chains for a 25" bar for my 462, and they were 97.00 for both

Ouch!

I watch eBay for people selling bulk lots of chains. I regularly get new Stihl, Oregon and Husqvarna pro chains for £3 to £5 ($3.70 to $6) each. And chains that have been used once for even less.

You have to be flexible on size and pitch etc., but I have plenty of different saws and bars so I can make use of almost all the chains in the lots.

 

[GrizG]

Okay, apparently, I'm out of touch with reality. I haven't bought chains in awhile, but I don't remember them being this expensive. I bought two full chisel chains for a 25" bar for my 462, and they were 97.00 for both, including taxes. Does that sound right??????? If so, holy crap.

Granted, I paid 1,000 for that saw 18 months ago or so, and this dealer still had the same saw priced at 1,300, so I automatically figured their stuff would be more expensive than I am used to paying, but pretty much 50.00 per chain????

My son sells Stihl, Huskey and various other brands of outdoor power equipment. Prices are way up and availability is still way down. Back orders rule... and when pro saws come in they fly off the shelf. It's rare for a 462 or 661 to last more than a day in inventory. 20 362s came in the other day that were ordered last October and they only have a few left. Shipping costs have exacerbated the cost problems... So yeah, we face a new reality.

 

[svk]

Here’s the second resort which is across the channel from the one I posted yesterday along with some randoms (sorry if I posted any dupes). This roof came off in one piece.

 

[LondonNeil]

I'd have guessed at farmer Steve's prices after seeing some pounds to dollars conversion. Stihl rs is a good chain but does seem to be expensive. Oregon and husqvarna seem to be cheaper, AND available on discount much more. When I got my 365 I bought a couple of Oregon x-cut chains ( loops for 20" bar) and it was something like a fiver less than Stihl per chain. A month or three later a local dealer seemed to have a clear out and had the, what I think is the same chain buy husqvarna boxed' at under half what I'd paid....so I bought 2 or 3 more. Bit excessive as I only run the 365 occasionally!

Ouch!

I watch eBay for people selling bulk lots of chains. I regularly get new Stihl, Oregon and Husqvarna pro chains for £3 to £5 ($3.70 to $6) each. And chains that have been used once for even less.

You have to be flexible on size and pitch etc., but I have plenty of different saws and bars so I can make use of almost all the chains in the lots.

They sound like good deals. If I trusted eBay sellers to know their chains correctly, and myself to know what I want, I'd do that too. However I'd probably get the wrong width, pitch, length AND tooth!

 

[Philbert]

You have to be flexible on size and pitch etc., but I have plenty of different saws and bars so I can make use of almost all the chains in the lots.

Get a spinner/ breaker set, and you can resize chains that are the correct pitch and gauge.

Philbert

 

[djg james]

I have one here hanging on the wall that was bought a couple of years ago. Price sticker says $33.99. Of course I bought 2 and got the third free. My dealer is the only one around that does that.

Used to be a dealer in St. L that did that. I'm going to have to look into it.

 

[svk]

I started on the cleanup in my yard this morning. Not all that much to do just a handful of balsam and then a couple of other trees that broke off. There are still two Aspen widowmakers that are maybe 10 to 12 inch diameter at the base. I will wait for help before I try to cut those as I’m going to put some side tension on them to tip them where I want them to go (hopefully).

I was cutting the biggest balsam off of the boat trailer and ticked the main beam of the trailer ever so slightly. The chain snapped. Luckily it was an older Carlton that I didn’t really care for anyway so I’m going to be throwing it in the trash. It was amazing how quick it snapped being that I had already let off the gas and barely touched it.

I also found an old tomato fence in the brush when I was cutting however it didn’t seem to damage anything. It sure stopped the chain quick though!

 

[Be Stihl]

Someone has to haul some wheelbarrow loads while @H-Ranch is laid up.
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Made it...phew.
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Almost lost it on a turn. I'm no where near as experienced a wheelbarrow operator as H-ranch is!

Nice looking hickory!

 

[Jere39]

That's some nice wood.
Do you keep the wood from her trails.
You're gonna need to get that all split up now if you want it for next season, even then it may need a little more time. But up on your hill with the wind blowing thru it and the sun shining on it next season may be enough time.
How much do you have ready to sell this fall. I have nothing, 1.5 cord here but it's already spoken for. I think I'm going to ask him to come pick it up or deliver it to get it out of here so I have a place for green wood.

I'll get to keep the wood on her trails that I clear for her use. Though I don't really need it. The second pictured Oak is on my property, and I am cutting, splitting, hauling, and stacking it as weather permits. Both these trees were green when they came down, and even split and stacked on the hill, will probably be running low 20%'s on the MM even in 6 months. So, none of this will be ready (in my opinion) for consumption this coming winter. I have about 12 cord that was cut, split, stacked from dead Oak last winter and will be ready for heating this Fall. I have marked about 6-8 large standing dead red that I think I could get ready for like February/March 2023 use. One of the standing dead was lightning struck 3 years ago, and I envision it would finish seasoning nicely in 6 months - but I haven't taken it down yet to actually measure the center wood.

Bottom line, the trees in the pictures are more likely Winter 23-24 stock.

 

[sean donato]

Tried to get a few pics of the stratto valve on this oddball.
I found a knock off ryobi on ebay for bid starting at $15.00 goes off the end of the week. Guy has it listed for parts not working. Will look a little off with a grey chain brake, but it should be functional. Plus I'll have some spare parts laying around for it. Fingers crossed. I get it cheap... don't bid me up lol.
In other news, we're still waiting on a few fittings to get the hydraulic lines done on my kubota. Really getting kinda ticked off about the companies lack luster inventory tracking. We used their websight (with supposed live inventory count) for the part numbers then called the order in under the shop account. Yep, yep, we should have it in a week. Box showed up last week, we went through it Tuesday, yep about half the fittings weren't there. My uncle (understandably) doesn't want to start on it till everything shows up. You know Me never enough time amd always in a hurry lol. Think the big guy is trying to teach me patience.... biggest thing that sucks though is working the late shift and being on a 10 day rotation... doesn't leave much time for involved projects right now.

 

[Sierra_rider]

Tried to get a few pics of the stratto valve on this oddball. View attachment 997828View attachment 997829
I found a knock off ryobi on ebay for bid starting at $15.00 goes off the end of the week. Guy has it listed for parts not working. Will look a little off with a grey chain brake, but it should be functional. Plus I'll have some spare parts laying around for it. Fingers crossed. I get it cheap... don't bid me up lol.
In other news, we're still waiting on a few fittings to get the hydraulic lines done on my kubota. Really getting kinda ticked off about the companies lack luster inventory tracking. We used their websight (with supposed live inventory count) for the part numbers then called the order in under the shop account. Yep, yep, we should have it in a week. Box showed up last week, we went through it Tuesday, yep about half the fittings weren't there. My uncle (understandably) doesn't want to start on it till everything shows up. You know Me never enough time amd always in a hurry lol. Think the big guy is trying to teach me patience.... biggest thing that sucks though is working the late shift and being on a 10 day rotation... doesn't leave much time for involved projects right now.

That is an odd looking carb set up. If you ever take the cylinder off for some odd reason, I'd be interested in seeing that...I just like seeing odd designs that I normally don't get to study.

Anyway, did some lathe work on one of my cylinders tonight. The actual porting will be for another day:

 

[dboyd351]

Finally got around to stopping by my buddy's place to grab this thing.... well good news is it farted off. Bad news is there's no clutch cover! I felt compelled to give him the money for it. Seems the clutch cover is made of gold. Have a search running on ebay for the various ryobi Jen Feng craftsman clones to try and find one cheap. Told my buddy next time send me pictures and ask before you give someone $80.00 for an incomplete saw.... I'll clean it up and go over the fuel system, has an interesting stratto design. I may fix it up and toss it for sale... no bar or chine with it either...

If you don't care what color the clutch cover is the 38 cc earthquake saw is a knockoff of the redmax and you may be able to buy parts very cheaply from the ardisam site

 

[JimR]

Yes, Stihl. From some small "power sports" dealer. I don't mind a guy/business making a profit, but within reason. And like I said, I haven't bought chain in awhile, so I thought that maybe I was just "out of the loop" as far as pricing on some stuff has gone.

Price gouging is what it is called.

 

[bob kern]

Price gouging is what it is called.

I smell a pun..... " Out of the loop"

 

[chipper1]

I started on the cleanup in my yard this morning. Not all that much to do just a handful of balsam and then a couple of other trees that broke off. There are still two Aspen widowmakers that are maybe 10 to 12 inch diameter at the base. I will wait for help before I try to cut those as I’m going to put some side tension on them to tip them where I want them to go (hopefully).

I was cutting the biggest balsam off of the boat trailer and ticked the main beam of the trailer ever so slightly. The chain snapped. Luckily it was an older Carlton but I didn’t really care for anyway so I’m going to be throwing it in the trash. It was amazing how quick it snapped being that I had already let off the gas and barely touched it.

I also found an old tomato fence in the brush when I was cutting however it didn’t seem to damage anything. It sure stopped the chain quick though!

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Gotta be all that husky power .
Be safe in all that storm damage.

Will look a little off with a grey chain brake, but it should be functional

Then it would look almost like a modern day husky lol.
The 70cc jreds actually look great wearing a newer 572 or 576 grey cover, so the little redmax may not look bad.