Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Kodiak Kid]

Never been a fan of the IMHO, to me its just a way to try to say, don't roast me for having an opinion. We all have opinions and that's what we are giving when we share something, and that's okay, we're all entitled to have an opinion. Screw this IMHO crap, it's lame!
Hope everyone has their big boy pants on dont need no.

So does that mean you don't like my invention?

IMOP "In My OPinion" Ohhhh yeaaaaah!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Another short video of the difference with sharpening. Same with the new grind being on the left. This time instead of just letting the weight of the saw do the work, I pushed on it just a bit.

Funny thing is when I got my first grinder, I had every shop within 100 miles sharpedn a chain and my chain blew theirs out of the water, and everyone I've sharpened for has said its the sharpest chain they have run.

But now that I know I can get more with the grinder, I'm a bit mad about sharpening chain the same way the last 20 years.

My wheels also don't seem to need dressed nearly as much sharpening this way.

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Ok…no vid but, Stihl bars on Husky’s?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Todays scrounge.

I hauled this load out of the woods in the afternoon right at dark.

This chard snag I tipped a few days ago is definitely the dirtiest snag I've scrounged yet!
The chard wood is pretty messy! It gets all over, but the sound wood underneath is top notch firewood fir around here!



Cut safe stay sharp, and be aware!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I k

Ok…no vid but, Stihl bars on Husky’s?

I know a lot of Cutters that run STIHL LW bars on their Huskies. They will even tell you that STIHL builds the best snd lightest LW bar on the market!

They know wuts up with STIHL!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Ok…no vid but, Stihl bars on Husky’s?

I’ve seen a lot of guys running Stihl bars on Husky.

Mot sure what happened with the vid. I’ll have to try reposting it with the computer.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

When you get to be 69 your thoughts on this will be different. I can still use a 90cc saw but not like I can handle a 50cc saw or a 372xp.

This is a good friend of mine and neighbor. He heats his house all year primarily with wood. He's 70 and bucks his scrounge with either his 066 or his ported 660 both with 36" bars. I keep telling him to step down to a 32", but he's stubborn as a mule. Mostly I think he just likes running a power saw with a longer bar than mine!
He also loads by himself a lot of the time when we aren't working in the woods together at the hip!
His rigg'n is the wagon bearing the Red, White, and Blue. He's a US Army veteran paratrooper!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

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I know a lot of Cutters that run STIHL LW bars on their Huskies. They will even tell you that STIHL builds the best and lightest bar on the market!

They know wuts up with STIHL!

In the case of me putting the Stihl bar on the 346xp it had nothing to do with weight. 74 year old fellow I call my dad (not my real dad, the logger, but the man who has been more of a father to me) gave me about 50 68 link .325x.063” chains. None of them had ever been sharpened., just used till dull. I didn’t have a Stihl at the time, and wanted to be able to use the chains, so modified a bar off of a MS250 to fit the husky. If I remember correctly the adjuster hole matched up, but I had to lengthen the slot, and drill an oil hole.

Either way, that bars been on my other 346xp for about 3 years, but it won’t run in the cold for whatever reason, so I swapped it onto this older but much less used 346xp for my test today.

Pretty sure up till I sharpened these 2 chains today, I’ve been running the first one of those chains I started using from the ones he gave me. These are gonna last a long time

 

[Kodiak Kid]

In the case of me putting the Stihl bar on the 346xp it had nothing to do with weight. 74 year old fellow I call my dad (not my real dad, the logger, but the man who has been more of a father to me) gave me about 50 68 link .325x.063” chains. None of them had ever been sharpened., just used till dull. I didn’t have a Stihl at the time, and wanted to be able to use the chains, so modified a bar off of a MS250 to fit the husky. If I remember correctly the adjuster hole matched up, but I had to lengthen the slot, and drill an oil hole.

Either way, that bars been on my other 346xp for about 3 years, but it won’t run in the cold for whatever reason, so I swapped it onto this older but much less used 346xp for my test today.

Pretty sure up till I sharpened these 2 chains today, I’ve been running the first one of those chains I started using from the ones he gave me. These are gonna last a long time

Did you come across a square grinder?!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Did you come across a square grinder?!

I have not. Still watching, but I doubt I’ll ever find one locally.

 

[Kodiak Kid]

I have not. Still watching, but I doubt I’ll ever find one locally.

Roger

 

[mountainguyed67]

The 400 is a badazz saw. Everyone who doesn't own a 400 is probably sick of hearing us talk about them, but they really are that good. Seriously though, it's by far, the most versatile saw in my line up.

Hey, I heard those 400s were pretty good.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Yeah, I'm really mad at them dirty Stihl guys....

Because you can’t keep your saw running long enough for you to get dirty???

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Because you can’t keep your sw running long enough for you to get dirty???

Brraaaaaahhhaaaaaa hha haaaROLMAO!! Phfffaaaaaaaaaaha haaa hhaa!! That's the best STIHL comeback I've ever heard!!! Ha ha! ha!! Good on ya

And good night

 

[Brufab]

Firewood????
That's a sawlog!
You better quit thinking that way.....lol

A member posted a mill ticket not long ago and the cherry log was worth next to nothing. That cherry burns hot with a real nice smell.

 

[501Maico]

@H-Ranch time to try it loaded with wood?

Might as well put KK's goat dog on top of the pile too.

 

[WoodAbuser]

Might as well put KK's goat dog on top of the pile too.

@Kodiak Kid and @H-Ranch lots of good ideas on this thread. Thank goodness for other stuff.

 

[Sawdust Man]

A member posted a mill ticket not long ago and the cherry log was worth next to nothing. That cherry burns hot with a real nice smell.

That's too bad..... cherry makes some really nice lumber.
It's also great for smoking meat.

 

[JimR]

This is a good friend of mine and neighbor. He heats his house all year primarily with wood. He's 70 and bucks his scrounge with either his 066 or his ported 660 both with 36" bars. I keep telling him to step down to a 32", but he's stubborn as a mule. Mostly I think he just likes running a power saw with a longer bar than mine!
He also loads by himself a lot of the time when we aren't working in the woods together at the hip!
His rigg'n is the wagon bearing the Red, White, and Blue. He's a US Army veteran paratrooper! View attachment 1038509

Good for him and being like that keeps him in shape. During my lifetime I saw a lot of old guys that retired from their jobs to sit around and relax at home. They died shortly afterwards. My father in law was still using a chainsaw at 87. He passed away peacefully on his 88th birthday.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Because you can’t keep your saw running long enough for you to get dirty???

Yeah, it could be that's the deal.....
I have gotten this one to stay in one piece and running long enough to get a little honest dirt on it.

 

[JimR]

Firewood????
That's a sawlog!
You better quit thinking that way.....lol

Sawlog depends on if the deadwood goes far into the tree. I'll be taking this one down sometime soon. I wish it was at the bottom of the hill instead of being way up top.