Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Brufab]

If that was one of your Remy's even ol chuck would have been in trouble!!

Yea I was thinking he put the Stihl vs husky debate to rest with that one

 

[dogone]

They often eat lots of Cherrys and berries, but if you look at the study done by (I think) Univ of Penn they were shocked how many more deer were taken by bear than by coyote. The bears are especially skilled at getting the young ones, but I've seen evidence of full-size deer killed by bear, coyote and bobcat (the cat dropped on the deer's back in deep snow).

Bears are opportunists, they eat anything they can catch, including any deer that is caught off guard (bedded and looking the wrong way).

In Saskatchewan bears are a major predator of moose calves. Wolves take moose of all sizes but there are may more bears. Bears are also more persistent search more.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Hey, I heard those 400s were pretty good.

That’s what some say.
don’t have one so…can’t say

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Why would you want a "raker grinder"? Why would anyone want a "raker grinder"?
Flat file + a couple light strokes at a slight angle = job done "IMOP"! (it means IN MY OPINION PERIOD!!!)

Cut safe, stay sharp, and be aware!

uh, when you’re doing 20 chains in a row and have carpal tunnel and a bad Ulnar nerve that raker grinder is a sleep saver…don’t need drugs to sleep
I just discovered this after getting the new Ore grinder.
kinda like finding the Trim-it years ago for brass…literally a life saver for me. Does all three in one pass…length, chamfer and bevel. Try doing 1000 223s without it
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[Vtrombly]

Got my Xmas X27 gift early, will need it for this big oak blow down I have on the calendar for Dec 17th as long as the weather is below freezing. The trail to pack out the wood is all clay and if it starts to melt it will be a friggin sticky mud slinging mess. Thanks to @Vtrombly for letting me try his last weekendView attachment 1038654

Anytime glad you were able to give it a test drive. I'll bring it along for the next firewood cut to help break up the blocks. I've always liked mine so hopefully yours continues to work well.

 

[Vtrombly]

Ive been applying but no bites yet just applied to a plumbing job today View attachment 1038704

Now that we were talking about it and talking with your Dad I think I'm going to look for a pair of safety boots for my little guy too. I would feel awful if something happened to his feet as well.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Lets try posting that video again.
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That’s it??
my Dozer Dan 16” 346 would go through that in a third the time, lol
Scared hell out of a city worker who tried it one night clearing a blow-down down the street from me,
he went back to his Echo

 

[Kodiak Kid]

uh, when you’re doing 20 chains in a row and have carpal tunnel and a bad Ulnar nerve that raker grinder is a sleep saver…don’t need drugs to sleep
I just discovered this after getting the new Ore grinder.
kinda like finding the Trim-it years ago for brass…literally a life saver for me. Does all three in one pass…length, chamfer and bevel. Try doing 1000 223s without it

20 chains in a row? All needing the rakers dropped? All I can assume is either your tuning chains fir others as a business, or you go through a lot of loops yourself and let a pile build up. Then freshen them up all at once! I've never seen any one professional Cutter use a raker grinder in 25+years. Do you do 20 in a row on a regular basis?

 

[singinwoodwackr]

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KK I think you need a longer bench.

Will that fit on the 180 from earlier?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

That’s it??
my Dozer Dan 16” 346 would go through that in a third the time, lol
Scared hell out of a city worker who tried it one night clearing a blow-down down the street from me,
he went back to his Echo

1/3 the time? I'd like to see that! Can you post a video?

 

[bob kern]

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KK I think you need a longer bench.

He's trying to save gas money..... He can stay home and cut in all 4 surrounding counties!!

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Will that fit on the 180 from earlier?

What 180 do you speak of?

 

[singinwoodwackr]

20 chains in a row? All needing the rakers dropped? All I can assume is either your tuning chains fir others as a business, or you go through a lot of loops yourself and let a pile build up. Then freshen them up all at once! I've never seen any one professional Cutter use a raker grinder in 25+years. Do you do 20 in a row on a regular basis?

Tree service…mostly hit nails, etc, some rocked…
retired…I do their maintenance for the enjoyment. So far have learned how to fix a bunch of different saws, blowers and pole saws that I’d never worked on. He’s given me a bunch of trashed saws that I’ve rebuilt and either kept to add to my collection or sold. Boss asked if I did sharpening as he has a huge rack of dull chains. Ordered the Ore grinder…will be paid off shortly, lol.

not regular basis…when I have time I’ll sharpen a dozen or so then once I get a big bunch, change to the raker stone and do them all together.
last batch I got back to him was 29.

oh, he also gave me 2 diamond wheels for this same grinder .
so, I kinda owe him…

 

[mountainguyed67]

What 180 do you speak of?

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Tree service…mostly hit nails, etc, some rocked…
retired…I do their maintenance for the enjoyment. So far have learned how to fix a bunch of different saws, blowers and pole saws that I’d never worked on. He’s given me a bunch of trashed saws that I’ve rebuilt and either kept to add to my collection or sold. Boss asked if I did sharpening as he has a huge rack of dull chains. Ordered the Ore grinder…will be paid off shortly, lol.

not regular basis…when I have time I’ll sharpen a dozen or so then once I get a big bunch, change to the raker stone and do them all together.
last batch I got back to him was 29.

oh, he also gave me 2 diamond wheels for this same grinder .
so, I kinda owe him…

Ahhhhh. Ok that makes sense,. Good on ya!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

1/3 the time? I'd like to see that! Can you post a video?

Might take some time. The saw is like a built 266 on steroids. Dan told me I could run it to 18k but I think he was joking. He sent me a vid of him ripping a round, at that speed, lol
that was early 2000s so don’t think I still have that vid.
haven’t used it in a while as I haven’t had any trees to disassemble

 

[singinwoodwackr]

What 180 do you speak of?

Post in thread 'Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)'
https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/scrounging-firewood-and-other-stuff.252988/post-7883157

 

[Kodiak Kid]

Post in thread 'Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)'
https://www.arboristsite.com/threads/scrounging-firewood-and-other-stuff.252988/post-7883157

Oh heck no! Nor dose it fit the 170 in the photo.I just have that mocked up fir the photo as a joke. If that bar mounted to a 170 with a properly tensioned chain? I seriously doubt it could even spin it, but if it could? The head would struggle horribly and probably sound like a dying bull frog! 185 .63g drive links. 3/8

 

[singinwoodwackr]

My son and I went up and burned our piles yesterday, as planned. We also brought down oak, but forgot pictures. I usually forget, doh! We brought down two Christmas trees too.
I didn’t have it covered, I’m glad I didn’t. The moisture really kept it under control, we really had to work at it to get it to spread.
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It took 2-1/2 hours to get to this point, if we burn in May it’ll only take 20 minutes. And that’ll be with spraying water on it the whole time, it’s much more worrisome that way. Everything was way too wet this time, that’s a good thing.
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Used to do that in spring at the Coverdale ranch the family used to have. We had to wait until the “roads” dried out to get up to the backcountry or we’d tear them up. Everything was wet so lots of diesel or gas, road flairs and patience. Good times!

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Here's my other 2 bikes:

The race bike:

The "enduro" bike, it'll go down any trail I can take a dirtbike down:

And one more of the enduro bike, because I figure you guys could appreciate the size of this Juniper:

bah…a little one. There is a grove just below Ward Mt Lk near Florence Lk where they are 8’ across, 20’ tall and according to the FS gal at the hi sierra station on the Edison road…2-3,000yrs old.

need to dig up some old pics