Mn,wis,ia-gtg 10-09-10

Guys, please have fun and take lots of pictures.

And think of me as I begin my 30 hour journey home from Argentina about they time you start having fun...

Mark

Gtg

Thursday night I was all set to go for the GTG, big cottonwood trunk and all. As luck would have it, on my way to work Friday morning the Duramax sprung a coolant leak (water pump I think).
So my sat will be wasted fixin that misserable ^&%$#!%^^*( / thing.
Have fun and stay safe guys.

This will help heat the shop this winter tho. Bed of the trailer is 76" between the fenders.


The good news is, the gentleman I got that cottonwood from has another one he wants taken down in the near future that is BIGGER than this one. I'll save that for a spring GTG.

We made it home. Had a great time. Might be a delay in some pics with the cutting tomorrow.

I made it home safe and sound, too.

Thanks everyone for a great GTG. It went smoothly. Well, all except the part where Heavy Fuel's ported 066 outcut my ported 660.

Wish I could have stuck around for the interfaith charity cutting tomorrow. You guys have fun out there.

First off, Thanks to Woodyman and the great crew he had helping him. Props also go out to one of the most friendly group of people around. I have vid loading now and will post some pics. Don't tell anyone but...grandpatractor was so impressed with my 288 he decided to add a Husky to the stable LOL. Or I just left it there and he was kind enough to bring it home with him

Couple pics

O yes and Heavyfuel's saw was the one to beat. That thing was pulling 12400 in the cut! He got my 394 by .05 somethin.

Walk around
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I appoligize, I never did catch this gentlemans name. He helped a great deal and had a couple laughs.

One of those slow echos
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Dolmar 420

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Well I officially closed the GTG down 5 minutes ago.A few of the neighbrs and friends stayed and we had a fire andThor my brother and I took down a few dead red oaks on my brothers land after everyone else left.I dropped mine in one of the two spots it would go.Will have a couple pics tomorrow.Thanks to all that helped out,can't thank you enough.Now that I have had one I might just have another one latter and hopefully better.Its too bad VINIFIREWOOD could not make it.I did learn alot from Wendell,especially how long it takes to take down a big oak.I am thinking about 30 minutes to take a good size red oak down using wedges and putting it opposite of it's lean from what I saw.And I learned to bring enough wedges with you and remember where you leave your helmetI hope everyone had a good time.

mweba said:

I appoligize, I never did catch this gentlemans name. He helped a great deal and had a couple laughs.

One of those slow echos
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Dolmar 420

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I can't see the pics.Is it just my computer?

288 Husky? Woodymans brother won in the after the gtg raffle

woodyman said:

I can't see the pics.Is it just my computer?

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Vids are showing up on mine!

Cool pics and vids, Mweba!

First time for me with lots of timed, competition style cutting, so I've got some new things to learn.

Was really interested to see how my TreeSlingR ported/milled 660 did against Heavy Fuel's Tree Monkey ported 066. I was running 32 inch full comp against his 28 inch semi skip through oak, and did respectably well, but he still took it easily.

Hmmmm, I said. Time to retune. So I did. Chain was already wicked sharp. We had at it again, and I came closer this time. He nicely offered to swap B&C to see if I could match his time, but we moved on to other things.

In the end, while there might have been some minor differences in the porting and B&C length, once my saw was tuned just right, I think the difference was just that he's a better cutter than I am.

The timed stuff is very fun. I'll be back for more!

Thorcw said:

288 Husky? Woodymans brother won in the after the gtg raffle

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Yup thats the one. Be careful with that one. I put a different piston in it with a huge popup

HeavyFuel running a 2156 I think. This saw was quick!

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Husq445 with his ms290 and thorcw with a 359?

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Boyd and one of the 30 dolmars at the event. Have to get one....jus have ta.

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Thorcw with his makita. This saw was a strong runner.

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Grandpatractor grabbing Thorcw's makita and showing his how its done.

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The show down.
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Husq445 (rick) with his 372xpw. Ported saw and really running well.

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Wendal running Husq445 372xpw

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Thorcw with my 372xpxt

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If you are wondering why so many cuts came out of the wood......Heavyfuel was in charge of trueing up the cant after every participant LOL

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Nice running Echo 60cc? Again someone chime in on this mans name and handle. He deserves the recognition.

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