Greetings, and it has been awhile since I posted on arboristsite, my badd.
I will give ya a chuckle or two, it has been a fun one up here...
I am telling my customers that I am, fixing my broken equipment, broken bank acct, and broken attitude.
Next week, I am headed to Intermountain Stihl for Silver school. this could be interesting... !!! They want me to bring something for checking out, and servicing. How about one of those warmed up saws? Lol, I might drag in the old 440, for a example. Atleast it is stock...
My little shack and it's little stove is giving me a lesson on air pressure, and drafting again tonight. I noticed the place was fillin' with smoke. stove is trying to run in reverse... ok... pop open a window, vent the place, and think this thru... FIRE the mutha up, and I mean full blast. Hot stack, and try it again. All seems to be workable with 400 deg on pipe. shut it down some, and it becomes "marginal" but still drawing at 300 deg. ok. Slight breeze outside, and my shack probably developes a low pressure zone most likely the water heater (cheesy pipe job on that one, barely makes it outta the roof and on the down wind side of double slope roof. Further thought process, and that just might do it. water heater is drafting and pulling air outta the shack, and the stove can't maintain draft against this, and I get the smoke.... Now to figure out what to do. First thought is to extend the wood stove pipe another 2 ft, and another thought is to extend the water heater pipe atleast another 2 or 3 ft !!!
working on a small wood cut, and this is nice compared to some I have been in!
I have figured out that I like to drop and limb with the 440 with 20" but block them up with a 28" 064
I will give ya a chuckle or two, it has been a fun one up here...
I am telling my customers that I am, fixing my broken equipment, broken bank acct, and broken attitude.
Next week, I am headed to Intermountain Stihl for Silver school. this could be interesting... !!! They want me to bring something for checking out, and servicing. How about one of those warmed up saws? Lol, I might drag in the old 440, for a example. Atleast it is stock...
My little shack and it's little stove is giving me a lesson on air pressure, and drafting again tonight. I noticed the place was fillin' with smoke. stove is trying to run in reverse... ok... pop open a window, vent the place, and think this thru... FIRE the mutha up, and I mean full blast. Hot stack, and try it again. All seems to be workable with 400 deg on pipe. shut it down some, and it becomes "marginal" but still drawing at 300 deg. ok. Slight breeze outside, and my shack probably developes a low pressure zone most likely the water heater (cheesy pipe job on that one, barely makes it outta the roof and on the down wind side of double slope roof. Further thought process, and that just might do it. water heater is drafting and pulling air outta the shack, and the stove can't maintain draft against this, and I get the smoke.... Now to figure out what to do. First thought is to extend the wood stove pipe another 2 ft, and another thought is to extend the water heater pipe atleast another 2 or 3 ft !!!
working on a small wood cut, and this is nice compared to some I have been in!
I have figured out that I like to drop and limb with the 440 with 20" but block them up with a 28" 064