the following has been replaced: fuel line and filter, fuel tank vent, impulse hose, rubber carb to cylinder boot, carb kit, decompression valve, spark plug, air filter. fuel tank cap, oil tank cap (beat to hell by screw drivers and leaking), exhaust gasket (and muffler dual port mod).
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I cut with it all afternoon. worked great again. starts easy, idles smooth, cuts well. no idea what happened yesterday. will keep my fingers crossed. this oak is dry and hard. not huge but tough. I'm sure my sharpening skills could be better.
I've taken down 12 of the 22 dead oaks. some of these are 75 feet tall and leaning right into healthy oaks around them. not sure what to do there as I don't want to smash the good ones. maybe I can rope them off to other trees to make them fall where I want them. not too experienced at this obviously.
btw, this is called oak sudden death syndrome. fungus gets to the roots when the trees are stressed and goes to the top of the tree. rot starts at the top. trees go from green and beautiful to dead in a week. here is what stressed mine. they sat in this water for 7 months before it went away. these pics weren't even the high-water point. got about a foot deeper. not sure why these died and many around them seem fine. I guess the fine ones could die too. bums me out.
btw, this is called oak sudden death syndrome. fungus gets to the roots when the trees are stressed and goes to the top of the tree. rot starts at the top. trees go from green and beautiful to dead in a week. here is what stressed mine. they sat in this water for 7 months before it went away. these pics weren't even the high-water point. got about a foot deeper. not sure why these died and many around them seem fine. I guess the fine ones could die too. bums me out.
Patrick1903
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These are all live oaks (quercus virginiana)? Don’t suppose you can do anything for drainage in that spot, (short of a trash pump)?
nowhere to pump to. that fence is almost 4 feet tall and was completely under water at one point.
that really big old tree in the 1st pick is a live oak but it hasn't died. most of the lower branches are dead but have been so for years. it's very old. some of the bottom dead branches on it are huge. I haven't removed them because most of them are on one side of the tree, and I am afraid I will un-balance the tree. the roots here don't go very deep as the water table is high. we get high wind storms here on the gulf coast and the trees that died that I took down were a nice wind break for the old tree but now they are gone.
the oaks that died I don't think are live oaks, I think they may be a bastard oak. they are tall and slim without the horizontal lower limbs.
I do have a number of younger live oaks but some are on high ground and some were in the water but all the live oaks are doing fine so far.
the photo shows the type that have died so far.
the oaks that died I don't think are live oaks, I think they may be a bastard oak. they are tall and slim without the horizontal lower limbs.
I do have a number of younger live oaks but some are on high ground and some were in the water but all the live oaks are doing fine so far.
the photo shows the type that have died so far.
the fence I said was completely under water in the one in the background of the 2nd pic, not the one next to the big live oak. the big live oak was in a little less than 2 feet of water at the highest. what's funny is the trees that dies were in the shallowest area.
the only good thing I can say about having a pond in my back yard for months was I had the company of these guys almost every day.
ValleyForge
Liberty Farms
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Hello flatsfisher , have you lowered the depth gauges on your chain ?
I use a husqvarna Sharpforce file holder that has both round and flat files and it does both at the same time. don't know if that's a good way or not.
Your picture looks like your chain is making dust not chips .
I think you're right.
these are pretty small huh?
I was referring to your picture in post #42 .
yes, I agree with you. the last pic was yesterday too. not sure why the difference. I did touch the end of the bar in the sand a couple of times.
In my opinion that looks okay for dry oak, you won’t get big chips like you do in fir or other softwoods.
I agree I cut alot of red oak. Chips sometimes change thru the cut. Only time I see big chips is when I'm cutting in summer on live wood
these oaks have been dead for months and are very dry. however, I sharpened the chain again, this time with the right file 
and it's cutting much better again. been cutting all day and its 97 degrees out now. not to mention I've been burning branches all day. call me crazy.
and it's cutting much better again. been cutting all day and its 97 degrees out now. not to mention I've been burning branches all day. call me crazy.this saw sure is a gas hog though
