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Nobody around here even knows what those are. Let alone stock them in their stores. I would have to buy them online.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Nice looking truck.
What engine?
Best of Luck with it!
What engine?
Best of Luck with it!
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Just do what I did and make one, simple enough. Your local Stihl Dealer should be able to order one in for you and imagine Husky would have their version too.
panolo
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Love mine. one of the best tools I own.
I see you guys got hit pretty hard
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/power-outages-next-day-southern-ontario-windstorm-1.4650025
It’s pretty widespread.
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Handy little tool aren't they, certainly make it easier on the back!
A while ago I happened to mention to another local bloke that I had lost my primary wood source and he said I was welcome to come out and cut wood at his place. Well, you can't knock back an offer like that. So I sent him a message and went out yesterday. He took me for a tour of the place in his Polaris, which I found out had a couple of saws on the back. We went out to a spot where there was a fair slope but some nice peppermint logs down. Nice, I thought, I'll be right, even though there would be a bit of mucking around getting the wood down but I'm used to that. S'alright he says, and he drove around to where he just happened to have a big bobcat and chained them and pulled them out then laid them down on some other logs that he had stockpiled.
So he has stopped what he was doing (welding) and spent an hour or more driving me around and pulling logs out using his equipment and fuel so I could easily cut wood for me. He's a genuinely good bloke. Have a guess at his occupation, guarantee you won't get it. I've never collected wood using machines to pull logs out of awkward places, I've only ever done it by hand. Limby and the workhorse docked those logs up easy, no work at all.
Since I felt I hadn't had any exercise, I fiskared them up on the spot but since it was peppermint, that wasn't hard either. I'll have to go for a run or something if wood cutting gets any easier.
So he has stopped what he was doing (welding) and spent an hour or more driving me around and pulling logs out using his equipment and fuel so I could easily cut wood for me. He's a genuinely good bloke. Have a guess at his occupation, guarantee you won't get it. I've never collected wood using machines to pull logs out of awkward places, I've only ever done it by hand. Limby and the workhorse docked those logs up easy, no work at all.
Since I felt I hadn't had any exercise, I fiskared them up on the spot but since it was peppermint, that wasn't hard either. I'll have to go for a run or something if wood cutting gets any easier.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Nice score Cowboy. That's one land-owner who is going to be looked after very well because he looks after the genuinely good tree peeps well.
My three picks are: lawyer, school teacher/head, orthopaedic hatchet-man
My three picks are: lawyer, school teacher/head, orthopaedic hatchet-man
No scrounging this weekend. Spending the weekend in Delaware for the Nascar race in Dover. Breaking in the new scrounge vehicle.it's a Ford @MustangMikeSaw safe.View attachment 650349
Niiiiice. That should tow some wood around. Over here, you'd need to sell your first born to afford one of those or about 5000 qtr cord bins of wood, give or take.
Got out this week with a few mates to cut some wood and also got to put the pickaroon/hookeroon through it's paces and it was fantastic to use, it really made the whole process a lot easier on the back.
We has around 6 piles (6 ton) like this sitting on the ground waiting to be loaded.
There are 1000's of acres of trees like this waiting for us to cut up.
Thousands of acres
? That'd make any scrounger weak at the knees. How's that ticker holding up, does the doctor know you're going to scrounge a thousand acres of firewood?
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Niiiiice. That should tow some wood around. Over here, you'd need to sell your first born to afford one of those or about 5000 qtr cord bins of wood, give or take.
Thousands of acres
Lungs are good, going to a heart specialist in July, see what happens after that I guess. I've been taking it easy, I do a few cuts then have a bit of a rest the go again. I know if I push myself I will run into trouble again so easier to just poke along, I don't need to cut tons in one hit, I just cut what I want and leave it at that.
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A while ago I happened to mention to another local bloke that I had lost my primary wood source and he said I was welcome to come out and cut wood at his place. Well, you can't knock back an offer like that. So I sent him a message and went out yesterday. He took me for a tour of the place in his Polaris, which I found out had a couple of saws on the back. We went out to a spot where there was a fair slope but some nice peppermint logs down. Nice, I thought, I'll be right, even though there would be a bit of mucking around getting the wood down but I'm used to that. S'alright he says, and he drove around to where he just happened to have a big bobcat and chained them and pulled them out then laid them down on some other logs that he had stockpiled.
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So he has stopped what he was doing (welding) and spent an hour or more driving me around and pulling logs out using his equipment and fuel so I could easily cut wood for me. He's a genuinely good bloke. Have a guess at his occupation, guarantee you won't get it. I've never collected wood using machines to pull logs out of awkward places, I've only ever done it by hand. Limby and the workhorse docked those logs up easy, no work at all.
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Since I felt I hadn't had any exercise, I fiskared them up on the spot but since it was peppermint, that wasn't hard either. I'll have to go for a run or something if wood cutting gets any easier.
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Looks like a great spot to cut wood mate, make sure you look after the owner, sounds like a top bloke.
Incorrect Kiwi. You can have three more goes. Think of an even less likely occupational type to own a 660.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Accountant, politician, beauty therapist/nail technician.
Which reminds me; some time ago I ran into a sawmilling accountant with a small farm. Turns out he was or had been the accountant for the peanut who made and sold me my last POS sawmill. It was no surprise to note he was using and happy with a competitors mill.
Which reminds me; some time ago I ran into a sawmilling accountant with a small farm. Turns out he was or had been the accountant for the peanut who made and sold me my last POS sawmill. It was no surprise to note he was using and happy with a competitors mill.
He's a highly talented chef. Who likes heavy machinery and chainsaws (stihls, of course ).
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Cowboy, I’m thinking the least likely profession to own a 660. would be a professional fairy who goes to little girls party’s dressed as a fairy and also does face painting.
Oh hang on a sec we’re talking about a Stihl owner so I take that first guess back.
Oh hang on a sec we’re talking about a Stihl owner so I take that first guess back.
Picked up my new saw today, thought I would share a picture.
I had that model once, but the plug kept fouling out. I guess I kept dripping sweat on it.Picked up my new saw today, thought I would share a picture.
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Especially if the wood starts delivering itself to your yard.
