If anyone close wants the 1055 come pick it up 
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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In my experience the state agency will investigate whether there is an active fire or not... Unfortunately, because of my roles in organizations that own large tracts of lands, I've had to get involved in these kinds of things quite a number of times. In two cases people built buildings on the organization's property... We just had a survey done that puts about half a building on that property. This is one of the problems with remote property lines as you don't have eyes on them constantly! Large scale dumping by building contractors, motor vehicle shops (including whole cars, motorcycles, lots of tires, dead engines, body parts, etc.) used to be a big problem for us. The dumping has subsided through a combination of access control, having lots of eyes (one has a rail trail owned by a land trust), police investigations, DEC investigations, arrests and fines.
Hate to say it, but tree services have become a huge problem around here. Their own log yards are full... and many don't have their own yards. They do what they can to avoid paying dumping fees while charging big money for their work. One guy I know has huge chippers, some tracked, and he chips entire trees as he has no place for logs and big branches. He dumps chips wherever he thinks he can get away with it--despite state and local regulations that forbid dumping them at most of the sites. There are so many dead trees (EAB, Wooly Algid and now Red Ring Rot is starting to wipe out the white pines) that seemingly everybody goes into the tree service business... training, skill, and a legal place to dump aside. One, with a ratty old truck with a brush painted name on it, is illegally dumping on property next to a land trust's property. I saw them there twice... The pile has spilled onto the land trust property and now there is an active state investigation there too.
If any of you scroungers were local to me I could probably hook you up with more wood than you could use in a 100 life times!
I’m localIn my experience the state agency will investigate whether there is an active fire or not... Unfortunately, because of my roles in organizations that own large tracts of lands, I've had to get involved in these kinds of things quite a number of times. In two cases people built buildings on the organization's property... We just had a survey done that puts about half a building on that property. This is one of the problems with remote property lines as you don't have eyes on them constantly! Large scale dumping by building contractors, motor vehicle shops (including whole cars, motorcycles, lots of tires, dead engines, body parts, etc.) used to be a big problem for us. The dumping has subsided through a combination of access control, having lots of eyes (one has a rail trail owned by a land trust), police investigations, DEC investigations, arrests and fines.
Hate to say it, but tree services have become a huge problem around here. Their own log yards are full... and many don't have their own yards. They do what they can to avoid paying dumping fees while charging big money for their work. One guy I know has huge chippers, some tracked, and he chips entire trees as he has no place for logs and big branches. He dumps chips wherever he thinks he can get away with it--despite state and local regulations that forbid dumping them at most of the sites. There are so many dead trees (EAB, Wooly Algid and now Red Ring Rot is starting to wipe out the white pines) that seemingly everybody goes into the tree service business... training, skill, and a legal place to dump aside. One, with a ratty old truck with a brush painted name on it, is illegally dumping on property next to a land trust's property. I saw them there twice... The pile has spilled onto the land trust property and now there is an active state investigation there too.
If any of you scroungers were local to me I could probably hook you up with more wood than you could use in a 100 life times!
That's a piece of equipment that I wanted for years... just for the grinding wheel with the table on the left! It's perfect for lawn mower blades. I've sufficed with wheels with no guards or table for decades. I run the blade freehand over the top of it lengthwise, with the top of the wheel turning away from me, instead of along the perpendicular edge. It works like a charm even with mulching blades. Clearly not a sanctioned method.
That one looks quite complete and someone could make good use of it if they were so inclined.
How much do you want? One rail trail alone runs from Kingston to New Paltz and there is a lot of wood there. It's slowly disappearing as a few volunteers with permission to be on the trail take a bit at a time for their own use. I know a bunch of arborists in the area too. I had so much wood at my parents' house that I gave away about 10 cord to a friend and have taken at least another 5-6 cord for my girlfriend.I’m local
Speaking of my girlfriend, someone near her reported yesterday that somebody just stole her firewood. My girlfriend has cameras and motion detection lighting so she's not likely to be targeted... This reminds me that I have a couple cord of wood to get to her place before winter... and I need to get my butt up to my parents to finish pruning the trees I worked on yesterday for 4-5 hours. This computer eats up time. 
I could always use a few dump trailer loads .How much do you want? One rail trail alone runs from Kingston to New Paltz and there is a lot of wood there. It's slowly disappearing as a few volunteers with permission to be on the trail take a bit at a time for their own use. I know a bunch of arborists in the area too. I had so much wood at my parents' house that I gave away about 10 cord to a friend and have taken at least another 5-6 cord for my girlfriend.
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I even have the saw chain attachment Manual . I’m pretty sure I have it for the 1055 itself just need to find it
Eh. Not really so good with mulching blades, but much better than a standard bench grinder.
If you really want a good mower blade sharpener, get an RBG. The wheel above the table traps the blade against the table and can be adjusted up or down for the perfect angle. Ruby wheel cuts FAST and relatively cool.
The big motor can churn and burn through mountains of mower blades, and hardly warm up. Mine is about 25 years old, and has never worn out anything but the switches and the grind wheels. Damned pricey, though!
Well got my roadside find running again . It was loading up put a new oem carb on it was still loading up . I pulled out the air filter and it was oil soaked. Not sure how that happened . Took it out runs fine . Going to get a new filter .
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I have a small heater hooked up to it for a load. Really load without the covers but they are so broken upi can’t get them back on
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I have a small heater hooked up to it for a load. Really load without the covers but they are so broken upi can’t get them back on
Someone asked about tarps . I unfolded this one today as it was put away wet . It’s a billboard tarn very heavy weight material 14x48 cost me 75$ plus shipping 
I'm not getting alerts so I just saw this. I only have experience with a couple of boards of Cottonwood, but doesn't it get a little twisty when drying?
Sawyer Rob
Addicted to ArboristSite
It depends on where the tree grew ect... BUT, it's like every other tree I've worked with, you can't just throw it in a pile and expect it to dry straight or stay straight.
It's work to sticker lumber "properly" so most don't take the time, they just use whatever they have for stickers and get it done fast.
SR
You took that out of context... the Foley isn't good for mulching blades but the method I use works fine... better than using the rest on a conventional grinder.
Some of us just don't have the "gift of gab" or have piss-poor memories. I've got lots of stories to tell, it just usually takes a few beers and some prodding to get me rollin'.Maybe you could find a truck driver to come hang out and tell stories, we've got plenty.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Story time.
Will it 
I think so 
all done 
I think so all done 
I collect burnable trash in the blue bin and have a fire every couple weeks when it's not wood stove season. Dumped 3 bins of splitter bark and chips on top of the cardboard and it makes for a heck of a fire once it quits smoking!
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
It never felt too cramped to me. Everything had a place and when kept there we managed just fine. I LOVE my childhood memories growing up hunting in that cabin!!
When Hank would bless us and come to camp, it was always more fun! I’ll never forget the look on our faces when we both saw you come back to camp empty handed after hearing shots and the surprise it was my father who shot a buck. He was a blessing to have up there and we always managed
The RGB is the boss. I'm picking up a like new Oregon 88-018 blade grinder with the two way 1hp tomorrow for $175.
