first,good to see ya back. i like this stuff 'cause it's cheap at dollar store. second it works pretty good. i dilute it a little with water. i use it full strength on tough grease and hose off. the wife uses it in the carpet scrubber and likes it.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I've been lax , haven't cleaned the 241 since I've bought it except for a bit of gas spillage.
Polly somewhere between 20 to 25 gallons through the saw.
When I do hose my saws down I'll use spray9 , any of the purple cleaners or even oven cleaner on the real tough stuff .
And just so yall know some of the real knotty spruce puts up a real fight compared to most hardwood,,, Jus sayin lol
Polly somewhere between 20 to 25 gallons through the saw.
When I do hose my saws down I'll use spray9 , any of the purple cleaners or even oven cleaner on the real tough stuff .
And just so yall know some of the real knotty spruce puts up a real fight compared to most hardwood,,, Jus sayin lol
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I'm suprised nobody uses diesel to clean saws. That stuff cleans everything I have ever used it on and it's $2.40 a gallon.
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You haven't split wood till you've split frozen wood.
I found some free skids/pallets so went by the local TSC. 35 ton splitter $1399 is all they had
but I came back with my mini van to use this free wi-fi after grabbing 9 of these
7 or 8 left for Thursday.
So here I am on line listening to a baseball game eating a lite dinner. Multi-tasking ?Rest ez folks
Sounds like a good evening TonyI found some free skids/pallets so went by the local TSC. 35 ton splitter $1399 is all they had
Rest ez folks
.I'm down to 2 pallets at my place, and with 4 big spruce or something sappy and green I'm going to use those up. I like to get a good fire going, then I'll throw a pallet on, then pile the pine/spruce on wait until it catches good and burns down, then I can just keep throwing more on at a nice pace. I'm going to have a few trailers worth to
unless I can drop it all at a buddies house. That would be perfect, as he's 5 mins from the job and my place is 25 
. Who's playing/winning
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I don't tow those units down the rd Steve.i'll go over it when i bring it home Friday since it was assembled by a TSC employee.didn't have my 2" ball with me and plus it was raining and didn't want to get it wet.
The way they are designed is not meant to handle it, and they will crack at the welds on the gussets at the hydraulic tank for the engine. I've had a few of them like that, but I've gotten better deals because of it
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Guess I should have said that too.
I like to clean around the carb area with the air filter on as much as possible and then remove it after getting most the crud. I then turn the choke on and will put a small piece of cloth in the carb to keep out debris.
I also try not to hit the seals and gaskets with direct blasts of air from my air hose as I keep it on 150psi for cleaning saws and the like.
Side note.
When packaging them for shipping I dump the bar oil out first, then run it dry of oil, then I will do the same with the fuel and then run it dry of fuel. After that I blow out the gas tank and sometimes I even let it dry out over night with the gas cap off.
St. louis 2 san diego 1 8th inning I think Rookie start pitchers both teams rookie relief for cards.Sounds like a good evening Tony
I'm down to 2 pallets at my place, and with 4 big spruce or something sappy and green I'm going to use those up. I like to get a good fire going, then I'll throw a pallet on, then pile the pine/spruce on wait until it catches good and burns down, then I can just keep throwing more on at a nice pace. I'm going to have a few trailers worth to
Who's playing/winning
I'm thinking stack splits on pallets to assist drying by keeping off ground. Each to his own
Slow game, but to me baseball usually is.
I have done that in the past, and will do it again when I get the sides on my woodshed, works well. For now I grab off the pile and if it has any moisture I throw it back on the pile, or dry it beside or on top of the wood stove.
Final score is Cards 3 Padres 1
Go cards, trying to get to the playoffs for the World series. Big deal with Cards fans in a lot of surrounding states.I am in my driveway a few yards from the entrance to the sleep I need.
G'nite
Every time Advanced Auto has a buy one get one free sale on brake cleaner I buy a case. When ever I pull the air filter I spray down the carb box and the engine fins, then blow off with air hose. When I replace chains and flip the bar I spray down the groove in the bar, and the rest of the saw, blow dry. If I get pine tar or grease on the plastic, spray and wipe with old t-shirts. Always wipe the plastic with old t-shirts. Most of my saws are old pro grade Homelites, so no plastic. The brake clean doesn't hurt the paint on them. One time I picked up an old 107 CC Pioneer and hit it with brake cleaner and it did start to wash the decals off, so be careful if you like to sleep with your pretty saws, Joe.
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You need a 35 ton splitter to split pallet wood?!I found some free skids/pallets so went by the local TSC. 35 ton splitter $1399 is all they had
Rest ez folks
Ranchers-son
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Almost done with last years scrounge! For winter 2018/19
FWIW I put high speed hubs on my DHT splitter so it can be pulled from place to place. With no suspension I can imagine it wouldn't last too many years going up and down a bumpy road.I don't tow those units down the rd Steve.
The way they are designed is not meant to handle it, and they will crack at the welds on the gussets at the hydraulic tank for the engine. I've had a few of them like that, but I've gotten better deals because of it
Ranchers-son
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Next scrounge located!You haven't split wood till you've split frozen wood.
Split some frozen Ponderosa Pine back in the late 40s/early 50s. Split like a dream, just drop the axe and let it bounce off then a good tap in the same spot and it would come apart.
You can practically split frozen aspen rounds with a hatchet in winter.
One time I had the 2nd edition Leveraxe and was outsplitting two guys running a hydro splitter. That wouldn't happen in the summer.
One time I had the 2nd edition Leveraxe and was outsplitting two guys running a hydro splitter. That wouldn't happen in the summer.
