Any issues with hawks , coyotes and others ?
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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No, actually haven't had any issues with predation. The one neighbor had issues with hawks years ago, but the hawk disappeared one day. (I had absolutely nothing to do with it.) Haven't had issues since. Half the time I forget to close them in their coop at night. Only issues we've had is with the fat red ones getting sick and one broke its leg somehow. All the rest have been a-ok.
Guinea hens are supposed to be really good as a tick deterrent, but way to noisy lol
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Looks pretty light duty and very plasticy. I wouldn't worry about oil much for that. 3 in 1 oil is too good for it.
I have a good neighbor. He dropped these off this afternoon . The fiskers x27 hasn’t even been used . Said he isn’t splitting anymore 
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I'm completely out of 2x6's, so today I sorted out some logs to mill,
Now to get them milled!
SR
Now to get them milled!
SR
Peacocks too... my 2 least favorite birds because they are so noisy.
WoodAbuser
aka WoodchuckAbuser
Now we have gone to the birds.
Could we please just go back to oil?
You like synthetic over conventional, Kubota oil is conventional , people say don’t use synthetic , then others say ok
dealer says conventional, what the hell do they know,Lol
The main reason I use it is cold starts. I don't always have time to wait for it to warm up with the block heater. It cranks much easier with the synthetic vs. the conventional 10w30.You like synthetic over conventional, Kubota oil is conventional , people say don’t use synthetic , then others say ok
First polish and wax on the 68
The Fiskers isn’t unused anymore
Did research on it. From what I see Kubota doesn't say synthetic is OK to use when it comes to warranty stuff. Looks like they do make a synthetic blend.You like synthetic over conventional, Kubota oil is conventional , people say don’t use synthetic , then others say ok
We had a touch of snow yesterday morning on the deck, but this afternoon it got so warm I put the temp control in the Mustang on full cool and turned up the fan (did not need AC yet, but close).
We've run bulk Chevron Ursa 15w-40 in our ferry boats for over 20 years. I've been running it in Dad's BX series Kubota the entire time. Zero mechanical failures, doesn't use oil, doesn't smoke and still runs like a top after 2,300 hrs. of rough use and neglect. We use 15w-40 conventional Rotella in the tractors we have at work with very similar results.
If you decide to go the Chevron route, you may be forced to upgrade to Delo, as they have dropped a couple offerings from their product line recently.
Yup, my bil has a great big white peacock, I can't stand the frickin' thing. I think if we blasted it with one of Sawyer Rob's double barrel's and roasted it in one of SVK's Dutch ovens the world would be a better place,
Well, since I couldn’t come up with anything witty to say on the oil question 
I’ll just add Rotella 15-40 conventional oil in all my tractors over the years. Not one issue. Of course our weather is such that 5-40 isn’t necessary.
I’ll just add Rotella 15-40 conventional oil in all my tractors over the years. Not one issue. Of course our weather is such that 5-40 isn’t necessary.Thanks! Hickory and the dreaded sweet gum gives us fits
If you can file and it's mostly clean wood, this stuff runs excellent on my 550 mark ii. I have recently gone to the stihl rspro 23 chain, but with the back and forth weather we've had a don't have enough time on it to give it a yeah or nay.
I use Rotella T6 15w-40 in my Kioti.
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If you can file and it's mostly clean wood, this stuff runs excellent on my 550 mark ii. I have recently gone to the stihl rspro 23 chain, but with the back and forth weather we've had a don't have enough time on it to give it a yeah or nay.
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I also use the Stihl chains because they are harder steel like the X-Cut chains. I can hand file or do them on my chain sharpener. I find that the Oregon chain is not as hard.
