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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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TSC sells oil for that color.What if your tractors are rust colored?
GeneralKayoss
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Look at what I got to split all day 
Sawyer Rob
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Another nice day here in the 60's, so off I go to make some 2x6's out of the log I loaded onto the mill, yesterday.
I like to saw 5 1/2" thick "flitches" off the log, and then roll the flitches up on edge, and start taking off 1 1/2" thick 2x6's off it,
This log was full of tension and even though I tried to keep up with it while sawing, it still got into the lumber a bit. Here's the tally for that log,
It's always handy to have some 2x6's around!
SR
I like to saw 5 1/2" thick "flitches" off the log, and then roll the flitches up on edge, and start taking off 1 1/2" thick 2x6's off it,
This log was full of tension and even though I tried to keep up with it while sawing, it still got into the lumber a bit. Here's the tally for that log,
It's always handy to have some 2x6's around!
SR
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
Swung by the farm today, looks like the wind did some felling for me.
Stinky thing, half the trees he wants thinned out are silver maple. The rest are Cherry, oak and elm. The ash is all to far gone to use, they’ll be dropped and pushed to the wood line to rot further away
Stinky thing, half the trees he wants thinned out are silver maple. The rest are Cherry, oak and elm. The ash is all to far gone to use, they’ll be dropped and pushed to the wood line to rot further away
Unless it's on the ground that ash might be better than you think Matt. I do get some crappy stuff when cutting though. I sort it when I'm splitting and I toss the junk into the cheap campfire wood pile. This was today's load. Dead standing bark falling off and it was sthl solid. Oh yea. The elm sucks.
GeneralKayoss
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The blue ones will outwork the orange ones all day. The orange ones are Cadillacs though!My tractor dealer sells New Holland and Kubota. I'm glad my tractor is blue cause that orange shite is pricey.
MechanicMatt
Cut Split Stack Burn
I’ve had varying degrees of success with the ash, sometimes it gets punky and when you go to split it, it just crumblesUnless it's on the ground that ash might be better than you think Matt. I do get some crappy stuff when cutting though. I sort it when I'm splitting and I toss the junk into the cheap campfire wood pile. This was today's load. Dead standing bark falling off and it was sthl solid. Oh yea. The elm sucks.
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I’ll bring a Fiskars for some test splits
Speaking of Fiskars, I ran across this deal (in case someone wants one):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004M3BAQ...FF0Y7YZX&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
I bought mine last year for $55, so I think this is a good deal.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004M3BAQ...FF0Y7YZX&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it
I bought mine last year for $55, so I think this is a good deal.
I always called that tearing !!! That stuff is murder! Makes beautiful turnings on a lathe. The grain almost looks like flames.
I'm jealous..... Saw time and some awesome wood. Don't envy the sharpening you will be doing tho! Lol that bark is like iron!
GeneralKayoss
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Yeah thats exactly what is was doing, tearing and shearing. The splitter head is actually a big 16-18" tall cutter from a paper mill so it has a very shallow taper and will sometimes just cut its way through. Or try to at least lol. I've got probably 8 cords of this gum left to get through
Blue, red, orange, green tractors it doesn't matter they are all expensive and cost a fortune to repair when something goes wrong.
O P E had a go fund page , she has a aggressive form of breast cancer, he was taking on a few saw builds to compensate the medical costs,
I'm not a wood snob by any means, but gum is pretty far down my list of wood I want to burn.Yeah thats exactly what is was doing, tearing and shearing. The splitter head is actually a big 16-18" tall cutter from a paper mill so it has a very shallow taper and will sometimes just cut its way through. Or try to at least lol. I've got probably 8 cords of this gum left to get through
Kubota has become very proud of their parts in the last few year. Few years back I got a quote for some parts for dads L245dt, axle stub shaft, nut, bearings and seal(s). Was under $300.00 for everything. Dad ended up just wanting to replace the seals. (Against my advice, seals just don't start leaking for no reason, and there wasn't any indication of them being damaged.) That same axle is leaking again, so I told dad I'm just gonna buy the parts and it's getting fixed right, same parts are almost $600.00.
Deere, fantastic machines, I'll never own one. If most people had any clue how their business model ran they would run away from deere like a hot rock. Parts mark up has always been huge, and set by deere. They love making proprietary parts, love their cloud based proprietary software. Can't even get a legit username and password without going through several classes. I can rant about them all day. They make a good product, but I just can't stand behind their methodology of screwing every customer that walks through the door.
Haven't bought or worked on any case/new Holland stuff recently. Never thought their prices were terrible, but I can't comment at this point.
