...but I wanted to get one more load of Oak for firewood. Instead of getting to the site early (before it got to hot), I get there around 9 am...already hot (and as I found out later...the hottest day of the summer thus far...in the upper 90F's/30c's). I start cutting the small stuff with the 260, then step up to the 044 and I notice there is spilled fuel on the tank. Wipe the fuel off and look for a leak...none to be found...hmmmm. Try to start it, coughed on choke, but no go. I again notice spilled fuel. I look a little deeper and come to find out that the fuel line is broke...
. Thank goodness I have the 970 along. I file the chain on it, and it cuts well for a few cuts, than starts surging (in the cut it almost dies...I'll start a thread on that problem later). Down to the 260. I cut on some medium size Oak (almost burying the 16" bar), and the 260 is doing great...till it starts acting up and dies. I look and see the flip-top gas cap off and the fuel tank empty...
. I refill the 260, and get back to cutting. Now I double check to make sure those caps are on properly. There's more left to cut on, but too big for the 260 and I'll have a load with what I have now anyway.
This is the 4th load I've got from this site. The first load (June 26) was with my bro-in-laws 5'x8' single axle utility trailer (with P-rated tires..., I'll be fixing that shortly). The next load (June 30) was with a friends 5'x14' single axle utility trailer (with trailer rated tires that are too big...with a slight load, they rub on the inside of the fender ...temp. blocking between the axle and deck got me home). The last 2 loads (July 2 and 7) were with another friends 7'x18' car hauler with sides I built for it (the trailer I usually use for longer trips...but wasn't available for the first 2 trips). All this wood is from a friend of mine who is in the tree business and every now and then I'll ask him if he's removing any good hardwood and if I can get it for firewood. A big job came up fairly close to me (45 min. one way) and there was quite a bit of Oak available. The logs were easy to get too and he loaded the big pieces on the trailers with his Swinger loader...a good deal...but under some time restraints. So I took some time off to make the trips. Here's a pic of the results. I know it's not much compared to what some of y'all get, but I think it's not to bad for being by myself and in this too-hot-and-humid-to-be-out-cuttin-firewood weather. I know, I know...I should have cut my wood in March, April and May...but I was way to busy at that time.
Pic was taken from a tree stand in my yard…where I should be practicing shooting my bow from… . One day I'll maybe have someone with me to take pics of me cutting.
So...I'll be trying to get up early of a morning to get some splitting done before work for a few days (with a hydraulic splitter).
Just thought I'd share.
Kevin
Edit: in the pic, not all of the wood is from the trips, there's a small pile that is from a top I cut up earlier, and the dark wood in the bottom corner is older wood from last year.
. Thank goodness I have the 970 along. I file the chain on it, and it cuts well for a few cuts, than starts surging (in the cut it almost dies...I'll start a thread on that problem later). Down to the 260. I cut on some medium size Oak (almost burying the 16" bar), and the 260 is doing great...till it starts acting up and dies. I look and see the flip-top gas cap off and the fuel tank empty.... I refill the 260, and get back to cutting. Now I double check to make sure those caps are on properly. There's more left to cut on, but too big for the 260 and I'll have a load with what I have now anyway. This is the 4th load I've got from this site. The first load (June 26) was with my bro-in-laws 5'x8' single axle utility trailer (with P-rated tires...
, I'll be fixing that shortly). The next load (June 30) was with a friends 5'x14' single axle utility trailer (with trailer rated tires that are too big...with a slight load, they rub on the inside of the fender ...temp. blocking between the axle and deck got me home). The last 2 loads (July 2 and 7) were with another friends 7'x18' car hauler with sides I built for it (the trailer I usually use for longer trips...but wasn't available for the first 2 trips). All this wood is from a friend of mine who is in the tree business and every now and then I'll ask him if he's removing any good hardwood and if I can get it for firewood. A big job came up fairly close to me (45 min. one way) and there was quite a bit of Oak available. The logs were easy to get too and he loaded the big pieces on the trailers with his Swinger loader...a good deal...but under some time restraints. So I took some time off to make the trips. Here's a pic of the results. I know it's not much compared to what some of y'all get, but I think it's not to bad for being by myself and in this too-hot-and-humid-to-be-out-cuttin-firewood weather. I know, I know...I should have cut my wood in March, April and May...but I was way to busy at that time. Pic was taken from a tree stand in my yard…where I should be practicing shooting my bow from…
. One day I'll maybe have someone with me to take pics of me cutting.So...I'll be trying to get up early of a morning to get some splitting done before work for a few days (with a hydraulic splitter).
Just thought I'd share.
Kevin
Edit: in the pic, not all of the wood is from the trips, there's a small pile that is from a top I cut up earlier, and the dark wood in the bottom corner is older wood from last year.
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