Tis the season...

[ts39136]

My first scouting trip... Brought home 3/4+ cord.

Didn't bring the trailer this time.

2 1/2 minutes to fill the truck... Check it out.

Youtube video

 

[Beefie]

Thanks for the vid that was neat to watch. I have a hard time believing that it was 3/4 of a cord thoe. A 1/2 a cord for sure, hard to tell in the vid.

Beefie

 

[wvlogger]

Wish i was doing that today

 

[Pain Cow]

I tried the video but I'm on a blackberry& it said 'not available for mobile.' That's ok, I have an imagination. I too got a firewood score today&loaded my tacoma w/ red oak until it runneth over. I have repped you for owning an MS390.

 

[rhunt13]

great video man. is that your land, or do you just have permission to cut there?

 

[ts39136]

Thanks for the comments. It's US Forest Service, $6.25 per cord

We actually cut another tree at a different spot that made the 3/4 cord. The other tree in the picture was too big, we wouldn't have been able to pack it all.

 

[ts39136]

I measured the front pile at 1/2 cord, then I just estimated the rest.

The school bus and the white-truck convoy was actually a group of forest rangers. I stopped to eat lunch and they were on a training exercise about "forest utilization". Apparently they can estimate populations of verious wild animals by studying the flora. I told them I was "utilizing the forest". They were happy to see the beetle bug getting gone. I told them about my previous cutting spot, I had cut there for two years to get all the beetle trees and there are only two left this year. Seemed interested to know that.

About the MS390, I had lots of trouble with it at first, flooding and stalling, then I called Stihl... Very helpful. They had me go to the stihl dealer in the next town who was "more familiar with mechanics". I don't know what he did to it, but it runs AWESOME! and it was free for me! :greenchainsaw: I have sent him at least two buying customers since then and HE is my new dealer. I love the MS390! I had to turn the idle down this year since it's broken in. Never a hiccup.

EDIT --> I told me twins they should put the brush in "random" spots. It's kind of fun to watch the randomness.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Here's your vid embedded for ya:

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Nice work. Be careful out there, even the @@## school buses are running 150mph - that's a bad road to be cutting on LOL!

Is the time lapse feature built right into your camera, or did you use software to speed up a regular video?

Hope to be back with some rep for ya later, out of ammo for right now.

 

[ts39136]

Time laspe is build in, cannon pocket cam, one frame in two seconds. I was surprised the batteries lasted. I haven't charged them in a month. It must have gone into power saving mode. No worries about REP, I'm not a rep hog.

 

[ts39136]

Didn't know where the "amateur firewood picture forum" was, so I thought I'd post here. No video this time.

I'm almost halfway to my goal already, 2.8 cords total now. It takes 6 to heat the house, and I'd like one extra.
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Proper planning prevents piss poor performance...

I was reaching my weight limit on the trailer.

 

[mickeyd]

I repped ya just for the great tunes in the video !
love Bob

MD

 

[ts39136]

One more load home. The ms390 really came in handy with the bigger chunks. I'm starting to experiment with keeping the RPM's a little higher. I remember when I was cutting stuff like this with my 210.

Trailer tires and bearings were getting hot on the way home so I had to limit my speed to 55mph.

This gives new meaning to "tons of CO2"...
(I had to keep the big logs with the cut down so I wouldn't damage the driveway in the heat... Must start splitting soon.)

 

[Beefie]

Nice setup you have for hauling your wood ts39136. What size is that trailer, how much weight is it rated for. My guess is 4000lb.


Beefie

 

[ts39136]

Nice setup you have for hauling your wood ts39136. What size is that trailer, how much weight is it rated for. My guess is 4000lb.
Beefie

Yes, about that. I had 4400lbs on the rear axles before and probably 300 tounge. Seemed a little overloaded.

Per the book, without trailer brakes I shouldn't exceed 2000lbs, I think.

-Tim

EDIt--> The tires are rated at 500kg (1105lb) each. Spec plate says 2800 gross.

Edit (again) --> Trailer is 12 x 7.5 feet, minus the tool box in the front. Sides are 3.5' or so.

 

[ts39136]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIDy0JAFK8

Split some yesterday, am going out right now to split more before the sun comes out.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

The time lapse is great... makes an otherwise long boring video interesting. Your choice of music is great too... I end up muting a lot of the videos I watch.

thanks,
Ian