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Quoted: Damn. I don't know if I've ever had the pleasure of running saws in the snow. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Damn. I don't know if I've ever had the pleasure of running saws in the snow. David Allan Coe wrote a line "spent the summer time cuttin' up logs for the winter..." But he claims to have grown up in Texas after moving from Ohio. Anyone in Texas knows, you spend winter time cuttin' up logs for the winter... after next. It's 105 in the summer, who wants to be running a saw when it's that hot out? The colder the better — man who splits his own wood warms himself twice... or thrice. |
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Quoted: David Allan Coe wrote a line "spent the summer time cuttin' up logs for the winter..." But he claims to have grown up in Texas after moving from Ohio. Anyone in Texas knows, you spend winter time cuttin' up logs for the winter... after next. It's 105 in the summer, who wants to be running a saw when it's that hot out? The colder the better — man who splits his own wood warms himself twice... or thrice. View Quote I despise cutting wood when it's hot out. |
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Quoted: Are you near the coast or inland where you see -0 for months at a time? I will thin bar oil if its in the single digits, but Stihl orange jug seems fine most of the time. I do keep saws and oil in a heated shop. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I mix my bar oil with 0w20,syn atf and sometimes a little #1 heating oil(jet a). Even run used 0w20 oil that has settled. Are you near the coast or inland where you see -0 for months at a time? I will thin bar oil if its in the single digits, but Stihl orange jug seems fine most of the time. I do keep saws and oil in a heated shop. We can see -60f but regularly see -30/-40f. Our temps can wildly swing also. Husky made a nice thin bar oil but I can no longer find it. All the stihl bar oil does not pour in the cold. To get logs in winter we travel by snogo over 100 miles round trip so everything gets cold. Sometimes we build fire to warm things up. |
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Quoted: About 80 miles from the coast. We can see -60f but regularly see -30/-40f. Our temps can wildly swing also. To get logs in winter we travel by snogo over 100 miles round trip so everything gets cold. Sometimes we build fire to warm things up. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I mix my bar oil with 0w20,syn atf and sometimes a little #1 heating oil(jet a). Even run used 0w20 oil that has settled. Are you near the coast or inland where you see -0 for months at a time? I will thin bar oil if its in the single digits, but Stihl orange jug seems fine most of the time. I do keep saws and oil in a heated shop. We can see -60f but regularly see -30/-40f. Our temps can wildly swing also. To get logs in winter we travel by snogo over 100 miles round trip so everything gets cold. Sometimes we build fire to warm things up. I prefer cutting in the cold.....but fuck every part of that. |
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Quoted: It can get very taxing if the snow is deep and temps are cold with wind. I do stay home a lot more in the deep cold with wind. Most of the time I am alone. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I prefer cutting in the cold.....but fuck every part of that. I do stay home a lot more in the deep cold with wind. Most of the time I am alone. It's always surprised me how much difference even a few inches of snow will make in your work, everything gets harder and wears you out much quicker.....can't imagine the amount of snow you deal with. |
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Quoted: About 80 miles from the coast. We can see -60f but regularly see -30/-40f. Our temps can wildly swing also. Husky made a nice thin bar oil but I can no longer find it. All the stihl bats oil does not pour in the cold. To get logs in winter we travel by snogo over 100 miles round trip so everything gets cold. Sometimes we build fire to warm things up. View Quote Never realized how awesome a little fire is while you're working outside... Attached File Attached File |
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I have a 4 ft utility sled to drag behind the snowmobiles when I spy a dead maple or something nice on the property up north to cut down that's dead hardwood and not rotten.
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Quoted: It will run a 36' just fine https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/542569/5C712AD9-1DE3-4FC9-8C5E-634C711CA43A-2567151.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: 28", I think I'm going with a 36" for some of the village tree-lawn trees. This thing makes short work of these larger rounds. It will run a 36' just fine https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/542569/5C712AD9-1DE3-4FC9-8C5E-634C711CA43A-2567151.jpg I don't want to cut a tree that takes a 36 foot bar. |
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Quoted: I despise cutting wood when it's hot out. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: David Allan Coe wrote a line "spent the summer time cuttin' up logs for the winter..." But he claims to have grown up in Texas after moving from Ohio. Anyone in Texas knows, you spend winter time cuttin' up logs for the winter... after next. It's 105 in the summer, who wants to be running a saw when it's that hot out? The colder the better — man who splits his own wood warms himself twice... or thrice. I despise cutting wood when it's hot out. I wait at least until the leaves turn for the majority of my cutting |
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Quoted: About 80 miles from the coast. We can see -60f but regularly see -30/-40f. Our temps can wildly swing also. Husky made a nice thin bar oil but I can no longer find it. All the stihl bar oil does not pour in the cold. To get logs in winter we travel by snogo over 100 miles round trip so everything gets cold. Sometimes we build fire to warm things up. View Quote Try thinning it a bit with ATF or something similar--and cheap. I know you're a looooong way from a Walmart or Tractor Supply, but the thinnest packaged bar oil I've seen is the Walmart super lube stuff which is tinted red. It's also the most expensive now for some reason and thus I don't buy it anymore. TSC supposedly has summer and winter blends of their "Countyline" bar oil. What I'm doing now is using the bar oil jug as a catch all for random oils. Half quart of ATF with no use-into the bar oil jug, 1/4 quart of fresh 5W20 from a gallon jug-yeah into the bar oil jug. It's still mostly bar oil, but I'll toss the extra scraps in it. If it came to super cold weather and I wasn't getting a good flow off the bar, I would try to thin it a bit. |
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Quoted: Just means you can get away modding the shit out of it! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I don't have any pics but I did run the baby china saw last weekend....it didn't run horribly but I need to spend some time tuning the carb. I think I'll get my $50 out of it. Just means you can get away modding the shit out of it! I have plans |
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Kids gave me a 32” Sugihara lightweight bar for Xmas tonight….it’s going to look nice on the 500i. I’ll post some pics tomorrow if I have time between our 3 different Xmas plans.
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Quoted: Yep looks pretty good on the 500 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/CA513718-E232-465A-8482-43A0F635B224-2646979.jpg For you guys who run the long bars .do you run skip or full chain? I normally run full on everything .but that's a lot of teeth to sharpen on a 32" View Quote I wouldn't necessarily say 28 is long but I run skip on mine. And is it just me or does anyone else not particularly fancy Stihl's new side-cover design? I much prefer the old full-sized cover. |
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Quoted: I wouldn't necessarily say 28 is long but I run skip on mine. And is it just me or does anyone else not particularly fancy Stihl's new side-cover design? I much prefer the old full-sized cover. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Yep looks pretty good on the 500 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/CA513718-E232-465A-8482-43A0F635B224-2646979.jpg For you guys who run the long bars .do you run skip or full chain? I normally run full on everything .but that's a lot of teeth to sharpen on a 32" I wouldn't necessarily say 28 is long but I run skip on mine. And is it just me or does anyone else not particularly fancy Stihl's new side-cover design? I much prefer the old full-sized cover. They still put the full size covers on the saws with a full wrap handle. Which coincidentally will be the next upgrade to my 500. |
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Quoted: They still put the full size covers on the saws with a full wrap handle. Which coincidentally will be the next upgrade to my 500. View Quote Yeah it was a PITA to find the right kit for my 362 but it's worth it to get the side-cover. Hell I won't even think about buying a saw now without a full-wrap bar. People see mine around here and kinda smirk, thinking it's only for west coast fallers or some shit. But once you go full-wrap, you don't go back. |
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Quoted: I wouldn't necessarily say 28 is long but I run skip on mine. View Quote 28 as well, but full. Full seems to be easier to find in 058 and 93DLs. I need to slowly migrate to skip, though. Ran the saw Thursday and forgot what a pain is the rear it was to sharpen full chain on longer bars. |
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Quoted: 28 as well, but full. Full seems to be easier to find in 058 and 93DLs. I need to slowly migrate to skip, though. Ran the saw Thursday and forgot what a pain is the rear it was to sharpen full chain on longer bars. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I wouldn't necessarily say 28 is long but I run skip on mine. 28 as well, but full. Full seems to be easier to find in 058 and 93DLs. I need to slowly migrate to skip, though. Ran the saw Thursday and forgot what a pain is the rear it was to sharpen full chain on longer bars. You can turn a full into a skip with an angle grinder. |
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Quoted: So I stopped by the neighbor last night on the way home and went ahead and picked up the little import saw for $50.....he only ran it once and didn't even cut anything with it. It's a Neo-Tec- NCS2500 with a 12" bar. From what he said, I know the carb needs adjusted but I won't get a chance to mess with until this weekend. I can't tell for sure but it looks like a knock off of the Echo maybe??? I'm not a fan of import saws but the price was right and will let me test whether I'll actually use a top handle or not before spending more money on a quality saw. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/52CEE3C2-B4EA-4236-AF8B-56F05D88CA84-2634725.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/71FD36AB-341A-4C59-812D-C7AEE5839F07-2634724.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/8691B85D-4621-4B37-820C-62C3CD664767-2634723.jpg View Quote I am fixing to buy one of those to keep in the Ranger for impromptu tree cutting on the trails. I have read good things about them for the price. |
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Quoted: Yep…looks pretty good on the 500 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/CA513718-E232-465A-8482-43A0F635B224-2646979.jpg For you guys who run the long bars….do you run skip or full chain? I normally run full on everything….but that’s a lot of teeth to sharpen on a 32” View Quote She looks purdy! |
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Quoted: Yep…looks pretty good on the 500 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/CA513718-E232-465A-8482-43A0F635B224-2646979.jpg For you guys who run the long bars….do you run skip or full chain? I normally run full on everything….but that’s a lot of teeth to sharpen on a 32” View Quote |
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Broke down and ordered the full wrap handle for my 500….late Xmas gift for myself
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Well only thing I did was fire up the saw to smell the premix. Wife asked why I fired up the saw, "to keep it properly lubricated!"
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Quoted: I like full wrap handles, I used them for 30+ years in the fire department, but then it would not fit in my nice case that I have. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Broke down and ordered the full wrap handle for my 500….late Xmas gift for myself I like full wrap handles, I used them for 30+ years in the fire department, but then it would not fit in my nice case that I have. I dodged that bullet….I don’t own any saw cases. I just put a scabbard on the bar. |
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Had some trees next to a building I needed to cut and of course they were leaning toward the building. Bought something I didn’t know existed.. a rope Comealong. I got it with 50’ of rope which means it has 50’ of pull line take up. I used it on one of the trees yesterday and it worked amazing. I threw a line in the tree. Attached a sheave block to another tree(the direction I wanted it to go), went back the other way and attached the comealong to another tree in the opposite direction. Put some tension on it, made the face cut, got my 10yr old daughter on the comelong and when I made the back cut she started cranking. Fell right where it was suppose to. I Highly recommend this tool.
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Quoted: Had some trees next to a building I needed to cut and of course they were leaning toward the building. Bought something I didn't know existed.. a rope Comealong. I got it with 50' of rope which means it has 50' of pull line take up. I used it on one of the trees yesterday and it worked amazing. I threw a line in the tree. Attached a sheave block to another tree(the direction I wanted it to go), went back the other way and attached the comealong to another tree in the opposite direction. Put some tension on it, made the face cut, got my 10yr old daughter on the comelong and when I made the back cut she started cranking. Fell right where it was suppose to. I Highly recommend this tool. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/463094/3228C4D5-7D9B-4BB9-B2EE-15DC5CB99936_jpe-2651819.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/463094/72EEC5E1-D26C-4712-A7BA-28794F90EC69_jpe-2651820.JPG View Quote Goes with the boat and snogo all the time. Have yet to use it. |
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Quoted: Had some trees next to a building I needed to cut and of course they were leaning toward the building. Bought something I didn't know existed.. a rope Comealong. I got it with 50' of rope which means it has 50' of pull line take up. I used it on one of the trees yesterday and it worked amazing. I threw a line in the tree. Attached a sheave block to another tree(the direction I wanted it to go), went back the other way and attached the comealong to another tree in the opposite direction. Put some tension on it, made the face cut, got my 10yr old daughter on the comelong and when I made the back cut she started cranking. Fell right where it was suppose to. I Highly recommend this tool. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/463094/3228C4D5-7D9B-4BB9-B2EE-15DC5CB99936_jpe-2651819.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/463094/72EEC5E1-D26C-4712-A7BA-28794F90EC69_jpe-2651820.JPG View Quote Nice. Was hoping for some action pics but okay. |
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Quoted: Finished cutting & splitting today and UPS showed up with my full wrap handle and large side plate. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/B1315215-B01F-4F4D-8308-6CFA696DD0DB-2653275.jpg View Quote Jealous |
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Quoted: Quoted: Finished cutting & splitting today and UPS showed up with my full wrap handle and large side plate. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/B1315215-B01F-4F4D-8308-6CFA696DD0DB-2653275.jpg Jealous It’s stupid how much they charge for that handle….you can find stock handles cheap on eBay…I thought about buying one and welding up my own full wrap. Just under $300 for the handle and large side plate. |
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Quoted: I like it….fuck bending over to buck wood. 500i pulled it fine in red oak, white oak and ash today. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/5EA6BAAC-1BA8-4BAB-9973-AFB88117EC50-2653031.jpg View Quote Fuck yeah, that looks great! |
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Quoted: Had some trees next to a building I needed to cut and of course they were leaning toward the building. Bought something I didn't know existed.. a rope Comealong. I got it with 50' of rope which means it has 50' of pull line take up. I used it on one of the trees yesterday and it worked amazing. I threw a line in the tree. Attached a sheave block to another tree(the direction I wanted it to go), went back the other way and attached the comealong to another tree in the opposite direction. Put some tension on it, made the face cut, got my 10yr old daughter on the comelong and when I made the back cut she started cranking. Fell right where it was suppose to. I Highly recommend this tool. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/463094/3228C4D5-7D9B-4BB9-B2EE-15DC5CB99936_jpe-2651819.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/463094/72EEC5E1-D26C-4712-A7BA-28794F90EC69_jpe-2651820.JPG View Quote GREAT investment if you plan on cutting more than a few trees. |
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Quoted: Finished cutting & splitting today and UPS showed up with my full wrap handle and large side plate. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/397309/B1315215-B01F-4F4D-8308-6CFA696DD0DB-2653275.jpg View Quote Looks very nice, does the larger side plate get rid of the wood better? Did you compare the Stihl one to the West Coast one? |
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