The Douglas Fir trees out at my cabin area are dying faster than I can process them so I mainly go after the biggest and easiest. I mostly burn white and black oak, madrone and pepperwood and give the Doug Fir to family and friends. Tried to load a couple pics but it said they’re too big.
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Maggie’s The Woodchuck and Firewood Hoarders Thread
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Finally got to cut some wood in the snow. I know it’s not a foot and half of snow, but at least it’s not warm and dry. 
A couple of loads of gum today.
Winter is coming.
Winter is coming.
It's a love hate relationship that most will never understand. Coupled with my Geothermal, it's like buying a form 4 MP5
DAYUMMMNNNNN. That thing is a beast. I bet it gobbles the wood down. Makes my wood stove in the basement look like a baby.
Cut up another oak yesterday that the wind pushed over. The bottom had heart rot but a lot of good white oak firewood was made.
I cleaned up the 440 and 261 and sharpened the chains today. I also tightened the gap on my 28” bar and trued it all back up. Should get a couple more years out of it.
I sold my 241 and 362, I just didn’t need em. 2 saw plan for me and I am good with my choices. 440 is an almost perfect medium saw and there isn’t a more all around useful saw than a 261.
Cold here this week
I cleaned up the 440 and 261 and sharpened the chains today. I also tightened the gap on my 28” bar and trued it all back up. Should get a couple more years out of it.
I sold my 241 and 362, I just didn’t need em. 2 saw plan for me and I am good with my choices. 440 is an almost perfect medium saw and there isn’t a more all around useful saw than a 261.
Cold here this week
Just got my 261 back, should pair well with the Zoo City 044.
You're gonna love that saw my 261 is ported by Canadian farm boy and it absolutely rips even with a 20" bar. Just don't forget yer ears.
Woods ported by TM aka Scott Kunz, waiting on a 3/8 sprocket rim so no run time yet. I've had a few other 261s built from different guys so no doubt his will run good. He is on the saw forums but better to reach him on FB page, TM Performance saws.
There are many other builders out there also, PM me if you need a list.
Oh yeah, been running ported saws since '07. I had another canadian build a piped 026 race saw, pretty wild for 50cc.
Randy at mastermind is just about the best to do it- some may be as good but none are better.
His 261 is about $1200 for a new 261 saw included out the door. Or at least it was this time last year. That's top of the "fair" price range.
I found one already ported on another forum like this for ~$700 or so. If you're looking for another money pit hobby checkout ope forum.
They have dyno charts and stuff
I've seen $350-$475 for the service, add shipping to that also.
CaptArab made a good point on watching the forum classifieds, used saws come up often and sometimes cheap vs buying and shipping one off. Saws are no different than guns in a hobby sense; buy, trade, sell.
Good sized white oak down in the woods. It’s about 24” at the base. I started cutting it up and got it down to the main trunk now with all of the top cut up into firewood.
A limb under tension sprang up and busted my dang lip…..probably improved my appearance.
I have a chainsaw helmet with face shield…sitting on the ATV so I am a dumbass too…
A limb under tension sprang up and busted my dang lip…..probably improved my appearance.
I have a chainsaw helmet with face shield…sitting on the ATV so I am a dumbass too…
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Worn bar, worn chain, worn spur/rim
How much does the chain rock side to side in the bar?
Have you ever dressed or trued the bar?
Newer saw, maybe 12 hours on it. This is the 2nd chain, bar looks good.
How tight to snug nuts on chain cover.
Nuts don’t provide tension, they hold it. You need more tension, there is a flat head (or torx) bolt below the cover, there is a hole to access it, that changes tension. You can see it with the cover on.
You need to either hold the bar to put upward tension on it or prop the very tip on something to be sure it is not sagging down. Adjust the chain tension screw to remove all droop from the chain (then I tighten just a pinch more, some people do not). Then firmly tighten the bar nuts while maintaining upward tension on the bar.
What saw are we talking about BTW?
Also as a new chain gets used it stretches some so it will need to be checked and adjusted.
Don't adjust the chain hot. It will shrink when the saw cools down.
I thought this was a joke at first. After watching the whole clip, I don't think it is.
There's a song about it for this time of year. "You better watch out, you better not cry, I'm telling you why,............ Tension will kill your ass."
Haha! That’s funny!
I keep an extra bar and chain behind the seat in the truck in case I sail a bar into a place it will never get out from. It’s not hard to remove the motor and install the other bar.
First paid job as a side gig.
Neighbor wanted these 2 cherry trees down.
Climbed partly to give me the practice.
How it finished
What I left. Everything bigger than 3/4" cut so it can fit in a fireplace.
What I took. Most of it is going to my FIL who lathe turns.
Neighbor wanted these 2 cherry trees down.
Climbed partly to give me the practice.
How it finished
What I left. Everything bigger than 3/4" cut so it can fit in a fireplace.
What I took. Most of it is going to my FIL who lathe turns.
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Out on the Eglin res helping my buddy harvest some Oak. Good to get that saw out and run it.
