Glad the saw is working well for you. It had a safety tip? My first saw ( a little Homelite, circa early 1980's) had that. Took it off
I was going to leave the tip, but I saw your post about removing it first thing. I figured the tip wasn’t going to help if I was dealing with rounds bigger than the bar. I am keeping an eye out for a cheap or free battery saw too. For covert ops in the park to pick up locust logs left to rot.
The tip is an anti kick back safety. You know and understand the dangers of kickback? My new Stihl 261 will be my truck saw for unexpected scores (my favorite kind) I'll keep the bar off for easier storage in cab. Probably in colder weather
I try to stay out of the plane that the bar makes to avoid kickback danger. I’ve felt the saw jump when starting a plunge cut before, but haven’t experienced major kickback yet. I do try to stay aware of the possibility.
Half of the last load... I could have gotten the whole thing but had to go pick up the kids. And leave enough room in the back seat for the car seats. I started noodling the last could big rounds but the saw started drifting some. Do you think I imbalanced when I sharpened? Or was I just rushing because I had to go get the kids?
If your saw is cutting in a curve, your chain needs sharpening. I'm sure someone here can offer a technical explanation.
This is definitively the the last load, unless I want to go back and gather up all the bark. I think I may have saved the best for last, just not the low hanging fruit. Mostly nice solid wood from the biggest section of the trunk and cut to length already. There was one softer round hiding in some vines and a big cutoff in halves up front, that I’ll chunk up one way or another. I did get this all split into at least carry-able sized splits.
Congrats on finally getting it done mrfancyplants I finished up my red maple score as well. Do you have any more scores lined up or will you keep going back to your dump source on a regular basis? Will you burn that this Winter?
The first couple trips from this Norwegian maple ~April I think, I split immediately and stacked. I might get into some of that after I go through the standing cherry branches and tulip poplar, from earlier in the spring... and that cedar I got last week might be good to go. I just got a moisture meter that I’ll probably be using a lot this winter since I am on my first of the three year plan. Back when I thought it was red or silver maple, I thought it would be good to go this winter, but now I’m not so sure. Nothing lined up other than the dump, although there are a couple small N. Maple on my property. And some red maple branches I’d like to take down. Maybe plant another flowering cherry, or even a locust would look pretty nice in the back yard, with the added sunlight.
I do have a lot of cutting to size and splitting left to do, primarily from this score, which I intentionally saved for cooler weather. I’m also looking forward to do some burning so that I can reorganize some of the stacks too. There are certainly some things I would do differently... like keep all the oak from the same year together. Fortunately, the grain is pretty distinctive so I think I’ll sort it out when I get to it. Oh, and the wheelbarrow I borrowed from a neighbor, the tire has dry rot and the tube “pooped the bed.” I ordered a no-flat wheel with a couple inches larger diameter. Hopefully the size make up for the lack of air shocks, and the geometry isn’t to messed up for functionality. I did measure for clearance. We’ll see on that.
