I've been expecting my 562xp to be the big brother of my 550xp, which is the best saw I've run. But it's not. I've only run 5 or 6 tanks through it, so I'm not making a proclamation yet. If I can get a saw that size to run like the 550xp but scaled up, whoa be tied!
In Canada it's $880. That's $670 in USD. Not sure how much it goes for there but here it's not common for pro saws to be on sale. The husky price only showed up after the 362 went on sale for $899.
Good to know. I love my 550xp. I'm going to keep it and wait for the new 572xp to a) be available and b) go on sale. Will be a few years I figure.
Only had time for a small load today. Still have a few things to do in preparation for opening deer season tomorrow. However every load counts. Going to have to start splitting sooner or later. Probably save that for later in the winter.
Lots n lots n lots.....no connections to it. Seems like hickory is a long life tree around here...not much to scrounge either. Plenty of oaks,locust n such....just cant run across hickory hardly... Still have plenty of red n rock oaks to cut around home...friend has a humongous white oak he goin to take down...sooooo. Doin some surveyin on a 172 acre farm n i was droolin with all the shagbark there.
Those trailer loads of hickory would sure make a lot of hammer, maul and ax handles! Incidentally, the poison ivy vines reminded me of a incident I had in the 80's. One time back in college when scoring some wood to carve I got burned real bad by poison ivy vines. With all the carrying and saw dust from cutting the wood I was covered from my face to even my genitals with the dreadful rash! It was winter and at that time I payed little attention to the odd hairy vines when I stumbled onto a large downed branch while looking for free wood to make a sculpture. I cut it up on site with my new loggers style cross cut hand saw I purchased from Garret Wade weeks before. It was a happy moment turned quickly sad as I proudly carried my logs into the Pratt Institute wood shop much to the awe of the other students wondering what I was going to carve or create with my trophy logs (which by the way were soft willow wood perfect for the beginner carver). Some were asking me if I was going to use it all hoping I'd share with them. You have to remember this was Brooklyn so scoring large logs was an impressive stroke of luck, but I was also "the man" for getting it all to the studio without a car The wood shop technician at the time said congratulations in a condescending manner, then said "that's either poison oak or poison ivy" while he pointed to the numerous hairy vines clinging to the bark. By that time I was already scratching my neck as I said "uh oh... I was carrying them on my shoulders!". It was at this point he observed my neck and confirmed his identification as poison Ivy. Well the next week and a half everyone watched me suffer as I carved my now debarked wood. It was all over my upper torso and limbs including face and hands, but I never told anyone about the genitals part till now.
Urban Woods sounds like a lesson hard learned. PI/PO Itch ain't no joke. I have been wearing long sleeves and gloves and being careful to try and not get any transfer. It will all get burned in the OWB in 3/4 years so not worried about the smoke. I know some people can't get it just being down wind.
Yes I have got it a few times in my life. The worst is in the fingers for the itch, but the face is unpleasant because everyone sees it and has to say something. a few years ago I watched a video from a guy who says ignore all the special soaps and tinctures, its all about washing with a rag when you know you have been exposed. He says he never wears gloves and never gets the rash. He says treat it as if you were trying to clean axle grease off your skin and arms. He said without using a soapy rag you would be able to see the slick remain after cleaning with hands alone. So he says though you cant see the oils with poison ivy scrub with a rag like trying to remove the heaviest of oils and you'll be fine.
I’ve seen that video also. After watching it I did some more snooping around and found a lot of people swear by mean green. I used to get PI really bad any time I even brushed up against it. Now any time I am working around it or there’s even a chance it’s around I get right in the shower and scrub all over as hard as I can stand with the mean green. Has seemed to work so far. The mean green has little micro scrubbers in it which I guess lifts the urishol oil off your skin and flushes it away.
No problem. Can’t hurt, it’s cheap enough insurance. Plus it’s really good hand wash. Like I said, I don’t wait till I see the ivy reaction. As soon as I’m done working I head right to the shower with that stuff.
