If it does come, make sure to charge it before you run out, mine came with about 30% charge. Charges quick though, empty to full in about 25 min. Fill the bar oil, but if your oil is cold and running out like thick syrup it could be a pain because oil reservoir has a tight mesh filter. On cold days I have to pour about a shot glass full at a time and wait till it seeps in repeating this about 10 times making a stringy oil mess in the process. It's worth trying and keep your oil out of the cold if possible. On a better note the no extra tool chain tension system is real convenient and simple. Looks like at least one Dump worker has their eyes on the prize and maybe they took all they were going to take, but you want to make sure you're staying in good graces with them. It's not like they own that wood, but I would be cautious taking wood from an area where I intend to return often. Last thing you want to do is to take something that will upset the apple cart which has been very good to you. If you aren't able to get this wood because it's gone before you get there, or it seems just a bit too shady or uncomfortable then move on. Remember, new opportunities keep presenting themselves and this saw will now help to keep your life very busy and "jazzed up" Miss Dizzy Gillogspie Lol! I'm going to be driving around today to look for some fallen dry wood, but I know of a huge fallen ash tree that's a few miles drive I might head out to investigate. It's also in a high profile spot on the outside edge of a deli parking lot and right off the main ave. It's a small wild lot with a commercial advertising billboard and every year it loses another ash tree which I've been able to grab piece by piece, but have to wait till after business hours. It's a bit of a drive so I'll see how local scrounging goes first.
Thanks for the good advice, I just brought a bottle of bar oil in from the garage. The saw is out on a truck for delivery, as of 6A. My husband is as excited as I am about getting it, he's the tool maven of the household. He does all the maintenance, I just add gas and oil and let it rip! I hear you about being cautious. That's the nice thing about being fully hoarded, you can pass up the sketchy situations. If the wood is gone, or if it feels wrong in some way, I'll be philosophical. At least it provided the impetus to buy the saw, which has been in the back of my mind, and will certainly come in handy in the future. Happy hunting, this wind must have brought down something!
Exactly. At the very least you bought the saw which will be a game changer for you and you posted some great pictures of the wood which we got to enjoy. Yes I've been seeing a bit of downed small branch wood over the last week from all the wind. Last night was the most powerful of these gales so a drive thru the park is in order.
Today's park ride score. Majority mix of sycamore, elm, maple and small amounts of oak and beech with a little bit of sun glare thrown in (sorry about that hate my old galaxy camera). An annoying wind still persists taking the pizz out of me so after getting it home and bucking to size splitting the larger rounds I'm calling it quits. Tomorrow's another day, but this was a decent score of dry wood. Estimated burn time :72 hrs- 3 days and nights.
Ooh that's beautiful! Looks like it's all dead, too! All on one battery charge for the saw, or do you have an extra? Still waiting on delivery here, I'm not too antsy to get out there because of the wind...
Yes on one battery and took it home and cut to size with the same battery which completed the whole job all but one log. The thing is I believe it would have done more but the core of my battery must have been frozen (I leave it in my car and overnight things freeze up). It was doing that off and on stalling in the end which is typical of frozen battery behavior. I think for the most part this battery will supply you with enough cuts to fill a car load easily, if you had a pick up truck I would suggest two batteries which I have from the Ego lawn mower. I never use two for the chainsaw, but have in the lawnmower to help when I have overgrown wet grass and burn through the one battery which happens every so often.
Nice....Congratulations! I just charged up mine too and sharpened the chain. I always keep chains razor sharp on scrounging saws because I want to be in and out as fast as possible plus I'll get more cuts per charge.
Zip zip zip! 20 minutes and I had a decent car load. The wood was all still there. I'm very happy with the saw. It feels just as powerful as the MS180, and it's about the same weight. The pushbutton start is fun too! It took longer to charge than I expected, about an hour and 15 minutes. I'll keep it inside overnight so the battery doesn't get cold, and go back for more in the morning. I cut from the pile closest to the drive. There are 5 or so piles, some pine. I doubt I'll be able to get all the oak. If I go for the piles away from the drive, I'll need the handtruck. Not my best cuts, I was kind of nervous.
Awesome Molly! Just need to check that it has the same chain as your timberline for when you need to sharpen it.
That's great! Those are beautiful and glad you like the saw. I'm surprised by the charge time, maybe because first charge? I charged mine earlier and it was no longer than 30 minutes. I did notice the cooling fan was still on when I removed the battery. Is it possible you left it on charge longer than you needed. When the bars go solid green its fully charged.
Yes, I waited for the solid green. The charger smelled kinda funny, and my husband said it should be used in the garage. . I ordered an extra chain. There's also a nifty extension pole for tree trimming, but at $100 it can wait until and if I need it.
Hmmm, my charger doesn't smell weird and I charge in my house. I would be a bit concerned now given the smell and the longer charging time. I have two Ego chargers and the newer one is a horizontal one I got with the chainsaw but never used it so I cant speak for it. I keep it in the car in case I need to use it while traveling and doing work at my brothers house. I like the original charger I got with the lawnmower and its already plugged in so I just use it. Its a standing charger where you slide the battery down vertically, but it also has the 4 lights bar where the newer horizontal one that came with the chainsaw has only a red and green light. Again though I have never used that charger to tell you how it performs. Keep your eye on your charger and if that smell continues I would contact the company and tell them about it along with the 90 minute charge time. They will probably mail you a replacement charger after you give them your proof of purchase information. I bought the extra chain at the time of the saw purchase, but didn't even know about the pole extension which is good to know.
The charger might just smell because its new. Could go away after you use it a bit, and that new charger smell goes away lol
I went for the big stuff near the drive this morning. Nobody bothered me. Total take from yesterday and today... I'm not going back for any more. I'm a little tired. I still have to get this out of the driveway. There are more piles, I'll post them so I can find the pics again if needed. You guys dont have to pay attention. I suspect they won't get cleaned out for awhile.
Solid stuff right there. I can see those logs are heavy so its no wonder you're tired after all the lugging around. It looks like you got the best stuff...you like quality wood that's for sure!
I left some nice sections. Some pretty much frozen to the ground. Oh well. It will be interesting to see if Asplundh chips what's left, or whether the dump people take it to the woodpile. In any case, it all gets snowed on Tuesday. The saw is great! Took half an hour for the battery to come up to full charge. Didn't smell as strong. When I'm cutting, it seems like the saw pulls to one side, so maybe the chain needs some touching up.
yeah, i notice a little rounding to your cuts. One thing to note is these saws don't have the sharp steel bumper spikes like gas saws. So it may be you are used to biting in and leveraging your power cut on those teeth which aren't there causing your saw to rock in unintended directions. I just let the saw do the cutting with as little downward pressure as I can get away with. The other thing is you might need to tension the chain especially since new blade probably stretched some. I'm ruling out dull blade since its new. I'm glad you're liking the saw and problems seem to be resolving. I had my saw for almost a year now and maybe I forgot about the break in period. Also don't forget when needing to take the saw a visible distance from the car and you are worried about public eyes on you, keep a towel or old shirt in the car to throw over the top of it. This may be more a problem for me though since I'm in a very dense location and I have been known to wander into a public park lol!. It seems we are getting about 5 inches here on Tuesday and I wasn't paying attention to the weather so thanks for the heads up. Earlier I remember them talking about insignificant accumulations, but weather forecasts seem to change by the hour these days.
You're right, I do try to bite in. Halfway through, I noticed that after rolling a log to make the last cut all the way through, it worked a lot better if I just let the saw rest in the cut, instead of trying to force a channel. It was an issue because of the curved cut I was getting.
