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Tree Service Big Ash

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  1. coreboy83

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    My tree service buddy asked if I wanted the inaugural contents of his new 20’ fifth wheel dumper.
     
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    Got half of it cut on Sunday morning. A chilly 85° at 8am here in Anoka County, MN
     
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    Nice friend!
     
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    I think you have a hoarding problem CB! :whistle: Its okay we'll "help" you with encouragement!;) Some real nice looking wood there!
    Stay cool and hoard on!
     
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    Like the score but not the temp! Stay safe.
     
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    It was going great until my Husqvarna 450 started to 4 stroke and all of a sudden BANG !! Blew the capped and welded spark arrester area off my modded muffler[​IMG]
     
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    Dang, that’s a pretty significant mod. I’d say you might want a bit of heat shield on the top cover. :rofl: :lol:
     
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    That is the best type of score to get. Great quality wood and delivered. Can't do much better than that.
     
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    Sorry about saw!
     
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    An experienced TIG welder can fix it up Eh ? Weld on a new spark arrestor "hood vent slit thingy" over the gape ?
     
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    I hope soo... time for a new pro saw in meantime ;)
     
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    X2. You wont regret it coreboy83 :saw:
     
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    I’ve been thinking about telling The Sweet One that it’s a total loss. And the only fix is to buy a 572xp.
     
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    Wow that is a nice haul of ash. Good for you.

    So looks like you have a new muff mod. It can be fixed though.
     
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    The new hole looks to be about the right size anyway lol. Screw a deflector down over top of it and cut wood
     
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    I’ve already got a 3/4” outlet. Is there such a thing as “too open” ? I have the stock muffler, so I’m not dead in the water
     
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    Great haul on that ash. Dumpster? lol

    Boom!
     
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    There is a point where you’re just making more noise. I didn’t realize you had the pipe also.

    Welding can harden the area and cause thinner metal to crack. Brazing or silver soldering is probably a better option because of the wider contact area and less heat required to make it stick.
     
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    Right on. Could we cap the pipe (maybe with screen) and put a new deflector over the top ? To achieve the desired effect ?
     
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    Not sure, I’ve never screened a pipe outlet before. But the 3/4” pipe is enough outlet for a stock 50cc saw. But adding a deflector over the top hole probably won’t hurt anything either. It frees the engine up, but you might lose a little bit of torque if you were dogging in to make it cut