Blessed with retirement, I spent hours cutting up treetops with a phone call distraction. The Farm Boss took care of business. First is getting at an oak, with more to get at once I split this stuff. Maple and more oak mixed, that will be accessible soon.
I have this wide open begging for css. Likely by end of the week. Yesterday, I joined my brother at the tree farm, spraying vines primarily along our creek. The big harvest will be in a few weeks, so a lot of timber stand improvement work will be happening.
lost half a day, with the splitter engine going kaput soon after it started. The new Farm Boss went kaput after running a while. The backup 028 quitting, made me suspect the fresh mix of two stroke and the topping off the splitter might have been the victim of stale gas. A trip to the country store for afresh batch solved all three problems. Spent a few hours before sunset splitting some of the cuts from yesterday. I have several piles here and there. I think I will leave my splits on site until Fall, and then haul them to the wood yard. Backwoods Savage , this one no longer looks like a witching stick- though I. Still have several more fat limbs to cut. Ended the afternoon at a white oak closest to the house. Any smalls or uglies went directly to the boiler shed while stackable splits are saved for , well, stacking.
thanks. I had a clear cut in a section to open it up. It makes for a nice view from the house, but I find while outside working, it is special too.
Whenever you all are cutting for extended period of time, do you ever stop to clean out chips/sawdust caught back around the saw casing/hub/brake area? Or stop to let the saw cool down periodically? I'm still a bit new to all of this, I was thinking one day last week running mine for a couple hours on/off cutting rounds as wide as my bar is long (cutting full depth essentially) is it ever recommended to take off the "case" where the the chain brake/clutch/etc. are all housed to clean periodically.
I never stop to do that midday, unless maybe there is something causing problems that needs addressed...
pcable89 Not as a maintenance measure, but a busy day will likely mean a chain replacing , So a cleanup happens then. if you are anticipating doing a lot of cutting, I suggest buying multiple chains - online you can get two-packs for a little more than one at a local store. If some are left at a shop for sharpening, your still good to go. I gave up trying to figure out how to sharpen my chains correctly. I don’t touch them with anything, just change them Rural King charges five dollars a chain. Of course there is a gamble on who does the work.
Nope, after several uses I’ll use an air hose to clean a saw. I got several due right now, so I’ll load them up and drive down to the air hose shed where I can blast all the greasy chips off. Normal stop and start cutting won’t hurt a saw.
I need to clean my saws. I'll pull out my pancake compressor and have at them, some cool, sunny day. Maybe, tomorrow.
My back won't let me cut for hours uninterrupted. At least not in the same position. I have to keep changing approach angles, which is supposedly a wise choice even without a back problem. I like to inspect my oiler channel often. Usually end of day. Good time to flip the bar as well.
Nothing like a full day of uninterrupted firewood processing no. Few and far between here, but boy can you get through some serious volume. Looks like you had some great weather with which to do it too!
Coming right along. Nice when you can leave splits somewhere and stack later. Ive actually stacked in the woods then retrieve or move at a later date.
Looks like a great time, glad you started with the bad gas theory before tearing into all the equipment!
