And here's the after. I still have more work to do in the spring, but I got s good start on its liberation.
Here's a before pic of one of my landscaping/chain-sawing projects. This is a red maple in my yard that has exceptional color each year, but it...
Thank you one and all! I like it here.
I am all for this idea! Pizza, beer, wood chopping -- does it get any better than that? Masonry heaters are nice. I didn't build a fire...
Ouch! Injuries are no fun. Thanks for the warm welcome backwoods and take care.
Hi XXL: When I first started using it, I thought it was too heavy, but I must be getting a good workout cuz the weight doesn't bother me much...
yes sure do! that particular tree is along a stone wall that was once part of a neighboring farm that dates from the mid-1700s. So it is likely at...
Owning tractors as an addiction is waaaaay better. Congrats!
Thanks for all the non-ethanol suggestions and links. I'm gonna go on a hunt for some this week and will report back. According to the website...
Nope. My chainsaw doesn't have one. Now that I've watched the video you linked, sure wish it did. :(
How fun would that be??!! I love having pizza parties. I usually assign guests to bring certain things -- i.e,. someone brings pesto, another...
Thanks GrJ. I don't know what this is -- not sure that my chainsaw has a decompression valve.
I feel the same as you do Chestnut. I just brought in the last of my lone stack today, and actually hesitated about it bc I didn't want to see...
Hi HD: Stihl 390. No primer bulb that I'm aware of.
Fox, I do -- my shop even suggested putting it in the "run" position. I keep thinking that it's bc I don't have any "real" upper body strength...
ummmmm . . . home of #12 . . . best QB EVER . . . Woodchick P.S. what a game yesterday!
Thank you all for such a warm welcome! fox9988, I watched the video -- thanks for sharing it. I think maybe my mistake is that I try a rapid...
Jack Straw -- haha re: food, here's a pic of the pizza oven above the firebox. temp is about 375. I use it for all kinds of things (including...
Just reloaded and crammed with unsplit oak I handsawed today (&$?! stihl wouldn't start)
Borrowed a friend's splitter -- really need to buy one soon -- hopefully used and for a good price