Thanks! I appreciate having a place to learn, share, and commiserate around saws and cutting wood. I will try to contribute what I can and I sure...
Well, thanks for all of the moral support. I picked up my 500iR today. I ran the first tank doing some light noodling. I hope I can get it into...
The fan on our stove does a decent job of moving enough air to keep the house warm enough. The stove is at the opposite end of the house from the...
I figure wood heat is solar powered. Photosynthesis. Throw another block of solid sunshine on the fire. We don’t see the sun much in the winter...
I know that this is an older thread and I read it today from the start. In effort to pull it back on the tracks after some derail, I must say that...
They also come with the larger clutch cover and outer dawg. I never thought I needed one either until I used a friends 461 to fall Doug fir on...
Flathead valley. Not that far northwest. I hope we aren’t talking about the same shop. I am sure that they will get more saws in. They honestly...
Thanks for the warm welcome! Yep good old Flathead valley.
I think the demand for the R is there. Lots of steep ground to cut on around here. Asking the local saw shop brought out some snarky comments...
Of course you can make your own skiptooth. My experience with skiptooth is that the only advantage is it sharpens faster. It also dulls faster and...
Noodling and ripping are 2 different things. Noodling is pulling long fibers out parallel with the grain. Ripping is shearing off the fibers...
I have been on the hunt for the 500 with the R version hardware since last spring. First nothing, then one saw shop had a demo that I played with,...
I like your old Ford. I just dragged home an 8n to tinker with. I haven’t gotten around to doing much with it, but I have plans to make a carryall...
I like your setup! I am not seeing the 3 point connection. Are you using pallet forks, or did you build it to hook up direct?
