Random pics (that you took) thread...

[Steve]

Put new door hinges in the truck today. Was hoping to not have to take the fender off but i ended up having to. Didn't do so well aligning it with the fender on!



Caught my son playing with the blower through the man door!

 

[KYsawman]

Lol that is funny, things kids will do!

 

[HYPERSAWS]

View attachment 203372 View attachment 203373 My 044 started idling poorly lately. So I pulled the front off... This is what I saw.
=(

Muffler looks like it was hot

 

[Semotony]

Got another load of wood home. Filled the truck too. Was hopin to get the rest on this load but have to go back again. Big trees are too much work lol.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

I've got bars & PH's to get almost all of this
Cut em to length, roll into vehicle or trailer. Noodle next to splitter after rolling them off. Just minimizing handling.
Except, gotta check tip of bar. Log rolled wrong and may have tweeked the end.

 

[merc_man]

I've got bars & PH's to get almost all of thisView attachment 203451
Cut em to length, roll into vehicle or trailer. Noodle next to splitter after rolling them off. Just minimizing handling.
Except, gotta check tip of bar. Log rolled wrong and may have tweeked the end.

Im gonna try my luck with the axe first. Hope i dont have to noodle them but will if i got to.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

 

[Semotony]

Im gonna try my luck with the axe first. Hope i dont have to noodle them but will if i got to.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

For me it's a matter of 40" range of diameters. My splitter groans pretty good at 32" dia. 1st split. But then warranty is good for about 23 months, but moving that chunk around under vertical wedge PITA.

 

[Bigmac]

My dad smoked this up!

 

[Dub11]

Im gonna try my luck with the axe first. Hope i dont have to noodle them but will if i got to.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

Get a 395.
Noodling is gonna be the only time it gets loaded up nice and proper.

 

[chipper1]

View attachment 203459 View attachment 203460 View attachment 203461 View attachment 203462
My dad smoked this up!

Dang I'm hungry now .
That's not funny, it's 12:55 and my scale is already reading heavy, at least that's what @Wolverine says.

 

[chipper1]

BTW, I run Castrol racing 2T mostly because it cost up to half what Stihl do and is readily available at most shops here. It's popular in the off road crowd.
Also, the STihl stuff just makes me choke. This burns super clean even at 40:1.
After running it for years in a ported 281XP , ms361, and ported 241 with great results, I am impressed with it.
The folks on the estate I occasionally work use the red Stihl stuff and lord knows how well they mix it. The Echo 361 they have looks super dark on the exhaust side of things. I had a talk with them.

Not a fan of the stihl ultra at all, but it's better than 40:none, yes it stinks.
Just ordered this, it smells great .

 

[00wyk]

I'm a huge fan of bean oil, and have ran Maxima Castor 927 in the past, which is a clean-ish ester mixed bean oil. I put 5 gallons through a heavily ported 044 by Randy with good results at 33:1. But it did start to show some carbon on top the piston after only 5 gallons, so I used it sparingly afterwards. But that smell...almost worth it to ruin a saw with it it smelled so good. If I were wealthy, it is all I would run, and damn the saws. Worth it to be smelling doughnuts as you cut.

 

[chipper1]

I'm a huge fan of bean oil, and have ran Maxima Castor 927 in the past, which is a clean-ish ester mixed bean oil. I put 5 gallons through a heavily ported 044 by Randy with good results at 33:1. But it did start to show some carbon on top the piston after only 5 gallons, so I used it sparingly afterwards. But that smell...almost worth it to ruin a saw with it it smelled so good. If I were wealthy, it is all I would run, and damn the saws. Worth it to be smelling doughnuts as you cut.

From what I have read that's one of the problems with 927, there are others but it's in relation to separation with racing fuels(alcohol/methanol and the like, nothing I need to worry about(it's in the description on their site).

 

[00wyk]

Yeah, I was beginning to worry about the gunk on the crown. If it were brownish, I woulda been OK, but it was BLACK. It wasn't all over the crown - just the flow pattern area. But it alarmed me some. The top of the piston did go cleaner after I ran Power1 Racing in it. We should also keep in mind this was a super high compression, finger ported cylinder that was Randy's own saw. And she liked to run hot. I had to sell her off - too hot a saw for a working saw. I think in a typical 044 you might not see as much benol combustion in the chamber.

BTW, Maxxima Castor 927 cost significantly less here than K2 does. It also cost less than Stihl Ultra, and half what Castrol 747 does. I've not seen Klotz or Amsoil here. I would love to run Techniplate. Hrm... I may invest in a 500ML bottle of 927 to run on occasion to plate the P&C a bit after I clean it up and install the new piston.

Not the best pic, but you can see some black in the exhaust directional arrow on the piston top and the swirl pattern as well as a touch of carbon creeping in on the exhaust port in the lower right there:

And this is what the piston side looked like after 5 gallons. The muffler itself came a bit darker as well. You can see it speckled with carbon.

The Bosh Chinese plug Randy sent with it after 5 gals of 927:

 

[Bigmac]

Yeah, I was beginning to worry about the gunk on the crown. If it were brownish, I woulda been OK, but it was BLACK. It wasn't all over the crown - just the flow pattern area. But it alarmed me some. The top of the piston did go cleaner after I ran Power1 Racing in it. We should also keep in mind this was a super high compression, finger ported cylinder that was Randy's own saw. And she liked to run hot. I had to sell her off - too hot a saw for a working saw. I think in a typical 044 you might not see as much benol combustion in the chamber.

BTW, Maxxima Castor 927 cost significantly less here than K2 does. It also cost less than Stihl Ultra, and half what Castrol 747 does. I've not seen Klotz or Amsoil here. I would love to run Techniplate. Hrm... I may invest in a 500ML bottle of 927 to run on occasion to plate the P&C a bit after I clean it up and install the new piston.

Not the best pic, but you can see some black in the exhaust directional arrow on the piston top and the swirl pattern as well as a touch of carbon creeping in on the exhaust port in the lower right there:

And this is what the piston side looked like after 5 gallons. The muffler itself came a bit darker as well. You can see it speckled with carbon.

The Bosh Chinese plug Randy sent with it after 5 gals of 927:

I have seen it separate in vp110, buddy ran it, he let it sit for 2weeks the bowls were full of oil, then he checked his can, all the oil was in the bottom!! Have another friend who runs is, and when I did the tear down on the motor there was black everywhere! Bottom of piston connecting rods and all over the ports, told him it was the oil, did change and his new motor was black everywhere too, and he finally switched, hasn’t had issues since.

 

[Bigmac]

Almost a pet! Lol

 

[Mkinslow]

Almost a pet! Lol
View attachment 203535

Her name will be supper [emoji6]

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

 

[merc_man]

Split up one round after work. Wanted to see how much out of a round.
And busted up the axe handle. It wasnt very good. Was pre broken lol. Got from my the neighbours acrooss the road after the old fellow passed. Will have to get a new handle sometime but the fiscars finished up.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

 

[merc_man]

And this is what happens when you challenge your son to a splitting race. Two more big blocks split in probly under five mins.
And ya i wuped his but.

Sent from my SM-G950W using Tapatalk

 

[Mkinslow]

In my Coleman propane camp grill of all places

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

 

[p61 western]

In my Coleman propane camp grill of all places

Sent from my SM-G892A using Tapatalk

Better you than me. I hate snakes lol.