Recent content by Catbuster

Got a couple of real old Cats up and going recently to go out on the line.

There are a lot of places in Appalachia (Daniel Boone & Cherokee NF primarily) where federal & state firefighters have been shot at in the past-they’ve always been wide, which makes me hink they were warning shots. And Coeur d’Alene and the rest of northern Idaho has always had some serious...

I bought a Pro Splitting axe probably… 7 years ago, and while this may sound hyperbolic, it has been one of the better purchases I’d made in my entire life. The short handle and lighter head make splitting smaller rounds a lot less tiresome than my 8 pound maul on a 3 foot handle, especially if...

It’s a Council Tool axe, Jersey pattern. Some of their stamps are just plain ugly, and this is one of them. They’re probably the best value on the market right now, by far. Made in NC.

Somebody took good care of this thing before it got to my hands😉

Based on how solid this one looks and feels, I may buy a 32 versus another Stihl ES Light. It feels like i could honestly get close to twice the life of and ES Light, and that would cover the 60% price increase over the Stihl. I just have to not bend it or destroy it to make that extra life matter.

Took the 32 off the 460, where it’s lived for a while. Then I cleaned the saw up and put on the 28” Cannon Duralite… It looks so good I really don’t want to get it dirty.

I’ve always been a stickler for having screens in whatever muffler mods are done. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen enough wildfire to know what it can do, and tend do cut a fair bit when I can start a wildfire… Even if that may sound mildly dramatic. I can also say with a high degree of confidence...

I have not, but one of the guys I cut with says they are very similar to the Smartwool PhD Outdoor line. Which was a really good sock while they were being made. @Farmchuck What last? I can’t wear an HNW last boot without some cushion. What’s bothering you? I’m not here to defend Nicks or...

The Danner loggers are a stitchdown boot, which can make resoling a little more difficult than a Goodyear welt most other boots in this price range to resole. Personally, I like the US made Danner product line, I think the Quarry is the best boot on the market at its price point, even after the...

It’s been a while since I’ve had a clutch off. It still hate them. Greased the bearing, it was dry. Kubota multi-purpose grease was not my first choice, but it was what we had. New sprocket. It was time. It looks like Stihl has changed the design of the 3/8-7 pin. Cleaned it up...

Fire department metal tag 044 due for a set of clutch springs and a sprocket. On its second bar, sprocket and set of springs… In 33 years.

For a 32, I’ve always thought the black mounts were a little… Flaccid. Falling it does okay, it’s bucking using the dogs and moving the tip around limbing where I can really feel the wiggle and the rear handle moving and almost bottoming out on the mount with my somewhat ham-fisted approach when...

Not long after @davidwyby posted a thread about 1128 series Stihl AV mounts, my 046 started buzzing my hands more than normal. The annular mount had cracked. So I swapped it for the stiffer one, and did the one on my 460 at the same time.

I met Adam a couple of years back. He’s a really nice guy, and a very good machinist. Youtube can be a good resource for information & entertainment… If you have a fair basic understanding to understand what’s good and what’s not. It was much more useful 10 years ago. As with many events in...