Recent content by Hoser

8mm European loads are pretty hot stuff especially compared to North American loadings. Love my 98 sporter and m48BO, especially with a pocket full of stripper clips.

I like the little Stihl ones, just gotta grind em down for 288’s I find. Terminal drivers with the pocket clip are good too, less likely (but not impossible) to get stabbed in the nuts or thigh by it.

Far from interesting but here’s a few I blasted down today. Bore cut most then steered a couple down I was worried about smashing up some beauty sugar maples. Lots of high stumps because it was all going for firewood until the property owner mentioned he had a mill. Fun day, have about 60...

I forgot all about stub hubs. My welder buddy is doing work on my 1 ton soon so I’ll throw my cart now in the bed and get him to weld new hangers and hubs as the wheels and bearings on it now are beat to death. Get some new boards from another buddy with a sawmill and I’ll be in tip top shape...

I do have a buddy who’s a fantastic welder, horrible on a saw so we trade work quite a bit. But it would still end up costing the same or more as a new one but then it would be exactly what I want.

I’ll trade ya! This was less then a month ago.

Snowmageddon is finally ending here so I worked up a 1/2 a cordish of ash, beech and hard maple after work. The 271 was working hard in the 24”+ butt logs

Good call Mike. Owen sound’s is pretty barren now, I didn’t see any in Guelph but I’m sure a couple calls to other locations could turn up a bargain.

Ohio steel trailers caught my eye but I can’t find one in Canada for less then $8-900, if it was 4-500 it’d be a no brainer. I’ve thought of buying cheap for now but I try my best to be a buy once cry once type of guy so just wanted kick tires a bit, keep my eyes peeled on the second hand market

Just wondering what everyone’s running for atv trailers. I bought a Polaris 500 last year and used it in a few small bush lots where the land owner didn’t want a tractor in there skidding. Plus not having to trailer/ drive the Massey out is immensely less hassle. My old homemade wagon is...

I did play a little with steering the tree by gutting out the centre of the hinge unevenly instead steering it with my back cut. I mostly cut dead ash so I just try to do what I can to not smash up the crown of healthy trees but also hang around the stump as little as possible. If any of that...

Does that % of heart bored out matter depending on tree diameter/ how dead it is? I tried it on a couple ash and elm last year but always left 30-50%, mainly just wanted to reduce the risk of the ash chairing, limb weight and lean were favourable to direction it needed to go.

Those are a rarity up here these days. The bark disease has not all of them but a vast majority killed off.

Everyone needs a 288 in their life, torque like a 461 but angrier

If it’s on Facebook marketplace I don’t even bother inquiring. It’s all scammers or stolen *s-word. Kijiji I’ve had much better luck with, met some excellent people. Atleast in my neck of the woods I should say.