Recent content by Hoser

Thanks fellas It sounds like I was on right track, Most of the trees I felled had the tops smashed out of them OR were still hanging off the front(in the direction I was felling) so more or less just a stem. I didn’t bore the whole middle out far just took a bar nose worth off the hinge to...

I’ve ran 461’s and a 460 the last 4 years cutting 75ish cords of hardwood a year 24” bar 8pin usually, 28 7pin sometimes Vibes aren’t bad, good torque, you’ll be used to banging out the air filter with an 044. Stock they always felt lazy to me, ported they’re great for what I do. I do...

I have yet another question for the experts. Would there be any point to gutting the hinge on a tree if you’re not bore cutting it? I was caught unprepared a couple weekends ago when a land owner said he wanted me to blast a couple hazard trees over. SO what I did was tall shallow face cut...

I go through a case or two of loops a year. Every one gets sharpened past the hash marks on one of these vices. Holds em tight, easier than bending over the saw. Great stuff

They’re not easy to find here either and when you do no one wants to sell them. It’s a from my warm dead hands kind of thing.

That’s more or less my problem now being a part time/ full time firewood guy. If you’re on a good bush you’re so busy felling, bucking and hauling a lot of stuff isn’t getting split until spring so I’m losing a fair amount of good wood like sugar maple and beech to rot.

I’m good there. Damn near all I can get is narrow kerf RS pro. It won’t see a big load, I just like to keep chains the same dl and pitch when I can

How well are 241’s regarded? Will they pull .325 and oil it? I don’t have much of any experience with the smaller saws

Most winters here prohibit processing firewood unless you’re cutting the tree down, bucking, splitting, etc that day. Talk about cabin fever. What blows my mind is how many people I know who start cutting this years firewood right about now, from truck to stove.

As I process wood through the year I stack all my firewood in Ibc cages that I use as end pieces on sale wood stacks. In the summer I empty all the totes that have been full for a year or more and put them in the wood shed. I’ve been trying to get 2 years ahead for years now but it’s hard to...

Cord and a half of spruce? this afternoon. I’m curious to see how long it takes to season and how it will burn in the stove. Hot and fast with no coals is my guess

Not much firewoodin left to do here. This was the remains of 3 truck and pup loads I got last October. Now I have room for about 20 ish cord from the bush.

I had a gorgeous bsa 222 that someone had “free floated” it shot horribly. A good friend of mine shimmed the forend for good contact/ support and that rifle is now a favourite for walking the fields. If it shoots good now don’t touch it, I’ve yet to see an axis that shot poorly.

My 94 carbine has always liked 170 grain best, super X specifically, corelockt is good too. It doesn’t group 150 grain blue box federal it patterns them. Other brands of 150 isn’t horrible just 170 is better. My Canadian centennial shot everything very well

No it doesn’t. Not a huge difference but enough.