Firewood thread!!! Let's see what you got!!!!

[psuiewalsh]

Nice. Love the helper. Start'em young. Lol

He will drive the backhoes with me in the cab. The old JD loader can be a handful to steer so he is not there yet. He always wants to get the 963 cat involved but its usually not necessary.

 

[psuiewalsh]

You guys back east have so many trees, so jealous!

PA is very diverse. Some really old huge trees in church areas and such but most all were cleared in the 1800s. http://www.pabigtrees.com/

 

[Wilhelm]

You run that .404 yet?

I gave it a test run on my PS-7900, but nothing serious yet.
Kinda weird looking at those round teeth after becoming used to chisel, I'm curious to find out how these chains will fare.

The .404" B&C setup will become the main setup for my PS-7900 and as soon temperature drops and I catch up with backlogged work I'll be having fun in my recently delivered 11 cubic meter oak log pile with all my saws wearing various chains.



I might be getting that special custom EXL loop soon as well, can hardly wait to get my hands on it.

 

[Battle Cross 2]

They do chains for bamboo like the one in your last pic.

 

[RI Chevy]

Here you go Wilhelm.
3/8 Oregon EXL chain

 

[460 magnum]

Here you go Wilhelm.
3/8 Oregon EXL chain

Did you hand file that?

 

[Wilhelm]

They do chains for bamboo like the one in your last pic. View attachment 139994

I know, yet 3/8" Full House doesn't seem to be easily available.

Here you go Wilhelm.
3/8 Oregon EXL chain

Looking good, but I want as many teeth as drive links.

 

[RI Chevy]

Did you hand file that?

Brand new box chain

 

[RI Chevy]

I know, yet 3/8" Full House doesn't seem to be easily available.


Looking good, but I want as many teeth as drive links.

I think it has been tested before, Semi skip chain is faster than full comp. Clears chips better.

 

[Ryan Browne]

I think it has been tested before, Semi skip chainbus faster than full comp. Clears chips better.

Don't think that's right Jeff. Certainly not across the board.

 

[RI Chevy]

Julian did some testing. Semi skip was the better choice.
@Redbull661

 

[Ryan Browne]

Julian did some testing. Semi skip was the better choice.
@Redbull661

Lots of guys racing. Never seen any of them running skip chain. I'm not saying full comp is ALWAYS faster, but I think in most situations it is.

 

[RI Chevy]

Your right.
I was actually comparing it to the chain that Wilhelm wants. More cutters than regular full comp. chain.
But I also always refer to work chains, as I do not race any saws.
So as I generally speak, for work chains, 24" and larger, I think semi skip is a better choice. Generally speaking.

 

[Ryan Browne]

Your right.
I was actually comparing it to the chain that Wilhelm wants. More cutters than regular full comp. chain.
But I also always refer to work chains, as I do not race any saws.
So as I generally speak, for work chains, 24" and larger, I think semi skip is a better choice. Generally speaking.

I'll get behind that. I wasn't talking about race chains either, just saying that if skip chain was faster, those guys would be using it as the basis for their chains. For a bar buried situation for a bar over 24" semi skip would be my choice. Mostly because of having fewer teeth to file.

On a side note, I think running that chain like Wilhelm wants (I've heard it called full house) is goofy. Way too much filing for me. But I have heard of successful race chains being made that way. BTW, Wilhelm, I'm not trying to spoil your fun. Just my personal opinion. If it makes you happy, run it!

 

[RI Chevy]

I have never seen any of this Full House chain in action, so it's tough to comment. But I am like you with the "less is more" mentality.
I did some personal testing with 28 and 32" full comp vs semi skip. Semi-skip was much better when bar was buried in hard wood. The less sharpening was the icing on the cake. Lol

 

[Wilhelm]

I think it has been tested before, Semi skip chain is faster than full comp. Clears chips better.

I'll get behind that. I wasn't talking about race chains either, just saying that if skip chain was faster, those guys would be using it as the basis for their chains. For a bar buried situation for a bar over 24" semi skip would be my choice. Mostly because of having fewer teeth to file.

On a side note, I think running that chain like Wilhelm wants (I've heard it called full house) is goofy. Way too much filing for me. But I have heard of successful race chains being made that way. BTW, Wilhelm, I'm not trying to spoil your fun. Just my personal opinion. If it makes you happy, run it!

That Full House (72DL with 72 teeth) will be a play chain and a conversational piece - it will not be utilized as an all round work chain.

I have never seen any of this Full House chain in action, so it's tough to comment. But I am like you with the "less is more" mentality.
I did some personal testing with 28 and 32" full comp vs semi skip. Semi-skip was much better when bar was buried in hard wood. The less sharpening was the icing on the cake. Lol

The Full House EXL I'll be getting is a 72DL/20" loop, that should help keep chip clearance issues at bay.

I am curious to see the loops performance myself.

I generally don't mind filing my dull chains, all are full complement across the board.
But, I don't work in the field which makes it easier to comfortably file away in the shade with some background music.

 

[ajschainsaws]

what a mess just been tipping here once tree work has slowed up will square things up

 

[ajschainsaws]

at least the saw log pile is in better order

 

[Wilhelm]

at least the saw log pile is in better order

View attachment 140508

Do You want help with that?

Set up a tent and organize a chainsaw GTG, I'd be tempted to attend!

 

[Wood Chopper]

Friend of mine just purchased about 50 acres and is eventually going to put a few houses up. In the mean time he is selling and hauling the sand that he has to get rid of. So before the he clear cuts he is letting us take some wood out. Some of the nicest wood I’ve ever cut. Almost too nice. I had the excavator to use which is like cheating. Lol.


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