not so pros

[Red97]

Guess I should have checked north west Indiana, and south west Michigan weather...

Bet they got 8-12" on the hwy still single lane, watching the edge suck in little cars one by one.

Just made it to mi, still have 150 miles left, 25-35 mph. May just take a nap and finish when I wake up...

Morning fellas

 

[Time's Standing Stihl]

Yikes -11 here boys.

Top of the morning

 

[PA Dan]

Guess I should have checked north west Indiana, and south west Michigan weather...

Bet they got 8-12" on the hwy still single lane, watching the edge suck in little cars one by one.

Just made it to mi, still have 150 miles left, 25-35 mph. May just take a nap and finish when I wake up...

Morning fellas

Sounds like a good idea buddy! Be safe!

 

[PA Dan]

Almost 50° in Pittsburgh today. Glad it is or we would be buried. Rained hard all night and still coming down!

 

[beaglebriar]

It's been in the single digits here at night. Woke up this morning it's °47 and raining.

Freakin crazy weather.

 

[Red97]

Sounds like a good idea buddy! Be safe!

Should have loaded bout 3k worth of ballast in the truck before I left. Damn duals float like crazy..

 

[Sty57]

I just read a little bit in the oil thread. Why do people think winter bar oil is better? Hell I run a saw all day everyday and have never used it ever. No failures from not using it either. Oil is kept under the muffler on any modern saw. Run the saw for a tank and it's so hot in there that no matter what weight oil you use its still dammed near thin as water. Winter oil always seemed to me like it was only beneficial because in 15F or colder weather you didn't have to squeeze it out of the jug. Can't say I know any loggers that use it.

I could not get that Cam2 oil to even come outta the jug it was so thick. I had to put some fuel oil in the jug just to thin it out enough.

I tore up one pump drive from using it.
For me it's just easier to get winter blend than *f-word around thinning oil or changing drives out.

 

[leadfarmer]

Mornin Friends

 

[Sty57]

Good morning everyone -13° and still dropping.
Looks like mostly an inside day today.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

Morning... mid 50s heading to 70s. Yay for late fall in the south!

 

[Coltont]

I could not get that Cam2 oil to even come outta the jug it was so thick. I had to put some fuel oil in the jug just to thin it out enough.

I tore up one pump drive from using it.
For me it's just easier to get winter blend than *f-word around thinning oil or changing drives out.

http://www.agrisupply.com/itasca-bar-and-chain-oil/p/16332/. We use that brand. One weight all year. Never had any trouble and it's cheap, like 42 bucks for 6 gallons.

 

[Genius]

Mornin guys.

 

[Termitebuffet]

Morning men

Zoo City Sawz

 

[Genius]

Welp the baby woke me up at 5am I check the temp -6 never seen . it this cold down here its bs man

That's nuts, 15 here this morning.

I talked to my buddy who's north of Dallas last night. They are calling for -5 wind chills down there. Those are unheard of temps

 

[Genius]

Good morning everyone -13° and still dropping.
Looks like mostly an inside day today.

Have fun loading hay today

 

[Sty57]

http://www.agrisupply.com/itasca-bar-and-chain-oil/p/16332/. We use that brand. One weight all year. Never had any trouble and it's cheap, like 42 bucks for 6 gallons.

I've seen that stuff around here somewhere.
My biggest problem is if I leave everything outside, then go and try to cut. It's all so cold that it take forever to get the oil warmed up.
If I bring them in and there warm to start with. It doesn't matter much with the oil.

I'm just a firewood hack and only cut 30-50 cords a year. So I only cut when I have time and don't plan on it much.

 

[Sty57]

Have fun loading hay today

Dad called him yesterday and told him to GFY we're not doing it today.

 

[Coltont]

I've seen that stuff around here somewhere.
My biggest problem is if I leave everything outside, then go and try to cut. It's all so cold that it take forever to get the oil warmed up.
If I bring them in and there warm to start with. It doesn't matter much with the oil.

I'm just a firewood hack and only cut 30-50 cords a year. So I only cut when I have time and don't plan on it much.

Yep we both cut wood but arent very much alike!! I use about 5 gallons of bar oil a week and all my stuff sits out in the cold all the time. Saws are in a locked toolbox. Oil hangs out in the bed wherever it gets tossed. It's always fun when you poke a hole in the bottom of a jug and don't know it till you see an oil slick in the bed of your truck at the end of the day.... Or when you forget to put your gas and oil caps back on your saw and throw it on your shoulder.... Been there done that... A couple times.

 

[Stump Shot]

Morning fellas, and it's a cold one!

 

[Sty57]

Yep we both cut wood but arent very much alike!! I use about 5 gallons of bar oil a week and all my stuff sits out in the cold all the time. Saws are in a locked toolbox. Oil hangs out in the bed wherever it gets tossed. It's always fun when you poke a hole in the bottom of a jug and don't know it till you see an oil slick in the bed of your truck at the end of the day.... Or when you forget to put your gas and oil caps back on your saw and throw it on your shoulder.... Been there done that... A couple times.

That is very true, if I was cutting full time. I would do stuff completely different.
But like everything in life. What works for me, may never work for you.

What you spend on oil a week is enough for all winter for me. For me to spend a few dollars more for convenience makes sense.
For you it's taking money outta your pocket fast.