So what did you do today?

[fearofpavement]

My next door neighbor is throwing this out. I think it is much too cool to let it go to scrap.

If anyone is interested and willing to PU or pay for transportation, please let me know ASAP, as it will be gone soon.

What is it? A vacuum?

 

[MustangMike]

I think it was a brush hog.

 

[fearofpavement]

So I looked it up and it is a vacuum. They do make a mower but this one usually has a big collection bag behind it. Not sure what use it would be on a lawn, maybe in a parking lot?

 

[MustangMike]

Thanks for that, I was going to research it myself as it does look like a vacuum, but the name sounded like a brush hog!

I still think the logos are cool. Maybe it picked up leaves on the lawn?

 

[fearofpavement]

Thanks for that, I was going to research it myself as it does look like a vacuum, but the name sounded like a brush hog!

I still think the logos are cool. Maybe it picked up leaves on the lawn?

They still make them. (both the vacs and the mowers)

 

[MustangMike]

Well, I did it … I have a pair of chaps that someone gave me, but I never wear them. They didn't have em when I learned to use a saw and I find them to be a PITA! I climb over logs and stuff too much to feel comfortable with them on.

But I do usually wear some heavy canvas paints when I cut, and one of them wore out.

So today I ordered a set of Woodland Pro Chainsaw Protection Paints. They are supposed to be lightweight and durable, so we will see.

I bought some chainsaw boots a while back. They are so heavy and stiff I don't think I've worn them for about 5 years! (But somehow I have managed to keep all my toes!). I usually pay a lot of attention to where my body parts are in relation to the B+C.

 

[RI Chevy]

All good Mike until that chain hits your thigh or leg. Then you wish you had 2 pair of chaps on.
I cut my leg about 20 years or so back. 50 stitches in muh leg.
Chaps for me now when I'm cutting and bucking.

 

[fearofpavement]

I wear chaps almost all the time when running a saw. I have scars on my left thigh from a time just prior to when I bought my first pair. I think they're worth the cost, inconvenience and uncomfortable feel.

 

[stihl_head1982]

I had a few chaps. But they all grew up. Now they are no longer chaps.

But I don't think we are talking about the same thing. These chaps seem to wear on you a times.
The type you are speaking of you wear them on you. I think I'm catching on now.

 

[Nutball]

I got the ports roughed in on a chinese ms250 I'm building for myself. It was going to be a nitro hotsaw, but with the GTG cancelled, and I could use a cheap saw at work. I'm going to fill the intake side transfers with epoxy and grind a smooth curve in them instead of the sharp 90 deg. There's a good bit of room for hogging the exhaust port if someone really wanted to hog it out.

 

[gurwald]

Second time milling with my granberg.
Was a 90 yo pine that blew over.



I shot a short clip milling one log, not very exiting but...

 

[a. palmer jr.]

Got the old Super 2 out and cut down a small tree in my new property plus cut up a bit of an old table with it also. The table was a homemade wooden one and was pretty rotten so it didn't hurt the chain. I'm still gathering up tools to get my shop ready to work on saws again, right now I have so much junk in the way that I probably couldn't work in there until I haul a bunch of it off. I guess I should have been more insistent on trash removal when I bought the property but I thought they might leave something valuable behind....

 

[WillG]

Demoed my buddy's new Husqvarna Z254F zero turn. 54" fabricated deck, 23 hp Kawasaki FR691V engine. 9 bushel triple bagger. He bought it a couple of days ago. Very nice machine. I'm in the market for a new mower myself and I've decided on the Z248F which is just the 48" 21.5 hp version of his. I'm going with the triple bagger as well.

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[ayoungtexan]

I’m always using chaps whenever I’m cutting. I use the Stihl 9-layer ones, as I can move around with them on just fine, and they provide good protection

 

[Guido Salvage]

Milled up the ash I took down yesterday. Looks like a critter left me some sort of cryptic message in one of the boards. Once that was done I cut my grass and then blew off my driveways.

 

[breese]

Spent a few hours sanding down the front door door frame of my 5 year old, $3,000 front door.
Therma-tru and I are going to go round and round over this...

 

[Boomhower]

Finished up this 5/1955 Coleman 202 of my dads. Had the fount re-nickeled and the ventilator re-porcelainized.

Those pickled eggs I found in a tackle box and I believe they have been in there for four years. Anyone want the rest?

 

[RI Chevy]

Nice!!!

 

[MustangMike]

Went to the Cabin Mon - Wed, there were 7 of us (2 Daughters, SIL + 3 G kids).

Had a great time with work and play. Shot guns, saw views, played cards and enjoyed the fire at night and cooking over it during the day.

We also cut/skidded wood and made some repairs/improvements to the cabin, cleared some trees to improve a view and to provide more PM sun for the solar panel. The wood shed is now very well stocked.

We added another Chestnut Oak bench for outside use (made from chainsaw milled wood).

Although I brought up charged batteries, the solar panel had done it's job and the charged battery that stayed up there provided lights for the entire trip.

 

[MustangMike]

There seems to be a late Gypsy Moth infestation in the Black Cherry trees. I'm hoping it is too late to be harmful.