Trees you've cut

[pwheel]

The top of this snag pretty much blew up on impact. More firewood that I don't need lol.

 

[woodfarmer]

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Hooray 500i!!

How do you like it?

 

[so il logger]

That's a really nice looking woods to work in.

Yes it was a nice clean woods, wish they all was so clean. Timber was kinda small though so there is always a trade off

How do you like it?

So far I have nothing but good things to say about it. A mild muffler mod, 8 pin, and modified some 661r spikes. Inner fit but outer needed clearanced. I've owned several 661 and honestly for no more power difference than there is between the 2 I'd choose the 500i hands down. The weight savings is where its at for what I do. Now, I still run a ported 395 some also. But thats just to mix it up a little and have fun

 

[CLEARCUT]

A couple white fir from today. 500i with a 36.

 

[CLEARCUT]

There will be a few interesting ones like this tomorrow.

 

[jacob j.]

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Can you fall that set broadside as a set of doubles? That's some ugly old wood you're chewin' on there...

 

[CLEARCUT]

Can you fall that set broadside as a set of doubles? That's some ugly old wood you're chewin' on there...

Yeah, they are pretty ugly. Several sets of these fir and oak inter-tangled and fused together. I am planning on falling this as a double like you said, and I’ve got a couple 3-4 foot fir behind them to persuade them if need be. I’m fully manufacturing this stuff, so it is a little slow. Lots of oak as well.

 

[Skeans1]

View attachment 278499 View attachment 278500 View attachment 278501 View attachment 278502 A couple white fir from today. 500i with a 36.

Sure amazing how well these little saws pull a 36 isn't it?

 

[CLEARCUT]

Sure amazing how well these little saws pull a 36 isn't it?

It pulls it fairly well and oils it just fine. The AV isn’t really designed for it though IMO. My 500 is having a hard time restarting at the moment. I need to check it out.

 

[huskyboy]

Cut, topped and skidded ash. Time for lunch now.

 

[pwheel]

Cut, topped and skidded ash. Time for lunch now.

Glad you still have ash where you are. Emerald ash borers wiped them out around here; the last ones died two years ago.

 

[BonScott46]

It pulls it fairly well and oils it just fine. The AV isn’t really designed for it though IMO. My 500 is having a hard time restarting at the moment. I need to check it out.

Why is nobody fabricating stiffer AV for the 500 or the 661? Seems like there would be a sizeabe market for it especially in the PNW.

 

[huskyboy]

Glad you still have ash where you are. Emerald ash borers wiped them out around here; the last ones died two years ago.

Yup this is probably some of the last nice ash I’ll cut.

 

[huskyboy]

Ended up cutting about 40 trees today, most are in this pile but there are a couple behind skidder out in the woods.
This is how much fuel I used today, the can holds about 1.2-1.3 gallons so I probably burned about a gallon. Good fuel economy out of the 572. 36” white pine Time to go home and relax.

 

[Mkinslow]

Do yall ever run across any hardwood burls, I'd like to get my hands on a couple for some different knife handle material.

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[jacob j.]

Do yall ever run across any hardwood burls, I'd like to get my hands on a couple for some different knife handle material.

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I might be able to send you a block of Myrtlewood - that stuff cuts and finishes very nicely. I've got some Myrtlewood I've been aging for a couple years.

 

[HYPERSAWS]

Do yall ever run across any hardwood burls, I'd like to get my hands on a couple for some different knife handle material.

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I have been finding quite a few smaller burls in my strip I'm cutting that have been exposed after the fire went thru.
Dogwood , madrone, maple.

 

[jacob j.]

I have been finding quite a few smaller burls in my strip I'm cutting that have been exposed after the fire went thru.
Dogwood , madrone, maple.

A Madrone burl would be right up Marshall's alley. I saw some old-growth Madrone out of Perkins Creek that Roseburg Lumber milled into flooring - it turned out great.

We logged 45 acres of it and it was about 60-65 years old on average with a few sticks that were probably double that age.

 

[HYPERSAWS]

A Madrone burl would be right up Marshall's alley. I saw some old-growth Madrone out of Perkins Creek that Roseburg Lumber milled into flooring - it turned out great.

We logged 45 acres of it and it was about 60-65 years old on average with a few sticks that were probably double that age.

I'll find one and pack it out

 

[Nutball]

Why is nobody fabricating stiffer AV for the 500 or the 661? Seems like there would be a sizeabe market for it especially in the PNW.

I think even the new little saws have too soft of AV. It feels good, but they don't handle well. Echo top handles are jumpy, even the 545/550xp are a bit jumpy in a way since the AV gives so much the bar can move a lot and dig in all of a sudden. I notice it more when cutting with the top of the bar.