Used chainsaws online?

[mainer_in_ak]

Huh? What is so silly about face cords? That has been the accepted measurement for cut firewood here for ever.

Oh OK, I had no idea. My apologies. I guess why I thought facecord speak is silly: fabz acres or whatever he's called, was bragging up how many hundreds of "face cords" he's cut and why that makes his saw knowledge so bad ass.

I guess I just attributed face cords to him: a make pretend cord that looks legit, but when u peak behind that row, there's nothing but air.

 

[ammoaddict]

Oh OK, I had no idea. My apologies. I guess why I thought facecord speak is silly: fabz acres or whatever he's called, was bragging up how many hundreds of "face cords" he's cut and why that makes his saw knowledge so bad ass.

I guess I just attributed face cords to him: a make pretend cord that looks legit, but when u peak behind that row, there's nothing but air.

Around here you dont hear cord. You just hear pile or pickup truck load.

 

[hacskaroly]

I just wanted to know how many pieces of wood I would have to cut and if it's worth the time and energy cutting all it myself or just buying it.

You can count the number of logs in the first row and the multiply it by 3, should give you a rough estimate. Actual numbers will vary due to the size log, how many times it has been split and length (or as they say in Maryland, "lemth")



If you are near national forest land, you can get a firewood permit and are able to collect up to 12 cord of firewood in a calendar year. No charge on the permit at this time (normally it was $5 a cord - at least here in Northern Idaho, might be different in other areas, check with your local District Ranger office), but you have to go find it, cut it, haul it and stack it. Though you can focus in on some of the more prized tree types rather than what the wood maggot drops off at your house for $300+ a cord.

 

[Al Smith]

Flea bay saws I expect to work on then again being a tight wad I do not spend much .My very best deals have came from a dealers "dead " pile second from the forums .Most sellers on flea bay think other people are stupid.which actually some are I'm just not one of them .Over the last 40 plus years I've bought exatly one new saw ,a Poulan S25 and it still runs as good as it did when brand new .Odd though I've never ran that red oil at 40-50 to 1 ratio .Maybe I'm just lucky .

 

[Bill G]

I'm trying to reduce my heating bill. I have a furnace that uses oil. Oil is very expensive especially where I'm at. I'm just trying to figure out how much wood costs vs oil per month and per year. I'm spending around $2,500 a year on oil.

At $2500 on oil alone just buy a wood boiler
You buck it
You chuck it
It will burn it
It will earn it

 

[IffykidMn]

My math could be wrong so correct me if I'm wrong. A cord of wood is roughly around 700 pieces of firewood? So, roughly around 7,000 pieces of firewood a year you burn? 585 to 600 pieces of firewood a month?

I'm trying to figure out the math and how many pieces of firewood I would need from end of September to end of May if I only use firewood for heat in a wood stove. 4,800 maybe? Do you know what the average people use for the winter for heat?

I have never counted sticks only cords, sticks vary in size from itty bitty ones to large ones, a cord of wood is a set measurement 4X4X8 same goes for a face cord 16"X4X8 or 3face cords to a cord of wood.

Wood species vary in the number of Btu's per cord species such as pine,basswood,poplar, are lower in btu's maple, oak, osage, hickory are higher.

Heating oil produces X number of Btu's per gallon of oil.

There are online charts showing the btu's per cord of the individual species.

For your math
$2500 in oil gets you how many gallons of oil? number of gallons multiplied by btu's equals how many btu's you used to heat your home.

Figure how many btu's the species of wood you plan to burn produces per cord.

Take the number of btu's it took to heat with oil and divide the number of btu's in the cord of wood equals the appx number of cords required to heat your home, do not fail to account for the additional heat generated stacking, carrying inside, restacking, loading the stove/furnace and lastly carrying the ashes back outside.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

It's ah good way of life burning wood. The old timers up here, when they stop doing firewood, they die. The guys in their late 70s early 80s they're still doing firewood.

My ole buddy vern had a heart attack. He can't do the stacking or splitting, but by gully he'll feed that stove if you bring him wood. Im glad hes still hobblin out to his wood pile, I brought him 4 cord:

 

[Duce]

I was wondering if any of you have bought used chainsaws online from places like ebay or craigslist and is it wise to do so? I recently saw a STIHL MS362C for $99 dollars. The seller has a 99.4% positive rating. Photos in link below...

Get the Job Done with this STIHL MS362C Chainsaw Stihl MS 362 C Works Great | eBay

Used Condition (see Pics) and This Stihl MS362C chainsaw is powerful! product line. The MS362C model is designed to get the job. cutting tasks. You will receive the Stihl Chainsaw only. Made in Germany, it belongs to the STIHL FARM BOSS.

www.ebay.com

What do you guys think?

I'm not sure where in MN you are, but I'd bet that there's a dealer or small engine shop within your normal travels that has a broken/abandoned/customer didn't want to fix non-China saw that could be had for a song. You could reduce it to a pile of parts and have something with a lot lower risk level to build. If you really wanted to be cheap you could use the cheap parts to rebuild it and still come out with less into it.

Think he should take a look at that 562 you have for sale.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

You don't sound like much of a woodsman. Fact is, if you don't have access to free wood and you don't enjoy putting it up, you're further ahead to get a part time job and simply turn up the thermostat.

Hahahahahaha. "woodsman" what ah name.

This sht is seriously entertaining round here.

I try not to play favorites, but is is my favorite faux-woodsman parody of all time:

 

[FergusonTO35]

I was wondering if any of you have bought used chainsaws online from places like ebay or craigslist and is it wise to do so? I recently saw a STIHL MS362C for $99 dollars. The seller has a 99.4% positive rating. Photos in link below...

Get the Job Done with this STIHL MS362C Chainsaw Stihl MS 362 C Works Great | eBay

Used Condition (see Pics) and This Stihl MS362C chainsaw is powerful! product line. The MS362C model is designed to get the job. cutting tasks. You will receive the Stihl Chainsaw only. Made in Germany, it belongs to the STIHL FARM BOSS.

www.ebay.com

What do you guys think?

Five of my six saws that I use to cut with came from Fleabay, only one of them was new. Don't expect perfection and don't get carried away with bidding against someone else and you can find plenty of good deals there. Most saws people are trying to sell in classifieds around here are worn out junk and/or new saw priced, I don't even look anymore. Pawn shops are another place where you can find good deals, and most of them will negotiate on price.

 

[mrxlh]

As others have stated, I’ve purchased on FB, eBay, here, FHC, every transaction has been satisfactory. I will say do your research on the saw(s) you are looking at. Ask questions, lots of questions, especially if the deal looks too good to be true.

 

[hacskaroly]

The old timers up here, when they stop doing firewood, they die. The guys in their late 70s early 80s they're still doing firewood.

When I was working selling chainsaws, I had a few customers in their 90s come in and get a smaller saw, like a MS 251 because their other saws were just too big for them and they didn't want to stop dropping and bucking trees. I agree with your statement, if these guys stopped, they would die, work keeps them going. Then there were those in their 50s and 60s that rode the wheely cart around the store, because walking was hard.

 

[hacskaroly]

I try not to play favorites, but is is my favorite faux-woodsman parody of all time:

That is a neat video, I didn't know that about Aspen trees...

 

[FergusonTO35]

When I was working selling chainsaws, I had a few customers in their 90s come in and get a smaller saw, like a MS 251 because their other saws were just too big for them and they didn't want to stop dropping and bucking trees. I agree with your statement, if these guys stopped, they would die, work keeps them going.

That's how I want to be. I'll have plenty of time to not work when I'm dead, until then I'm going to be working every day. I will be eligible to retire from my "career" job in a bit less than 10 years, and I'm already plotting what I'll do after that. Full time farming probably, like my dad and both grandfather's did.

 

[IffykidMn]

Five of my six saws that I use to cut with came from Fleabay, only one of them was new. Don't expect perfection and don't get carried away with bidding against someone else and you can find plenty of good deals there. Most saws people are trying to sell in classifieds around here are worn out junk and/or new saw priced, I don't even look anymore. Pawn shops are another place where you can find good deals, and most of them will negotiate on price.

I agree with the most saws are junk statement, I still cruise FB market place looking for the occasional deal last one was a Stihl 261 which looked lightly used popped the muffler no scoring, compression was good, noticed a floppy wrap handle talked the guy down $25 from asking price took the $125 saw home tightened the spring AV mount on the handle and been using my lightly used 261 for the past two years.

Few and far between but deals are out there if you have pretty good idea what you are looking at and sometimes you can find the occasional downright steal.

 

[IffykidMn]

That's how I want to be. I'll have plenty of time to not work when I'm dead, until then I'm going to be working every day. I will be eligible to retire from my "career" job in a bit less than 10 years, and I'm already plotting what I'll do after that. Full time farming probably, like my dad and both grandfather's did.

Be very very careful when you retire I did so about 10years ago and started buying more saws.

 

[hacskaroly]

Be very very careful when you retire I did so about 10years ago and started buying more saws.

I keep collecting project saws like I am retired, but I am not...I need more time in the day...lol

 

[LAWN BOY]

I keep collecting project saws like I am retired, but I am not...I need more time in the day...lol

Me too

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Be very very careful when you retire I did so about 10years ago and started buying more saws.

I’ll continue to collect free cheap saws because when I retire in 9-10 years the saw shop i officially started last fall will be my retirement job. My wife is a 7-1/2 years younger than me and will be working for a bit before retirement. I’ll do saws and probably continue till I can’t at least part time. Retirement will just be from current welding job at the mine.