Western North Carolina and East Tennessee Disaster Thread

[Bilge Rat]

Hell, motor oil works too.

After threading pipe for 50yrs Thread cutting oil is about the same thickness and very tacky.
It should work well for bar oil.

 

[Woodwackr]

So, just got off the phone with Brody. He’s still on the road.
I dropped a donation into his GFM acct and will match others up to $1000. Pass the word!
We are trying to get a pallet of bar oil from the Asheville TSC which will be about $2k. Mgr there said today (via phone) that they have the oil now but don’t know for how long and don’t know when more will get there.
Brody can coordinate with his partner to pick up and distribute the oil and whatever else from there.

Maybe TSC can give a discount and we post that info for a little free advertising?

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

What about first aid kits?

Yes for sure. Tourniquets also.

 

[bucketofguts]

The Nationl Guard should be handing out bleed out kits to all the people running saws. A baby diper or feminine pad. An ace bandage, and a boyscout tourniquet needs to be in arms reach.. On every cutter

 

[2000ssm6]

Just sent you my cell, give me a holler when able.

 

[Paul Fithian]

if he has the green light to feed the first responders how come not allowed to help the residents

thats the *f-worded up part of it

He's feeding anyone that wants until the food's gone.

 

[Squareground3691]

Many power crews from my area of New England , have headed down south,

 

[dall]

He's feeding anyone that wants until the food's gone.

it sounded like the residents was getting turned away
and if that was the case leave the public officials float in the river
just like the one ass fire chief and the town manager clown

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

An organization that's helping people in low income housing in Asheville had three electric chainsaws stolen. If anyone wants to help donate one or two, they would be very well received at my house. Brody Hunt 34 Branning St. Asheville,NC 28806. Thanks again to any and all help. And for keeping my people in yours hearts if you can't help.

 

[Squareground3691]

An organization that's helping people in low income housing in Asheville had three electric chainsaws stolen. If anyone wants to help donate one or two, they would be very well received at my house. Brody Hunt 34 Branning St. Asheville,NC 28806. Thanks again to any and all help. And for keeping my people in yours hearts if you can't help.

Disaster’s bring out the best and the worst in people, and the worst need not be on this earth,

 

[srcarr52]

If anyone wants to ship anything in, my address is Brody Hunt 34 Branning St, Asheville,NC 28806. Files, mix, chaps, PPE, common chain types, common bar types, screnches, file guides, and whatever else makes sense, for both pros and relative newbies. I'll get it out to the areas it's needed. 5 gallon buckets, especially with lids are also extra useful, for people in general. Disposable cutlery and plates are extra good to donate in general, as running water is very scarce. The list goes on of course, but a couple things that might not be first in mind.

Mission hospital had 33 chainsaw patients on Wednesday alone, with no running water. Lots of inexperienced and desperate people. PPE is huge. I'll be doing my best to get saw materials into experienced hands, but with the volume I'll be dealing with, I just have to get the stuff out there. Our go fund me has raised over 6k in just over a day. Have a big Madsens order in, making another today.

Thanks from all of the people of WNC if you are able to donate in any way, to any of the relief efforts. This is going to be a very long difficult process. So much of our infrastructure is gone. But people are doing amazing things helping each other on the ground there.

Donate to Support Chainsaw Relief for Western NC Communities, organized by Brody Hunt

This fundraiser is for Chainsaw supplies going into Western North Caroli… Brody Hunt needs your support for Support Chainsaw Relief for Western NC Communities

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What size chains are you guys running. I’d be happy to drop ship and order from sawsalvage.co @Duke Thieroff to you. If you can give me a rough idea what chains and other supplies you’d need I’ll put together a couple hundred order of stuff.

 

[psuiewalsh]

An organization that's helping people in low income housing in Asheville had three electric chainsaws stolen. If anyone wants to help donate one or two, they would be very well received at my house. Brody Hunt 34 Branning St. Asheville,NC 28806. Thanks again to any and all help. And for keeping my people in yours hearts if you can't help.

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

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Wow! Thank you so much!!! I'll get them in their hands ASAP!!! This is amazing. I'll add that this is the first theft I've personally heard of so far. People are being incredibly kind to one another, across any barriers.

 

[Duke Thieroff]

What size chains are you guys running. I’d be happy to drop ship and order from sawsalvage.co @Duke Thieroff to you. If you can give me a rough idea what chains and other supplies you’d need I’ll put together a couple hundred order of stuff.

Let's talk about this on the side, I can split it with you or we can multiply our effort.


I love our country and it has afforded me plenty of opportunities. So many people have helped me when I needed it and I'm happy to pay it forward.

 

[srcarr52]

Let's talk about this on the side, I can split it with you or we can multiply our effort.


I love our country and it has afforded me plenty of opportunities. So many people have helped me when I needed it and I'm happy to pay it forward.

Will do. You probably have a better idea of what people use around that area than me. So let’s get a care package together.

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

What size chains are you guys running. I’d be happy to drop ship and order from sawsalvage.co @Duke Thieroff to you. If you can give me a rough idea what chains and other supplies you’d need I’ll put together a couple hundred order of stuff.

Thank you so much! I'd say 24" 3/8 050, 20" 3/8 050, and whatever else you think is most common and useful. It'll find a spot. I'm a professional timber faller and don't need any chain so none of it is for my saws. All for saws I've never seen and mostly never will. So anything else that's generally useful to folks, files of all sizes, raker gauges, file handles, earplugs, chaps, you name it. Common bars. Am in contact with at least one of the mule trains now. Our first load is heading into the mountains tomorrow, and I won't even be there for two days yet. It's getting serious with the level of support I'm getting for this, all saw specific materials. I can't believe it, but it's what we need and we need a lot of it. My cutting partner is buying 100-150 gallons of bar oil tomorrow...

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

Let's talk about this on the side, I can split it with you or we can multiply our effort.


I love our country and it has afforded me plenty of opportunities. So many people have helped me when I needed it and I'm happy to pay it forward.

I can't thank you enough. WNC is needing the whole country is behind them.

 

[Smokealongthetracks]

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Wow thank you so much! It's amazing and I'd like to say from everything I've heard talking with so many people already there, everyone is coming together and being incredibly kind to each other, regardless of any barriers. So this theft is certainly an outlier.

 

[Woodwackr]

Will do. You probably have a better idea of what people use around that area than me. So let’s get a care package together.

I'm in

 

[Woodwackr]

Maybe we could brainstorm a list of misc consumable and most used spare parts for various saws. I know the crew I worked with in the 80s did that as we all used the same saws. We did repairs up to topend replacements on tailgates cut we were too far out of town si.
Rim sprockets, worm gears, clutch drums, chain adjusters, chain catchers, chip guards...?
Make a list of the possible "most common" saws?

Maybe Randy can get HL in on this…