I bought a new chainsaw

[Sanders]

Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Pogo super nice saw.

RetVet keep a couple of plastic wedges with yah when your cutting. You will see them at the chain saw supply place.
Keep a mall wtih yah also. Insert wedge in next too your stuck saw chain, couple of raps with the mall and it will lift a Komiforna red wood tree.
That is all the pro loggers use. Save yah some work from taking that saw apart.

I saw those plastic wedges at the chainsaw store, but all I could think of was why would someone use plastic wedges to split wood? It clicked with me when I had a couple potential binding situations just what those plastic wedges would be useful for.

I'd hate to drive a steel wedge into something and then accidentally hit it with my chain.

[backhoe310]

Looks like you got a good saw Pogo. I've had an MS362 for about 3 years now and love it.

[Pogo]

If I did a lot of cutting I'd buy an additional chainsaw, a small one for trimming limbs with.

[500grains]

Originally Posted by Pogo

I bought a Stihl Farm Boss.

I like that saw. It's not for pussies.

[Konstantin]

Originally Posted by Sanders

I bought a six-pack of their 2 cycle oil, but I also bought a couple quarts of Stihl 50:1 chainsaw fuel. I burned through a quart in 2 days. Kind of pricey ($30/gal), but it has no ethanol in it.

If you are ever around Moriarty, Honstein Oil sells their supreme unleaded with no ethanol. It is usually 10-15 cents higher than everywhere else (3.11/gal. today). It is all I will run in the Trans Am anymore. I can sure tell a difference from other pump gas. Ethanol is for drinking.

[JD Miller]

I like chain saws. Keep them clean and maintained. Get chain sharpening files and guide and keep the chain sharp. Dont hit the dirt with the bar, or abuse it.

Funny how I hear people and so called professional trimmers running there saws. You can tell by the sound they have real dull chains and dont even sharpen them

[Sanders]

Originally Posted by Konstantin

If you are ever around Moriarty, Honstein Oil sells their supreme unleaded with no ethanol. It is usually 10-15 cents higher than everywhere else (3.11/gal. today). It is all I will run in the Trans Am anymore. I can sure tell a difference from other pump gas. Ethanol is for drinking.

Yep! That's where I used to fill up my Harley. It ran much better on that gas.

[Sanders]

My new workout regimen - "The Woodcutter" exercise:

[10 Bears]

You're going to develop some great 'chopping muscles' with that pile.
Are you sure you don't want to invest in a 'log spliter' more mechanical than that maul?

[Sanders]

Originally Posted by 10 Bears

You're going to develop some great 'chopping muscles' with that pile.
Are you sure you don't want to invest in a 'log spliter' more mechanical than that maul?

I tried getting my daughters to split some wood. That's as mechanical as I can afford.

I figure an hour after work every evening, and I'll have it all split before it snows.

[10 Bears]

Originally Posted by Sanders

I tried getting my daughters to split some wood. That's as mechanical as I can afford.

I figure an hour after work every evening, and I'll have it all split before it snows.

That is the dedicated approach, used to do that myself.
An hour a day, on the wood pile.

[WWes]

Originally Posted by Sanders

My new workout regimen - "The Woodcutter" exercise:

Keep wookin boy, dat ain't winta yet.


Fine here, preparation is everything. It's not free or easy

[dinkydow]

I have been using my Farm Boss for almost 30 years...a number of worn out bars and a pile of worn out chains.

I have a much smaller Stihl with about a 16" bar for smaller stuff, limb trimming, etc. I can easily use it one-handed. Trying to use the BOSS for small stuff will bust your ass. When I go to begin cutting I take a small toolbox with bottles of bar oil, the tools for adjusting the chain, lots of hard plastic wedges, a shot filled deadblow hammer, pre-mixed fuel, spare spark plugs, spare chain and other small possibles. The plastic wedges are a must have.