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Thread: Who is cutting wood?
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09-23-2019, 03:06 PM #1151Head down, push foreword
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^I actually mentioned those. He said they can all hold quite a bit of moisture.
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09-23-2019, 05:49 PM #1152
Glad I clicked on this thread.
I'm a chainsaw neophyte.
Own a 20" bar Stihl Farm Boss. Have yet to fell a tree, though. So far I've only bucked rounds with it (I have a buddy who works for one of the major tree cutting/trimming companies in the area, so he usually hooks me up with rounds).
I was totally unaware of the single use, pre-mixed fuel options. I usually only buck for perhaps a week total every year, so mixing my own fuel seems to be rather wasteful.
Thanks for the heads up on that.
Now just gotta find out where to purchase it!
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09-23-2019, 05:52 PM #1153
buy pre-mix fuel at hardware store. is your local buddy a ski school instructor?
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09-23-2019, 05:57 PM #1154
thanks for recs on the foam. i'll look at that more closely. this was a pretty awkward dead limb that i tried to clean-up and saw the the rot gets down there. would hate for this to be the source of water and rot for the oak. it's a neat little multi-limbed one. my tree friend, who could easily help and answer my questions, left town. not sure when he'll be back.
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09-24-2019, 01:07 PM #1155
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09-24-2019, 01:35 PM #1156
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09-25-2019, 05:55 AM #1157
Won't you go through at least a gallon bucking wood for a week? I usually save the Stihl brand pre-mix and use it for the last tankful so it's the last gas to go through the engine. For small jobs the pre-mix makes sense. That stuff is expensive. Bucking wood for a week doesn't sound small to me, unless I am misunderstanding you.
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09-25-2019, 08:48 PM #1158Registered User
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Do you need to buy refi mixed fuel cuz it's so bad in your area ?
I mix 5 or 10 litres of premium at a time and splash in some stabilizer before winter to run thru the saw
Any fuel that's left over I pour in the truckLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-26-2019, 08:44 AM #1159
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09-26-2019, 09:45 AM #1160
You can put old mix in your gas tank along with other fuel and it’s fine. Same thing with old white gas. It’s really no big deal.
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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09-26-2019, 10:49 AM #1161
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09-26-2019, 10:52 AM #1162Head down, push foreword
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On that subject mixing diesel into gas at 1:10 ratio makes old engines that were designed to run on leaded fuel wear and run a lot better.
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09-27-2019, 07:32 AM #1163Registered User
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A few litres of left over 50:1 in the tank of a truck will be so diluted during fill-up at end of season it isn't going to hurt the truck
But keeping it around and trying to use it in the saw the next year will
It's a hi performance engine so nothing but the best fresh fuel, clean air filter, sharp chain, clean out sawdust after every day of use and you won't have problemsLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-27-2019, 11:24 AM #1164Head down, push foreword
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sorya on that note ->
Few years back I accidentally dumped a full tank of bar oil into the gas tank of one of my saws and tried to fire it.
After I realized what I did I dumped it all out filled with gas. It started second pull and ran like normal aside from a little smoke at first.
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09-27-2019, 11:39 AM #1165
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09-27-2019, 11:57 AM #1166
Done that
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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11-04-2019, 03:10 PM #1167
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11-04-2019, 03:18 PM #1168
I finished cutting wood in the national forest for the year. Now it's time to split it for the winter. Around here I've notice a trend in the last few years that I'm getting more maple and less Oak than I have in the past. I also found a nice black cherry tree that I'll take next year for smoking after it seasons for another year.
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11-04-2019, 05:22 PM #1169
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11-04-2019, 07:17 PM #1171
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11-14-2019, 05:50 PM #1172Registered User
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Been trying to grab a couple loads when it's been nice lately. Prob have plenty for winter but wouldn't mind getting ahead. It's almost too easy at the new place. 5 min drive, great views(ski hill and pintlers), and tons of standing dead and blow down. Of course mostly pine around here.
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11-24-2019, 10:46 AM #1173
Now does the premixed fuel have a shelf life? 1 year- 2 ? Would think about having some on hand for winter use if it really had a long shelf life.
I do the pour the last of the summer mixed into car in the fall plus any of the remaining non mixed 91 I had making mixed or for summer uses like pressure washer. Never have more than a liter of mixed as try to do some fall clean up goods to use up as much as possible.
Though if I mix fresh gas in fall I will keep it over winter and try to use it up in early in spring as possible. As the engine oil has fuel stabilizer in it seems to work ok.
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11-24-2019, 04:22 PM #1174
Who is cutting wood?
California-based, world of ethanol-mixed fuel at all gasoline stations....
I have been using premix that is several years old w/o problems in my blower, wacker, and saws. This was based on recommendations from one of the local small engine shops. I keep it as back-up if I run out of ingredients of my self-made mix.
Yesterday, I made the transition in my tools from 91-based self-made mix to av fuel-based self-made mix.
I’m glad we’re finally transitioning to wet weather here! .... back to stacking and covering wood.
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11-24-2019, 04:45 PM #1175
I finished splitting and stacking the wood I cut this fall for the winter. I should have plenty of firewood to last the winter.
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