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[CalG]

That 55 looks much like the ProMac 10-10s I use for cutting off the pile. (Bought new about 30 years ago)

Loud, but they sure do eat wood.

Before that, I had a round tank Mac 15 That was HEAVY!

 

[goeduck]

I think I will get started cutting some firewood this weekend now that we are into the rainy season. I am okay with light rain while cutting.

 

[rockinmywaypa]

We got the Tarm specifically because of its gasification ability, which when in operation produces literally zero smoke from the stack.
It is solid cast iron and weighs in at 1500 lbs.
The older outdoor boilers are smoky rigs although I have heard that they are now available with gasification.

I totally agree with you that gasification is best and I think tarm is a fine brand, I have an Atmos which I found on Kijiji which is like craigslist here. Stove was cheap but it added up when I got into underground pipe and other plumbing. I'm happy with it since I am heating the house plus an office in the barn safely without worry from chimney fire bugs or smoke.

 

[Oldpath05]

Another round at firewood, this time making rounds outer round. I haven't run wood splitter in a year, 4 pulls and fire up on last years gas with Star-Tron, one thing I notice about wood splitters, they last a long time so choose your weapon wisely, the first thing I did was increase the wedge size, the standard wedge size mine came with was pathetic,




Wood Spitter Crane - YouTube

 

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I have a 45 year old McCulloch Pro Mac 55, that I bought new...

It set's in the barn, never used...

SR

I recall getting hold of a couple Husky saws that were their first product of anti vibe. I think they were called 80's or 81's. I was quite razzed on the landing by my fellow loggers as these being a "sissy's chainsaw". After trying mine out, they went down to the local saw shop and cleaned the guy out of his stock where he had to order more. I guess we all turned into a bunch of sissys on that day.

 

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the first thing I did was increase the wedge size, the standard wedge size mine came with was pathetic,
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Wood Spitter Crane - YouTube

I gotta do that to mine too. 21 years old. Used once per season. Starts up on the second or third pull.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I did some pre-winter roadside maintenance today which included taking down two dead trees leaning out towards the power line. I used my winch and a snatch block set up as an aid. When you do this on a dead tree you have to be careful that you don't break the hinge as it can be very weak. If the top meets resistance from an obstruction when you winch you can break the hinge and cause the tree to fall the opposite way directly towards the thing you were trying to protect. Just a cautionary note in case you haven't tried this before because it is very different than working with a live tree and it's pliable strong hinge.

The first one was a pine. They usually stand a long time after dying and this one has but is now starting to look pretty shaky.



First I put just a little pressure on it with the winch and lock the break then I cut the notch and back cut leaving a healthyish hinge. Then go back to the winch and pull it over. I leaned this pine on a clump of fir, took off the snatch block, reconnected the cable to the butt and winched it to the tractor pulling the tree out and down.



The next was an 11" diameter pin cherry. Pretty big for a pin cherry. They rot quickly and don't stand long at all after dying. This one required more caution because besides the rot the top was entangled in a neighboring birch. I went very easy with the winch pulling it over and kind of shook it free of the birch.





You can see that the hinge could not have stood a lot of pressure it is quite rotten.



gg

 

[Oldpath05]

In case some here want to know what a sugar maple looks like vs white maple, look at the leaves in the fall, yellow is sugar maple, white or swamp maple is orange.



<<<Which one is sugar maple................

 

[Loaderman22]

I did some pre-winter roadside maintenance today which included taking down two dead trees leaning out towards the power line. I used my winch and a snatch block set up as an aid. When you do this on a dead tree you have to be careful that you don't break the hinge as it can be very weak. If the top meets resistance from an obstruction when you winch you can break the hinge and cause the tree to fall the opposite way directly towards the thing you were trying to protect. Just a cautionary note in case you haven't tried this before because it is very different than working with a live tree and it's pliable strong hinge.

The first one was a pine. They usually stand a long time after dying and this one has but is now starting to look pretty shaky.

First I put just a little pressure on it with the winch and lock the break then I cut the notch and back cut leaving a healthyish hinge. Then go back to the winch and pull it over. I leaned this pine on a clump of fir, took off the snatch block, reconnected the cable to the butt and winched it to the tractor pulling the tree out and down.


The next was an 11" diameter pin cherry. Pretty big for a pin cherry. They rot quickly and don't stand long at all after dying. This one required more caution because besides the rot the top was entangled in a neighboring birch. I went very easy with the winch pulling it over and kind of shook it free of the birch.

You can see that the hinge could not have stood a lot of pressure it is quite rotten.


gg

Amazing work, nice job!!

 

[hunt4570]

In case some here want to know what a sugar maple looks like vs white maple, look at the leaves in the fall, yellow is sugar maple, white or swamp maple is orange.

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So I see the tractor is orange, is it a swamp tractor then?