Shadowscape
Been here a while
- Location
- far north
It comes with the age. I've been cranky for some time now.
Today....
- Thread starter Mark Chisholm
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Thats what I figure. we are about the same age.
GET OFF OF MY LAWN!
Are you sure you're getting cranky? Or just realizing life is too short to put up with BS?
Dan Thornton
Participating member
- Location
- Smithsburg
Fascinating and frustrating day here. Tricky tree removal. Most of weight was over cranky neighbor's yard, so I decided instead of climbing and dropping branches to pull it hard against the lean while at the same time having a safety line to keep it from hitting my client's house. the best lay was to brush through some neighboring cedar tree branches. I pulled hard with the 20:1 mechanical advantage rope system, but instead of the top coming over, the butt came off the stump! The 2-inch hinge had bent some, but instead of the top coming over, the hinge was sheared. Finally I discovered the problem. The top was tied to a nearby cedar with many small vines, hidden up in the branches. After I stood on the now-vacated stump, holding my 18-foot pole saw as high as I could, cutting some of those vines, the tree finally fell exactly where it was supposed to go. I lost three hours messing with that hung-up tree.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Criminy!!
That's going to be a lot to rake up!
Hahaha!
That's going to be a lot to rake up!
Hahaha!
chiselbit
Been here a while
Are those going to your mill?
pete3d
Participating member
- Location
- Hinchinbrooke
Trying to prune the wild grape vines. Sometimes the power pruner or loppers won’t make the cut.
Not sure, but the logs are inaccessible right now as the terrain is way too steep and muddy for any real equipment. The wood is really beautiful and it would be a crime to let it lay there and rot. After it dries up around here I'm hoping to get the old 518 in there, yard the logs out, and commence to milling it up. Can you say vertical grain fir flooring. Yes please!
What is this strange "rake" thing you speak of? I guess I'll have to google box it.
I ran my little electric Husky pretty hard in some heavy rain last week and the battery gave out..Super bummed.
Bummer I used mine in a little bit of rain kinda makes me nervous.
Yea, lots of water and a very expensive battery powered tool. What could possibly go wrong? If I had thought about for just a moment I would have realized it was a really bad idea. The levels of my fucking idiocracy actually surprise me sometimes!
Good to see you working with some big timber @rico , seems like it's been a while.
As for the T540i, eh, I've used mine in the PNW rain for 1.5 years with no problems. Not saying it can't have problems, but I've certainly never babied mine and have never had a problem. Same goes with the 540i (rear handle version) and pole saw. Super happy with the whole system.
Speaking of it, I just installed the Oregon SpeedCut Nano on mine tonight, and... maybe I wasn't paying attention before buying it, but it seems exactly the same as the stock bar and chain. Essentially the exact same weight on both the bar and the chain (I weighed them), and same pitch/gauge/tooth count/sprockets. So far hard to imagine it is going to be any different in performance, but I'll try it out and see..... With three different B/C combos for it, I should probably make some kind of comparison video...
As for the T540i, eh, I've used mine in the PNW rain for 1.5 years with no problems. Not saying it can't have problems, but I've certainly never babied mine and have never had a problem. Same goes with the 540i (rear handle version) and pole saw. Super happy with the whole system.
Speaking of it, I just installed the Oregon SpeedCut Nano on mine tonight, and... maybe I wasn't paying attention before buying it, but it seems exactly the same as the stock bar and chain. Essentially the exact same weight on both the bar and the chain (I weighed them), and same pitch/gauge/tooth count/sprockets. So far hard to imagine it is going to be any different in performance, but I'll try it out and see..... With three different B/C combos for it, I should probably make some kind of comparison video...
This and its associated discussion probably deserves its own thread, but I'll do that once I've got some actual cutting time on the Oregon setup. I'll just quickly say the weight difference between the stock and Panther setup makes a big difference in the feel of the saw, and the acceleration of the chain. All the more reason the SpeedCut Nano seems pointless so far on the T540i XP... But I'm not a big fan of the Panther chain, which is the complicating factor.
I vote you start a new thread on this. I’ll happily weigh in as I run an Oregon setup on my Husqy top handles.
Curious to hear your thoughts, made a thread here: https://www.treebuzz.com/forum/threads/husqvarna-t540i-xp-bar-chain-options.48010/
Mick Dempsey
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- Location
- France
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