Hi Gary,
while I agree that the average Texan campsite is likely to have AA-capable weaponry I doubt that said campsite is
likely to have folks in it who combine the foolishness of lighting a hazardous fire with the abilities of a FLAK gunner.
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It's fall and time for.........Chainsaws, Ye Haw!
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Hi Gary,
while I agree that the average Texan campsite is likely to have AA-capable weaponry I doubt that said campsite is
likely to have folks in it who combine the foolishness of lighting a hazardous fire with the abilities of a FLAK gunner.
Was researching chainsaw chains awhile back, and thought that this may be of interest.
During normal cutting, the chain cutter link actually tilts and lifts off the chainbar, and cutter depth becomes somewhat self-regulating.
From: https://www.oregonproducts.com/en/findingtherightsawchainforyou
However, out at the tip of the chainbar, this self-regulation doesn't happen, and the rotational path of the chain makes the cutting depth deeper, risking kickback.
From: http://blog.arborist.com/chainsaw-safety-understanding-rotational-kickback/
Justa FYI...
During normal cutting, the chain cutter link actually tilts and lifts off the chainbar, and cutter depth becomes somewhat self-regulating.
From: https://www.oregonproducts.com/en/findingtherightsawchainforyou
However, out at the tip of the chainbar, this self-regulation doesn't happen, and the rotational path of the chain makes the cutting depth deeper, risking kickback.
From: http://blog.arborist.com/chainsaw-safety-understanding-rotational-kickback/
Justa FYI...
After 5 days, and 2 thunderstorms, it's still burning.
The Cedar burns off fairly quickly.
It's the Oak and Black Cherry that takes forever...
The Cedar burns off fairly quickly.
It's the Oak and Black Cherry that takes forever...
After 3 more days and 2 thundershowers, the coals finally went out.
Ashes hauled off, area cleaned-up.
And now, a new brushpile...
Ashes hauled off, area cleaned-up.
And now, a new brushpile...
is that your foreman you've left in charge there 2M ?
never used a chainsaw myself . I once saw a very experienced operator that chopped logs for firewood with a huge cut right up between his fingers through his wrist up into his arm .
It had kicked back and caught him in a moment of distraction or inattention.
You would not believe the amount of blood lost in just a few minutes .
is that your foreman you've left in charge there 2M ?
Why, yes, peanut, that's Skooter. She runs the place.
From 3 years ago.
Always had this feeling that she was going to be a intelligent kitty.
She knows her name, comes when called, communicates. If she's curled up in my lap, and I need to get up, I merely mention it, and she hops off.
Skooter in ground crew training...
With that big old bed of coals, you need one of them wild pigs of yours to go in the ground! Mmmm...BBQ at 2Ms!
Is that pulled pork I smell?
Tending the coals.
Unfortunately, no wild hogs lately.
Listen close, you might hear them.
Katydids singing in the evening.
Noisy things...
Unfortunately, no wild hogs lately.
Listen close, you might hear them.
Katydids singing in the evening.
Noisy things...
I kinda like the sound. It sounds like summer, takes me back to being a kid.
Been trying to catch up on ranch chores, so not much motorsickle stuff goin' on.
Several trees need trimming at heights beyond the reach of my polesaw. Here's one particularly challenging situation, a tree has grown and entangled into my power line. The pole in the foreground is 30 feet tall.
If I were to simply lop-off the offending branch, it would take the power line with it.
Step 1, clear out the low-level brush and branches, take another look.
Yeah, it's pretty entangled up there.
Need to surgically nip small branches outta there.
Several trees need trimming at heights beyond the reach of my polesaw. Here's one particularly challenging situation, a tree has grown and entangled into my power line. The pole in the foreground is 30 feet tall.
If I were to simply lop-off the offending branch, it would take the power line with it.
Step 1, clear out the low-level brush and branches, take another look.
Yeah, it's pretty entangled up there.
Need to surgically nip small branches outta there.
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Need a hare-brained solution.
Tractor with a front-end-loader (FEL) and clamp-on pallet fork.
A long stick, with u-bolts.
Slide it onto the pallet fork.
Tractor with a front-end-loader (FEL) and clamp-on pallet fork.
A long stick, with u-bolts.
Slide it onto the pallet fork.
A wooden thingy, with brackets, hinge, and control cable.
Attach it to the long stick.
Kinda dangly out there.
Brace it with some rope.
Attach it to the long stick.
Kinda dangly out there.
Brace it with some rope.
Thread the control cable back to the tractor's hydraulic control handle, to a make-do bicycle brake lever.
Insert chainsaw, clamp it in.
Insert chainsaw, clamp it in.
Oh, yeah.
Reaches up to about 25 feet.
Reaches up to about 25 feet.
Fire it up, dial it in, adjust the control cable.
Practice a bit by waving it around in the air.
This is gonna be tricky.
Kinda like trying to set your bike's points and valve lash from across the room, with really long chopsticks.
Or brain surgery, by way of the anus...
Practice a bit by waving it around in the air.
This is gonna be tricky.
Kinda like trying to set your bike's points and valve lash from across the room, with really long chopsticks.
Or brain surgery, by way of the anus...
Carefully creep up on a lower branch, like a snake zeroing-in on a mouse.
It works!
It works!
Nip off what branches I can get to, then go to the other side and nip more off.
Done.
Now, on to those other trees...
Now, on to those other trees...
Nice bit of engineering there Steve. Anytime I need to trim close to power lines.... I just fire up the ol' Hughes 500...
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Haha, there you go!
Another good excuse to go helicopterin'.
In the future, maybe they'll dangle a lightsaber...
Another good excuse to go helicopterin'.
In the future, maybe they'll dangle a lightsaber...
