Tractors and wood! Show your pics

[MinnesotaEric]

This thread is not very active anymore. Is no one cutting wood since it is warm?

I set slash piles on fire last week. Since then I've been doing pole saw work.

 

[94BULLITT]

I set slash piles on fire last week. Since then I've been doing pole saw work.

That looks fun.

 

[motownbrowne]

Is that a jonsered chainsaw sitting on there?

That's a Dolmar 421. And I fuｩking love it. Great saw. 42cc, super light, cuts like a 50cc, and unbelievably easy to start. Like so easy it makes me laugh half the time I start it. Sometimes I shut it off just to start again.

I'm a Stihl guy normally. I used to have an ms361, now have an 036, ms460, and a ported ms660. I'd love to own an ms241cm, which competes with the Dolmar 421, but that saw costs $550! My Dolmar was $310 OTD.


Edited to add: it's a split case magnesium pro grade saw. Does have a plastic handlebar, and comes with a spur sprocket instead of a rim, but can be converted easily. Nate at performance outdoor equipment in Ohio is a great guy to buy these saws and parts from.

And... The other tool in the pic is also a new favorite. It's a 30" logrite hookaroon. This one says Stihl and is orange, but it's the same tool. Worth every penny. I had a hookaroon before. This is better.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

i'm enjoying the fruits of my labors, watch sunday night football in front of the woodstove



looks like a dolmar to me

Google agrees lol

 

[jk96]

Spent yesterday cleaning up and splitting a huge osage orange tree for next season. If you've never seen the sparks fly from osage here's a short clip. Opening the fireplace doors to move the logs around introduced enough fresh air to get it going.

 

[Creamer]

Spent yesterday cleaning up and splitting a huge osage orange tree for next season. If you've never seen the sparks fly from osage here's a short clip. Opening the fireplace doors to move the logs around introduced enough fresh air to get it going.

I have never seen sparks like that from any wood that was not wet on a hot fire. Is that the case?

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I have never seen sparks like that from any wood that was not wet on a hot fire. Is that the case?

I have had dry hemlock spark similar to this, that's why I won't touch it, it dries fast though, burns up fast and sparks. Luckily we have an abundance of oak in Ohio and a few other hardwoods.

 

[94BULLITT]

That's a Dolmar 421. And I fuｩking love it. Great saw. 42cc, super light, cuts like a 50cc, and unbelievably easy to start. Like so easy it makes me laugh half the time I start it. Sometimes I shut it off just to start again.

I'm a Stihl guy normally. I used to have an ms361, now have an 036, ms460, and a ported ms660. I'd love to own an ms241cm, which competes with the Dolmar 421, but that saw costs $550! My Dolmar was $310 OTD.


Edited to add: it's a split case magnesium pro grade saw. Does have a plastic handlebar, and comes with a spur sprocket instead of a rim, but can be converted easily. Nate at performance outdoor equipment in Ohio is a great guy to buy these saws and parts from.

And... The other tool in the pic is also a new favorite. It's a 30" logrite hookaroon. This one says Stihl and is orange, but it's the same tool. Worth every penny. I had a hookaroon before. This is better.

I have the itch for a new saw. I really want a 241 or a 661 but I don't need either one of them. The Dolmar 421 has my interest too. The thing that scares me about it is the parts availability. I don't have a local dealer.

 

[TomSeller]

Spent yesterday cleaning up and splitting a huge osage orange tree for next season. If you've never seen the sparks fly from osage here's a short clip. Opening the fireplace doors to move the logs around introduced enough fresh air to get it going.

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6-5j1vHlaE

Wow. I'd be a nervous wreck opening the wood stove to add wood.

 

[jk96]

I have never seen sparks like that from any wood that was not wet on a hot fire. Is that the case?

No moisture at all. This is dry seasoned osage orange. It will burn down without much sparking but once its hot it will spark like this when adding extra oxygen to the mix such as opening the fireplace doors like I did. It sparked like this for about 2 minutes before it calmed down and started burning normal again. You also have to watch how much of this you burn at a time. It burns hotter than anything else around here and has been known to ruin cheaper made stoves.