Good Morning!!!! 49F @ 5:45AM. Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. High 64F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
Last night's storm only dropped 0.15" so far. It's still drizzling and blustery, but radar looks like it's about over.
I do have the 261-CM, ... It takes about a half dozen pulls to start it when it has been dormant for a month or so, but one pull after that.
The carb version I have will usually start within 6 pulls, but that's about 4 pulls too many. That starter rope puts up way more of a fight than my shoulder can take.
The same guy that had me buy the electronic version is the same guy that got me started on the Makita LXT tools 20 years ago.
How many sprockets have you gone through on your Makita chainsaw? By now I've replaced five of 'em.
Wrapped the full firewood pallets with plastic and got them both loaded into the van. Then kept loading more stuff for the trip south tomorrow. Done painting here, so all of that equipment goes south, too.
A friend down south wanted some manzanita branches to make hangers for her jewelry; she likes the pretty red bark. Took the side-by-side down the old boat launch trail to cut some, and went all the way to the bottom for a look see. There was just enough room left to get by the big pine my neighbors felled, but anyone trying to get by in a car or truck will get a new set of pinstripes. Someone had rigged a knotted rope to help climb a very steep bank at the bottom, which gives access to the back of my property. I climbed it, cut the rope, threw it down, then hiked back up to where a seasonal creek had cut through the bank to get back down. The brush was thick enough to make going difficult, just how it should be. Found a couple nice manzanita branches, and piled them on top of the firewood pallets, which I'd previously topped with a couple dozen manzanita root balls. They'll be perfect for the campfire at the Salton Sea gathering weekend after this.
Today I'll cut the larger branches off the oak tree the neighbor pushed over with his backhoe, then haul everything down to the big brush pile below the house. The tree has been down long enough that all the leaves are quite dry, and in combination with the dry grass under it, I've been waiting for some rain to wet things down before doing any cutting and dragging. If there's any time left after that, I'll find more stuff to load into the van.
Happy Halloween everyone!
