I just take my saw to the local small engine shop. The owner took it over from and learned from, his dad who ran in for 40 years or so. I just tell him what I need and he does it.
I used to have 3 different chain saws that each took a different pitch chain and therefore, different diameter file was needed. Now i am down to one saw. Do you think I tossed out the files that I don’e need? No! I still have to use up my ever dwindling brain power to choose the right file. I won’t even tell you how I set the depth gauges.
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It’s now on my to-do list, as soon as the area dries up a bit more.
I pay a company "tree retrievers " to down trees near house with bucket truck that goes up 60 feet . The last time was a joke . I paid to have two spruce trees put on top of each other and it took me two years to clean up the mess .
What ? Where ? I said this before . Tight space Big Trees . My neighbor said I should cut them before they land on my building . Wrong they were spruce not white pine . I could have fell them in neighbors corn field . Instead I waited for corn to be cut before pulling trees apart with cable that snapped three times . There was quite a commotion I think the driver of a million dollar combine drove into a ravine . Never saw it . Just got a lot of looks .
I have two old Husqvarna 242. Bought them used/scrapped out 25 years ago, $25 each. Both are still running just fine. Apart from chains I replaced a couple ropes and bar bolts, that’s all. On my little new (5? yo) Stihl, plastic covers are already cracked, the pulling mecanism broke, filling lids broke and one top end bar bearing shot.
I have a stihl MS251C … Easy to use . Is in good shape used it a lot , have a problem where it only runs on choke . took it to be repaired and have same problem year later . Tried cleaning out carb still same problem .
Henry, I’m sorry I’ve never had a fuel problem with my saws that couldn’t be fixed by adjusting the nozzles. But I’ve had problems with other two stroke equipment with membrane carbs. Some have an additional fine ss screen filter within the carb that will plug. Deposits from today’s gasoline, I think. A tiny brush from wife’s makeup gear did the trick.
Another thing to look for would be a leaky intake seal.
Yeah, that sounds like it might be worth checking out. I had a brush cutter that had a bad carb gasket, and the idle would drift all over the place. Sometimes it would stall, other times it would rev up and spin the blade at idle. Eventually it got tired of living like that, and died.
Kristijan’s garden pictures reminded me that I made a video of our vegetable garden the other day. I think there is a little bit of neatly stacked wood in the background. I know how much some of you like that sort of thing.
Also at about 0:15 Tessa weighs in on things. I am not really sure what “oooob” means, but she seems to say it a lot.
You put me to shame Carl! Wonderfull. Your broadbeans look great and healthy. Myne are black and curly from aphids. I have the medicine for a quick aphid removal, tabacco tea, but l decided to try and let nature restore its balance. Its painfull to wach your crop being destroyed but seure enaugh, ladybugs shortly swarmed the beans. They will probably not make it but for the price of a pound or two of beans l hope the ladibug population grew wnaugh in my garden to protect the rest of the crops like cabage
Well my newest experiment in sustainable farming is under way. Above are photos of the new Maggot Motel. Just opened for business with the first guests 1000 Black Soldier Fly Larvae. Everything I have read about them saids when the larvae are full grown they will want out of the compost and climb up the ramp and fall right into my collection buckets so I can feed them to the chickens for protein.
The adult flies don’t have a mouth and can’t bite so they are not supose to be a nuisance to humans.
I guess in a while I will know if my research peoject works out. Anyway figured people here would enjoy seeing that can be done with some edge boards sawed out from my mill and some old grain bags to line it. Plus some billboard vynal I happened to have kicking around. I have a grand total of $21 dollars invested in that experiment all the hardware was stuff I already had around the farm. The only out of pocket expense was the larvae themselves.
The fava beans are doing well this year, and they are going to go on the list of things I want to grow more of. I have harvested almost 20 lbs of beans off the two beds that I planted. We started the first ones as early as mid september, so now they are done, and the space can be used to grow summer crops. Aphids can be a problem here too, but if the plants are healthy they can usually outgrow them. This is my third season gardening in this spot, so the soil is finally starting to get a little better. We did a soil analysis a few years ago, which only cost like 20 bucks, and gave us an idea about what needed the most work. We have acid soils, and low phosphorous, so lime and bonemeal seem to be helping. The first year we grew a lot of runty pathetic looking plants that were basically unfit to eat.
Haha, I wish I had the time. I have not been posting much about it, but I am working on an electric pickup conversion… If I can get my charcoal generator back in action, I could probably drive a few miles on wood once it is going.
