I have torn apart a few small 2 strokes that were “shot”, the only reason was that piston rings and exhaust ports were glued with caked gunk, most likely from the reason Al stated. Cleaned them up and freed the exhaust, good as new.
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I have forgot some times now, but i have to ask you mr Norman, what chainsaws you use?
Couldnt help, but im a total “chainsaw-junkie” as you say, specially for saw’s used in the states, not only American made, the pacific-nort-west package (loong bars, full wrap, special mufflers, giant felling dog’s) are legendary among chainsaw freaks all over the world…
I believe i could sneak in this here? Its a thread about wood supply after all? 
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I have ran just about everything there is Echo Husqvarna Stihl Dolmar Poulan Johnserd McCullough I enjoy them all. Currently I have a older husky 288xp 32" bar, a Stihl o44 mag 32" my falling saws, and a Stihl 026 for small work with 18" bar. I have a love affair with the old macs but they are not easy to come by around me as most are either still in use or sitting in possesion of a collector like Buckin 
though he does run most of them so thats good. The last few years I spent a lot of time with one of the newer echo 590 and really enjoyed it, great little saws. There is a step up from that in the 600 which is more a falling saws with proper dogs and a 3/4 wrap handle, a buddy has one and we are working on making a full wrap for it. I grew up running my dads 056 mag2 just a bottom end grunt and burn ALL the fuel brick, which in my later years really made me appreciate the lighter saws. Love the down low grunt of a Stihl, the high revving huskys for max chainspeed, and the echo and macs have the good all around rpm use right in the middle. I sold off most my saws a few years ago to my brother who in our family is the 2 stroke wizard and he buys and sells all the time, thats how I ended up with most of them anyway was he would find them cheap needing a fuel line or something simple and he would sell it to me cheap and we fix them up. We both runn the 044 and 026 for most treejobs, the others saws are borderline toys we just bring then out to play with them 
These rowdy ones just came in the mail the other day
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Not bad, as you say Husky and Stihl completes each other, very good saws both of them.
288xp is something you dont see often in Sweden, where a 18inch bar is considered “unnecessary long”
And nothing wrong with having some “usable toy’s” it makes work funnier. (Still dreaming of a big McCulloch geardrive, or an old 3-25)
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Fuel, fuel, fuel. I don’t need it, BUT…
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Haha! Don, you have a good sense for details 
No, it’s a sucker for a rear view mirror. I used the extra mirror for watching the temp guages, but it likes to fall down. I use the pickup mostly for short trips ever since the Volvo became available and temps aren’t as important.
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Hey JO .
Good to make hay while the sun shines 
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A busy weekend with the new chunker motor starting to stock up for winter this about doubles my current stock, and at least enough pallets to make that pile a third bigger ill be working on this next weekend
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I like it, Marcus.
Good to hear you mention “this is a months worth” and so on. Some people envy low fuel costs but don’t consider the work involved making your own.
It helps getting in the mode when prepping fuel is something you do for fun while taking a rest
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I really do enjoy running the chunker, but the new motor is blowing exhaust straight in my face now THAT has to change to make it fun again haha
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Does it take pipe thread like other Briggs engines? Under the muffler should be 1" NPT threads.
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Yep it does its an easy fix
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I did that with the 10HP I/C engine from a donor Snapper.
The one currently sitting on the permanent hiatus micro truck.
Shame it’s a vertical shaft.
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You must be working for a pretty good company Marcus. I’m amazed at how much of your own work you can do there. You might have to find a cheap used corn crib somebody is getting rid of if that’s only a month’s worth.
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Get some IBC tote cages and line with rabbit wire, top it with some plywood or tin roof for a lid. I’ve been keeping my eye open for a tote cage. Would be good intermediate storage for green wood before tossing it into an air dryer.
Might even be able to sweat out a lot of wood with a heavy tarp, it’ll steam up in the sun and run down the side of the tarp.
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Long as im off the clock they dont mind, plus the extra hours im here I often get road calls after hours and get overtime. Imagine how much wood i would have if i took all these pallets from all 7 of my yards??? I have been able to almost stay supplied with chunks just off my home yard alone
Ibc totes have gone through the roof in prices, wont happen unless I find a screaming deal
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I think @JocundJake just makes his own totes out of pallets and sawmill wood, at least with that method you could staple the rabbit wire on.
Edit: Your circle cage works great for indoors though and pretty KISS.
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I havent built any in a while because i havent found and free pallets recently that were easy enough to get. And my easy cabinet shop wood supply closed up so i haven’t been needing them. they work well and seem to hold together alright as long as you keep them out of the ground and have a roof on them.
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When I was building, we did a fair number of pole barns. The metal suppliers got away from this but for a long while your bundles of sheets would have a top and bottom cull sheet to protect the good ones. Usually these sheets only had paint damage or scratches. For a long time I had more sheet than I knew what to do with and gave a lot of them away. Anyway the point being that screwed together into a cylinder you could store a lot of chunks in them. May not dry well though. When you wanted to empty them you would just wrap some straps around them so they didn’t avalanche you and remove the screws from one lap. I would never want to go back into the building business but all the extra materials was sure nice.
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