the 'todays job' thread

[Stephen Blair]

A good laugh on Friday working in Jurassic park and cracking on with the Roboflails on the Heather.

[Joe Newton]

2 hours ago, doobin said:

Playing ‘fire jenga’. Getting some manky old poplar to burn. 
 

I don’t regret going with the 881 rather than a 661. When you are handling things mechanically there’s very little bending down to be done, so the extra weight is more than offset by raw power, even in smaller timber like this. 
 

There was a squirrel in the tree when weset the rope- I saw him bolting upwards. No sign of him on the deck, he either got impaled and buried or he scampered down before we set the gob cut!

The 880 will cut slower than the 660 in anything other than 30"+ timber

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, Stephen Blair said:

A good laugh on Friday working in Jurassic park and cracking on with the Roboflails on the Heather.

Great photos of your work mate. Nicely done.👍

[AHPP]

1 hour ago, Joe Newton said:

The 880 will cut slower than the 660 in anything other than 30"+ timber

My findings also. Plus slower everywhere else, not least psyching yourself up to carry and start the bastard.

[John Shutler]

11 hours ago, doobin said:

404, I didn’t think you could run it on 3/8? Or at least, the bar mount is different than my other stihl bars!

we changed the sprocket and nose sprocket on the bar of my 88 so that it runs 3/8s. the only reason we did it is that all my other saws run 3/8s and we buy chain by the reel. i’d never make enough .404 chains to warrant buying a reel of the stuff so it works quite well 

[doobin]

52 minutes ago, John Shutler said:

we changed the sprocket and nose sprocket on the bar of my 88 so that it runs 3/8s. the only reason we did it is that all my other saws run 3/8s and we buy chain by the reel. i’d never make enough .404 chains to warrant buying a reel of the stuff so it works quite well 

Ah, I see. To be fair I’m happy enough buying the chains singly. And .404 seems to clear the chips better in softwood (not often you’ll use one in softwood normally but it’s very handy round the mill). 

[Joe Newton]

16 hours ago, AHPP said:

My findings also. Plus slower everywhere else, not least psyching yourself up to carry and start the bastard.

I had the displeasure of using an 881 from a mewp with a 36" bar a couple of months back. Plenty of torque but no faster than my 660. Horrible to sling around though.

 

The starter handle had broken and they'd improvised with one from a spare top handle. I took one attempt and starting it and flat out refused. 

[Mike Hill]

1 hour ago, Joe Newton said:

I had the displeasure of using an 881 from a mewp with a 36" bar a couple of months back. Plenty of torque but no faster than my 660. Horrible to sling around though.

 

The starter handle had broken and they'd improvised with one from a spare top handle. I took one attempt and starting it and flat out refused. 

 

Has anyone shown you how to start big saws on the induction stroke?

 

Or you could have tried your hand to the starter handle with your Brassiere. 

[Joe Newton]

2 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

 

Has anyone shown you how to start big saws on the induction stroke?

 

Or you could have tried your hand to the starter handle with your Brassiere. 

Nope, my 660 can manage pretty much anything I'm likely to come across in the UK. Not much need for an 88 round here. 

[bigtreedon]

4 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Nope, my 660 can manage pretty much anything I'm likely to come across in the UK. Not much need for an 88 round here. 

Got to ring that down in the morning not much fun with a 661 I get the general comment of 881 been most of the time unnecessary but I do havd the need for mine a few tines a month 42 inch bar in solid beech would be a bit painful on a 661 🤣