the 'todays job' thread

[doobin]

Just now, AHPP said:

Have you got the 881 on 404 or 3/8?

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!

[doobin]

1 minute ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Reminds me of a poplar burn we had a good few years back, a bastard to get going, but did the job. 
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Luckily we had one cypress left to get it going with- wind stopped play before Christmas. 
 

you can just see it standing at the edge of this pic. 

[Mark Bolam]

12 minutes 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!

 

What a shame.

Should have milled it.

[doobin]

1 minute ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

What a shame.

Should have milled it.

I took the last lot back to the yard and wished I hadn’t bothered. 
 

manky, wiggly, useless. 
 

I’ve got the cypress in the mill stack, if that’s what you meant?

Edited January 16, 2024 by doobin

[AHPP]

Bar mount. Ah yes. Hazy memory that there might be an adapter.

 

I was thinking to myself just earlier today how much happier I am with my 661 than I was with my 880. The actual cutting you do with big saws is such a minor part of the whole experience. 

 

Back on fire, I assume the cutting bits short to make it like rubble rather than like pick a stix is intentional?

[doobin]

5 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Bar mount. Ah yes. Hazy memory that there might be an adapter.

 

I was thinking to myself just earlier today how much happier I am with my 661 than I was with my 880. The actual cutting you do with big saws is such a minor part of the whole experience. 

 

Back on fire, I assume the cutting bits short to make it like rubble rather than like pick a stix is intentional?

Yes, gotta get max surface area to help it burn. 

[Mark Bolam]

13 minutes ago, doobin said:

I took the last lot back to the yard and wished I hadn’t bothered. 
 

manky, wiggly, useless. 
 

I’ve got the cypress in the mill stack, if that’s what you meant?

 

No, I meant the pop, in jest.

 

I milled a bit once when I was practicing with my Alaskan years ago.

 

It moved, twisted and warped so badly I could have sold it to Wickes for their 4x2 section.

[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.👍