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Everything posted by Reddog
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If the clutch is slipping easier than 30 years ago, the drum or shoes may be glazed. This will build more heat which in turn takes out the grease and the plastic bearing cage. So my thoughts are you ether need some new clutch parts or if clutch is in good working order, are pushing the saw to much in the cut causing it to slip and build heat.
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Tom, Please take this all as learning advise and not preaching. If the tree is sound I would say you are better off to climb and take the top weight out first if leaving a stump higher than your chest. When dealing with rot then you need to understand the risks and decide what coarse of action is the safest. Which could be to walk away until equipment can be brought in to make the dismantling safer. As a note your shoulder joints are weakest when your arms are above your head. Very easy to wrench one and tear muscles. Learned this from others in both Felling and White water kayaking.
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Think lever and fulcrum, it is were the crown weight places the most force/stress on the stem/trunk.
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May not get all the water out in a nights time but should make a difference.
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If you have room you can make Drying box with a electric dehumidifier in it. Or hang everything in a closet or small room with a dehumidifier running in it.
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Glad to hear it should be a simple fix.
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Take a look at this link and picture should give you an idea how to grind on up. I don't remember what shape the 051 clutch hub is myself. https://www.baileysonline.com/itemdetail.asp?item=HVA+502+52+22+02&catID=
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Doug Fir heats a big portion of the Pacific Northwest in the US and a Canada. As noted if seasoned/dried it works fine.
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+1 to all of Scotspine1's post.
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+1 Looks like you needed a fan circulating the air for the first few weeks. If adding a fan isn't an option try doubling your sticker thickness. Also debarking helps some to curb mold and fungus growth in low air flow.
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Cleaned the 346 and 372 out good. Dressed and cleaned the bars and touched up the chains. Put a high output oiler in the 441. Not a bad afternoon at the bench.
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How often do you notice your hands being cold or numb/lose of nerve feeling? Heated really helps in those situations.
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Here are the US markings on my 372 Xtorq The 346 XP doesn't have a Ser# plate out in the open. Both have the safety sticker above the emission sticker. Looks like a person may need to order some replacement EU stickers.
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Not familiar with the 351, but if it is a magnesium cased saw and the crank/seals and rod are good, should be worth getting it running again for a backup. Make sure to find the problem that caused the seize to start with. Looking at the specs for a 50cc saw it seems a little low on power for a primary felling saw when compared to the 346xp and 550xp. But this reply is also based on you being able to do the work yourself. Taking it to a saw shop may make it price wise not feasible. Here is the IPL for part numbers if you need it. http://www.husqvarna.com/ddoc/HUSI/HUSI1999_AAaa/HUSI1999_AAaa_I9900055_.pdf
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I will try to remember to look at my 346 and 372 and see if they carry EU marks tomorrow and report back.
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Pete, this who shows up as the UK contact. Other than that not much showed up in a search. Vimpex - PPE: Pacific Helmets
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Computeruser, don't know if you found what you were looking for. In the US this is a good program for Chainsaw training. Game of Logging With large enough groups you can bring an instructor in for training. But you will need a number of trees to be felled for each student. It takes a lot of grief from the west coast folks, but it gives very good basics to then build off.
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Lots of nice Moto's in this thread. My Caponord, It saw both the Pacifc ocean and Atlantic this year. Some were in Wyoming. Idaho after seeing a friends bike stopped at a Forestry museum.
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They show up in a few vids. But for the weight seem like a lot to carry around all day. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI8ATaC9VpU&feature=share&list=UUn6HkgDjr5hzEN9iNf2UIrw]Hydraulischer Fällkeil- unentbehrlich bei der Holzernte/ Demo... - YouTube[/ame] RAM Wedge Hydraulic Felling Wedges | Logging | Clark Forest
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Based on what little I understand of the regulations, this is my take also.
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Thanks for your hard work keeping the lights on.
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After talking with two dealers both advised me to unplug the carb heaters. That unless I was working in -F temps they could possibly do more harm than good. On both my 346 and 372 they were easy to unplug the carb feed wire. That way if needed at some point I can just plug them back in. As to heat for me they have not gotten too hot. Just about the time I would think about turning them off, I put the saw down for a few minutes to do some thing and by the time I pick it back up the heat feels nice.
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Same with my new 372xpg only one setting. I was under the understanding that they are now thermostatically controlled on the carb heater. Guess I need to look into this more.
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In Logging/Felling it is always hard to teach the new folks to look up enough while cutting. And to watch what is going on while moving to the safe area while the stem is coming down.
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Glad I am not the only one. I was out practicing with some zing-it the other day and wrapped the limb. Luckily I could reach it with the pole saw to untangle it.
