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Cheers, I've come round to that way of thinking anyway. I just started off thinking otherwise because I'm used to the bar being long enough to do almost all cuts in one go. However all you guys are recommending shorter bars, and I can see the sense.
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Sorry for bumping this thread. I thought I was sorted out, but looks like that may not be the case. There are a few people advertising the Solo 646, would that be sensible if I went for the 15" bar rather than 18"? I mean was the concern because of the power of that saw, or because of the power in combination with a longish bar? Thanks, Tony S
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Doesn't Ash fall into that category (aside from the damage by animals aspect)? It's a quick establishing species and in nature it would gradually be superseded by Beech or Oak. It certainly responds to coppicing. The problem is that customers want split chunks which means it has to come from large timber which means felling.
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Thanks. Seems a lot of people like the Stihls. The dealer reckons the 170 is made in China and lower quality than the others, I don't know if there's anything in that.
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Since there's at least one other end-user pile shown, here's mine. It makes a brilliant drying area since the shed's open to the South.
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We recovered some Ash logs varying from 12" to nearly 24" diameter, they'd been lying for at least four years since felling but when sawn I found the inside as wet as wet. It was well preserved though, smelled not much different from fresh. The species quoted as quick to dry, Beech, Sycamore, Cherry are all diffuse porous. Is that a common factor?
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Just like Balsa is a hardwood.
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Jon, I'm sending you a private message ...
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Cheers, Stihl 211 is a bit more than I wanted to pay. I had in mind a budget of up to £200 for the saw. I think my dealer's not quite getting my requirements (or my budget), but for whatever reason he's recommending a Stihl 251 with 18". His Solo option is indeed the 646 as suspected, although with 15" bar.
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I agree, Solo 646 looks too big. I've still to see if my dealer's punting the same model, a few places have them on offer (soon to be discontinued?). Size wise I'm now thinking 14" but a model with enough oomph to go to 16" if I ever felt the need. If that makes sense. Thanks for everyone else's comments as well, and the safety guidance of course. By the way, I see the comments about Aspen. Why are chainsaw engines so picky, is it because they're high power for their size? Tony S
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Thanks for all the suggestions. What do you guys think of the Husqvarna 135? There's a local place that does Husqvana and Stihl, so I can see both at the same time. Stihl 171 looks a bit little to be honest.
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Thanks. Should have mentioned, the local dealer who handles Stihl almost exclusively, was talking about a Solo model that's on special offer. He got called away before I could follow up so I don't know if it's remotely suitable either size of price. I must say I'm not really familiar with all the brands, my impression is that Stihl and Husqvarna are towards the top end, other names I recognise are Echo, Solo, Homelite (if they're still around, I used one years ago). Macculloch seem to be pants nowadays, judging by a brushcutter that I ended up returning, shame because our old one was great.
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Hi, I've been using an electric saw, 16" 1800W, for the last three years. Now I'm looking for a petrol saw for use on our property when I'm out of reach of electricity, and for use away from our place as well (I missed out on some firewood this summer for lack of any way of cutting it on site). I won't be felling, will get a pro for that. Typical DIY workload, for example the original chain on the electric saw will still last a few more sharpenings after three seasons. I started looking at options, which appear to be .. (1) second hand Stihl or similar, plus points being support and parts, minus it could be a bag of worms and I notice a lot of non-runners advertised. (2) Cheap chinese such as Sanli (dealer nearby) or Draper (can get at trade and no questions asked warranty), or (3) up my budget a little and go for entry level Husqvarna. What do you guys reckon? Any brands I should be looking at instead of or as well as those I've mentioned? Thanks, Tony S
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I read that document earlier, and I couldn't see where it actually says to keep the primary vent closed. In any event I tried last night and it burns very poorly if I do that, with lots of material deposited on the glass (which cleared off once I opened the primary vent again).
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I don't think that our Morso, the basic 1410 Squirrel will burn properly without the undergrate air control being open, or if the space under the grate is completely full with ash. I'll try just for the sake of it next time. On this stove the secondary air is right at the top of the door, it might be different if it was just above the grate.
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By the way, are any of the stoves mentioned here actually dedicated wood stoves, rather than multi fuel? The Morso ones are multi, and that has the disadvantage that they need draft through the grate, meaning the ash need to be emptied more often than if they just had a solid tray for the fire.
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Also the Morso Squirrel 1430, which we had in our last house, and to my mind looks better than the 1412.
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How do you "plumb" that in? Does it draw from under the floor, or do you need something though the outside wall?
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Same here. Processing these broken branches we got around three barrow loads of chippings from the very smallest branches, two loads of sawn and split normal firewood size, and five loads of the "small stuff", small enough to cut with loppers but big enough to be worth keeping. No way I'm going to waste that much of the material. There'll be more as well as there are some branches that need to come off this winter. I will try as suggested, and see how long it takes to dry. I find it too unstable to stack, so needs to just be jumbled up. Thanks, Tony S
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You mean you don't bother with the small stuff?
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Hi, I wondered if any members use small stuff, under say 2" diameter. We were just cleaning up some fallen branches and I've ended up with 5 wheelbarrow loads of that sort of size. At the moment I've just dumped it all in a pile on the floor of the barn, but wondered how others would stack it for drying. Tony S
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Not ideal for the living room ...
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PMs responded to, thanks.
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Hi, Would any of the members be interested in supplying bagged firewood for resale? I'm not sure of the overall quantities, especially as that would be weather dependant. To give an idea it is needed in loads of 50 to 100 bags at a time. It would need to be ready to use, but I'm not sure whether it matters whether it's hardwood or softwood. If anyone's interested, could you contact me by PM? Tony S
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Yes, probably impractical and I was just thinking of an ideal world. The way I see it if the wood was all the same moisture content, you'd get pretty much the same heat out of a given weight whatever type the wood was. Whereas I imagine 1m3 of so-called hardwood would very different if it was Willow vs Ash. Anyway thanks for the comments on loose vs stacked, that gives me an idea what we might have to order if my own supply doesn't keep up. Tony S
