Gabriel82

"Do this for a living"? nope ,surely not. Just cutting logs ocassionally for firewood. Sometimes someone asks me to cut a few trees that bothers him. I ended up on this forum after getting about 4 cubic meters of oak logs, for firewood about 21-22 months ago. Was baffled by how "stubborn" was to cut by chainsaw yet easy to split by axe. Was a decision of moment because usually I buy beech or hornbeam. Wich I know what's it about and how long it takes to dry/season. Then I found out from some individuals that I might wait 3-5 years for this oak to season 🤔😱 Of course I got even more curios and baffled WTF 3-5 years are they talking about... If after 2 years this oak doesn't burns right like beech and hornbeam have done past winters I'm done with oak as firewood! but anyway, big chainsaws are good for hardwood if you're in a hurry 😁

60cc seems the minimum for the "average user". Probably too big if you're climbing trees 😁 But for ground stuff I begin to think a 90cc chainsaw is the right choice. (390/395xp). More power is always welcomed. I sure am tempted

60-70cc seems to be the right spot for a chainsaw for the normal/"average" guy, not professional. BUT: I did got the chance to hold and use/cut into a hardwood log with a Husqvarna 390,old but in good shape. I was impressed ,quite a difference from Makita EA6100P. And same dude ,that is almost always either in forest chopping trees or in 6x4 truck transporting logs , confessed he's thinking about a new Husqvarna 395xp . Because more power= better chainsaw. Who's complaining about weight get back to gim and pushups 😁 I haven't used+carried that 390xp all day or at least 3-4 hours but it didn't felt that much heavier than a Makita EA6100. Chain .325 but it has limits... As for blade length... As long as you need it to be . Women want it longer and bigger. 🙄 They must know something

Hey, jokes aside ,lattex/rubbery gloves are good for grip. 😁 A "kind of" good thing when in slippery wet conditions at 20-30 meters in a tree . I don't trust leather for grip. 🙄

I forgot to mention: for me ALL grease is "grease"... Since I'm "one of a kind" don't actually use lubricating grease on your leather jacket... 🙄 Grasso Foca from Reflex looks like this, and its synthetic(no animals got melted down into the metal box 😁 ). But first "production" boxes DID contain animal fat(best so far for water sealing leather clothes). You could also use rubber jacket OVER leather jacket and rubber pants over normal pants. But boots must also be covered in rubber or they will get wet(socks included...). And if you're climbing 20-30 meters in a tree in rain the rubber jacket must tight around your wrists or water will go straight into your dry clothes... Head covered in same rubber material, or else water will slowly go down your back and... you're wet in no time around your lungs... Pneumonia is around the corner not long(second day...). Same for the neck/chest area. Good luck! 🥳

Rubber or PVC full suit. Leather jacket under that if it's also cold. But your boots+socks will get wet ,unless covered in rubber too. I can't see other materials tough and durable enough to resist pouring rain all day.

I've tried many synthetic jackets ,but many are just for advertise ,a lot of horse sht , even in motorcycling equipment... The longer you stay in rain the more chances are water will get in through somewhere... What I found it works is thick leather AND a good grease(animal preferably as ducks use 😁. ) or even synthetic. Grab a thick (at least 2-3 mm) leather dry jacket ,a cotton rag big as your palm a bucket of grease(I use grasso foca-Reflex) and start "massaging" the grease in that leather. Insist on stiches, that's where water gets in from my experience. Of course ,eventually you might get wet in a leather jacket too but it will take some time. At the end of a normal 12 hour work day in rain you won't be wet. But the jacket will be. You must dry it the time you sleep(if you sleep at least 4-5 hours). Not direct heat, just dry hot air room. Other issue is the jacket will protect you but the pants AND boots will also get wet... In extreme situations just a plastic rubberized "suit" might keep you completely dry. Not that I'm a "rubber sicko"/Latex fan but that's what will really keep water out from your clothes be it light rain or pouring rain ALL day/12 hours or more. Latex by itself is not as tear resistant as rubber. Keep that in mind. But a thick rubber clothing over the leather jacket will keep water out and the leather jacket will keep you warm. Also the rubber coat must be long enough to cover your legs until boots. Or all water will drip ON your pant and INTO your boots... Don't ask me how I found that out... 🙄 Cheers.

Of course... You're british,right?! 😁 Around here in Romania we have electric 2 wheel "things" going 90km/h on Highways... And it's worse the more East you "dare" to go... Basarabia/Moldova, Ukraine, God forbid you step into Russia... Anything is possible in Russia... Aliens are afraid to visit Russia... Anyway...

hope he has valid insurance. Even here in Romania a law has been passed to oblige all electric scooter, bicycles, etc to have a valid insurance... It's like a nuthouse anyway here... You could be on your merry way on a one way street and still encounter some electric "thing" on 2 or 3 wheels going 50km/h... On your way, as if you SHOULD expect some lunatic going the wrong way... And not one has a driver license, nothing regarding traffic rules... It's disgusting allready... Even in parcs or sidewalk is like that...

@Mark_Skyland Isn't that a casting defect? How is the "new" part showing? I thought Husqvarna builds quality chainsaws for fcks sake... And I was thinking about a 395xp... Not that the current Makita EA6100 P is doing anything wrong...

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Here's an example using that kind of square packing. This one is a 40mm thick steel door to a stove that burns almost anything and survive 😁 I once got it red cherry hot because of... too much coal. Also the walls are from chamotte brick 64 mm thick 120mm wide and about 230mm long. Basically the walls of the stove are 120mm thick ,its all built out of 1200 degrees Celcius resistant chamotte bricks. I think it weighs about 1 ton. 😁🙄. Took me a whole summer to build and it was expensive. By the way : don't mind me too much. I'm a hydrocarbons fan and pyromaniac I make my coffee on a gasoline Shmel-2 burner stove 🥳 Shmel is also a russian thermobaric rocket . Not to be confused

Build yourself a ceramic tile stove 😎 With a chimney shut off plate. After everything has burned ,you've removed all ash and nothing is in the stove , air up the room ,close the chimney and the stove will heat up even more but uniformly up to and including the corners. Stays like that for at least 12 hours. This chimney shut off plate is good for stormy periods/nights. Helps keep the stove hot since natural draft is always present but winter storms increase the draft. This is one solution ,second one is having doors wich close hermetically with the help of a heat resistant ceramic fiber packing(usually square white or black). Only on the smaller stove shown in photo I have installed this chimney plate valve.

I also have another one built through the walls of two big rooms. Basically heats up half a house. And is double compared to what you see in this photo. Also burns more wood because... I like it hot 😁 In very cold winter nights I used to load it with coal briquettes around 19:00 PM and will burn untill morning. A true beauty luxury putting me to sleep 😁 And is silent , no need for electricity , fans, pumps, electronic controls or heating liquid(like in central gas heating where its got copper plumbing...)

Probably. But you don't understand how big mass stoves work. Because they have big ceramic mass(the tiles on exterior and the 32 mm thick chamotte bricks on the inside , you can burn a small amount of wood and the whole stove barely feels warm. Not HOT. Yet ,the whole house is just warm not hot for about 10-12 hours. Burn more wood stove heats up some more. But still you won't feel discomfort. I had a smaller cast iron stove many years ago(think it was 25 years or more). Got thrown in the street in spring for who wants it after a winter. Because it was giving either too much heat or too little. Reloading in the middle of night is not "fun"... And if I remember right it also burned more wood. never again stoves like that 🙄