chain saws !splittin wood the old way ! Good ole outdoor fire!

Good he recovered and had a few more years.My dads gettin on up in the years .Bad back,bad ankle and a bad knee and he is retired but really hasn't slowed down.If it's daylight he is in the yard doing something,.He is OCD and much more so than I.He has a old jeep he been workin on lately.

 

I should have taken a before picture.You wouldn't believe it.

 

He isn't done with it but its csme a long ways.

 

I like those old Chevs .I been wanting to start a projecg and I am thinkin abot fixin up a old 9 N or a 8 .

 

I got a thing for old tractors.

 

Stihl weedeaters are alright. Toro...meh. Go with the commerical brands. Shindaiwa or Redmax. I personally would not use anything but redmax if I get a weedeater for commercial purposes.

 

Here's one of my Stihl MS 660. I had another pic of another MS660 but for some reason it will not let me upload it, supposedly too big of a file, dont understand why if the pic is with the same camera. Anyway, wait till I show you a pic of my 880.

 

Shindawa is good stuff with a big price tag lol.I graduated high school and thought k was gonne take the summer off lol.Well the Monday after graduation I aas laying in bed hung over and my bad awakes me and said come on , its time tto go to work.So I remind him I don't have a job and he replies yes you do.I get up and get ready and he gave me a brand new pair of Redwings work boots.He got me a job as summer help for the company he worked for.I take a physical and a drug test right on the spot , how I passsed I haven't a clue.I go to the supervisor who I got stuck with lol and he hands me a brand new Shindawa weedeater and I ask where do you want me to cut ? He said where ever you see grass ! For 3 months I weedeated 8 hrs a day with a Shindawa weed eater so yes I am verry familiar with them.They are top of the line.This was back in 1990.Shindawa is a beast.No doubt.

 

I am outside and the glare is killing me so sorry for the typos.

 

My dad awoke me lol I meant not my bad.I should have waited till I was inside to type.

 

And Slim , the first lesson I learned from pops is I am a Wolverine boot loving MFer.not Redwings

 

Tell me what this is Slim ?

 

[QUOE="slim12, post: 760575, member: 3011"]About to slide a pair of wolverines on now. Stayed with my mother-in-law last night. Late getting started today.

I'm guessing

I'm guessing corn bread 1st. My second guess would be a homemade chicken pot pie. My grandma made them with the corn bread topping.

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Yea its cornbread , we had some good collards with it.Thats all I wear is Wolverine.I buy the same style to every time.I wrote all the numbers down so I could get the same ones every time.Been wearing this particular Wolverine close to 10 yrs now.

 

TE="babedulce, post: 760563, member: 17874"]Here's one of my Stihl MS 660. I had another pic of another MS660 but for some reason it will not let me upload it, supposedly too big of a file, dont understand why if the pic is with the same camera. Anyway, wait till I show you a pic of my 880.[/QUOTE]
Thats a nice saw.I got the 271 its enough for what I do.I'm actually going to buy a smaller one next for pruning and limbs. Echo has a nice little saw I may try or I may go with Stihl.Prob will go with Stihl , I've had good luck with Stihl.

 

Yea I have saw lots of home made splitters.If I heated my home with wood I'm sure I'd look for a easier way.The wood I burn is just for outside , campfire.Just for fun mostly , its kinda rewarding to split your own wood but like I said , I don't heat my home with it.

 

They dont make any brand of chainsaw like thy used to but stihl is always the best option for chainsaws. MS 201 is an expensive choice for a homeowner pruning saw. The MS 193 is a decent saw if you buy it new but all of the EPA bullshit on it make it a far cry from the MS 192. If I run into a fairly good condition used MS192 I would buy it, but then again I know the little details that give away an abused saw not worth buying. Your final option would be an MS 150 but it would only be for fine pruning, nothing too big, unless you know how to keep that chain razor sharp.

These are all top handle chainsaws like the ms 200 on my profile pic....so be careful if you buy one of these. Anything rearhandle that is not an MS360 or larger I have not used but I do know that they are not worth my investment. I would rather invest in a good professional grade saw and have it last my lifetime than a homeowner saw that will invariably breakdown in a year of use, though Stihl does keep a high standard of quality....but I am biased. I have one stihl ms460 that is over 10 years old and still running strong like I had just bought it.