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Does that much weight hurt the hitch? You look like you're running about 4k over loaded. You not using a load equalizing hitch (like an EZ Lift) and I was wondering you had any issues with the weight. I'll haul around 8K without an EZ Lift for short distances but for anything long I'll always throw on the bars.
It's cool that they're making something permanent from that tree. Even cooler that you're getting in on it. Something you can tell the grandkids about..."back in the day".
I completely agree.
Scott, I really hope you're keeping a good photo record of your endeavor because I think what you're doing is really unique.
Stewart
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Scott, I really hope you're keeping a good photo record of your endeavor because I think what you're doing is really unique.
Stewart
We're actually trying to get the tv crew to do a follow up story for it. They did the story on the cemetary and how run down it was and showed the downed tree.
I'm taking pictures as I go too.
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About your X-
Does that much weight hurt the hitch? You look like you're running about 4k over loaded. You not using a load equalizing hitch (like an EZ Lift) and I was wondering you had any issues with the weight. I'll haul around 8K without an EZ Lift for short distances but for anything long I'll always throw on the bars.
It handles it just fine. I'm usually pulling anywhere from 7k to 14k lbs. I've pulled quite a bit more than that a few times. (understatement hehe) I did slightly bend the shank that the ball attaches to but it was only rated for 6k lbs. Got a heavier one on there now.
I'm also not running tall trailers so I don't have the wind pushing me all over the road.
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I threw 3 more logs on there and headed to the mill. I was pretty darn close. It was 8,700 lbs!!
Well, off to take another 4 tons to the mill.
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I threw 3 more logs on there and headed to the mill. I was pretty darn close. It was 8,700 lbs!!
Well, off to take another 4 tons to the mill.
4.35 tons first load and this one was 3.60 tons:
This is what I have to drive thru to get to where it can be unloaded. It's actually pretty dry right now.
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Here's my stack-o-slabs so far. Shot next to Excursion for size comparison.
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Those really are some Great pics of what you do for a living,,,and what your Excursion can do also!
Seeing your Dump trailer loaded with stumps,,,Reminds me that I should have taken pics of my 7' x 12' Bri-Mar Dump trailer (10,000 GVW) loaded with 7 stumps that I had Dug out and loaded up with my Excavator,,,she was Full ! Nice Thread.
This project saves a lot of money for a gym membership, doesn't it
As I'm sure u always do, stay alert with that much 'stuff' going on....
getting 'used to it' or inattentiveness for ONE second can be tough !
That's why I always wear chainsaw chaps like in the picture above this. They have Kevlar fibers in them and if you cut them with the chainsaw, the fibers clog up the saw and stop it.
I was clearing out that lot for my sister and was cutting small oak and pine trees (2" - 3" in diameter). I had cut one and let go with my right (trigger) hand to grab the top as it fell. Well, the chain was still spinning down to idle and I bumped my left knee with the bar. Put a pretty good size gash in the chaps and there were kevlar fibers all in the chain but not a scratch on me. Without the chaps, it would have been a rush to the ER.
I have run chainsaws all my life and consider myself as safe as anyone with them but stuff still happens.
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That was just the top starter piece to have a flat surface to work from. I'm slabbing 1.5" slabs starting just under where that piece was. Already got one slab done and now I can't get my saw to crank back up. It's an old and sometimes cranky thing. (But a beast when she does run.)
Cool thread Scott .
This was emailed to me by a member that "lurks" here . I know this should be more about your Ex but is quickly turning into a thread about your wood project .
I wasn't sure what Husky you're running so I emailed a link to Don Walker and he says it's a 395 Husqvarna . Being a Husky snob I own 3 .
Don has a 394XP of mine right now doing some repair and mods . Don and his brother John run Walker Saw shop out of Namaimo British Columbia on Vancouver Island and although they are Husaqvarna dealers they are best know for modifying saws for the logging industry , they take already large powerful saws and mod them with muffler porting and some porting and polishing and turn them into real rip-snorters . They run stronger and also cooler . I see from time to time "Walkerized"saws being sold on ebay .
Sounds like your saw is getting a little tired , I recommend these guys not only for repair but for mods . I should have my 394 (almost the same saw as yours) back in about 2 weeks . I can't wait !
Your project screams for a 3120XP Husqvarna ! I have no real use for one but would love to have one , kinda hard to pay out $2000 for a saw that I wouldn't use all the time , but I still want one .
I'm going to follow this thread an see where it takes me .
I like the journey so far .
SxS
PS Hope I didn't go too far off topic with my rants about Huskies !
This was emailed to me by a member that "lurks" here . I know this should be more about your Ex but is quickly turning into a thread about your wood project .
I wasn't sure what Husky you're running so I emailed a link to Don Walker and he says it's a 395 Husqvarna . Being a Husky snob I own 3 .
Don has a 394XP of mine right now doing some repair and mods . Don and his brother John run Walker Saw shop out of Namaimo British Columbia on Vancouver Island and although they are Husaqvarna dealers they are best know for modifying saws for the logging industry , they take already large powerful saws and mod them with muffler porting and some porting and polishing and turn them into real rip-snorters . They run stronger and also cooler . I see from time to time "Walkerized"saws being sold on ebay .
Sounds like your saw is getting a little tired , I recommend these guys not only for repair but for mods . I should have my 394 (almost the same saw as yours) back in about 2 weeks . I can't wait !
Your project screams for a 3120XP Husqvarna ! I have no real use for one but would love to have one , kinda hard to pay out $2000 for a saw that I wouldn't use all the time , but I still want one .
I'm going to follow this thread an see where it takes me .
I like the journey so far .
SxS
PS Hope I didn't go too far off topic with my rants about Huskies !
Don't kill the newbie.........
Mine is a 394XP also. I had a 3120XP for awhile. It was attached to the end of an Alpine Magnum Stump grinder:
I didn't use the portable stump grinder enough to justify keeping it but I wish I had so I would still have that saw. That saw was a beast. I'm a pretty big guy (6'4" and 260) but could not crank that saw without first pushing the decomp button. It would just about rip my arm out of the socket.
I know about the Walkers. What exactly are you having them do to it?
Are you a member of the arboristsite.com forums? They have a whole section just for chainsaws.
If I could buy another saw to mill with, I would probably try to find an older Stihl 076. I'm a Husky man but those old 076s are just tanks. (My other saw is a Husky 346XP that I bought in the spring of this year.)
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