Tricky stump removal- any pointers ?

[2manyoranges]

The 440 is extremely capable
20" bar normally, 30 if I'm in amongst the big boys, although that's pushing it in terms of power output and manageability.

I'm not happy dealing with a trunk that's wider than my bar is long, so to speak.
Hence the large tool...

I've got a ripping bar and chain too for making lintels or gateposts out of substantial fallen timber

Sadly my spine's impacted discs take unkindly to more than a quarter of an hour of extreme vibration/ stress.

We fell with trunks twice the length of the bar, using thrust cuts and wedges.
It’s a great, precise technique which can be used on ‘leaners’.

 

[novocaine]

We fell with trunks twice the length of the bar, using thrust cuts and wedges.
It’s a great, precise technique which can be used on ‘leaners’.

oi, the pair of you, this is RETRO bike, now either show us pictures of polished axes instead of all this modern "powered" rubbish.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I'll start a
"show us your huge tool" thread.
Oh no maybe I won't


This retro piece gets a lot of use

 

[novocaine]

I'll start a
"show us your huge tool" thread.
Oh no maybe I won't

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This retro piece gets a lot of use

ok, now I regret starting this, I'm going to have to go to the workshop and take pictures of my big chopper.

 

[greencat]

 

[2manyoranges]

Not photoshopped

 

[2manyoranges]

ok, now I regret starting this, I'm going to have to go to the workshop and take pictures of my big chopper.

I must say that I don’t think you ever regret starting anything….
Mischievous, I’d say.

 

[2manyoranges]

The 440 is extremely capable
20" bar normally, 30 if I'm in amongst the big boys, although that's pushing it in terms of power output and manageability.

I'm not happy dealing with a trunk that's wider than my bar is long, so to speak.
Hence the large tool...

I've got a ripping bar and chain too for making lintels or gateposts out of substantial fallen timber

Sadly my spine's impacted discs take unkindly to more than a quarter of an hour of extreme vibration/ stress.

And in terms of oiling - have your mod’d the auto chain oiler? A longer bar requires a higher oil flow of course, and a much longer bar can cause inadequate oiling

 

[bikeworkshop]

I did fit a new pump last winter, the oil feed adjuster is maxed out as a rule - I refill the oil every time I do the fuel, expecting it to be half gone.

Stihl bio plus
- every rodent in my garden loves it -

I have to keep it in a tin bucket or they eat through the bottle until it spills out everywhere

 

[argonsixar]

Bloody hell. What have I started ?