Started off by filling two more green wire bins with split firewood, and then changed the chain on the saw, and used one tank of fuel to chop up some smaller diameter logs into useable fire wood rounds. I didn’t do any of this yesterday because it was cold, windy and the snow had yet to recede. Today was perfect for bucking logs, and stacking wood in bins. The dogs not a fan of the chainsaw, more so than the axe splitting, but I made sure he got to run around before I got to work.
I did order myself (for Christmas) a new higher powered Proyama 68CC chainsaw with both a 20″, and a 24 inch bar. So now once I get that set up, I will be able to buck even the largest logs that have been left at the farm. Though it seems I will not get to any of that this week, because the third, and final report for the year has just come in, and I need to start on it immediately. Luckily I was already done with the small saw because I had run out of fuel, and had packed up to come home. So fantastic timing!
Now I can wash up, eat breakfast, and hunker down to work on the final report for 2025, barring any crazy last minute requests that could potentially pop up, however unlikely. Then at the end of January we will start on the 2026 RoseBowl Parade & Bowl Game.
Not going to lie, the chinesium saw I bought was 4X cheaper than the equivalent Stihl or Husqvarna with the same capacity. I am hoping that because I use them fairly lightly, and not at all regularly that it will last me a few years. I can find lots of parts on Amazon, so it should be mostly repairable if I have an issue. Fingers crossed!
Even if it isn’t rated at the full 68CC it should still offer me more power than the 30CC of the MS170 Stihl saw 8 currently have that is nearing twenty years of age. Like I said, I don’t use them all that much. Twice a year on all these old trees that drop limbs is about all I do. But now that I’m interested in splitting wood, I’d love to be able to process down the bigger logs that get dumped by arborists at the farm. Might cost me some gas money, time & effort, but it stops them from going to rot. Maple syruping uses an absolute fuck tonne of fire wood to boil 24 hours a day, for eight to eleven days straight. But I digress. The reverse osmosis machine has removed some of that boiling time, and freezing off the straight water helps too. Still needs a big flame to keep a 3 x 6 foot pan, of five inches deep sap. boiling continuously. It’s a process!
Since I am the one bucking these logs 8 can make them shorter, so they aren’t as heavy, and hard to manoeuvre around the yard. No need to put my back out for a hobby. If we somehow get rich, then a gas powered splitter will come my way in the coming years. Here’s to dreaming!
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