Stone Branch, build it, they will come.

[weekender21]

Excellent work G! We were up to similar work this week. I cut down quite a few poplar trees, hunted turkeys and found a few cool creatures.

I didn’t get to burn but had a NC state biologist take a look at our place. He approved of my intention to burn several areas and is putting me in touch with a local burn crew.

Your place is looking great!


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[George]

Looking good G, and nice snake collection. I can see that little dozer be an extremely valuable tool. Looking forward to seeing the future progress.

Thank you Steve. May have a slab poured this week depending on the weather. I don't think that it will be long before Tank finds a copperhead.

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[George]

Excellent work G! We were up to similar work this week. I cut down quite a few poplar trees, hunted turkeys and found a few cool creatures.

I didn’t get to burn but had a NC state biologist take a look at our place. He approved of my intention to burn several areas and is putting me in touch with a local burn crew.

Your place is looking great!


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Thank you weekender, it sure is fun in the hills. Congratulations on your turkey and it sure looks like some good work that you are putting in down there. It must have been some interesting time spent with the biologist.

It's not too hard to figure where my wheat seeds went.


I only got about 100 tom turkey pictures.


That mineral block seems to be a hit.




My first antlers.





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[Elkaddict]

George, As always, I’m impressed with your dedication, vision and work ethic.

 

[George]

George, As always, I’m impressed with your dedication, vision and work ethic.

Thank you Tom, now if I could just get motivated for 40 hours of shop time I would be all set.

But all I can think about is my new clear cut in white. I may be able to get a half acre of clover in here.


Looking west it is a little sway between high points on rattlesnake ridge. There is currently nothing green growing below the canopy of sugar maple and there may be only one or two oak trees in the area.


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[Gator]

Thank you Tom, now if I could just get motivated for 40 hours of shop time I would be all set.

But all I can think about is my new clear cut in white. I may be able to get a half acre of clover in here.

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Looking west it is a little sway between high points on rattlesnake ridge. There is currently nothing green growing below the canopy of sugar maple and there may be only one or two oak trees in the area.

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That little dozer will make quick work of that 1/2 acre.

 

[George]

That little dozer will make quick work of that 1/2 acre.

The thought has crossed my mind.

So I read up a bit and found out that male timber rattlesnakes are bigger than females. Females sexually mature at 7-13 years, have 6-10 live babies, and breed triennially (every 3 years). So contrary to popular belief killing one does hurt the population.

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[Chipdasqrrl]

Oh my, you've been busy. Looks like you're living the dream... Looking forward to seeing how everything progresses

 

[Triple C]

George...I have to take a break every time I catch up on your thread. Happy for you! Enjoying the tag-a-long. Keep em coming!

 

[pinetag]

You've been working hard and the place is really coming along nicely George!

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[George]

Oh my, you've been busy. Looks like you're living the dream... Looking forward to seeing how everything progresses

George...I have to take a break every time I catch up on your thread. Happy for you! Enjoying the tag-a-long. Keep em coming!

You've been working hard and the place is really coming along nicely George!

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Thank you much guys, I've been having so much fun down there it is hard to call it work. Not having to deal with an over load of invasive plants really makes a big difference in my enjoyment level.

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[HB_Hunter]

Looking good G! I got out and did some turkey hunting, but feel like I’m way behind on habitat work every time I read through this thread. Looking forward to watching things progress!

 

[George]

Looking good G! I got out and did some turkey hunting, but feel like I’m way behind on habitat work every time I read through this thread. Looking forward to watching things progress!

Thanks HB, I'll be back down next week. My plan for the white area is now to cut/squirt, hack/squirt, burn, lime, fertilizer, clover seed.



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[George]

I previously mentioned that my ignition coil crapped out on me in Kentucky but I was tricked into that thinking. When my saw malfunctioned I went to the library in Vanceburg. After reconnoitering on the logging forum I drove to Gillums in Ashland and told the parts Lady that I need a fuel solenoid. After much looking at parts diagrams followed by consultations with 2 service techs I was convinced that there is no such thing as a fuel solenoid on a ms362c and I need a new ignition coil for $155. When I returned to Michigan I ordered a $50 coil off of Ebay and after receiving it I found out that I just wasted $50 on the wrong coil. I then went to Wiengrants in Ann Arbor and after 45 minutes with the numbnuts parts man we found the right coil and parts #. "What do you want me to do" he asked " I want you to order it" I answered. A week later I drove back to Ann Arbor to look at the wrong coil. A week later they had the right coil. However the new right coil didn't fix my saw. Yesterday I drove to Napoleon Lawn in Napoleon and Tim the tech man tested my spark and I had all kinds of spark. He explained to me that I was testing eradicate spark because it is hard to properly ground the plug when looking for spark. He told me that I probably need a new solenoid on my carburetor $60 and that they normally just put a new carb on for $90/parts. So now I will be where I started weeks later back in Ashland on Thursday or Friday to order a fuel solenoid which Stihl actually calls a solenoid valve. So my question is, Tim not included, what do they teach these numbnut parts and tech people when they attend Stihl University? Is the new Mtronics above their pay scale? I need to go look at the close out fruit trees at Wallyworld in Ashland any how. My old pear weedling seeds from Iowa proved to no longer be viable. For the meanwhile since I have 1000 1-4" maples to cut, I asked Tim to sell me one of those cute little toy Stihl saws on sale for $150, a pre updated ignitions model with the old style gas and oil caps. I cut a couple of limbs with it. The trigger creep and throttle response compared to the ms362c is like comparing my 1 1/2lb trigger on my Encore to the trigger on my sks but it should cut 1" maples.



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[lakngolf]

Grrrrrrrrr Way too many types of parts. Folks like Stihl should be more uniform with all items.
Hope the toy soldier knocks out a few maples for you

 

[George]

Just venting a little bit lak but my tale could be helpful to someone else when 2 Stihl technicians in a Stihl service center try to make you feel like a intellectually challenged individual. I'll rely on me to be the Stihl technician from now on and order parts from rural king. It actually is ridiculously simple to remove the carb.

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[Gator]

Might have been cheaper with time and gas included to just buy a whole new professional saw....

 

[E_308]

I would pay extra for those old style fuel and oil caps! I hate those "locking" ones, I have dumped my bar oil unintentionally a few times and had to replace the fuel one on my 210. Good choice on the new saw.

 

[George]

Might have been cheaper with time and gas included to just buy a whole new professional saw....

Darn near.

I would pay extra for those old style fuel and oil caps! I hate those "locking" ones, I have dumped my bar oil unintentionally a few times and had to replace the fuel one on my 210. Good choice on the new saw.

I'm heading to town right now to pull the 036 out of retirement. It didn't run very well over 10,000' but with some rehab will most likely run at 1000-1200'.



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[dogghr]

Guess I'm lucky as my Deere/stihl dealer have excellent parts guys who have saved me money in the past since I tend to dismantle a motor to determine its problem before heading for parts. He is a bit hard of hearing as I asked for a new stihl air filter the other day, and he handed me a fuel filter. Which I kept as they can suddenly start causing issues anyway.
In addtion, the service department for JD and Stihl is run by a 20 something young lady that knows her chit and ain't afraid to crawl under a tractor and get her painted nails covered in dirt and grease. Now theres a woman worth having on the farm.

I would pay extra for those old style fuel and oil caps! I hate those "locking" ones, I have dumped my bar oil unintentionally a few times and had to replace the fuel one on my 210. Good choice on the new saw.

You probably know E, but Stihl did a recall replacement on the original worthless snap on caps. No longer free but they are about 4$ and well worth the change. Much much bettter but not as good as the screw on caps for sure. Engineers sometimes don't think things thru.