(pics in ABPW if interested)
We took our 2nd trip into Sequoia National forest this weekend..

Improvements this trip, learned from 1st adventu

Bought a really cute Stihl 14" chain saw... we beat ourselves to death last
weekend with bow saws..

Filled the gas tank in the truck in town for $1.45 a gallon, as opposed to the
gun & mask prices up in the mountains..

Left the maps in the glove box and used the laptop with the GPS program..

We left at about 8 am, back at about 2 ph, including about an hour drive each
way.. there was about 100 times as much fallen wood as we could possibly
harvest, but while most folks were going for firewood, we were kind of picky..
Mainly looking for turning blanks and type of wood that I haven't used yet..

Brought back about 1/4 cord, I guess... found 2 interesting trees, a sequoia and
a ponderosa pine... brought back sections ranging from 9" to 14"....

Can't wait to go back again!!

(I'm a lumberjack, and I'm ok???)



mac

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These are present California gas prices?

"mac davis" wrote in message
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(pics in ABPW if interested)

(clip) Sequoia National forest this weekend.. (clip)

(clip) Filled the gas tank in the truck in town for $1.45 a gallon, as
opposed to the
gun & mask prices up in the mountains.. (clip)

mac davis wrote:
(pics in ABPW if interested)
We took our 2nd trip into Sequoia National forest this weekend..

Improvements this trip, learned from 1st adventu

Bought a really cute Stihl 14" chain saw... we beat ourselves to death last
weekend with bow saws..

Filled the gas tank in the truck in town for $1.45 a gallon, as opposed to the
gun & mask prices up in the mountains..

Left the maps in the glove box and used the laptop with the GPS program..

We left at about 8 am, back at about 2 ph, including about an hour drive each
way.. there was about 100 times as much fallen wood as we could possibly
harvest, but while most folks were going for firewood, we were kind of picky..
Mainly looking for turning blanks and type of wood that I haven't used yet..

Brought back about 1/4 cord, I guess... found 2 interesting trees, a sequoia and
a ponderosa pine... brought back sections ranging from 9" to 14"....

Can't wait to go back again!!

(I'm a lumberjack, and I'm ok???)



mac

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$1.45 a gallon? Were you the onte with the mask and gun? Here on the
cheap coast it just dropped under $2 per gallon
Joe

You are putting premium (high octane) in your saw, aren't you???
robo hippy

On Mon, 23 May 2005 09:42:15 -0700, "Derek Hartzell"
wrote:

These are present California gas prices?

"mac davis" wrote in message
.. .
(pics in ABPW if interested)

(clip) Sequoia National forest this weekend.. (clip)

(clip) Filled the gas tank in the truck in town for $1.45 a gallon, as
opposed to the
gun & mask prices up in the mountains.. (clip)


opps.. my mistake.. a typo..
should have been 2.45...

it was $2.80 a gallon last month... that's for "regular" unleaded..



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On Mon, 23 May 2005 13:28:43 -0400, Joe Gorman wrote:

mac davis wrote:
sorry, my typo/price shock..
supposed to be $2.45 a gallon... probably worth about $1.00 a gallon..

$1.45 a gallon? Were you the onte with the mask and gun? Here on the
cheap coast it just dropped under $2 per gallon
Joe



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On 23 May 2005 12:29:46 -0700, "robo hippy" wrote:

You are putting premium (high octane) in your saw, aren't you???
robo hippy
we're using the "middle" one.. 89 octane...
that's what the guy at the saw shop told us to use..
also using the little containers of oil, made to mix with a gallon of gas for
the proper 50:1 mix... 2 stroke has come a long way since I last had one!



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"mac davis" wrote in message
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On 23 May 2005 12:29:46 -0700, "robo hippy" wrote:

You are putting premium (high octane) in your saw, aren't you???
robo hippy
we're using the "middle" one.. 89 octane...
that's what the guy at the saw shop told us to use..
also using the little containers of oil, made to mix with a gallon of gas
for
the proper 50:1 mix... 2 stroke has come a long way since I last had one!

Up here we mix 30:1 in blackfly season....

Regular is still about $3US a US gallon in my part of BC. OUCH!

Tom

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On Mon, 23 May 2005 13:28:43 -0400, Joe Gorman wrote:

mac davis wrote:
sorry, my typo/price shock..
supposed to be $2.45 a gallon... probably worth about $1.00 a gallon..

$1.45 a gallon? Were you the onte with the mask and gun? Here on the
cheap coast it just dropped under $2 per gallon
Joe



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Mac,
All of the loggers that I have talked to (there are a lot of them here
in Oregon), the saw shop where I bought my Husky, and the factory rep
from Sthil who did a chainsaw safety demo for our club said to use
premion grade gas. Gas degrades fairly quickly, and if you don't use is
up within a month, and don't use a stabilizer, it is bad for your saw.
If it has been since last summer, the gas should be thrown out.
robo hippy

George wrote:
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On 23 May 2005 12:29:46 -0700, "robo hippy" wrote:


You are putting premium (high octane) in your saw, aren't you???
robo hippy

we're using the "middle" one.. 89 octane...
that's what the guy at the saw shop told us to use..
also using the little containers of oil, made to mix with a gallon of gas

for

the proper 50:1 mix... 2 stroke has come a long way since I last had one!


Up here we mix 30:1 in blackfly season....


Great bug control. Does it do any harm to the saw?

On Tue, 24 May 2005 04:01:14 GMT, "Tom Storey" wrote:

Regular is still about $3US a US gallon in my part of BC. OUCH!

Tom

Wow.. that's what the "rip off" price was at the "country store" we stopped at a
few weeks ago.. $2.999

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On Mon, 23 May 2005 13:28:43 -0400, Joe Gorman wrote:

mac davis wrote:
sorry, my typo/price shock..
supposed to be $2.45 a gallon... probably worth about $1.00 a gallon..

$1.45 a gallon? Were you the onte with the mask and gun? Here on the
cheap coast it just dropped under $2 per gallon
Joe



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On Mon, 23 May 2005 18:10:28 -0400, "George" george@least wrote:


"mac davis" wrote in message
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On 23 May 2005 12:29:46 -0700, "robo hippy" wrote:

You are putting premium (high octane) in your saw, aren't you???
robo hippy
we're using the "middle" one.. 89 octane...
that's what the guy at the saw shop told us to use..
also using the little containers of oil, made to mix with a gallon of gas
for
the proper 50:1 mix... 2 stroke has come a long way since I last had one!

Up here we mix 30:1 in blackfly season....

hell, you'd go to jail for that in smoggy Calif... damn chain saw even has a
catalytic converter and meets "CARB" requirements..


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On 24 May 2005 07:28:40 -0700, "robo hippy" wrote:

Mac,
All of the loggers that I have talked to (there are a lot of them here
in Oregon), the saw shop where I bought my Husky, and the factory rep
from Sthil who did a chainsaw safety demo for our club said to use
premion grade gas. Gas degrades fairly quickly, and if you don't use is
up within a month, and don't use a stabilizer, it is bad for your saw.
If it has been since last summer, the gas should be thrown out.
robo hippy

Good point, thanks... I'll definitely keep that in mind..

One of the reasons that I paid a few cents extra to get the 2 cycle oil in the
"gallon mix" size is that we have a tiny tank on the chain saw and I don't want
to pre-mix more than a gallon at a time..
If I have any left in the can at the end of our trips to the woods, I'll pass it
on to a neighbor with a weed eater..

If the chain saw is like either of our trucks, it would run a lot better on your
gas than on the crap that they call gas in Calif..


mac

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"Ralph" wrote in message
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George wrote:


Up here we mix 30:1 in blackfly season....


Great bug control. Does it do any harm to the saw?

Doesn't help the plug, but it beats bathing in bug dope.

On Mon, 23 May 2005 13:28:43 -0400, Joe Gorman
wrote:

$1.45 a gallon? Were you the onte with the mask and gun? Here on the
cheap coast it just dropped under $2 per gallon

You're both lucky. Here in the middle, it's still hovering around
$2.30

On Wed, 25 May 2005 06:06:32 -0500, Prometheus wrote:

On Mon, 23 May 2005 13:28:43 -0400, Joe Gorman
wrote:

$1.45 a gallon? Were you the onte with the mask and gun? Here on the
cheap coast it just dropped under $2 per gallon

You're both lucky. Here in the middle, it's still hovering around
$2.30

you might have missed my apology for the type... I meant to type $2.45 but I
guess I was in sticker shock.. *g*



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