Pics from the office

[jeffatc250r]

Took a few pics of my new "office" The lot is only 25 or so acres and will only take a month or so to do, but its covered with alot of monster red oak. Figured a few of you could enjoy this,......

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[fabiodriven]

Jeffry, you certainly are an animal.

[mopar_man]

Mmmmm.....firewood. Too bad I didn't have access to something like that. I would have enough wood for years to come.

[MonroeMike]

Heck of a set of tire chains on that machine.

[Bryan Raffa]

Nice XP ....how old's that?

[jeffatc250r]

the 288 is showin its age, but still runs strong. I personally like stihls better, my ported out 066 will be back together by this weekend and will spank the huskys arse ten fold. The new chains on the rear are pretty meaty, just gotta be careful with the throttle,.....easy way to snap axles.

[fabiodriven]

I use a Stihl MS250 and it seems like the chain dulls incredibly quick. I even bought 2 extra chains (For a total of three) and an electric sharpener to keep up with the sombitch. Any suggestoins Jeffry?

[jeffatc250r]

Stop hitting the ground! What kind of chains are they? Are they the homeowner ones or are they a full comp pro chain? You will never ever get a chain real sharp with a grinder no matter what kind it is, I wont even run a new chain until I take a few passes with a file on it. It takes a long time to actually get good at it. If it aint a pro flat-top chain your wasting your time. Also all the newer saws are choked back bad to pass emissions. If you hog out the muffler a little bit and remove the stupid little plastic stops on the air-fuel screws so you can feed it more fual, you will notice a BIG difference. I wont even run a new saw until i get those caps off the carb because they lean them out bad to get them to pass emissions. Another thing, I run oregon chains, they seem to cut the fastest if filed correctly.

[fabiodriven]

I tried the files when I first got my saw. I couldn't get an edge on the chains for the life of me. With the grinder the thing shoots "curls" like it should. The chains are original Stihl "Non-ANSE" or whatever and I take the rakes down a little bit to give 'em more bite. I obviously avoid hitting the ground as much as possible. The power of the saw isn't much of an issue, but I'll still look into the muffler and jets. Thanks.

[jeffatc250r]

Without actually seeing what your doing its hard to say, but im going to guess that you arent getting the file low enough into the tooth. This is what you should be shooting for,....a nice C-shaped tooth. Believe me, if you figure out the file youll toss that grinder in the trash.

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[Bryan Raffa]

you dont wanna see my chains.. I got the elect sharp.. and all...think I bought 6 this year.. threw one out..clearin a headrow

.. just started playin with hoggin the rake out... hahaha..

[harryredtrike]

nice office dude.should pay enough to get you through the winter

[brapp]

screw burnign the rea doak sellthe logs burn the rest, and nice 288 and i was always a stihl man but i love my 385xp just heavy to carry all day. and thats perfection cuttign the rakers i take 2 passes off a brand new chain lol

[jeffatc250r]

Brapp, dont worry...the red oak sure as hell aint going into firewood, only the tops. Most of the butts are making veneer grade and is worth a pretty penny to the slicer mill. Also the 2nd, to 4th logs are making it into the grade markets.

[ravenvulf]

those tires! wow!