Cunuckgaucho Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 #1. How much does it cost... #2. Can we collectively, here, raise that much money... The helicopter is a Hughes MD500 - so that's a Little Bird, literally. We can make this happen. What you think @Rsquared? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 The dude being interviewed sounds strangely like @Matt.Cross. I'm just sayin'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, 98Z5V said: #1. How much does it cost... #2. Can we collectively, here, raise that much money... The helicopter is a Hughes MD500 - so that's a Little Bird, literally. We can make this happen. What you think @Rsquared? #1You don't even have real trees?? #2 that's Matt cross from another mountain. 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 My younger cousin is a tree climbing logger. Hard rippen. ported stihl ms 661 taking out a shitty tree in my back yard. That saw is ridiculous!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, sketch said: #1You don't even have real trees?? #2 that's Matt cross from another mountain. 😆 #1. Doesn't matter - I'll fly to where real trees are, just to RIP that thing from a helicopter. #2. That IS Matt Cross... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 Looks super easy to control… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 I'd love to do his job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted February 13, 2023 Report Share Posted February 13, 2023 We’re pretty convinced you DO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rsquared Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 20 hours ago, 98Z5V said: #1. How much does it cost... #2. Can we collectively, here, raise that much money... The helicopter is a Hughes MD500 - so that's a Little Bird, literally. We can make this happen. What you think @Rsquared? I'm liking this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 Let's do it, I got some bushes getting out of control in my yard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted February 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 I wonder what would happen if we hung it from a ballon? Might be cheaper that a chopper... just saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 Now you'll get Mikey started again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 (edited) I vote retired huey over little bird. Edited February 14, 2023 by sketch Shits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted February 14, 2023 Report Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 1:09 AM, sketch said: I vote retired huey over little bird. That's a good idea, more useful working load, and can have a door gunner man the Dillon minigun, just in case some squirrels get out of hand, or something.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 13 hours ago, Matt.Cross said: That's a good idea, more useful working load, and can have a door gunner man the Dillon minigun, just in case some squirrels get out of hand, or something.... @Robocop1051 loves squirrels. Just sayin'. We can't be rippin' up squirrels with a vertical chainsaw, because that's LESS squirrels for him to handle. Just wouldn't be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 When I was our Town’s Chairman, we bought a four bladed one for our John Deer tractors extension arm. The torque was so much it snapped the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 On 2/14/2023 at 9:44 PM, 98Z5V said: @Robocop1051 loves squirrels. Just sayin'. We can't be rippin' up squirrels with a vertical chainsaw, because that's LESS squirrels for him to handle. Just wouldn't be right. You're absolutely right, ripping up squirrels with a saw would be unethical. That's exactly what the minigun was for, handling any over-aggressive tree rats that might take exception to the modification of their natural habitat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 15, 2023 Report Share Posted February 15, 2023 14 minutes ago, Matt.Cross said: You're absolutely right, ripping up squirrels with a saw would be unethical. That's exactly what the minigun was for, handling any over-aggressive tree rats that might take exception to the modification of their natural habitat. I'm really liking your mini-gun approach. This might lead to something... I can see Rob pulling this, on his annual squirrel hunt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Yeah, now that's one heck of a saw! I think I'd want a spotter if I was the pilot though. I really hate putting a blade in the dirt and rocks as it looked like he did. Chainsaws.... We heat with wood when it gets really cold. It'll drive us out if I light the woodstove when it's much above 20°F. So I have chainsaws to support the wood heat with the 45 acres of wood growth that we own. One is a 5 hp and the other 3hp but I really don't like to fiddle with gas mix when I just have a small job or 2 so those jobs never get done. Heck, when I did have the gas saws ready to go for bigger jobs I never remembered the small jobs and again, they never got done. OK, I'm going to write exactly what I told a neighbor, we'll get back to that. Don't laugh is what I told him and I suggest it here. The wife asked what I wanted for Christmas and I told her a battery powered chainsaw. I had experience with an electric chainsaw 50 years ago, none of it good. But I had been hearing about the new crop of battery saws and all of it was positive, so after a mess of online research I asked for one. I'm in the Makita system and don't need a bench full of chargers and various batteries that exist for orphan tools, so I specified Makita and was told to buy it. I got a 36v saw; it takes 2 18v batteries and has a 16" bar. I used it very briefly to get a fallen trees limbs out of my driveway at the start of the cold season and I was surprised. Based on my previous negative experience 50 years ago it actually was capable of cutting wood and doing a credible job. The saw 50 years ago was just a POS and not worth a nickle. The Makita wasn't any of my gas saws with huge chain speed, but it was decent. Battery draw was minimal but I have yet to use it for a really big job. OK, back to my neighbor. He was over and the conversation got turned to saws and I asked him not to laugh, but I also had a battery operated saw, yada, yada, and it was a decent performer. OK, now my neighbor cuts trees and sells to the mills. I was surprised to hear that he had one too (MIlwaukee) and he liked it. Told me that he puts it on the back of his snowmobile to get trees out of the trail so that he doesn't need to play with gas mix. OK, for cutting trunks into stove length I'll keep my bigger saws, esp' the 5hp* but for limbing the lightweight battery saw is going to see use. Also for the previous mentioned small jobs. It always has charged batteries in place and bar/chain oil in the tank and is ready to go. No ear protection required either, just grab and go. *I don't remember the Husky model number (I think it ends with an "XP") but it has special mods so that it revs up higher for higher chain speed. It's a beast. As I age I appreciate lighter saws when their use is appropriate, like limbing and felling smaller trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 minute ago, BrianK said: The wife asked what I wanted for Christmas and I told her a battery powered chainsaw. I bought a Milwaukee electric chainsaw a few years ago, and haven't looked back since buying it. It's BADASS. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Outdoor-Power-Equipment/Saws/2727-21HD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 The battery saws are great for smaller jobs. Tree falls in the driveway, it’s quick and easy to limb it and section a few pieces to get by. Come back later with gas to make firewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 One thing I have found, and it's a bad habit on my part. Any saw should be up to full rpms before touching the chain to wood. The centrifugal clutch needs the rpms so as not to slip and due to the power my gas saws have I hit the throttle and immediately start cutting before full RPMs. But they are only the barest split second behind. The battery saw needs full rpm or it'll stall. That's good corrective therapy for my bad habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 I have a 20 W DeWalt and I use it twice as much as my gas Jonsruds, but I don’t heat with wood anymore. Used to cut and stack 12 cords a year for the wood boiler and fireplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 have 12" electric saw, 120v on 8' pole that i use for trimming trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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