Thought I'd share a chainsaw tip I just found out

I never heard that before....new info, I'll check it out when I get a chance...

Gasoline is blended differently in summer and winter. Winter gasoline is more volatile for use in lower ambient temperatures.

https://www.hsoil.com/seasonal-fuel-blends-explained.html

I knew of the seasonal blends for gas, where the refinery’s would need to shut down for the switch over, effecting price.

but the winter/summer modes on a chainsaw, are to keep the chainsaw running at the best optimal temperature. I never realized that, and it appears just for the Stihl brand.

One other thing my brother told me, and confirms that you always learn something new. (Usually because that’s how we always done it in the past mentality )

which we were only notching the tree one way for over 40 years (over 50 actually). and that there are (3) ways to notch a tree for falling for different reasons. His son (my nephew) found out and actually pointed it out.

We always notched ‘conventional’. The new way (for us) was to notch it with a humbolt notch, and what this does is having your tree a better chance of not getting hung up on your stump when it falls, (some times an issue) where and instead slip off the stump.

this was just a FYI,… I don’t do much falling,..l but that depends on how much time I’m spending there helping, that can change.

you’re always learning,… when you take the time…

Here are some tips:

Yep,… one of the biggest problem is the widow makers… we were taught early on, when you saw down a tree, don’t watch where the tree is falling, keep you eye where the tree has been for falling branches…

the other thing is,.. for us, we logged for extra cash, because that’s not our main income. (We milk cows). And that is if you start making mistakes, usually after 6 hours of working in the woods, (that doesn’t count the 4 hours of chores in the money before going into the woods) to call it a day in the woods… fatigue is when you make mistakes.