Inor
10-09-2023, 09:04 PM
Fall is always an insanely busy time around M.T. Acres.
The fall batch of meat chickens came a couple weeks ago. So we had to do some repairs on the meat chicken run so they have a safe place to go in a couple weeks once the rest of their feathers come in.
The summer rains washed out some of the dirt under the gates in the pasture so the small turkeys were able to fit under them. So we had to move and spread a couple yards of dirt under the gates between the pasture and the catch pen.
The steer went off to "cow camp" on Wednesday. So we should have about 800-900 pounds of fresh beef coming in the next few weeks.
After years of using "disposable chainsaws", I finally broke down and bought a proper chainsaw. I was vacillating between a 20" Stihl and a 20" Husqvarna. I ended up going with a Husqvarna 455 Rancher. The deciding factor was that TSC is a Husqvarna dealer and they are closer to M.T. Acres than the nearest Stihl dealer in Tucson.
https://www.husqvarna.com/us/chainsaws/455-rancher/
I am still up in the air on how much I like it. About 10 minutes into using it the chain tensioning nut fell off and the chain was thrown off. Of course that bent the chain and ruined it. I suppose that is my fault for not checking it first, but you would think the damn Swedes would be smart enough to at least tighten all the nuts and bolts when they assembled it! Fortunately, I bought a spare chain when I bought the saw.
Once I got the new chain on and properly adjusted, it works pretty well. It definitely has a lot more power than the crappy throw-away homeowner saws I was using. I am going to have to fiddle around with the grind on the teeth to get the feel that I like. But I expected that. We got through about a third of the firewood that we will need for the winter.
Tomorrow we have to go to the dump to get rid of all the crap that accumulated from our summer projects. Then off to the feed mill to get feed for the egg chickens, meat chickens and turkeys.
Hopefully, we can get most of the rest of the firewood wood cut and split on Wednesday because Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the fall round-up. So I expect by Sunday I won't be walking too well, but I'll be grinning ear-to-ear anyway.
Like I said in my opening, Fall is always crazy-busy but even with all the work, it sure beats living in suburbia!
The fall batch of meat chickens came a couple weeks ago. So we had to do some repairs on the meat chicken run so they have a safe place to go in a couple weeks once the rest of their feathers come in.
The summer rains washed out some of the dirt under the gates in the pasture so the small turkeys were able to fit under them. So we had to move and spread a couple yards of dirt under the gates between the pasture and the catch pen.
The steer went off to "cow camp" on Wednesday. So we should have about 800-900 pounds of fresh beef coming in the next few weeks.
After years of using "disposable chainsaws", I finally broke down and bought a proper chainsaw. I was vacillating between a 20" Stihl and a 20" Husqvarna. I ended up going with a Husqvarna 455 Rancher. The deciding factor was that TSC is a Husqvarna dealer and they are closer to M.T. Acres than the nearest Stihl dealer in Tucson.
https://www.husqvarna.com/us/chainsaws/455-rancher/
I am still up in the air on how much I like it. About 10 minutes into using it the chain tensioning nut fell off and the chain was thrown off. Of course that bent the chain and ruined it. I suppose that is my fault for not checking it first, but you would think the damn Swedes would be smart enough to at least tighten all the nuts and bolts when they assembled it! Fortunately, I bought a spare chain when I bought the saw.
Once I got the new chain on and properly adjusted, it works pretty well. It definitely has a lot more power than the crappy throw-away homeowner saws I was using. I am going to have to fiddle around with the grind on the teeth to get the feel that I like. But I expected that. We got through about a third of the firewood that we will need for the winter.
Tomorrow we have to go to the dump to get rid of all the crap that accumulated from our summer projects. Then off to the feed mill to get feed for the egg chickens, meat chickens and turkeys.
Hopefully, we can get most of the rest of the firewood wood cut and split on Wednesday because Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the fall round-up. So I expect by Sunday I won't be walking too well, but I'll be grinning ear-to-ear anyway.
Like I said in my opening, Fall is always crazy-busy but even with all the work, it sure beats living in suburbia!