September 7, 2019
After giving away my “newer” Poulan chainsaw to the hard worker we hired to stain our fence this summer … so he could clear our neighbors fence line and stain his fence too … I replaced it with a low cost Arborist climbing and limb cutting saw without paying attention to the month-plus delivery timeframe […]
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Tags: amazon, arborist, chainsaw, cutting, delivery, mcculloch, poulan, prime, shipping joncutter, staples, tools, trees, trimming
August 25, 2019
Five years ago (2014), I was in the middle of cutting wood and my older lighter weight Poulan chainsaw wasn’t running right. I used some small fuel lines in a attempt to hurriedly fix it suspecting it was the ethanol in the fuel … but my quick fix was to no avail. Instead, I ordered […]
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Tags: amazon, chainsaw, cutting, ethanol, fence, logs, mcculloch, oregon, poulan, repair, saw, stihl, trees, trimming, tune up, woods, yardwork
November 25, 2017
A reader wrote me a long email last week after noticing my chainsaw post and had a couple questions regarding how I sharpen the chain/blade on my chainsaws. I really had not giving it that much though since my sharpening technique is probably not expert or appropriate advice. So reader be warned. Over the years […]
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Tags: blades, chain, chainsaw, firewood, mcculloch, sharpening
November 16, 2017
A few of the late fall repairs to go along with splitting wood for winter is to keep my “collection” of old chainsaws running. Although I gave away my small old tiny McCulloch trimming saw from the 1980s, I still reluctantly use my bigger (translate = heavier) 20″ McCulloch Pro Mac 610 (PDF manual) with […]
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Tags: bandsaw, blades, chainsaw, mcculloch, paint, projects, repairs, replace, rustoleum, sharpen
August 12, 2021
Today is my wife’s birthday and I do my best to remember and marked the day on MyDesultoryBlog.com. This year I remembered one of my favorite photos of Brenda from one of our cruises (actually an ani gif … wait for it) – this one is west of Gibraltar back in 2009. Since it’s from […]
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Tags: battery, birthday, blog, brenda, chainsaw, cruise, gibraltar, lithium, TBT, yardwork
March 28, 2021
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Tags: annalyn, burning, chores, eyelashes, fire, sticks, trees, weather, winds, yardwork
June 18, 2020
Last weekend was great weather for working in the yard … something both Brenda and I do enjoy when it doesn’t become a rush to finish chore. I’ve been steadily working on the area under the “now” larger pines that we planted to help shade the west side of our back porch. Unfortunately one of […]
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Tags: backporch, chainsaw, chores, fence, ladder, memories, taylor, trees, yardwork, yellow pine
February 23, 2020
Everything seems to happen when we (or I) am out of town. From the power out and a flooded basement to accidents in our backyard (well for a couple I’ve been home). The latest happened when I was in Florida working on the boat and a sheriff deputy came knocking on the door at 5:30AM […]
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Tags: accident, backyard, claim, damage, fence, insurance, Photos, quotes, repair
January 12, 2020
Being young, and someone who looked to be vying to be listed in this year’s Darwin Award, had me telling this worker, on a questionable set ladder, that he may not be as invincible to injury as he thinks? (he said to me, “oh, I’ve done this before”) We noticed a bit of water seeping […]
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Tags: accident, brenda, dadh, darwin award, falling, falls, gutter shutter, jerry, ladder, repair, safety, service, taylor
August 31, 2019
Last week I brought my old Poulan chainsaw back to life for a few dollars after giving away my newer one, but I ended up damaging my workbench while adjusting the carburetor jets. The saw was still in several pieces (without filter, the bar, chain or guard on) while making tune-up adjustments and I accidentally […]
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Tags: ani gif, bondo, box wrench, chain, chainsaw, filter, oil, poulan, removal, repair, tips, workbench, workshop
March 10, 2015
When regular leaded gasoline gets old, a thin layer of varnish coats the inside of fuel lines and the jets of the carburetor. This can plug or narrow jets that meter fuel into the carburetor and with cause the engine to either run lean or not run (start) at all. For fuel efficient and environment […]
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Tags: additive, alcohol, engine, ethanol, fuel, gasoline, gum, stabilizer
December 8, 2014
The last week or so has been busier than usual with my dad needing to make a surprise visit to the hospital after a fall. He lives alone since my mom past away (2 years ago – wow time flies) and has not been doing the best job with fixing meals for himself or monitoring […]
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Tags: chainsaw, dadc, ethanol, family, firewood
January 4, 2010
Success … finally! I been all thumbs in an ongoing struggle (post one and two) to fix my notebook computer during the Christmas and the New Year holiday. I ordered the suspect part, ‘an inverter,’ for my Gateway notebook computer and after hassles with pre-Christmas shipping, finally received it only to find out it was […]
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Tags: ebay, gateway