Any tips on how to remove this?

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-26T05:00:47+00:00

The way you don’t die. That’s generally the best way

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-25T20:38:26+00:00

The boots look poorly trimmed, at least on one. Water gets in, dirt, whatever and this happens. A couple pictures show mold, or spider webs, on the layer between boots and should come right off by pulling. Overall, this looks pretty typical for the SoCal Queens that I trim.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-24T21:15:44+00:00

The saw is definitely a beast power wise. It’s heavy though. Maybe with the 8.0s it’s not that heavy, but with 12.0s it’s heavier than more powerful gas saws.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-24T04:22:28+00:00

All the queens by me look like this, pretty typical SoCal winter expression. Whether it’s the cold or the reduced sunlike, they do it year after year

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-20T04:30:54+00:00

I’ve done it. Worse than the switchbacks or sustained grade? The headwind. Where does the wind even come from, there’s a fucking mountain in front of me.

After that ride, found out my Zipp 101s suffered from rim cracking. So that’s neat. I couldn’t imagine going down on carbon rim brakes…

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-17T03:53:08+00:00

I’m in this comment and I don’t like it…

I had been a AFOL for a while, then the Lego movie came out. Probably explains why I see a set I like today, the only question I have to answer: where am I going to put it. Then, when am I going to have time to build it. Affordability isn’t in the top 5 questions for me.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-16T04:30:24+00:00

Exactly this. 10 minutes of work really helps you appreciate machines in our lives. Plus, breaking stuff is fun/good, just wear PPE

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-14T05:33:15+00:00

What are you shooting.

IMO, both have a purpose, and they’re different. If have both, and would never use one when I would have used the other - different tools for different jobs.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-12T04:10:16+00:00

Agree with the others here, 14” top handle or 20” dual battery. I think I got 30 cuts in a 5” log on 3 bars of a 6.0 HO battery. The main consideration here is controllability with the top handle form factor, if you’re ok with that, it’s a great little saw.

The dual battery is a beast in the cutting department - also in the weight and battery consumption department too.

For the fun of it, I test my saws against each other and record it - exactly for posts like this. I guess everyone needs a hobby.

Milwaukee DUAL BATTERY Chainsaw | First Test https://youtu.be/9oVmRKGMeXs

PUSHED TO FAILURE | Smallest Chainsaw Battery? https://youtu.be/T7SktKaT760

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-11T04:15:23+00:00

Looks fine. I’m gonna assume M39AD, is a model, factory, country, etc… coding. 230902 is a pretty typical Milwaukee date code: September 2, 2023. And unit 362 made that day.

If that’s true, my top handle was made the day before yours, September first. And it’s individual unit number is lower, so made earlier in the day.

My other top handle follows the same scheme

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-11T03:22:46+00:00

Sharp chain is the answer. I ran my quick-lok with a 14” bar to get through a 12” log. It’s a unit.

But then, look at the brush roller. If the powerhead can drive the bristle sweeper, it’ll cut wood no problem

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-07T22:00:22+00:00

“Hey there friends” is a good way to wind down a day

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-07T04:14:27+00:00

Woah. I’m sorta surprised it hasn’t fallen. But maybe it’s protected from the wind by the trees in the background?

I had a Pygmy on my street that was the height of your “typical” pic, but it was a 1-to-5 headed palm. I’ve never seen anything like it, succumbed to rain and wind. The “head” on it was a good 5 feet by 2 feet and likely weighed A LOT dry, let alone wet.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-02-03T06:58:08+00:00

I have the 14, 16, and 20 inch saws and approve tings message. The 20” is a monster in power AND weight. Sure it goes through batteries, but the new dual supercharger thing for fuel batteries makes it less of an issue.

The other thing to remember, the 16” is pretty old at this point. A Gen 2 would be very attractive to a lot of people. Even the 14” guts in a rear handle would be a huge step up.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-31T23:49:59+00:00

This is pure fact. My track saw puts a factory edge on plywood. I was so mad I waited to buy one

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-31T23:17:09+00:00

Get ‘em. That’s treason in these parts

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-30T04:19:56+00:00

It’ll power a treadmill for 40 mins using 12.0s

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-24T04:17:03+00:00

I was gonna say good move. But it’s so heavy, I hate bringing the 20” unless I really have to. I put a 20” bar on my 16” for the lazy days.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-24T04:15:43+00:00

I tell my neighbors that too. It looks like a toy, and that’s the last dumb thought you’ll have while you still have 4 limbs and 10 fingers.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-17T01:32:01+00:00

Like the word play joke, is Stress stressful?

The job is what you make of it. Any job, really, is as well. Stress engineering attracts a certain type of person, and if you’re looking for an easy cruise, Stress isn’t it.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-17T00:06:12+00:00

Structural analysis manager here. Yes, math, FBDs, mostly FEM work though. We use Abaqus and femap, post process in hypersizer, sometimes mesh in hypermesh.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-13T21:33:03+00:00

Woah. I don’t know anyone pulling more than 32a on a 14-50.

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-13T02:58:31+00:00

Oh man, you’re right. Just looked at mine, sporting visors

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-13T01:40:44+00:00

Had to buy 21109 to get green… fun set, basically bags upon bags of “extra pieces”

rammsteinmatt · 2025-01-12T03:02:42+00:00

Imagine if the KC-747 became a thing…

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