Good job Iron Horse. I'm a third generation logger, i was strip cutting with a 900 Homelite back in 1960. I bought a new Treefarmer in 1968; Some of the best times i had was when i stayed in camp. Will i could tell logging stories all day, high times and low times. 1980 is when the bottom dropped out of logging around here. There were times in the late 70's, early 80's we had 500 cds of firewood piled up, we could't give it away. I was a hard core Jonsered and Husky man from 1970 to 1984. A Stihl dealer let me try a 034, that little Stihl impressed the hell out me and i was hard to impress. At the time i was running Husky 266's for felling, and a 480 Husky and two 90 Jonsereds for landing saw's. A long story short i changed over to Stihl, and never looked back. I got hurt Feb. 8. 1989, broke my neck, the wife kept logging up to 96.
A man's word is his bond....... One thing my dad drove in my head. If a man tells you something he should make good of it. Not quite like that nowadays. Love you, love the stories Harvey.
My story is similar. I started a roofing business in 1972 with my dad’s straight claw hammer needing a handle, a $2 garage sale skil saw, $400 1965 Chevy beater pickup and a $140 set of 40’ ladders. I eventually became the largest house moving and steel sea wall contractor in my county. I bought a sawmill to cut my own wood cribbing to lift houses ( we went through truckloads of it ). Had a heart attack in 2011. while in the hospital my shop burned down, so I retired. Now I am bored and back to selling firewood and getting ready to fire up my old circle mill this spring. Your never too old !
What an awesome story! I grew up in skidder logging. 2007 i started driving a john deere 440 skidder when I was 14 and started running a chainsaw when I was 16. In nova scotia we only ran 50cc jonsereds but that was a lot of fun. Im 31 now, carpenter now. I don't log full time anymore but the last couple of years i bought a 372 and 562 and helped out clearing lots as side jobs and hoping to do more. Im working on it. Thank you for sharing Ironhorse!
You’re the best storyteller. I’m sitting by my fire, oiling my axe and sharpening chain, cooking a nice dinner on the wood stove, hearing your voice telling some good stories about your life and sharing your mind makes this moment perfect. You’re a good man, and you keep me peaceful, full of hope and sane whenever the world makes me feel crazy
I wish I had a camera to catch my grandpas old stories. Listening to this story reminds me of my childhood. They don’t make them like you anymore Harvey.
Hello Iron Horse. Learning a ton from you, Buckin’, and Kilinger. Awesome to be a part of the community. 😊 I have a Husky 357XP, bought it from a tree cutter. Love that saw.
Damn iron horse Johnny Rotten here, thank you, I get lost in the words brother! Dreams of yesterday's life is my future, I'm a middle aged father of a huge family pretty well broke, construction background. Former owner of a restoration company that focused mainly on roofing. And I find solitude in running powersaws and tinkering on them somehow see feel something in this is my future just can't put a finger on it. Till the day I make a doller at it, I cook on apple and maple. Heat with oak, ash, maple, birch, lil poplar, sometime pine. So many different ones here in Michigan. This wasn't ment to be so long but needed to let you know I thank you. You buckin and tinman have been getting me through some tough days Bless you men!!!
I’m here watching chainsaw videos to try and resurrect my late fathers Husqvarna 266 while I recover for the next two months from back surgery. I’m a carpenter by trade and a licensed general contractor. Knowing I can no longer do what I used to, I’ve been kicking ideas on what I’d love to do for the rest of my life which is making Koa wood furniture. Im born and raised in Hawaii, its a hardwood here prized for its beauty. Anyway.... you sir have completely inspired me to take my pipe dream and make it a reality. I just stumbled on to this video .... words cannot explain my gratitude to you sir for your words. It hit me hard. Thank you! Never new that old broken down 266 would change my life. PS: Thank you for your service to our country!
I had a 266 back in 80's same time I a 254, these two saws kept me going for years until my body had enough and had a life change much like you. Sadly I sold the 266 to a youngster starting up it was a great saw. The 254 I still have and used it last week, first time in a year. It runs as good now as it did then I only run it on Aspen fuel inside is very clean, husqvarna made some great saws i am looking for a 266 just to play with. They are old saws now but to me a better saw than the new auto tune, I like to tinker and know I got the saw right. Stay safe stay happy
I am glad you said that firewooding is harder than logging. I have told people that before and they looked at me like I was crazy. I did the firewood business for a lot of years,and I know what you are talking about.
garry mc neely I agree with ya 100% ... thru the years I’ve bought/made a lot of tools to assist in the processing of firewood and save strain on the back ... it’s a workout no matter how ya slice it - the right tools can help though - necessity is mother of invention
I'll be 50 this year. I was drinking my coffee and I clicked on you and there for a minute I thought I went back in time about 35 to 40 years. I guess what I'm trying to say is I sure enjoyed listening to you relive your past and it threw me straight into my past as well. Nothing better than good times!!! Thank you
Ironhorse, I come over to your channel because Buckin was using that souped-up 266 and mentioned you. Glad to come over, I liked your content and will be back again.
First I just gotta say Thank you for your service. 2. This was probably your best video yet just a great story. Isn’t it it crazy how the right attitude and the drive to not give up creates these little opportunities and things just click. Really enjoyed this. I got a good video coming if weather cooperates this weekend catch ya on the next one friend
Great story, Harv! I worked near a town that had 3 sawmills and a post/pole operation, plus a couple of contract loggers. About a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of private ground and Forest Service. When I got done, I told people that I worked for every outfit there at least twice and never got run off! I wouldn't put up with slow pay, no pay, logs left in the woods forever, screwy pay-by-the-pound systems, BS, garbage timber, or being lied to. The phone still rang. Not always their fault - the Forest started putting up sales that had maybe 15% decent timber and 85% garbage that they wanted thinned out for logging prices. The phone rang and I wasn't idle ever for long. Love your channel!
Great story. Much respect, Harvey. I've cut firewood for forty years, you're right it's a lotta work but I've always loved it. Still cut oak to heat my house, keep a couple friends in boiler wood. Thinning crooked stuff from a little stand of cherry this week
I love listening to your stories! Brings me back to my childhood watching all the skidders and 18 wheelers loaded down with logs where I am from in upstate NY!! It’s in our blood!
Awesome story HARVEY strong heart strong mind and determination will get you far in life ,and you sir have all three ,YOUR A VERY strong willed person when it comes to you and family , LOTS of respect to you HARVEY I WOULD LOVE TO hear all your stories I enjoy them lots ,have a great weekend my friend
Love to hear your background, sounds a lot like my own younger days to an extent. Now I understand your ability to understand what a woodcutter needs in a saw! Would like to hear more back in the day’s stories. Stay healthy
Know what ya mean about working a job and not being paid. Was supposed to be making good money myself, but when not being paid your loosing money. Found a job making less but was only 5 blocks from home, best man I ever worked for. Got paid every Friday without fail, that's money ahead in my book. Yep firewood is hard work, my dad used to have me cutting and splitting as a kid. Then used to heat my whole house with just wood and was cutting for friends and neighbors too. Thanks for the stories, keep filming I'll be watching👍
Jumped over from buckin and boy i feel lucky. You have a great channel...so nice to kick back and listen and learn from a rocket surgeon like yerself. Thanks
Great story Harvey!!! I started with an 064, dropped down to an 044, but missed the power so ended up with two 066 Magnums (not at the same time). Those saws could really power-slam the timber. Now that I'm older, a lot older, I run a 461 and it gets the job done quite well. Thanks again.
What a wild story man, I’m from Vancouver Island I have a friend who is a golden gloves champ different kind of wild those guys we are both in the forestry industry. Had a good laugh at your story today thank you. Hope you get the old mans saw running again it was rippin
Excellent story's! The chainsaw is one of the greatest inventions ever created. I bought a old 044 13 years ago it was well used at that time. That saw allowed me to build a successful business. I now own many huskys and stihls. They both work great. Keep your heads up boys and girls. Lots of wood to cut out there.
''Run the Rack''... there's a term that not many people know what it means anymore, and even fewer who know how to do it. Tuning up those old Detroits is a trade all by itself! Always like hearing old logging stories, keep em coming.
That's back when Stihl made a good saw I started out with 046 Magnum for the first three years of my logging but once I got my hands on a Husqvarna 288 I've never look back again then I graduated to the 394 then to the 395 100% Husqvarna man love your videos keep on with love
Have you tried any of the echo line up? They got some amazing saws granted your 395 is about 12 more cc stronger than the 800p but still im actually a big fan of echos 590 and up.
I love your stories of back in the day. Some people are just assholes to work for. Here’s one for you. Right out of high school between welding jobs I cut wood for a guy. He had a 640 John Deere cable with a raised arch. It was an animal. I chopped and he ran skidder. I didn’t know nothing about the money end of it back then. It was around 1999. I was cutting 100 cord of pulp a week and 2 wheeler loads of logs. Obviously it varied slightly week to week but that was about our average. I don’t know what he made. But I made 250 dollars a week. Needless to say we are not friends anymore lol.
Contributing to society as a logger, and Military....man, I appreciate your service and right on for working in the woods! My favorite place! Right on! New subscriber!
Gosh, Real Men. There are not many of us. Pulpwood paid $25 a cord. I never did it, but knew those who did. I have taken advice, since I was 14 or so. My grandfather was the first one who tried to reach me, but it took years for his council, to hit me. My word was my worth. I only messed up my first job. I never let myself quit ever again. Sawmills, meat packing plants, construction, I did whatever I could to earn. I drove 20 yr old VW diesels and that meant the local truckers saw me filling up at the Rural Fire hall. They looked at my car, asked if I fixed and yeh I did. Almost every week, I had gents ask me, at the Fire Hall, if I wanted to drive a rig. I brushed it off as not having a CDL. The guys always told me, "If you can drive 20 yr old cars and fix them, your not likely to break a rig. Log truck or what have you. Husky Orange was my first real saw. I was 38 when I started. I cut firewood for the father-inlaw. I made him a deal. He cuts the grass all year and I will cut the firewood. Cheers!
Love the the stories Harvey! Im a young guy never logged or been in much saw work but have a big interest in it. Iv watched all your vids in the last couple months and have learned so much. Thanks for putting out all the videos I really enjoy them and I know many others do as well. keep on keepin on
Heavy saws never bothered me one bit!....I have old Homelite 900 and Pioneer 600, Ms660, I love it. I'm not a big guy either.... but been lifting weights my whole life, so doesn't bother me. I prefer larger saws, I think they are safer in my experience. The smaller saws are Very dangerous if you don't watch that Tip....it's easy to get in a bad spot.
I don't know how I clicked this but I watched straight through as I am getting ready to go to work. Work was what I was thinking about before I clicked this video... All my life I've listed to older tradesmen. Learning from their mistakes and mine along the way. That last statement is this video just hit home.
I have a few “moneymakers” of me own , ported 395xp and ported 660 - great saws when runnin 32”+ bars no doubt , wipe the floor with the 70cc saws in bigger timber ! Only thing is most of the timber near me is of the smaller 16”-25” variety ... For this type work ported 462c or 572xp with 18-25” bars do nicely - lightweight / boatload O’ torque and easy on mix ... In fact I prefer using them to the bigger saws in this size wood as the cut times are very close plus the fact they are a heckuva lot lighter and the AV is superior ... the 572xp has a full circle crank and with a sharp chain and rakers dialed in cuts as smooth as silk , 462c lighter and is smooth as well .... The moneymakers come out on the big uns though - silver maples get purty big sometimes (we did one 40” DBH) - Big wood (32”+) Big saws 90cc+... Smaller wood (18-25”) Smaller saws 70cc+ ... of course ya need a good torque-y port job on all of em if ya wanna make a good hourly rate (high rpm screamers don’t cut it in east coast hardwood at least not to my satisfaction), just spinning your wheels runnin stockers imho
Ironhorse Chainsaw 👍... I have the Fiskars x27 hafted on a hickory handle - gave it a shakedown cruise and she splits ....eh ? - I’ll upload the maiden voyage
Love your stories!!! Ambition makes this country work. Sad thing is it's lacking in some of the younger generations but I guess that will make the ones who do have it that much more successful! I may have my first logging contract this year. 18 acres clear cut. Pretty steep hillside. Really being cautious about taking it on. I can cut the hell outta firewood but that's a big project. Anyway, thanks for sharing. STAY SAFE!!!!
Just getting my daily inspiration from you ol budds you had my respect day one but now it's official cause IAM a patriot and wouldn't be able to be a USA loving patriot without men like you sir thank you for serving this great country keep them saws in the wood or on the work bench
Your saws were much heavier but when I fell instead of climbing, & not to toot my own horn but I'm pretty damn good, I freaking LOVE my 372xp. Gave the exhaust a little porting & it's a mean S.O.B.!
Great story. I’ve heard many like it over the years. Not the skidder, not the logging, not the $22. It’s the ambition to make a better life for your family.
Done a bit of firewooding for the past 12 years, loading the logs puts a hurtin on my muscles n joints. Never done any logging but sure would like to try it. Enjoying the stories, keep it up, thanks.
By far your best story yet. Be hard to top that one. I think about all true loggers have a similar story. When you're in the logging business it's either feast or famine!!
Not bad at all Mr. Iron Horse... I have the utmost respect for you older & smarter than myself loggers. You were definitely pullin some feet bud. Hats off to you, $22 & a dream. I'm giving it a boy scout effort at 42 to be the safest most badass climber I can be here in Michigan. Theres no real big trees left here...maybe a few but not like the Pacific North West. We mostly hunt for overlooked Black Walnut. Now that stuff is always hot! I have much respect for you. Keep on big guy! Keep on!
Ambition is key in life sir, that's the truth!!! Great video , again like always,loved the story.Maple is sure beautiful when slabbed up. Have a great evening mister!!!!! 🖤💛🖤
Harvey, I was down to my local Husqvarna dealer last week to check things out. I picked up a new 395XP from the shelf. On the black manufacturer's tag it said Brazil. I took it to the counter. Come to find out, if 50% or more of the parts are manufactured in that specific country, that's what the company labels the saw. They said it has to do with the tariffs. As long as America, is being treated fairly and the saw runs great, manufactured well. that's fine with me. They couldn't say if the saw was assembled in Brazil or Sweden though. Thought you may like to know that though for future reference.
I did it for 18 year in main and New Hampshire still have my three 2100 husqvarna and my two 3120 I had them all ported polished and the carbs tuned and added decompression valves decompression valves to all of them
Great story,you remind me of my grandpa. Timber runs in our family & I had my own business for a short time,I loved being in the woods & running equipment. Once it gets in your blood, its hard to get out.
Hi iron horse This video is so inspiring it really is as a Young man of 25 I find myself in a situation of wanting to chance the forestry dream. To see and here what can happen if you just take a step or take a gamble again is really inspiring to me. So thank you! Liam
Great story! I’m happy your hard work paid off for you. People sometimes give up before they even get started and you went from 22 dollars to having a good business going.
First video of yours I've seen, cut timber myself in Montana, your mannerisms are just like my uncle in New York, he's a logger also... loved listening to your story, gonna subscribe and watch another. Thanks for sharing
New subscriber ‼️ absolutely amazing love the old school stories awesome 😉 I have the 2101xp on my Alaskan mill absolutely loves the cutting she’s a beauty ! My grandad went to Canada (Hamilton) in 1913 , ww1 happened and so he signed up ! Love your videos keep them coming I am signed up for life , keep smiling 💪👍😉
Love your stories Harve. It's true what you said about bears. They can't run down hill. They will fall and roll every time. I fondly remember the old timberjacks. Had a 240D.
Harvey i definitely understand turtling . When one gets to be our age all you can do is keep plugging away. When were you serving ? And where. 😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍 I thank you from one soldier to another. 😊
Small world! I remember one night 3/19 firing double white bag and I was on op4 with several nam vet e8 and e9s and a gunbunny shoved a razor blade in the sear! It makes the round whistle and those nco’s tried to crawl under an apc! This story won’t make much sense to a lot of people! You remember. You don’t know! You wasn’t there! I’ll never forget those nam guys we served with!
@@theironhorse6600 no you never will. I went to basic with a Nam vet our 3rd week he out ranked our DI . One did not wake him up for gard duty anyway but pulling his toe . One of our buddies found out the hard way and nearly lost his life. Barely got him stopped. I remember working on Charlie batterys gen set when the order to fire came down . Unless you have been there you can't even imagine the feel smell or site or percussion. Found memorys thank you. 😊👍
