Have a great weekend Around the Yard!

It’s definitely more than three, might be a little less than six

I will - We dropped 4 trees just like it this afternoon.

Me too!

Thanks. Should make some great bundle wood this fall. Have a great week Around the Yard.

Thanks. Hope you have a great week as well Around the Yard.

Sure is, they keep getting better and better as we work closer to fall.

It sure is, waiting for the temps to break a bit, it’s been in the eighties the last few weeks.

We still have plenty here, it’s basically all I’m getting from the tree service. Just a little bit of oak every now and then. Silver maple is the other wood I get quite a bit of, but it’s from nuisance tree more often then not.

Thanks 👍 Larry. I may have asked already, but what model Halvorson do you have?

Thanks! I need to, it feels like it’s been a month since I’ve had the splitter going, lots of lean up and other projects around the yard at the moment and firewood seems to be taking a back seat.

I think I saw that video… Must be the difference between a husky and a Stihl. I won’t be running anything other that 3/8 on the property unless it’s.404 on an 881. But that’s just me, the 261 rounds out the lower end of my collection (261, 362, & 500). Next up will be the 400 or 661 or 881.

You’ll have to run it or one like it someday.

Good question, I think it’s just an Amazon special. It’s several years old now, but I would say it was less than $130.

It’s barely 10.5 pounds with a 16” bar, very handy and capable in the right size material.

Me too.

Jon and I swapped on the 20” Light bar yesterday. It ran it pretty well I’d say. It’s still just a limber. But I would like to put the 25” on it just to not bend over all the time limbing. We did put the 16” on the 500i for a few minutes, that really makes it snappy.

@@AroundTheYard-MN I've tried the 261 with a 25" for limbing and pine logs. It works as expected. Do enjoy the light weight of this platform.

Del, Shoot me an email with your shirt size please and if you’d like a hat.

Thanks 👍 if you’d like an Around The Yard shirt shoot me an email with size, name and address please.

I think it’s going to be a great all around saw. I can already tell I’ll be grabbing it before the 500i for regular tasks, even before the 362. Larry if you’d like a Tshirt or hat, shoot me an email with your size and address. Thanks and have a great day Around the Yard!

It run a 16” great to if you’re into experimenting. If you’d like a t-shirt or hat shoot me an email with your size and address.

@@AroundTheYard-MN Yep, I got my first 261 with a 16”, converted it to 3/8th and 20” bar/sprocket. Ran it for years…..then when I bought the new one I went back to .325 with the 18 Light Bar. It seemed to be the perfect weight/power/cut combo to me. I have been running it that way ever since. They are a really nice saw, trouble free and awesome for small wood, limbing and a great truck saw. Will do Brent…….Thanks!

I kind of doubt you’re going to see much of a difference. I did this for the compatibility of the other two saws and any future ones. Currently have the 362 and 500i, but could see adding a 400 & 661 some day. Also, the 500i rips with a 16” bar, it had to go somewhere - should be coming out soon. If you’d be interested in a shirt send me an email with your size and address.

@@AroundTheYard-MN My thought/concern was that a 50cc saw would struggle a little pulling a 3/8 chain in oak. Might actually not get any change. I definitely agree in compatibility. Sending email now.

Thanks Heath. Any other attachments you’d recommend?

​@@AroundTheYard-MN I have the pole saw and cultivator attachment for my Kombi system. I'm going to be getting the blower attachment soon. I have the KMA 135R the battery version.

I thought about the battery version but the gentleman at Ace talked me out of it.

@@AroundTheYard-MN it has some serious power and run time. I get about 45 minutes per battery.

That’s pretty good, better than I was expecting.

Mowing close has served me well, except for this rock wall. I should have pulled the thistles by hand. I don’t think it came across in the video very well but there was a huge one going into bloom that stood easily 6’ high and was close to 1-1/2” at the base. That actually took some doing. This might be a once a month tool, I don’t have the time to trim 3 acres of perimeter plus all the extra structures and trees. Unless management volunteers, but I doubt it 😜 I like the seatbelt strap idea, that is great 👍 this is fairly well padded but that would definitely make it better. Have a great short week as well, take care!

It’s the cabin truck, pulls the boat out no problem, carries the ice fishing gear, has a hydraulic dump for running to the nursery for mulch and driveway rock. We use it a lot. Would love one here at the house too, we’ll see that’s probably years away. Although I keep looking for a deal on a Bobcat 5600 Toolcat for at the house here, that would be sweet… I think.

@@AroundTheYard-MN Bobcat 5600 tool cat that you mentioned. If that’s the one with the front lift boom. Those are the cats meow. Electric generating power plant I worked had one that had a clamp and moved 55 gallon drums around everywhere. Enclosed cab. Sweet machines. Have a great week sir.

The 5600 has the front loader boom and the dump bed. They also make one with a 3 point and PTO on the back, I think I’d get more use out of the dump bed. **Shoot me an email with a shirt size and address.

My only complaint is the “top” speed.

Thanks John, it’s a great little vehicle to have available

That would be great! Hoping to get lots more use out of this. I see a sweeper, string trimmer, and the various edgers and rototiller in the future.

What about it?

Thanks David. What is your favorite attachment?

@@AroundTheYard-MN weedeater and tree saw. They change out so quick

Thanks 👍 It’ll see more use as the fall goes on.

I have not, haven’t done a thing to the drive chain or hub assembly in 300 hours. This machine was purchased from the original owners about 3-4 years ago, then the machine had 600 ish hours it now has about 900. I doubt they had any issues in the first 600, the owners said they used to swap the tracks off for tires and chains in the winter. Originally the Loegering system had block pattern tracks. The blocks were pretty torn up, but I believe this system was used on their previous Case 95XT machine, they purchased the 445 because the wheel base matched. We upgraded to the Zig-Zags after one year. I didn’t take the tracks off the first winter and would occasionally get stuck on shallow grades or ice. The Zig-Zags are much better in the snow and they self clean, it’s like having a 5 ton snowmobile or bulldozer depending on the season. Maybe the best part is the added weight, each side adds 1500 pounds to the machine, 3000# total so it takes this machine from 6500 or so to almost 10K, and with the wide tracks it’s nearly as long as it is wide. I believe it’s about 88 inches wide and without an attachment it’s close to 120 inches. Pretty hard to roll a cube.

@@AroundTheYard-MN thank you for the info that's what I have is a Case 95XT and I'm not really ready to spend an extra $10k for a tracked machine but then again $5000 for a used VTS setup and you start getting close to the same number lol

True. But then you have new to you machine where you won’t have the history on the quirks. Depends on how you’re going to use it. If it’s going to run commercial work I’d probably trade up to the CTL, but if it’s just around the yard, I’d go VTS. The only real downside that I have noticed (never having had tires on the 445) it feels like the machine could be faster. I think you lose a couple mph with the VTS System because the rear drive sprocket ⚙️ is smaller than the 🛞- but you do get more torque and pushing power. The other big plus is the ground pressure, I believe the 95XT and 445 to be best power to weight and least amount of ground pressure according to the specs on Loegering’s spec site.

Just waiting on the summer weather to break, then I’m heading back to cutting and splitting.

I’ve been starting to check in with other tree services, to see if I can get another load.

Hey buddy, thanks for watching, hope you have a great weekend Around the Yard!

It is the first wood I have paid for in a really long time.

You got that right! Hoping it holds true

I'm definitely on the look out for a tractor trailer of it.

I do. My original plan was to use the forks, but that was proving to be time consuming since they weren’t in a neat stack. Just improvised, and bulldozed them over to where I could reach with the excavator.

I’m beginning to really jonesing a 35 class mini

Get the biggest one you can afford, assuming you’re not planning on moving it often. It’s truly amazing how much work a hydraulic system can do.

@@AroundTheYard-MN The limiting factor is my trailer with is a 3.5 -4 ton machine.

Thanks for stopping by John! Have a great weekend

We just don’t have it here in the twin cities. I have a little bit in my forest, but it isn’t standing dead yet.

I have bundle wood and some cord wood, though I mostly sell “bulk” in Facecord or less quantities. I find that is where the margin is best for me.