differences between swing blades

[Jeff]

Jeff..... the phone aint ring'n cuzz it aint hooked up.. unless you fixed it so they could call ya:o

Durn, thats right.  Well, I'll send em all a note with my cell number.

[DonE911]

Well not to close... maybe as close as that pic you posted a while back. 

That's one thing I miss about south FL... I miss the fishing.   The "big" fish up here are still smaller than I'm used to using for bait. :D :D

Maybe some day I can get down there...  I'd like to, but I've got all these domestic duties still.. you know... 3 kids still at home.   

[lawyer_sawyer]

I happen to agree with all of you that free equipment would be awesome.  I am sure I would have an easier time trying to figure out the differences in the machines out there.

Thank you to all who have given great opinions.  If anyone else has more information please keep sending it.


and for all whose wifes say I don't want to hear it all just ignore them and send it my way.

Thanks again.

[Fla._Deadheader]

  What have ya gleaned, so far, from all this nonsense ??? ;D :D :D

[Tom]

Fred, the problem is that you are at such a disadvantage in the elevation department.  They are probaby concerned that you can't reach the controls.



Get Hector to squat down
a little bit the next time
he takes your picture.   :D :D

[Fla._Deadheader]

That's Fred's backyard.  ;D ;D ;D  Right below where I stay, when I visit with him and Amy, when I'm in the city.  ;) ;) 

  Ya otter hear all the critters what jump off the trees and land on the roof, ALL NIGHT LONG. Plastic roof, no less. Looks like that corrugated tin only plastic. Neat stuff.

[crtreedude]

Are you saying I am too tall? I happen to be 6'2", makes me look like a giant down here.  It is trick photography that makes me look short...

Yep, no need for anthing more than a tin roof around here - no heating or cooling to worry about.

[Tom]

What about the elepants?   Does the plastic hold'em? :D

[DonE911]

Lawyer.... sorry we have run off with this post to some degree...

cr are you saying you don't need the heating or cooling... or ...  no need to worry about what you aint got?? ;D

[Fla._Deadheader]

Don't tell 'em, Fred   Don't tell 'em ;)

[Arthur]

cr

glad to lend you a mill for a while for product and timber evaluation.  need to know what type of wood and sizes you want to mill so you get the right one for the job.  The main spec is for the type of blades supplied.

How portable do you need it???

etc,etc,etc.

easy to ship to your local port but how do we get it to you from there???

Do you have a camp site for all the FF visitors???

arthur

[crtreedude]

We don't need no stinking heating and cooling - we is tough!

(Our temperature only changes a few degrees year round - where we live the high for the day is about 78 degrees F, gets down to about 65 by the morning. I know you feel for us and our weather...)

No hurricanes either!

Sorry for hijacking thread...

The weird thing is I never know what month it is unless I look at a calendar. Honest. We are heading up to the home country (the USA) for a visit to relatives in October - I know I am going to freeze.

Stress testing for temperature extremes will have to be done up at Jeff's.

[Arthur]

cr

you will need to install a deep freeze unit for Lindsay. 

arthur

[crtreedude]

Arthur, no problem at all getting from the port - Limon is only three hours away.

We will definitely be buying a mill eventually - and Harold is bringing down a Peterson.

We have smaller logs - sometimes about 10" and then we have monsters - like 5' in diameter. Most everything is hardwood - and then it gets harder.

Teak is really hard on blades, so a sharpener is critical.  Some of the densities go up to 1.20, but usually they are between 0.5 and 0.7

Portability is important of course but durability to tropical conditions is a must. We do have a place to keep it out of the elements.

And yes, we have a very large campsite for visitors - you all come, and I provide the chicharrones.  Perhaps we need to have a Winter piggy roast in Costa Rica.  Jeff, I promise to fly you and Tammy down so you can MC it.

Someone has to keep Harold out of trouble...

[Fla._Deadheader]

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  Rodney

[crtreedude]

FDH - you should be happy you keep someone employed...  ;D

[Arthur]

cr

no problem with tropical conditions, the EcoSaw is well proven and you only need a cover for the engine although most are never covered.

will orgainize something for you once we get the next few months of panic out of the way.

arthur

[submarinesailor]

I WANT TO GO/Volunteer.

[DonE911]

78 to 65 year round??  I thought there would be a little more swing than that....   maybe I could get my wife down there in CR....  oh wait... she wont go unless there are bears there... she wants bears...

Maybe we could import some.... 

[Fla._Deadheader]

Just get Fred riled.  : ;D

[Jeff]

78 to 65 year round??  I thought there would be a little more swing than that....   maybe I could get my wife down there in CR....  oh wait... she wont go unless there are bears there... she wants bears...

Maybe we could import some.... 

THey got bears, but they aint got no feet, grow scales and have venom.

[doublecut]

cr
We are setting up a plant in Sanjose and a store front for the ecosaw. How far is that from you? My dad has been to costa Rica and loved it .Says it is one place to visit. I should be down there in the next few months to set everything up with my partner Ty wilkinson. Looking forward to come down. Can we commision you to be our tour guide?
It might be cold in the winter where I live but there aint no snakes! The way i like it.
doublecut

[arnold]

Captan.
          I still don't know the results from the shootout this year . I have been away for almost two months and understood from an earlier comment from you that you had done well.  I neither praised or criticised either brands but merely figured that the results would have helped.
No doubt this is not the case and leave the matter at that.

[crtreedude]

doublecut,

San Jose is about 2 hours away, not a bad trip. We have to go to the big city about every couple of months.  If you need some contacts in the city, let me know. Up our way is where most of the trees are on the plantations - here and Guanacaste.  If you need a rep out this way, we could talk. There isn't a whole lot of trees in the Central Valley. ;-) It is not a bad idea to have a store in San Jose though.

As far as being a tour guide, I can do much better than me. I'll spend some time with you in the Northern Zone, but as Harold found out when he was down here, I work nearly all the time.

However, we have a pretty good group of people here - and growing. And, of course everyone of them has brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. We can easily find someone to be a guide for you.

Don,

The meaning of the tropics is that there is almost no swing. The days and the nights are almost exactly the same length. The beaches are a little warm for me (about 90) and down in the lowlands is about 85 as a high. We are in the mountains at 2,000 feet. Perfect for us, a little warm for some people. The Central Valley (San Jose) is about 3,000 feet to 5,000 feet. The high in the Central Valley stays pretty close to the low 70s.

As far as snakes, I have only seen 3 here so far. Unless you go bushwacking on the fincas, you probably will never see one. Most people don't.

Jeff, we have bears here. Oso is bear in spanish.

Oso Hormiguero = Bear of the ant hills (anteater)
Oso Caballo = Horse Bear (Giant Anteater)

How about a Jaguar, Tapir or Panther? Costa Rica is one of the most biologically diverse places in the world.

[crtreedude]

FDH,

I resemble that remark!  ;)