#27414 - 02/23/20 05:08 PM
Re: Loggin'
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Yes, 20 inch. A lot of the old stuff I cut is actually wider than 20 inches. Actually I run two saws. You're looking at a Sthil 391. I have a lighter weight 250 Sthil, with a 16 inch bar for the smaller stuff and the tops. I have a third Sthil 019 with a 12 inch bar that I carry on the trapline.
This is logging country too. Trees are the only thing that will grow on these hillsides. Not too much mechanization here other than skidders. Those cutting machines would roll over in these hills. Lots of fellows with chain saw bites, including a couple of my friends. One guy who passed away some years ago got bit twice and only had two fingers (Thumb and pinkie) on one hand. Still worked in the woods that way. I will note that 10 years ago we had a bad windstorm that put down a lot of timber. In that case, a crew of helicopter loggers came in here, but that was the first and last time I've seen that.
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#27422 - 02/24/20 08:32 PM
Re: Loggin'
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I don't carry gas and oil. I just tank up before I leave camp. I use this mostly on the beaver line, but it's also real handy for making cat cubbies. I can cut wood on the spot and the leavings from the saw doesn't seem to bother the cats. (Truth is it doesn't bother coyotes much either.) I may look into an electric saw. I just bought an 18 volt pole trimmer, and it does a pretty good job. I think one charge would last me all day on the trapline.
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#27459 - 03/15/20 06:12 PM
Re: Loggin'
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Ouch! Young Man, you could have been hurt. I think you're a little bit older than me, but I'll still remind you. That's just me.
I don't know the details and all, I'm trying to get this square in my head.
You're standing in wet snow, butt deep, running a saw. The tree dropped where you wanted it, the top limbs folded up, cocked and loaded with enough force to knock a man's head off. Waist deep snow, I figure the top of the log was about flush with the top of the snow, steam coming off of the saw's bar, oil splattering out across the snow.
With a 16 inch bar, you're standing right on top of a limb, that you didn't know was there, cocked and loaded. And it beaned you across the head. Is that about right?
You're lucky that you didn't get hurt! It probably made your eyes water, but you're lucky. I can think about other things, with a saw running wide open and all. Keep that in mind.
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#27466 - 03/17/20 11:43 AM
Re: Loggin'
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Hmmm, it's bad enough to get whacked in the shin with a tree limb and all.
I'm not sure, maybe the wolves can walk on the snow crust now? A deer wouldn't stand much of a chance breaking through 3 feet of snow.
Above we were talking about your chainsaw's bar length and all. I'll tell you this, for a while I did a good bit of shopping on Ebay. More or less looking for cheap stuff, that I could resell. It takes a lot of time and you look at a lot of junk.
Long story short, I bought a Stihl 044 Magnum, chainsaw. It came from out west, it was from Oregon I think, or maybe Washington state? Anyway, it came with a 48 inch bar. Forty eight inches. They shipped the bar in a separate box.
I put it together and fired it up, the saw was like new, it started good and ran smooth. I took it to the farm one day, just to check it out and see what it would do. That's the most powerful and fastest cutting saw that I've ever used. With that 48" bar, cutting the limbs out of a tree top was quick and easy.
I used it for a month or so and put it out for sale. I had a lot of people look at the saw, and say something like: I wouldn't want to work with that thing all day! My opinion, compared to the average medium sized saw, like everyone has. You could do more work with that 044 in an hour, than you could in 3 or maybe 4 hours with the average sized saw.
I could have used the saw a few times since I sold it, but really didn't need it. It's new owner is happy too.
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