Nailsbeats
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I never heard of a limbing saw until AS myself. I tend to size the saw to the tree, planning on processing the whole thing with it. Kind of the "it ain't out of gas, why put it down" mentality.
Interesting thread. I'm a firewood cutter, and until lately, all my cutting was done on downed trees. The 260 was for cutting up the small stuff and limbing, and the 044 was for the larger parts of the trunk. I've never thought about using the 044 for everything. So far my cutting is done close to the truck (I like to be close to the truck and trailer since I load manually), so the extra saw is always close. I have access to some standing dead Oaks that I'll be falling this weekend (if they're still there), and I'll try doing the whole tree with the 044. Don't know why I haven't tried before.
I will say, that on a HOT and humid day here in the south, using the 260 can be a nice change...but I find if I'm to the point where the 044 is starting to feel 'heavy' and I am starting to get 'sloppy', the heat is getting to me and it's time to shut'er down cause using ANY saw is dangerous.
Kevin
Gary - understand that I am just a firewood cutter, so a tree like the first one shown gets cut up right down to the kindling. My wife expecially likes to have a lot of the little stuff since she frequently forgets to check the fire and needs something to get it going again.
Also keep in mind that I am not trapsing through the woods, if I can't drive up to a tree there's little sense in my cutting it for firewood since I'm not going to be packing it out one piece at at time.
When the occasion calls for it, I can even use the SP125 on some of these projects.
That's not my Wild Thing, homeowner was using that in favor of his Husky 455 Rancher or something like that.
Mark
Limbing is what your second sawyer does.
I think a "fencing" saw is a better term, as I use a small saw for clearing fence rows out.
I have used 2 saws most of my firewood cutting life with one being a limber but some times I would use one or the other for both.For the 6 years I cut pulp wood I used one saw and cut firewood with it to.I try to use as much of a tree as I can for firewood and go down to the size of my thumb when doing so.Wish I was 18 again and into the one saw plan.This is my 2 saw plan as of right now.I have limbed with 7900 but it is sooooo much more fun with a ported 346.
I use a dozer....
Some of the fence rows I have to clear require a bigger saw.
Pretty country there, but it looks like Grandpa (or Great Grandpa) put off clearing the brush a little too long. I guess he didn't have a limbing saw. Ron
Interesting thread. I'm a firewood cutter, and until lately, all my cutting was done on downed trees. The 260 was for cutting up the small stuff and limbing, and the 044 was for the larger parts of the trunk. I've never thought about using the 044 for everything. So far my cutting is done close to the truck (I like to be close to the truck and trailer since I load manually), so the extra saw is always close. I have access to some standing dead Oaks that I'll be falling this weekend (if they're still there), and I'll try doing the whole tree with the 044. Don't know why I haven't tried before.
I will say, that on a HOT and humid day here in the south, using the 260 can be a nice change...but I find if I'm to the point where the 044 is starting to feel 'heavy' and I am starting to get 'sloppy', the heat is getting to me and it's time to shut'er down cause using ANY saw is dangerous.
Kevin
Whats the old saying (I may have it wrong) but it's how dad told me.
"Don't judge a man until you walk a mile in his shoes"
Same goes for here, but think if I was where the trees are tall and straight
and the little limbs are just cut off the trunk, yes I would use one saw.
But in places where trees may have more wood in the limbs than in the trunk.
Yes I would use a smaller limbing saw.
No matter where it's at and was logging and the only job is logs.
It would be silly to us a limbing saw.
This is JIMO, and you know what they say about "O"...they are like............
TT
Given the choice of a 30lb monster saw that is 4' long or a 15lb little saw that is 2 feet long which would you choose?
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