We had a wind event last night. I woke up around 11PM hearing the wind blasting outside. We came through OK, The Used Dog's bed blew off and got wet. Our power stayed on, no trees were lost.
So, I went to work and we had an earthquake. I didn't feel it, but others did. It was a 4.2 and I guess it knocked loose a chimney 15 miles west of here.
We had reports of trees across roads, a lot of roads, and hunters stuck behind the trees. Twinkle and my presence were requested. We ended up working with a road crew guy on a main forest road--two land paved.
I was in the midst of cutting a bigger tree that had broken partially through and was on a cutbank. Twinkle got pinched and I uttered the :censored: word. (this has happened before). I turned around and an older man and woman were standing right behind me. I turned off Twinkle. They said, "We never seen a woman running a saw before." and proceeded to question me.
Finally, my partner arrived. He is running a truck with a blade and shoving the chunks off the road. Also cutting when he catches up. They left. Soon Twinkle was spitting out dust, so I filed the chain. It looked like I had hit the pavement, which I'm sure I did.
I was climbing up a cutbank to cut an end off, and along comes a familiar pickup and stops, It is one of the better fallers around here, and he yells, "I'm gonna watch YOU cut that." I'm always watching them cut. So he did and everything went well. He commented on how sharp my chain was, I didn't show him the burrs and chips on it. Earlier I had pinched the Stihl bar, and the chain wouldn't go around so I pulled out a brand new Oregon bar and slapped it on. I asked the faller if the Stihl bar was bent. It wasn't but the sprocket was stuck. So, he did a "delicate adjustment" ran it along on the pavement until it started to turn. I guess I need to do a bit more adjusting on it. By then, it was starting to get dark. Twinkle and I have been asked to work again tomorrow, and we will.
The firewood cutters are failing us, and staying home. I don't think Twinkle looks as stylish with the Oregon bar on, but I'll have to live with that for a while.
No pictures, it was dark today and we had to push to try to get work done.
So, I went to work and we had an earthquake. I didn't feel it, but others did. It was a 4.2 and I guess it knocked loose a chimney 15 miles west of here.
We had reports of trees across roads, a lot of roads, and hunters stuck behind the trees. Twinkle and my presence were requested. We ended up working with a road crew guy on a main forest road--two land paved.
I was in the midst of cutting a bigger tree that had broken partially through and was on a cutbank. Twinkle got pinched and I uttered the :censored: word. (this has happened before). I turned around and an older man and woman were standing right behind me. I turned off Twinkle. They said, "We never seen a woman running a saw before." and proceeded to question me.
Finally, my partner arrived. He is running a truck with a blade and shoving the chunks off the road. Also cutting when he catches up. They left. Soon Twinkle was spitting out dust, so I filed the chain. It looked like I had hit the pavement, which I'm sure I did.
I was climbing up a cutbank to cut an end off, and along comes a familiar pickup and stops, It is one of the better fallers around here, and he yells, "I'm gonna watch YOU cut that." I'm always watching them cut. So he did and everything went well. He commented on how sharp my chain was, I didn't show him the burrs and chips on it. Earlier I had pinched the Stihl bar, and the chain wouldn't go around so I pulled out a brand new Oregon bar and slapped it on. I asked the faller if the Stihl bar was bent. It wasn't but the sprocket was stuck. So, he did a "delicate adjustment" ran it along on the pavement until it started to turn. I guess I need to do a bit more adjusting on it. By then, it was starting to get dark. Twinkle and I have been asked to work again tomorrow, and we will.
The firewood cutters are failing us, and staying home. I don't think Twinkle looks as stylish with the Oregon bar on, but I'll have to live with that for a while.
No pictures, it was dark today and we had to push to try to get work done.