lectrocrew
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I cut this pine a couple of weeks ago after it had been hit by lightning. I am using my new ms660 with some help from my 018C.
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you gotta work on your "sawsmanship" or you are going to get yourself hurt. either that or your saw is going to quit on you....the way your beating on the poor thing.
have fun though!
Good looking notch though.
You should not treat a stihl saw that way.........they wont take the abuse that a huskey will !!!!!but have fun with it. and dont get hurt.
Gee, I feel like I'm on trial here. All I wanted to do was post a video to show cutting speed of my 660. I didn't claim to be a professional saw operator. I worked for a logging company years ago but I was mainly a skidder operator. I ran a saw many days for many hours but I still don't claim to be any kind of expert. Sure, I broke a few rubber mounts and bent a couple of bars but I did the repair work and moved on and I never got hurt in 6 years so I guess the boss didn't mind buying a few rubber mounts as opposed to paying hospital bills.
That pine got hit by lightning and I cut it down to get it out of my pasture. It was leaning toward my pond and I didn't want to throw it in there so I pulled it backwards with a hand winch tied to the only tree in reach with my 100' of chain. I notched it to fall in the direction it fell. The notch is closed up with the tree weight sitting on it but if you look close you can see it here and here. I cut it far enough to make sure it was dedicated in the direction I wanted it to go (off my fence) and winched away. I was alone with nobody to pull the winch while I cut or vise versa. I'm glad it stayed attached to the stump. I hoped it would. That way I was able to saw the whole thing into small enough pieces to load into my truck without getting my saw chain in the dirt. I didn't care about pulling fiber or damaging the log in any way. I would have liked to sawed some fence boards out of it but it was too dry for that. I said so at the first of the video.
I'm sure there are several better ways to do it, but mine worked fine for me. I was nowhere near the trunk when it split so I still have my head intact and I know how to stay away from that log while it's hanging on the stump by a thread. If you listen to the audio, I also tell Teri to stay away from the stump.
Now to the few with positive input, . I will use your information to help me improve my skills and not get hurt in the future. Thank you for your comments!
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