I don’t know how it is in other areas but where I grew up (Central Florida and Western North Carolina) most folks of my acquaintance made a living doing whatever was at hand – generically farming, ranching and logging – but to say they were professionals or did any of these things with the skill and experience of a professional would be an overstatement and most with any age on them would tell you what they are doing or have done as opposed to naming a profession. The ones who were most likely to survive in good health were the ones who understood that there was much more to know and experience than what they knew or had experienced. Though my mother’s biggest expressed fear was one of us boys would get hit by a log truck while fetching the mail, my dad supported us for a time by logging, and the sawmill was just down the road, I have personally known only one career logger. The point of this post is there is a vast difference between a true professional and a highly experienced dabbler. Just because you may have logged doesn’t make you a logger. Nor does doing something similar equate, whether it be firewood cutting, tree work, line clearance, storm cleanup or trail work, etc. While I have been welcomed on this forum, I am truly a trespasser. In my view there are many others. We trespassers should appreciate that fact. The OP should have posted in the firewood forum where many of us, self included, need a reminder of the hazards of doing things with the wrong and/or overloaded equipment. Done. (insert smilie of a preacher on a stump) Ron
PS I would love to trespass at the GTG and meet a logger or three, but my nifty jet I made from an army surplus generator turbine and an old McCulloch powered gyro-copter is in for repairs.
