Nuzzy
Trail Gnome
So my friend owns a landscaping business and was tasked with getting some trees down on his neighbor's (and friend's) property. Knowing my love for saws, he asked if I wanted to come help; obviously I jumped! The goal was to clear out a number of alders for firewood and then take down a number of large cedars and doug firs to sell.
Obligatory saw line-up pic. Brand new 880, 660, my workhorse 046, 361, and a couple top handles.
Getting the alders cleaned up.
Jesse started things off with the first cedar. Wouldn't have been my choice of face cuts on a tree meant to maximize board feet, but it's his biz and he seems to like that open face for everything.
At that point, he asked me to run the back cut. I ended up plunging in to set the hinge I wanted (and attempt to avoid major fiber pull) and then dogged in and let that beast eat.
Tree measured 53" if I heard right. No I didn't cut through the hinge; this was after I'd cut off the whiskers to avoid any impalement. That was a damn satisfying sound when it hit the ground!
Next on the agenda came the firs.
I opted to use the 660 on these (880 on stump for size reference). I honestly would have rather been using my ported 046, but I lost the bar locator pin earlier in the day during an unfortunate pinch. It was starting to get a little sketchy with wind gusts picking up and more supposedly coming, so I dropped them as quickly as I could.
Jesse finished up the day on this cedar. We had one bad situation develop when one of the trunks blew out backwards (should have chained the tree together!). Luckily we both got out of the way fast enough, cleaned up the mess, and completed the back cut.
It was damn fun day! Having never run an 880, I was still grinning, and sore, when I got home.
Obligatory saw line-up pic. Brand new 880, 660, my workhorse 046, 361, and a couple top handles.
Getting the alders cleaned up.
Jesse started things off with the first cedar. Wouldn't have been my choice of face cuts on a tree meant to maximize board feet, but it's his biz and he seems to like that open face for everything.
At that point, he asked me to run the back cut. I ended up plunging in to set the hinge I wanted (and attempt to avoid major fiber pull) and then dogged in and let that beast eat.
Tree measured 53" if I heard right. No I didn't cut through the hinge; this was after I'd cut off the whiskers to avoid any impalement. That was a damn satisfying sound when it hit the ground!
Next on the agenda came the firs.
I opted to use the 660 on these (880 on stump for size reference). I honestly would have rather been using my ported 046, but I lost the bar locator pin earlier in the day during an unfortunate pinch. It was starting to get a little sketchy with wind gusts picking up and more supposedly coming, so I dropped them as quickly as I could.
Jesse finished up the day on this cedar. We had one bad situation develop when one of the trunks blew out backwards (should have chained the tree together!). Luckily we both got out of the way fast enough, cleaned up the mess, and completed the back cut.
It was damn fun day! Having never run an 880, I was still grinning, and sore, when I got home.
