That's funny Ted.
Nothing wrong with being old, the grumpy part well lol.
I here what your saying to a certain extent, and when I'm bucking large logs I don't care and I actually like a larger saw when I'm doing that especially at the house as it's fun and they are quite efficient doing that both for speed and fuel. But if I had to walk through the bush with a saw I would want a much lighter saw, and if I was working in a tree such as the OP (which is the reason we are having the discussion at all. Another reason guys want a lighter saw to work with is because of health issues. Even you yourself said that you have different saws to do different jobs, it's important to remember that others are not doing the same work you are. 2 weeks ago I had a job that the only saw I used was a ms241. I have 2 of because they are light and I keep them both sharp and fueled. The job I did would have paid for both saws if bought new
. Could I have done the job with a 455 rancher, sure but why, or how about the 550 yep that would have worked too, a 372 now that's a bit of overkill when it was all 8-9" and under. This job was on a roof and many of the cuts were very close to the shingles an I wanted a smooth cutting chain and the picco chain is hard to beat for that and I never touched a shingle while doing the job and never needed to sharpen my chain the whole time. Weight was not as much of a concern on this job, but it was a nice side benefit.
I like to run a saw that will be at max rpm in the cut the most, if I'm just blipping the throttle constantly then I can probably use a smaller saw.
To answer your question if that didn't I would say there is always a quest to do more with less, I realize it isn't always practical and that it doesn't always net a profit either, but it can be a lot of fun.
As I said before if I did tree work every day I would probably have a ported saw in every cc class. Why run a saw that's a lbs heavier if I don't have to, yes I just might be that wimp you were talking about(I'm not just around the corner, but I was born in California lol), but I'll say this I'm not afraid of a little work, nor do I shy away from a lot of work if it pays well.
Here's one of my piles, you will probably appreciate it more than others since you do firewood. There's a 16' covered trailer behind it and a 20' utility trailer, it's aluminum, not sure why a guy would spend all that extra money on an aluminum trailer though lol.
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