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Finished up with a load and a half of hackberry today. I think I'm done for the year. Unless he drops off some Bk. Locust or Cherry. I'll find room for that. :laugh:
I am going back for a couple of Walnut logs to make bowl blanks, weather permitting. Six or seven loads on my drive waiting to be split and stack. I'll work an hour or so each day until it's done. I'm tired.
 
Today, I dropped a big dead Ash at my Brother's place with my MOFO 460 (28" B+C). The 460 did great, but hit some metal while bucking, so I broke out my MOFO 462 with the 24" B+C.

My brother had been pretty impressed with the Asian 660 I had built for him (Cross P+C, no port work) as it easily out powers his MS-460 (Muff Mod and Timing Adv).

Then he ran my MOFO 460 and said "This is just as strong as my 660 and far less weight". Then he ran my MOFO 462 and it was over.

"What is not to like, this saw is so light"

"I really like this saw"

"I should sell my 460 and get one of these"

The 462 does not have the grunt of the ported 460 or the 660, but it is fast, light and smooth and even with the 24" bar completely buried in hard/dead Ash if you keep that saw in it's power band it just goes through it like butter!
 

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Some pics of the storm damage. Our electric was out from Tue - Thurs.

The power line burned the ground, but then was obviously cold. I cut the hole in the roadway so folks could pass, then the Town stationed someone there all night long to stop anyone from going through!
 

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My next door neighbor (a Teacher with some talent) wished me a Happy Birthday, the storm transformed the canopy on my back deck into art work worthy of Picasso, and I got to meet Mr. Green. My Brother and I sat on the Hickory bench I made him after we were done cutting and had a beer. Seems Mr. Green likes him, and comes over to greet him every time he sits there (for the last month). He even followed him and started going up the stairs to the house one time! (Mr. Green resides in his Coy pond).

I have heard of a lot of mammals doing things like that, but not a frog!
 

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Either a scratch stick, or using a Sharpie mark on your bar. Do it long enough and you’ll get it really close with your eyeball.
Gee, I thought he just stacked one end up against the wall and then came back with a 36" B&C and cut them even. Had to make them pretty for the photo. :laugh:
Seriously, I have used the sharpie thing and the stick before. Before I didn't care as long as I could get it into the fire place. I'd cut up a log anywhere from 15" to 22" just so I wouldn't have the nubbin left over. Now, with the prospect of selling some wood, I cut to 18" and then toss the nubbin into my IBC tote cage.
 
It’s 55 and cloudy now, time to cut some wood!!!!

6 saws in the truck, couple new to me, and a couple of my favorites from the existing fleet.

Didn't you get a lot of rain overnight? Maybe only in StL area. My Walnut is going to have to wait.
 

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