smallest saw vs. biggest tree
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"You must cut down the biggest tree in the forest, with a herring"-
Monty Python
Monty Python
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
lolol takes me back.. too far back...:greenchainsaw:
spacemule
The Peanut Gallery
spacemule
The Peanut Gallery
Lakeside53
Stihl Wrenching
Next time bring a real saw so you don't get stuck.
lolol
jra1100
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4-5 foot Willow
I took a huge old Willow tree down in my front yard with a 50cc Craftsman with an 18 inch bar, and a 36cc Poulan with a 18 inch bc. I loved that old tree, and it made the yard beautiful, but it got so old and rotten that it had to come down. Worked for a couple of hours to get it down. The wife was worried that it would hit the house, but I told her it would go another direction. That was toward the stone bbq, and she was worried that it would hit that, so I pounded a small stake in the ground and told her this is as far as it will go,and where it will land, and I was RIGHT!!! Probably more luck than skill. It took me the rest of the week to clean that thing up. Worst wood I ever worked with for dulling a chain. Wish that I had the saws then that I have acquired since joining AS. JR
I took a huge old Willow tree down in my front yard with a 50cc Craftsman with an 18 inch bar, and a 36cc Poulan with a 18 inch bc. I loved that old tree, and it made the yard beautiful, but it got so old and rotten that it had to come down. Worked for a couple of hours to get it down. The wife was worried that it would hit the house, but I told her it would go another direction. That was toward the stone bbq, and she was worried that it would hit that, so I pounded a small stake in the ground and told her this is as far as it will go,and where it will land, and I was RIGHT!!! Probably more luck than skill. It took me the rest of the week to clean that thing up. Worst wood I ever worked with for dulling a chain. Wish that I had the saws then that I have acquired since joining AS. JR
jra1100
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Hey Metals 406
Love that video in your sig. Where did you find it, I'd like to see the full size version. JR
Love that video in your sig. Where did you find it, I'd like to see the full size version. JR
Being a native PNWer, I cut a 12 inch hemlock down with a 28 inch bar.
The Barbie Saw did it.
The Barbie Saw did it.
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Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Being a native PNWer, I cut a 12 inch hemlock down with a 28 inch bar.
LOL!
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
Best movie EVER!
King of Swamp Castle: We live in a bloody swamp. We need all the land we can get.
Prince Herbert: But I don't like her.
King of Swamp Castle: Don't like her? What's wrong with her? She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got huge... tracts of land.
Metals406
Granfodder Runningsaw
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wigglesworth
Booned
Don't forget the shrubbery!!!
chevytaHOE5674
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I dropped a 30" hemlock with my old 020T and a 12" bar. Took some creative cutting to get the saw in there and cut the middle thats for sure. Could have done it in 1/2 the time with my 460 or 660 but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
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6 foot fir witha 28'' 372xp. That waas the tree that dumped sap all over my husky.
First it was an ax to free my 137 w/16" bar from a 14" elm and later a same sized oak. Then it was the 137 to free my L65 w/20" bar from a 19" elm. Now I always have at least 3 saws with me, besides the trusty ax and wedge.
A few months ago I took a job to remove a HUGE Beech tree downed in a storm. Since most of it was already on the ground, I started out limbing it with my Echo CS-360T. It did so well that I just kept on cutting, and cutting, and cutting.
I finally gave up when I had all the limbs but off and cut up, and had reached the main trunk, which was apprx 24-26" in diameter. I pulled out the 480CD and finished up the job. The 262XP and 268XP got a rest that day, and the little Echo still hasn't developed a "death rattle"!......Cliff
I finally gave up when I had all the limbs but off and cut up, and had reached the main trunk, which was apprx 24-26" in diameter. I pulled out the 480CD and finished up the job. The 262XP and 268XP got a rest that day, and the little Echo still hasn't developed a "death rattle"!......Cliff
I pruned my wife's rose bushes with an 066 36". She'd been nagging me and nagging me and then nagging me some more to prune the damn rose bushes. So I did. I haven't had to prune any rose bushes since. 
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I took down a 3' maple that had been hit by lightning with my 16" Husky 136. I had to take the base out in pieces, but it's gone. That kicked my butt, and I vowed to not go through that again, so I picked up a 20" 290. Good deal on Fleabay, even.
