Times must have been tough John, but always remember to add your equipment costs to your daily costs and figure out what you made a day. It makes for a rought time to do that on a daily basis when/if you dont own the land and someone is dicking you around and you are wasting time.
PS. We (me and a saw freak friend of mine) got 35 cord of wood cut, bucked and split (in 5 days)and have been delivering it since - but its been for fun money for both of us. The saws we used did not miss a beat - 372GXP, 041, 136 and an 011AV. The splitter was a self made tractor PTO type and was slow, but hey it was 30+ hickory and red oak so it did OK even if it was a very slow cycle time splitter.