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You should refrain from using the word "wedge" to describe something dealing with the face cut. Especially if you're talking to people who don't know much about cutting; you could make them really confused. This forum has a bunch of guys here that are very knowledgeable and can help you learn...

I cut daily and all day at 9000 feet for the past four years. I use 50:1. No problems and good performance if carb is set right.

I heard there is an OSB plant or something like that in southern GA that can't get enough trees brought to them, causing them to operate at partial capacity. So, it sounds like there's a market for trees if it's economical to transport them.

The electric company idea is a good one, but if that doesn't work out, then go to this link: http://unitedwoodproductsinc.com/products/firewood.html Scroll to the bottom and it will tell you to call Dennis in Walden, CO for tree length logs. Dennis and his partner, Don, did the logging of a...

Interesting. I'm gonna' try that. For a tree that has a lot of lean, I usually bore through the face cut, put a wedge in the hole (in back), then proceed to finish the backcut on each side of the wedge, but that requires me to work from both sides of the tree. Doing the backcut first seems...

Obviously, the saw is doing fine. I doubt that, after 23 years, it will all of the sudden go to hell. :cheers:

STL, have a look at this link: www.suffolkmachinery.com/troubleshooting.asp and this: www.suffolkmachinery.com/six_rules.asp It has some good information.

Have you contacted GB? They're headquartered on the same island that you're on. :jester:

I have a 100' spool of Woodland Pro chain (well, whatever's left of it) from Bailey's. I love it. I think you made a good choice ordering the WP. What did you order? Full chisel or semi? I have both full and semi and, honestly, I like the semi-chisel skip better than any other chain I've used.

Not much anymore. We used to visit them a lot, but I buy chain by the spool now, handle all my sharpening needs, do my own repairs, order bars and other stuff from Bailey's, etc., so I don't get in to see Jim at Precision hardly ever anymore. But, when I need answers to chainsaw questions, Jim...

We have a 460 and a 660, along with an 029, 290, 044, and a 440. The 660 doesn't get used much, but we use the heck out of the others. The 660 is too heavy to be humping around all day, but the thing is darn sure fun to cut with. If you say money isn't a problem, then get one! Why not?? I...

Most likely it's simply a tooth and/or raker problem, angling the bar as it moves through the cut. I bet you reach a point where it simply won't go any further without you having to put a lot of effort into it even if the chain is razor sharp. The solution: Or use a hand file. Either...

The method you discribed is a very good and safe method for felling. One way around your disadvantage is to bore in from the face cut going straight back. Understandably, this takes away a little bit of hinge, but not enough to worry about. After the nose of my bar exits the back of the tree...

I watched the show for the first time last night. Pretty cool. I was surprised that one of the crews let that young fella' help with falling when he had no falling experience. If that's the norm, then where do I sign up? :greenchainsaw: I helped out a logging crew just a little bit here...

I don't know what you guys have got out west for snow, but it's at about four hundred and sixty inches and counting here in Steamboat. I forecast a warm spring but with big storms blowing through, and a hot summer with little precipitation. This means early grass growth with plenty of...

Do you mean Paul Smiths College? I believe they are four year. I don't know much about the school, but they're in the Adirondack region, so they might be worth the look. I attended Colorado State University in the past. They have a pretty good Natural Resources department, of which...

Woodshop....Yes, unfortunately, the stain fades out when exposed to sunlight. I built some corrals this summer using boards milled from dead-standing timber that had a lot of blue in it, and now the boards are just yellow with very little evidence of blue in them. We had all of the pine...

I've had an 029 since the year 2000. I use the sh!t out of it. It's a great saw. With that said, I do tend to use my 044 more often than the 029 these days, and I've been using the 660 for just about everything recently. I think I'm just becoming more impatient. Why use a smaller saw for...

These aren't good pictures, as I am certainly no photographer, and it was getting dark, but I thought some of you might appreciate the deep blue stain in this log. This was a very old tree that had been standing dead for a long time. By the way, this is a lodgepole pine, and that is a...

I've been teased and laughed at a few times for admitting this, but I'm a little scared of my saw and a little scared of falling timber, and I think this keeps me in a safety zone mentally. When I think I'm getting a little over-comfortable, I just think about the damage my 91cc saw can do to...