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No $#(*^@, just got off the phone with the shipping company. They had bad weather so it won't be here until Monday! Totally bummed!

Will do and I'll give a full report with pics

This one is about 4", 6" on one part. But I cut about 3 20" pieces off and it was 3 or 4" all the way around 6' up the tree and was getting harder. I could push my thumbnail into it on the first cut but not the 3rd one but it still looked weird.

I cut one and split it earlier, it had about a 2" ring of white for about the first 10 feet or so and then it was fine. it is stacked waiting for next year. I guess I will cut them all down now and salvage what I can as they are dead and just dont know it yet

Think they are worth cutting down and burning?

well it was only on the ground about 30 minutes before that pic. :) it had acorns on it two years ago as it sits tight on the edge of the field and the deer loved it. no clue on species, just an oak :). i need to get much better at identifying these things. I hate to waste the time cutting them...

It shipped last night, scheduled for delivery Friday. I have 2 big oaks down, bucked and waiting to give it a thorough test.

Two years ago when the Corp of Engineers flooded MO.....the water was up on my farm for almost 7 months. I have about 15 oak trees that were either in water for a lot of it or right beside water. They are all between 20" and 30" and all now have some type of fungus growing up the sides. I have...

Thanks for the replies guys. Gives me something to consider. Sounds like I will save my money and wait for a decent deal on a 660, possibly a 460 if the right deal came along. I don't need it very often like I said, but it sure would put me into some good wood from time to time that most around...

I would like to stay in the $500 range, maybe $600. Always generally buy new tools but I just picked up the 036 on here used and it runs well. Probably will go used as it will not be used that often, but when needed it would sure be nice. I am just trying to figure out which saw to get so I can...

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i have a stihl 290 and 036, run a 20" bar on both of them and am quite happy with the results. there are some bigger trees that i can take down and also we get a few storms that come through each year and take down some massive (to me) trees. very few people around here have a saw that can...

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I can not wait for it to get here. Like a kid at xmas. I have two big oaks piled up waiting and hope to get a few more before its arrival. Want to give a good test.

and that is the main reason i wanted one with the hydraulic lift. Also got the hitch put on the opposite end. "reverse hitch" I think they call it. super excited and will post a pic or two once it arrives.

Finally I ordered a splitter. After a few years of borrowing/renting them I got the go ahead to get one. I really wanted a timberwolf 2HD. After I got to looking into the American CLS 25HH I think it will meet my needs just fine and be a great machine. The hydraulic lift was a big piece of the...

Looking at finally getting a splitter and have always been sold on the Honda engine, really the GX model. Are they still that much better than others? I borrowed a splitter the other day and it took forever to get started, heck I was wore out before the thing started running. :) Another engine...

"pecker poles"......for us new cats, what is that . :)

Thanks for the pictures amd explanations. I just ordered one book and am thinking of getting the other. I have neither the desire to become a professional tree cutter or the crazy notion that reading a book or the internet can make me a pro. I just want to be able to do things safely, or as...

After reading the "mini barber chair" thread, I thought I would start another thread on leaning trees with a fresh start. On our farm, there are several leaning ash trees that are mostly 12" to maybe 20", and a couple of 16" to 24" oaks. Some of them lean quite a bit that are just inside the...