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Saw 59cc 22" saw on ebay for $100 what the heck, tried one. Very surprised that it was good quality (chain was soft steel pos though), ran well, had expected 59 cc power. From China naturally, cannot tell who it was copied from directly of if original design - anyone know? Bought a second...

#4 for sure .......... and please wear BOOTS even to cut that small root :envy:

How m;uch camage can a small 12" dia 12 ft long log cause? Or do you have dozens or hundreds to skid?

how many wire clips needed on Molly Hogan splice with thimble?

photo of 3/4" wire rope choker I used until it broke pulling cherry stump, about 120,000 # (after 4 blocks) broke it, had no bad strands. 5/8" grade 70 chain did not break.

I have a 12 ton electric winch I have often chained to a stump or tree as the anchor. If to a tree put some 2x4s between chain an tree as to not damage the bark.

50 years ago when young and energetic clearing my own land I thought it was a good 10 hour day to fell 5 or 6 ea 24" DF, but that included limbing, bucking, and then dragging 200 ft plus stacking with an old D2.

Since I cannot refuse a 'deal', have 2 of the small chippers, 1" branches are easily handled, useless for larger. Best use is simply taking up space in a shed <G> Use one every 2 years or so, easier to pile it all in a big compost pile.

My house is on 3.5 acres, and have riding lawn mower, 4500 Ford loader/backhoe, JD 440 track loader, and bobcat 853 with backhoe attachment and bolt on tracks. If I had to pick just one, would keep the bobcat. Easy to switch front end from bucket to backhoe attachment, rubber tires only for...

Do not forget to add in a paragraph about not expecting to continue wood heat past 60 or 65 YO. Direct quote from wife at age 64 "you need to install a GSHP, I'm getting tired of handling 10 cords a year"

Welded up a platform fits on top of the backhoe bucket, gets me 20 ft high to start. 20 ft piece of square steel tube and electric chain saw on the top end, gives me a 45 foot or so reach. Have seen a few pros in the area with platforms welded over the top of pickup cabs, give them an added...

retract ram fully. Fill tank to capacity. Good to go. If tank dry with ram fully extended, too small of tank if unit has been modified.

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Disagree with that comment. I always have my truck or dozer about 15 degrees off the straight line of the main block section. I have BROKEN a 3/4" wire rope choker and the stored energy in the other parts of the wire rope cable shot the blocks and all 25 FEET! Being NOT inline, did not hit...

I use wire rope and blocks. And add a couple of wraps of 3/8 chain around the trunk above the cut to retain any possible barber chair. Enough blocks, no need to cut, pull entire root ball out. 2 FT DIA tree like yours should come out with about 60,000 # pull 20 ft up or so.

fer sure Not DFir, hemlock, nor PondPine, sure do look like western larch to me.

That Kubota is only abut 4000 pounds? Does it have a loader you can keep full with a ton of dirt? Unless maybe your land is about dead flat, too small. --- a 15 dia 50 ft wet cedar log will take at least 1200 # to lift one end off the ground. Pull on flat wet ground maybe need 2000#...

I ended up digging it out with backhoe. 6 ft deep cut 360 deg around it. I have pulled stumps with a 12,000# winch with 16X block advantage, big trick is find somewhere - aka bigger stump or tree - to anchor the back of the truck with the winch and the other end of the 16X block array. Have...

I lost 40# and both knees stopped popping :surprised3: I thought the knees were part of the 'charm' of cypress?

early 1950s