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I ordered a Jameson kit that has two 6' pole sections, a saw, and a pruner (FG-6PKG-1). Also ordered a 8' pole section and a spare 16 inch "Barracuda" saw blade. If 20' isn't enough, I can buy another pole section, or rig up something ridiculous using steel tubing. (20' is probably plenty)

I've just about decided on one of these: ATSS Tree Saw Pole Pruner TSPL30NC Not sure whether to get it with the lopping pruner or without. I just got my tax refund, so will probably splurge and get the whole package plus one spare pole section.

I just got back from Sioux Falls, doing ice storm cleanup. I didn't even know there were any trees in the Dakotas, but there are lots of them... they just are all broken. I got to use a telescoping power pruner (Stihl HT-something) for the first time and man is that thing handy. WANT!! So I...

Bailey's has Corona TP-6570 pole saw/pruners on sale for $50. Is that a good saw? I'm getting too old to be climbing an extension ladder with a chainsaw. (or maybe just finally old enough to realize it's stupid ;) ) It's a 14' pruner with a 13" saw blade; does that 14' mean the pole is 14'...

Echo saws will run on 87 octane gas, but the owners manual says 89 octane and that's what I usually use -- except for the first tank every year, when I run 92 octane in all my small engines. The best oil I've found is Mystic "Sea and Snow". It actually has the JASO FD certification seal on the...

I'm using 91VXL on my small saws, the stuff cuts great. Much faster than safety chain.

I pulled the muffler off. The tubes that run front-to-back and surround the screws don't seem to support anything. They block the exhaust from exiting the screw-access holes (so all the exhaust has to go thru the catalyst and out the little slits at the top and bottom of the front) So the...

I have a Husky 235 with a muffler that looks exactly like the pics in post #1. I haven't taken it off yet; I'm waiting for the carb adjusting tool that I ordered to get here first. I just bought the saw a few months ago; so it probably has some kind of catalytic baffles in it? I assume I want...

Hackberry, perhaps? (Celtis occidentalis)

If you're going to run vegetable oil, you might want to use a nondrying oil like peanut or olive oil (use the cheap stuff please). Or semidrying like corn oil and be careful not to store it too long. Soybean oil is a drying oil (like linseed oil) that will oxidize and turn into varnish. I...

Did you order the right number of drive links? (your guide bar says 55 and the Baileys link in your first post was for a 56) 72 links (for the 310) is a common length chain for a 20" bar. My 20" saw takes 70-link chain, which is a little harder to find sometimes.

With "picco" or low-profile chain, you don't have a lot of choices. I'm running Oregon 91VXL on my low profile saws; it cuts a lot faster than the safety chains that came on the saws. That Woodland Pro chain that you linked looks like the same thing. Are you sure it's the right length? 16"...

You can greatly reduce (eliminate?) the risk of barberchairing by wrapping a logging chain around the trunk above where you're going to cut. The problem is keeping the chain from sliding down and getting in the way. What about an unconventional solution -- dynamite? :) I agree with...

I did not know that about Douglas-fir. I don't know what kind of needles it has. I doubt they are as sharp as blue spruce though.

Spruce needles are square (and sharp!) Fir needles are flat, and feel softer. If you can roll the needles between your fingertips they are spruce, fir needles will not roll.

I had a saw like that recently; the problem was the gas cap gasket. Years of oxygenated gasoline had rotten the rubber just enough that the tank wouldn't pressurize. I put a new O-ring on it and the saw started right up and runs better than it has in years. I know it's a long shot...

Have you got a link the the post about modifying the chain tensioner? Thanks. I have a couple-of-months-old Husky 235 with the toolless adjuster. I don't like the adjuster but it hasn't actually caused any trouble yet. I'm not sure that it's exactly the same as a Poulan saw; I think Husky...

Actually, you can get killed trying to pull a stump with a tractor. (the tractor can flip itself over backwards on top of you) I don't think you can get hurt *pushing* it. If you try to pull it, pulling with the tractor in reverse is safer. :)

Chipper chain (if you can find it) and a non-sprocketed guide bar. Carlson "S" chain is chipper, but I don't know who sells it.

I saw this thread yesterday and was waiting for one of the pros to answer this. Those pics are pretty small so I can't tell much from them. But a standing rotten tree is dangerous to cut because the limbs can break off and fall on you while you're sawing it. So topping it, using a crane, is...