ReggieT
Addicted to ArboristSite
As I've stated I'm new to all this, but I'm really stoked about buying, using and cutting some huge amounts of firewood...especially the famed "devils walking stick"...folks are nuts for em down here!!:msp_w00t:
My budget is $250 total...and the tree's I'll be tackling are less than 24 in diameter...it needs to be stout enough for felling, bucking, noodling, slabbing and fighting of Ferrell pigs!!
Here are the Positives - I'm a rather burly fellow 6'4 & 325 lbs...and pretty active...so the size & weight of saw want bother me.
There are tons of huge rolls for free locally and my uncle has about 20 acres of woods full of Oak, Hickory, Elm and Ash, Black Locust...and more downed/dead tree's than you can count!
NEGATIVE - Other than a battery powered Pole Saw for pruning...I've never ran any type of Chainsaw...but I'm a QUICK study.
Uncle's land also has a good many coyotes and ferrell pigs running amok!!! lol:msp_scared::msp_scared:
He says whwn he was younger he kept his 12 guage and his 45 by his sides when cutting...and used on more than several occasions...resulting a dozen or so coyotes and a few impromtu Bar_B-Q's (ferrell pigs of course).:msp_rolleyes:
I'm open to suggestions...and I might even go up $300-350 depending on the saw or the deal.
Thanks again
Reggie
My budget is $250 total...and the tree's I'll be tackling are less than 24 in diameter...it needs to be stout enough for felling, bucking, noodling, slabbing and fighting of Ferrell pigs!!
Here are the Positives - I'm a rather burly fellow 6'4 & 325 lbs...and pretty active...so the size & weight of saw want bother me.
There are tons of huge rolls for free locally and my uncle has about 20 acres of woods full of Oak, Hickory, Elm and Ash, Black Locust...and more downed/dead tree's than you can count!
NEGATIVE - Other than a battery powered Pole Saw for pruning...I've never ran any type of Chainsaw...but I'm a QUICK study.
Uncle's land also has a good many coyotes and ferrell pigs running amok!!! lol:msp_scared::msp_scared:
He says whwn he was younger he kept his 12 guage and his 45 by his sides when cutting...and used on more than several occasions...resulting a dozen or so coyotes and a few impromtu Bar_B-Q's (ferrell pigs of course).:msp_rolleyes:
I'm open to suggestions...and I might even go up $300-350 depending on the saw or the deal.
Thanks again
Reggie