We got power back about 5:30 last night. Making electricity from gasoline sure is expensive, but I was thankful for the "new" Coleman Vertex generator. I've never really been a Briggs & Stratton fan, but the 14.5hp GentTekPro OHV on that thing is a gem. It started right up and ran very well (OK, I had to remove the limiter cap from the idle screw so I could adjust it, but still), it ran clean and it didn't use hardly a drop of oil. My old 10hp Tecumseh exhaust just reeked even when tuned as best I could.
My plans to haul wood yesterday got interrupted half way through when I got a call from my neighbor asking for help because he'd got his saw stuck. I'd heard the saw going all morning, and wondered about that because I had not seen much damage. Well when I got up there I found that he had convinced the crew to put the new poll in a better spot, as long as he cut down a bunch of stuff that was in the way. He was cutting off stuff way too big for his 32cc Echo, including a 22" branch he cut from a ladder. He's been cutting and burning wood for a long time but he's a little scary with a saw and not much on technique - no wedges, trying to make trees go directions they don't want to go, etc.
I fired up the 2775 and cut him free, and then dropped the remaining stuff in the way. We had to work fast to avoid holding up the crew, and I missed a 2" grape vine that was up in one 10" sassafras, and it swung around like a drunk once it started to go. Wasn't a big deal but I hate working that way. Then I went down and got some bigger and smaller saws and fuel and we made a dent in the stuff we dropped - at least until the crew had to come back and string wires, and then the saws were going to make it hard to talk so we quit. The 24" bar on the Mac made quick work of the big branch he'd dropped, and I managed to keep it out of the rocks it fell onto. They were from Pittsburgh area and commented on how much harder it was working in these rocky hills. We asked "what hill?"
I was glad for the excuse to get out of hauling wood, but now I have to get out to it anyway.