Thanks Woodyman! Next time I will have beer
It was great! He lives about a mile and half away by road...but only about 1/2 mile through the woods to the south. I should cut a trail
I now know what type of chain to get next.....and it certainly will not be the low kickback type. With the type of rakers like the one on Craigs saw it will be much easier and quicker to file them down a bit.
Another neat tool that Craig had was an RPM meter. He took my saw and showed that it was only turning at 10,000 rpms. He adjusted the high setting and it started turning at 13,000 rpms. Neat little tool and I never even knew they existed.
Now I am looking(actually have been for awhile) for a log splitter. Have my eye on a North Star 22 ton at Northern Tool. Splitting some of the bigger oak(24-28") really wears a guy out with a maul.
The next step will be selling the wood. Figuring out if its profitable enough to keep doing it....or just keep having huge bonfires. So far I have saved most of the red oak. Too bad firewood wasn't in a huge demand in the summer when I would actually have time to sell and deliver it.