extraspecialman
ArboristSite Operative
about a week ago the bolt that holds the spark arrestor screen on my 361 fell out so I just pulled the screen out and pitched it.Yesterday I was cuttin up some dead white oak that was about 24 inches across.The sap wood and the little bit of bark left on the tree was really dry,and the muffler was right against it while I was sawin.Every block I sawed turned black and started smolderin.I didnt think much about it,so I straight stacked the wood on the truck and took off the down the highway.About 2 miles down the road goin 50 mph,the wind actually caught 4 of the top blocks on fire and they were flamin on the truck.Luckily I caught it in time and threw em off the truck,but that coulda been bad.With the heat of a muffler against the wood,they mighta caught fire anyhow,cause its been very dry here,but a new spark arrestor screen went back in the 361 today.