Either mine is missing the manual oiler,or it's broken off.I know the primer button is partially broken,but it still works.I tried to trace where a rod should be for the manual oiler & didn't find one.
Ed
Ed
NorthEast Tennessee Saturday MAC Report
Brian was attending to family so I cut this morning alone. Another joined me in the afternoon. Other than one Cherry everything today was dead or dying Ash. I don't have much experience with Ash but found the dead ones to be brittle and the live ones to be pretty strong. The ground was in an area of numerous rock outcroppings and springs. When the trees hit the ground the noise was tremendous and would reverberate. We concluded that it must be the rocks and/or an underground cavern. Anyway the PM800 ran flawlessly as I felled 17 to 20 from 18" to 2'. Worked one side of the creek this morning and felled and bucked 7 or 8 in 2 1/2 hours. Worked the other side of the creek this afternoon and felled 10 or so in 2 hours. Felt like a carpenter this morning with a tape measure bucking in 9' 6" lengths as instructed. Left the bucking to others in the afternoon. Forearms are sore from pounding wedges. Highlight of the day was trying to convince the other afternoon faller that within limits you can make a tree go where you want it to fall. He had two fairly large Ash trees that he thought could only be felled across the lay. I couldn't convince him to try to put the first one in the lay - ultimately he reluctantly agreed to let me try. Though the tree fell where intended it still took some convincing to get him to try on the second tree. With some coaching he did and the tree fell as intended. I think he learned something today and I expect him to do well. He is much more precise in his cuts than me, but less experienced (polite way of saying I am an old geezer, twenty years his senior).
Ron
Mornings' work. 800 is sitting on the little Cherry.
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