North East Tennessee Saturday MAC Report
Beautiful cool day in North East Tennessee today - started in the low 30's up to the high 50's by 1:00 P.M.
I had a little Ash pickup assigned to me out in the county. Surprised to find a nice size Ash that had been limbed but otherwise uncut. Good thing I brought my PM800. It made short work of cutting it into 9' logs except the main trunk which I cut in two 4 1/2' logs. I also sectioned out the fork. The top produced four 9' logs each a little over to right at bar length in diameter.
The landowner came out and just stood next to me on several cuts. I shut the saw down and he explained that he couldn't get over how fast it cut and his dad always ran a McCulloch so he like just standing there watching. He went on to explain that he had limbed up the tree with one of those German offbrands but things didn't go to his liking. While he was standing there my chain brake went off just to prove its vintage, or should I say lineage. A little duct tape got me through the final cut.
Loaded three good trailer loads and was on my way home before lunch. Then got a call that the last trailer was down with a broken spring mount and blown tire. We had to offload the two large stem pieces to keep the one remaining tire from scrubbing; this left most of the load on the two tired side. We reloaded the stem on another trailer. Reloaded the Deere and went to the lot for a fresh Subway sandwich and oatmeal raisin cookie. Got home just a little after 1:00. Can't beat a day like that.
Poor Brian can't handle convalescing and keeps overusing his shoulder. I hope he got some rest today.
Be Safe Out There.
Ron
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