Thanks for all the well wishes.
Guys, thanks for the reps and the comments. I played hookie from my business this afternoon to give the saw an appetizer. The. I had to get my son off the bus, then it gets dark. I will get some stump shots this weekend.
The first tree and I have a date with a score to settle. I will take pics of it also. Hurricane sandy decided it was going to slightly uproot this tree on a slope and hang it up in another tree. After reading stories on here about injuries and blown downs, I didn't want to take a chance for me or my kids who love playing in the woods near their dad. Long story short, I notched it and on the back cut, the tree twister on the stump and pinched the bar. Got the bar out, but chain (read new chain) was pinched. Got another new chain (good thing I got 3 new ones) and got the back cut complete. Took about 5 min for the tree to break the few fibers that were left and off the stump it went. 5 feet down the hill, completely at the same angle it left the stump with the chain pinched under it. So my new chain, is in a foot of snow under a hung up tree. My hope is the wind blows the tree down tonight and I can recover the chain with no damage to it.
Lesson learned. My purchase tomorrow is going to be a few wedges. Had I wedged the back cut it would have kept the tree from pinching the bar when it started to twist.
