I carry a saw with me. I would lose too much work without it. Oh, the customer will usually tell they will have it taken care of before I get there... they usually have some el cheapo saw with a 16" bar and a never sharpened chain... I just price it in. I'm not real knowlegeable when it comes to saws. I run a 455 rancher and recently upgraded to one of the more expensive Oregon power Match bars with a 72lgxo72g loop. The first stump I did was a 32" hardwood. About 1/2 way into it I was sure it was going to be hollow when I pushed the cut off the stump. It was solid. I have never had a bar/loop combo cut like that on that saw. I've had the saw over 5 years. I only run a 20" bar. I have a couple of jobs I walked from that were hardwoods over 5' across. Just not enough to justify a bigger saw for me. The company I go behind cuts their stumps almost a ground level. Even when I cut them I don't go that far in the dirt. I just get what I can get and grind on. When I burn this Rancher out I will upgrade to Stihl with a 24" bar. I have so many dead trees of my own where a 24" would help me drop them easier.
Same here, i would lose a lot of bus if i did not have my big saw, even the tree services i work for don't cut
them low like they do on the big bad wood show on tv, i am not going to walk away from any job because the
stump is high, and paying anybody to come out and cut it down is out of the question, there is just not
enough money in grinding and the customer would not pay an extra 50 bucks to have it cut down...
Maybe up north where they get a lot more for grinding that would work but not down here with guys
doing stumps for 10 bucks each, with bus the way it is down here i'll take all the stumps i can get, did
28 the other day and had to cut 10 of them down lower, pretty big ones, just put the cost in the bid...
Bob.....