My saws were busy Fri morning. The owner wanted a couple of trees down, and I know you all always like to see pics. The 1st was about a 15" Black Birch and the second was just one leg of a Chestnut Oak (about 30"). The other leg will be a future project, I'll use ropes when I drop that because it can reach his house and does not have a lean like the leg I took down.
The owner was amazed that I dropped them both exactly where I told him. He previously had some second rate pros that did not do so well (there are other pros in my area that do outstanding work).
Did it all with square file chain, I'm starting to really like that stuff. I seem to be able to sharpen it fine (the chains are still relatively new) and I'm even getting faster at it. Not having any problems with it staying sharp even though some of those pieces of Oak were caked with mud. Both chains were still cutting well at the end of the project, so I sharpened them both after to be ready for next time. Used 20" bar on both saws, but next time I think I'll put the 24 on the 044.
One of the owners friends was trying to help out with a very small Stihl saw that was struggling to cut the Chestnut Oak branches. So I told him to use my 362 while I used the 044 on the trunk. He absolutely loved it, but when I asked him if the wanted to try my 044 (see what going to one GTG does to you?) he violently shook his head no and said he didn't need to run anything stronger than the 362.
The muffler port I put on the 362 does not seem to increase the noise when you are operating it, but you you are not the operator, that little saw sounds evil, and the 044 is running very strong with the duel port muffler and K&N filter. All and all it was a nice morning.
Some nice firewood that I will bring to my daughter.
