To tell y’all the truth, I have been thinking about a second saw for backup (it ain’t CAD, really… it ain’t). As unclemoustache pointed out, I have “screwdrivers (many), utility knives (many), drills (many), and other tools of which (I) have many”… but no back-up if the saw breaks. It’s not super critical because I do all my cutting right here on the farmstead… it’s not like I drive 30 miles to cut wood. Still, it would be irritating to have the thing go down without anything to fall back on. And because I do cut a lot of 25+ inch wood, a tad bigger than what I have would be handy.
I’d like to find a nice, older, pre-EPA 036 sitting at a yard sale (yeah, I know, good luck with that) and have two bars for it, 20 and 25 inch. I figure between the 026 and a 036 (25-inch) I’d have 95+% of my cutting needs covered… and the 036 would make falling those bigger trees somewhat easier. I suppose I could go bigger, like maybe an 046, but that would sort of defeat the “back-up” purpose… just a bit on the heavy side as a firewood saw. Some years ago I owned a “yellow” saw in the 60-65cc range, probably should have kept it as back-up. Oh well, I figure something will come along… something always does.
And there’s one more… I don’t know why I ever sold it… it was the handiest darn thing. I had a little, light-weight (no chain brake), “green” top-handled saw several years ago… bought it back in the 80’s at some hardware store for like $79.oo or some such. It came out of the box wearing a 16-inch bar which was way, way too much for it. I stuck a 10-inch bar on it, which made one super handy little trimming and clean-up saw. Somebody offered me 50 bucks for that little “green” thing one day, and I had three other saws at the time (including a sweet 024 Super), so in a moment of weakness I handed it over… and then probably spent the money on beer or some other foolishness. Of all the saws I’ve sold or traded away over the years, that’s the one I regret. I’d sure like to replace it, but I can’t find anything as small and light-weight now-a-days.
But it ain’t CAD, really… it ain’t!