Chainsaws....

[ctenidae]

Dealers are most impressed when you wear ONLY the chaps and nothing else. That's what all the professionals do.

Professionals, yes, but not professional chainsawyers

 

[Marc]

Professionals, yes, but not professional chainsawyers

Tomato, tomahto.

Like you have a high horse in this fight.

 

[2knees]

If you are available you should go with him in case they give him any problems.

i'll wear my chippewa loggers.

 

[Marc]

i'll wear my chippewa loggers.

Also, any and all flannel you own. Including sheets if you have them.

 

[ctenidae]

Tomato, tomahto.

Like you have a high horse in this fight.

You're right. After that 2-week bender in Manila, I probably shouldn't dicuss chaps at all.
Or horses.

 

[Marc]

You're right. After that 2-week bender in Manila, I probably shouldn't dicuss chaps at all.
Or horses.

Is this a lead in for a follow up post to the shaving thread?

 

[2knees]

Also, any and all flannel you own. Including sheets if you have them.

Carhartt flannel. its all about carhartt.

 

[ctenidae]

Is this a lead in for a follow up post to the shaving thread?

That was Managua. Totally different scene.
Though, come to think of it, same chaps.

 

[drjeff]

 

[tjf67]

Check out nschat to see how not to handle a chainsaw. I guess he did not read the instruction book befoe he fired it up.

 

[Glenn]

I picked this up on Saturday:

Went with a set of chaps, muffs, file/guide, ect. Had the guy swap out the safety chain for a Stihl yellow.

I have about 6-7 tanks through it and it cuts nicely. This coming weekend, I'm going to fab up a saw buck so I can cut some pine rounds to length.

Action shots:

 

[TheBEast]

Great stuff Glenn!

 

[Glenn]

It's a fun saw! Felling trees ain't as easy at the guys on Ax Men make it look.

 

[drjeff]

I saw first hand this past Friday night the results of Glenn's chainsaw prowess, and it's a pretty impressive amount of trees he's taken down, cleaned up, and stacked, a good deal of which were situated on a piece of land that is far from flat!

What's really going to be cool to see the pictures of is the next big tree project at Glenn's place, when the pro's come in, with a big crane, to take down a tree that looks to be a good 125 feet tall and is located maybe 15 feet from both his house and his shed

 

[gmcunni]

chainsaw work is fun but i really enjoy the next step, splitting!

 

[Glenn]

Thanks Jeff! I actually restacked some wood yesterday afternoon. I moved all the "cut this year" stuff to the back stack that's next to the stream. I'm thinking some time in October, I'll start moving wood under the deck. It's great drying weather now...wind/breeze, low humidity and sun.

Yep! That's gonna be impressive! The only way to get that down is with a crane. I will be taking pics of that! I'm going to see if we can get a round cut from that tree. I'd like to make another small table...to match the other one down stairs. :lol:

Splitting is great. I sometimes wish I had a gas splitter, but I just don't process enough to justify it. My wife bought me this last year for my birthday:

I love it. It's a lot easier to swing vs. a regular maul. Some people don't like the shorter handle, but a slight stance adjustment took care of that. I find it splits faster than a maul and I'm much less tired/sore.

 

[gmcunni]

Splitting is great. I sometimes wish I had a gas splitter, but I just don't process enough to justify it. My wife bought me this last year for my birthday:

I love it. It's a lot easier to swing vs. a regular maul. Some people don't like the shorter handle, but a slight stance adjustment took care of that. I find it splits faster than a maul and I'm much less tired/sore.

i have the same Fiskars. i was shocked at how well something so light worked for splitting. i've been using the maul lately though, i feel very manly wielding the big heavy tool.

 

[Glenn]

I'm still amazed how the Fiskars is "sharpened". Do that with a maul and you've got 6lbs of metal burried into a round.

 

[gmcunni]

got wood?

spent some time this weekend stacking what I'd been splitting.

 

[Glenn]

Very nice!

Most of this is Ash from a tree that came down last fall. The stack way in the back is all the stuff we cut this year. I have another rack of split dry pine behind the shed, out of the pic.