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New toy that is not a toy... Chainsaw :)

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DrPizza said:
12-14" logs... aren't those cuuuu-uute! This is the pain in the ass that I dealt with this week.

btw, gostumpy, I still have about 8-10 feet left of the main trunk to cut up tomorrow. I've got a few six packs in the fridge, bring your chain saw over and brews are on me! 😀
I'll even cook a few steaks.
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Haha, I'd love to, a bit far away though! BC Canada here 😉

I got this tree bucked up to where the logs are 14"+ and I have a couple load-bearing limbs to deal with... Didn't feel comfortable cutting them at the time so we just pushed the tree so that it wouldn't fall on passerby's and left it for now.. Gonna go up there with an axe pretty soon and see if I can knock those load-bearers out!
 
Prong said:
Not entirely true. The XP saws (pro line) are Swedish made. I bought a 346XP last year and that saw rips--and that's with one of those crappy low kickback safety chains on it. I want to get a full chisel chain and see what it'll really do.
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Whoops, didn't think to include that XP says are exempt from my statement 🙂
 
So my first cutting / de-limbing project has hit a snag... Tree (24" round) is being propped up on it's limbs, about 5' in the air...

I have 2 safe options:

1) Use a come-a-long and drag the tree onto it's side
2) Use a buddy's 4x4 and drive up there, and use that to drag it onto it's side

Hmmmmmmm.... 🙂

If I end up doing #2 I'll have to grab some pics :biggrin:
 
GoStumpy said:
So my first cutting / de-limbing project has hit a snag... Tree (24" round) is being propped up on it's limbs, about 5' in the air...

I have 2 safe options:

1) Use a come-a-long and drag the tree onto it's side
2) Use a buddy's 4x4 and drive up there, and use that to drag it onto it's side

Hmmmmmmm.... 🙂

If I end up doing #2 I'll have to grab some pics :biggrin:
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I'd just saw the limbs off. Pretty easy to see which way the weight is leaning towards.
 
DrPizza said:
Hmmm, that might be it. It's definitely a fuel problem. I'll have to tinker around with it tomorrow. My other Poulan had trouble with the oil pump. They're decent for occasional use, but not really built to last. I wouldn't have purchased a 2nd Poulan, but it was a Christmas gift. Next one definitely won't be a Poulan - and if it's another gift, I'll return it to the store.

12-14" logs... aren't those cuuuu-uute! This is the pain in the ass that I dealt with this week.
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Splitting those logs was a bitch. Quite a few knots in it. That tree will heat my house for 2 months (at least.) I haven't even attempted to estimate how many cords of wood I've got - I'll be hauling the piles of split wood to the back yard and stacking tomorrow.

btw, gostumpy, I still have about 8-10 feet left of the main trunk to cut up tomorrow. I've got a few six packs in the fridge, bring your chain saw over and brews are on me! 😀
I'll even cook a few steaks.
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Dude why you playing around with a poulan with a monster like that? You ought to have a pro saw and a 24" bar for that kinda stuff.
 
careful with that one. I have the faintest of scars to remind me of how those can roll unexpectedly, from back in 1975.
 
OILFIELDTRASH said:
I'm not saying to stand under the tree while you do it. Of course I'd have to see the tree and limbs before making the call.
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I checked it out thoroughly, and it has probably 1000lbs (minimum) of tree weight on two or three 4-6" branches, when it falls that branch that's holding it up can shoot out to any side with a rediculous amount of force...

I could tell that was a likely scenario so I decided it's safest to just pull it over than chance a catastrophe!

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The main reason I just thought of, the tree is on a steep-ish hill (15% grade probably) and the supporting branches are on the bottom-side holding it up...
I'd have to be either
A) on the downhill side (not gonna happen) or
B) on the uphill side half under the tree (also not gonna happen)
 
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OILFIELDTRASH said:
I'm not saying to stand under the tree while you do it. Of course I'd have to see the tree and limbs before making the call.
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There's a lot of potential energy there. You're not standing in the next county while holding the chain saw - you're right next to that tree. With 4-6" limbs, how far are you going to be through them before one decides to snap under the weight of the tree? You're probably going to be on the same side of the tree that the limb is on - unless you've got realllllly long arms. When nothing is supporting the weight of the tree on that side, which way do you think the tree is going to go?

I couldn't find a good video, but watch this guy - he gtfo of there multiple times. He's obviously an experienced woodsman. He doesn't hang out 2 feet away from the tree - he GTFO when the tree is just starting to crack. 1000 pounds or more resting on a little limb - you might not have time to gtfo when it decides to go. OP did the right thing - pull it over.
 
next door neighbor had a couple of widowmakers on his property after a windstorm. He mowed his lawn near those trees and it made me crazy to think what could happen, so I brought the excavator home and laid them down safely.
When in doubt, don't. Get a pro.
 
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