Had an easy house stakeout in the morning. Got back to the office, and the boss wasn't there, so I took my saws out to clear a pasture. Lots of fun! Problem... It's a clusterfuck of vines. Vines growing on vines, and tearing down trees so they lay on a stack of vines with ground nowhere to be seen. . Got the small stuff with my little saw, then pulled out my big one to take care of some larger wood. Sharpen my chain up. 84 drive links, which should be 42 teeth. Takes awhile... make a half dozen cuts, and stick the bar in the dirt. FUCK!! I only have two cuts left on that log, so I power through like a dumbass, with the saw making little dust instead of nice chips. I get through it, sharpen the chain again. Take down the rakers a bit, and it's cutting like a dream...
Start on the next big log. Another half dozen cuts, and sparks come out of the kerf. That's not good... Can't even power through now. It's not cutting at all. Put it on the tailgate, and the teeth look like I was cutting steel. I guess there was a rock somewhere under the vines :^S Sharpen it yet again. Takes a lot of filing to get rid of the damage, and I'm about 2mm from the witness marks on the chain. Get it straight, finish the log I was working on, and touch up the teeth *yet again*. I'm done with the big saw, but I almost always sharpen it before packing it away. Did I mention it's 42 teeth?? Chain's shot. I'll use it one last time on decent wood, but after that, it'll be a stump chain for one last death run til the teeth fall off.
I spent almost as much time sharpening chains as I did cutting, and my shoulders are sore from swinging a saw around cutting vines. Gotta say, I really appreciate the 16" bar on the echo when it's time to file. Takes a fraction of the time it does for the 25" bar. Oh. and I was gonna spin a loop of stihl chain for the echo tonight, but forgot, and left my stuff in the truck. Don't feel like going out to get it now. PITA day, but I guess it was still better than doing my usual work :^D