chainsaws are good

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There were a few small trees the wife wanted taken down (and some non-small ones I'll need some help with later) but I thought "let me just take the old axe here and drop these 3 little ones all quick like...". Yea, no. Old dead hardwoods are HARD, and even my freshly sharpened axe was requiring some serious muscle to make progress.

Grabbed the chainsaw and all 3 were turned into firewood sized bits in under 10 minutes. Technology, it's not all bad.
 
I'm impressed that you tried.

I only split wood with my ax these days. I fell trees by burning gasoline and shooting wood chips.
 
I love chopping of the wood...
But yeah, gas powered when you ain't wanting to spend time on it.

Here's mine...
Early. 1980's vintage. McCulloch 10-10S with compression release to start the mother.
Cut many cord of oak, madrone and pine.


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Yes, makes quick work. I cut this down the other night in about 30 mins. Not sure it will split with all those knots. So I'll likely cut it into chunks later and burn it in the fire pit next year.

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J R Green said:
I bought a new Stihl last year and it's great. If I ever figure out how to sharpen one that'll be something indeed.
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I've found the best way is to...

carefully remove it from the saw...

slowly back the car out of the garage...

attentively drive to Joe's Tractor Sales in Thomasville. :D
 
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I could never get the hang of sharpening chains so I usually buy extra chains and just swap them out as needed and take dull chains two at a time into ACE for sharpening.
I just bought a new Stihl that you pull out rope with two fingers let it go and it starts. Gave away old saws because I could no longer pull rope to start them. They were Stihl’s too.
 
J R Green said:
Got it, still can't make it work. I think it has a lot to do with my failing vision.
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How can you see to change a chain out and not that sharpener? To me it makes it so simple and easy after being recommended one you really don’t have to see just match the handle angle and go. Is it perfect no but unless your running a race saw doesn’t matter usually and I have found it much easier to touch one up before it gets real dull. Also staying out the dirt or wiping it off the wood with a brush helps the most.

I do grind one occasionally or have it done if they get real bad but most time i just try to keep it touched up not to need it and they stay cutting straighter that way.
 
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I ran both my saws a bit today. I bought a stihl ms181 right before Florence came and bought a ms271 last weekend. Been removing a tree that fell right behind our electric fence, all that is left now is to get the top out and sectioned to burn. I’m making a bench by our fire pit with the trunk.
 
Climberman said:
That really looked awful but your old avatar was funny as hell @Chdamn.
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If you’re taking about the mask wearing, chainsaw wielding maniac with the broken leg the Yeah another member made that and I have no idea who. And I can’t find the damn thing anymore. Lost it in a phone transfer.
 
Jp8819 said:
Bad thing is your not short its just a big saw.
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The really bad thing is that someone stole it from my farm in the past month or so. I did not discover it gone until a couple of weeks ago.

Some former employees were in the practice of leaving the barn unlocked and open when they were working elsewhere on the farm.

I'm still really pissed about it; that's around $3,000 to replace the powerhead and bar.
 
Scsmith42 said:
The really bad thing is that someone stole it from my farm in the past month or so. I did not discover it gone until a couple of weeks ago.

Some former employees were in the practice of leaving the barn unlocked and open when they were working elsewhere on the farm.

I'm still really pissed about it; that's around $3,000 to replace the powerhead and bar.
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Ouch sorry to hear hopefully you catch them.
 
Sharpening is just about practice. Had a buddy who used to laugh at me for using chains brand new straight from the box, he said they weren’t really shipped sharp. I didn’t believe him at first, but eventually I had to admit that his cut better than mine and so I started practicing. I’ve progressed to good enough.
 
Jeppo said:
I've found the best way is to...

carefully remove it from the saw...

slowly back the car out of the garage...

attentively drive to Joe's Tractor Sales in Thomasville. :D
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Don't forget to put the chain in a bag so as not to spread grease inside the car.


I have a rig that clamps to the bar and holds a file at the correct angle, but I've basically quit since the Stihl dealer in town will sharpen chains for $6 each. Have my own electric sharpener just in case.
 
Chdamn said:
Chainsaws are good. Trees that act like they’re filled with rubber bands are bad......m’kay.

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That is exactly why I haven't taken down a few trees up in the mountains. They aren't near any structures or places people frequent so I am going to let nature do its thing.
 
I have one of these. Never used it though. I did crank it back in the late 70's.
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@Scsmith42 ......that's some impressive wood you got there!

Tree work gives intrigues me....makes me use the ol' noggin and the muscles. Sometime this spring....i want to learn hownto climb.
 
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gunbelt said:
I have one of these. Never used it though. I did crank it back in the late 70's.
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It is probably worth some good money by this point to some of the saw collectors if its complete. Several years ago dad had one of the old stihl saws where you could rotate the head and it was not running and got good money from a collector.
 
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