Promise Made, Promise Kept

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#31  
Yeah I was just getting started but didn't want to seem like I was picking on you. :D I started cutting firewood with Chainsaws when I was 10. That is 40+ years ago now. I didn't start using safety glasses and ear plugs until I started doing more serious tree work about 10 years ago. Now I wear the helmet chaps glasses and ear plugs just about every time I am running the saw on the ground. Up in a tree I won't do it unless I have all of the head ear and eye protection on..
I don't do the 'up in the tree stuff'.
Much higher than my Massey seat, and I get lightheaded:laughing:
 
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   / Promise Made, Promise Kept
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I would have liked to have some of that log for lumber. I've cut trees down that were over 30+inches in diameter with a 16" bar, it's not a hard thing to do just takes a little more time. I figure if the ole timers could cut redwoods with an axe I got life easy :D
The trunk where I cut it was big, but it "y'ed" off at the 5 foot mark.
The limb that angled the farthest, had rot in the center at several points.
The main trunk has metal in it somewhere, I just haven't found it yet.
It was a 'yard tree' and most yard trees have metal in them somewhere, and it's really hard to find someone willing to put them on their mill to find out.
 
   / Promise Made, Promise Kept #33  
The fastest way to find any metal in a tree is with a chainsaw has been my experience. :mad:
 
   / Promise Made, Promise Kept #34  
The fastest way to find any metal in a tree is with a chainsaw has been my experience. :mad:

I noticed that too. I once cut down a 35-40' dead spruce in a friend's yard as a favor. That thing was so full of nails I had to sharpen the saw four times by the time it was cleared out. Figures ... a tree in a large, city back yard, would be full of nails.
 

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