Great saw.

OK. I'll fire up the Wild Thing this weekend and see how far I get.

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2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Just take er slow and be sure not to cut where you can't get back out of the way... plus have a no kid zone while the cutting is going down on anything that looks compressed. As far as getting rid of the wood, advertise it as firewood on craigs list and someone will pay you a few bucks to come and get it.

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1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
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http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showpost.php?p=831807&postcount=14

You do have to use some common sense about it, but if you're careful, you'll be okay. If a limb IS compressed or bent back as opposed to just sticking out into space, then you have to be careful cutting it.

It's in the tree guy's best interest for you to be verrry afraid of doing it yourself. Anything on the ground I cut myself. Last week I had a huge pine tree snap in two and land next to the house. I'll cut it up tomorrow.

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IMHO, that tree doesn't look like it would be that big a deal to chop up. If you own a chain saw, have used it more than once, and haven't injured yourself so far, I say go for it.

If I had to fork over $450 every time a tree fell at the farm, I'd be making a small fortune....out of a moderate-sized one.

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You WILL feel your biceps this weekend. Pleasurable pain, means they're growin'! Good luck Sir, and again, watch the weight bearing stuff, once the trunk sarts to roll/move, you dont want to be its stop. Be a geek and wear safety goggles/steel toes. Watch the onset of muscle fatigue, its usually when I start to make mistakes.

That tree looks pretty simple to cut up. Work on the branch's, and then work towards the base. Its not rocket science, by looking at the branch's for a minute you should be able to figure out how its going to shift when you start cutting.

Hitting nails and stuff with the saw really sucks, so try to avoid those. You get a lot of bullets to sometimes.


What really scare me are those wood chippers. Those things will rip off your arm so fast, and the guys using them get way to comfortable.


I say stack the wood and burn it next year.

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I'm ready for action. Weather looks great too. Hopefully I can cut everything up first, then get the boys in after the fact to haul/stack/clean up.

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

You should be fine if you follow the advice here for doing it yourself.

Pick up an extra chain before you start, just to have. In my case, the chain gave out (hard wood) late Sunday afternoon when there was plenty of daylight left to finish the job, but no place to get another chain. With foul weather the following weekend and then again and other things to be done, the tree took much longer to get to the size pieces I wanted, all because of not having another chain for a large job.
Yours looks to be on level ground, which will certainly help.


Always be aware of what's around and behind you so you can get out of the way, that includes making sure there is that room to get out of the way.
The extra time spent doing that is well worth it.
It's easy to cut a piece, kick it out of the way, then trip over it when something happens and you're stepping back. Not good.

Think before starting every cut.

Try to have an adult around just in case of anything. They don't need to be in the immediate vicinity, but it would be good to have someone even a hundred feet or so away. That will also help to make sure no kids are in the area.

Don't forget gloves and ear protection!
Be aware of the chainsaw vibration and knowing when to take a break. That can be brutal on the hands and forearms, even with good gloves, and fatigue could mean danger.

Please post an after picture of your nice pile of wood, or at least a picture of what's left, if anything, after the weekend.

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Back when I was younger my dad and I used to grab probably a dozen tree's a year from my uncle's jobsites. Great wood for camping, I kind of miss cutting up and splitting the wood.

The nice part about it is we got the choice trees! Oh this oak looks good cut that pine out of the way.

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2009 C300 4matic
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Caught this so I won't bust his balls

Md. sure must be alot more patritian than where we are, eh Bot

i miss him.....

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

patrician

b.: a person of breeding and cultivation

Well, I do have kids - and I do have a tree.

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

I can send you that Cemtex, or C-12, if you'd like...

Its Semtex, Rambo, Jr.