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That 2nd pic was the most impressive, with the other subjects in the background giving a sense of scale.
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i had a go at the big oak today (with the 455)
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sure it was worth it i got a free pickup load of oak for a couple hours work. ill be goin back sometime soon too.
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i cant tell you how much i wanted to get the rest of that small piece but for somereason if i do alot of work like that my hands involentary close themselves and i have to pry them open. it can be pretty painful. it was pretty bad in the end as much as i hated to i had to stop. if i didnt keep my hands totally open they would close up on me. so i couldnt even start nevermind run the saw.
ive always been that way even as a kid if i played hockey a long time say with my hands closed on the stick when i stop and try to say unlace my skates it happens. prolly should look into it lol. but i got a big load and prolly better for the truck that i didnt add more to the pile (wasnt much more room anyway)
anyway thats the biggest friggin tree i ever cut up good times
One of my uncle's has a problem similar to what you are describing. I have not seen it personally bur he describes it as his hand "collapsing" and like you he has to pry it open. I believe it is called Kienbock's disease and it usually occurs in people who work with their hands for a living. I'm not sure if there is any treatment or cure for it though.
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A job well done!
I wouldn't worry too much about what anyone thinks of your saw. If it works for you it's a good one.
If your only using your saw to cut firewod and around the house use I think a pro saw would be overkill. Don't see anything wrong with a homeowner buying a pro saw if they are an enthusiest but it is kind of overkill IMO. My dad found a pouland at one of the Sears outlets for a really good price. I told him to go for it. I am not a fan out pouland saws at all but for as much as he uses it it's just fine for him. He probably uses it a half dozen times a year and he's had it about 5 years now. Besides, I have 6 pro Stihls if he needs anything big cut up. I think he paid about $150 for his saw and it's perfect for the amount of firewood he cuts and around the house use.
However, if you were cutting a tree or two that size every week you would need to get yourself a nice 361 or even better, a 441 and ditch the Husky...
opcorn:
I wouldn't worry too much about what anyone thinks of your saw. If it works for you it's a good one.
If your only using your saw to cut firewod and around the house use I think a pro saw would be overkill. Don't see anything wrong with a homeowner buying a pro saw if they are an enthusiest but it is kind of overkill IMO. My dad found a pouland at one of the Sears outlets for a really good price. I told him to go for it. I am not a fan out pouland saws at all but for as much as he uses it it's just fine for him. He probably uses it a half dozen times a year and he's had it about 5 years now. Besides, I have 6 pro Stihls if he needs anything big cut up. I think he paid about $150 for his saw and it's perfect for the amount of firewood he cuts and around the house use.
However, if you were cutting a tree or two that size every week you would need to get yourself a nice 361 or even better, a 441 and ditch the Husky...
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jeeptj,
I & one buddy cut up a HUGE White Ash a few years ago.
Tree was over 100' tall, 70' at it's widest & 44" dbh with 18' of trunk to the first limb. We did just as rancher455 is doing, we blocked/ripped a lot of it. He had a Husky 142 & I had a MS 029 for saws at that time. It took a heck of a lot of time 20+ hours each to section it all up, get rid of all the brush & load + haul 14 large truck loads of wood. That one tree heated both my buddies house & my BIL's house for much of the following winter.
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BUT...... About 3 18" trees later, the clutch in my 029 blew & took the auto oiler with it...... That Ash was the only tree I ever cut with that 029 of over 30". Now I'll leave you to make the call: Do ya think that Ash had a lot to do with the saw's clutch blowing?
It's not a "saw snob" thing, that's BS, it's a time/saw longevity thing. That's why I up graded to pro type saws, I like cutting big trees when the chance offers. As Rancher455 posted, (may have been in his first thread regarding this tree), it's kind of compelling. Best of all you can get a LOT of wood from one big tree in less time with a 70cc or larger pro grade saw.
It will be interesting to see if Rancher455 goes back for the main log, which is mostly still intact. At least that is how I read his first post to this thread, he got almost all the smaller 3' section and only a couple blocks off the main log.
Now I hope Rancher455 does go back for the rest of that tree, that's a heck of a lot of very prime wood. But I also hope he keeps his chains very sharp & keeps a good eye on his saw's clutch for signs of wearing heavy. Steady ripping/blocking of large hardwood like oak creates a lot of heat in the clutch. Ripping/blocking of a large tree is just plain a lot harder on a landowner type saw than it is on a pro grade saw. Pro grade saws are built to take that hard use, landowner/homeowner saws are not.
I & one buddy cut up a HUGE White Ash a few years ago.
Tree was over 100' tall, 70' at it's widest & 44" dbh with 18' of trunk to the first limb. We did just as rancher455 is doing, we blocked/ripped a lot of it. He had a Husky 142 & I had a MS 029 for saws at that time. It took a heck of a lot of time 20+ hours each to section it all up, get rid of all the brush & load + haul 14 large truck loads of wood. That one tree heated both my buddies house & my BIL's house for much of the following winter.
.
BUT...... About 3 18" trees later, the clutch in my 029 blew & took the auto oiler with it...... That Ash was the only tree I ever cut with that 029 of over 30". Now I'll leave you to make the call: Do ya think that Ash had a lot to do with the saw's clutch blowing?
It's not a "saw snob" thing, that's BS, it's a time/saw longevity thing. That's why I up graded to pro type saws, I like cutting big trees when the chance offers. As Rancher455 posted, (may have been in his first thread regarding this tree), it's kind of compelling. Best of all you can get a LOT of wood from one big tree in less time with a 70cc or larger pro grade saw.
It will be interesting to see if Rancher455 goes back for the main log, which is mostly still intact. At least that is how I read his first post to this thread, he got almost all the smaller 3' section and only a couple blocks off the main log.
Now I hope Rancher455 does go back for the rest of that tree, that's a heck of a lot of very prime wood. But I also hope he keeps his chains very sharp & keeps a good eye on his saw's clutch for signs of wearing heavy. Steady ripping/blocking of large hardwood like oak creates a lot of heat in the clutch. Ripping/blocking of a large tree is just plain a lot harder on a landowner type saw than it is on a pro grade saw. Pro grade saws are built to take that hard use, landowner/homeowner saws are not.
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