North East Tennessee MAC Report
Humid day in North East Tennessee Saturday. Ground is saturated with standing water in places. Earlier in the week, I repaired the dozer, but with the many inches of rain the ground was too soggy to attempt Plan B - the dozer assisted truck run up the hill.
Against medical advice, Brian met me at the range. He said he would limit his bucking to his 1010 but I caught a glimpse of him with his 800 in his hand. They are hard to put down. We bucked and loaded dead ash in a field to make a truck load of logs. I ran a tank through my 700 and couldn't help but think if I had met Brian earlier, I probably wouldn't own any 82cc MACs as my 700 runs better it seems after he worked on it than it ever has. It's vibrations and prior poor performance with a 28" bar falling larger than bar length red oaks is why I bought my first 82cc MAC - a PM8200 now owned by Mark H. No regrets stepping up 12 more ccs, however.
Shortly after noon, we had the deuce loaded so we slowly made our way to the woodlot on city streets sans the left mirror which was a casualty to last week's assault on the hill. We were fortunate to see several pickups of the woodlot regulars at a downtown church, so we wheeled in just in time to have a turkey and dressing lunch.
On a much more serious note, upon arriving home Saturday, I learned from my wife that a local young (early 40's I believe) man I know was critically injured Saturday while cutting a fallen tree out of a road. I am told the tree was hung in another and he was hit in the chest and thrown 15 feet. Lost his spleen and part of his intestines, broke his ribs, collapsed his lungs and damaged his pancreas. He has endured multiple surgeries over the weekend. I was told they were able to take him off the ventilator today. Prayers for him and his family would be appreciated.
As always, Be Safe,
Ron
PS Sorry, no pictures.
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