North East Tennessee MAC Report
Surprisingly, a beautiful day in North East Tennessee with early morning rains then sunshine before sprinkles in the afternoon today. Too wet to load wood so back to felling, one of the best slices of my times in the woods. Brian brought his 800 and 1010S - both sweet running saws. I brought my 800 that the trigger linkage had come off on its last outing. I put it back on this morning, but a couple of blips later it was off again. So I felled the first tree of the day and a stub with Brian's 800, then bucked them to log lengths with his 1010S while he worked on my 800. We met further up to hill and took on different patches - many just small trees that the range wanted cut. There was one fair size blown-over ash 40 degrees off the horizon. I proceeded to immediately get the 1010S stuck in a precarious position during the face cut. I tried to use my 800 to cut above it, but the throttle linkage wouldn't cooperate. While Brian fixed it, I stuck his 800 which provoke a discussion of what was our record for stuck saws in the same tree. Brian recalled it to be three. For awhile today it looked that we were going for a new record as the fully severed stem rolled on the stump sticking my 800. Fortunately, I was able to remove the 1010S before we cut the stem and Brian was able to save his 800 while the stem was being severed. We used the winch on Brian's side by side to complete the roll and free my 800. In all our fun today, I didn't take any pictures. Brian may have taken some of our run for the record, but I don't know for sure.
Today was just a fun day. The conditions limited what we could do so there weren't any of the usual demands of multiple tasks competing for your time.
Hope you all enjoy Easter.
Be safe,
Ron