zogger
Tree Freak
I have I think 4 20s and one 18 d176 mount. I've done the beaver away at ridiculous looking and unsafe notches before felling with a bar less than the radius of the trunk. I'll pass. I've done four large trees like that and it's freeking dangerous, at least for this rookie big tree feller. Been pushing my luck with big trees and gonna take it safer from here on out, plus get me some protective gear past steel toed boots. That trunk can sit for awhile until I get like an 85-100 Cc saw with like a large bar on it. I'm patient.
Mostly it's just the loot, my critters needs have to come first over saws, that's where most of my money goes now.
I *was* going to have a little extra from my tax rebate check this year, but the buyer for half a beef, a side, backed out, so I have to take the whole thing, plus my larger freezer conked out, so I have to replace that as well. That's the bulk of my tax check this year. I was going to do the p/c on my roached echo, then maybe look for a large project saw. Have to put that off now.
*shrugs* such is life. There's *some* big saws around here, but it isn't anything like what you got kicking around the PNW. You guys got the giant trees, so that's where the bulk of the old giant saws wound up at. Just is, is all. We have a lot of cheap not rusted out trucks. Tradeoffs.
Used saws here mostly fall into the 14-20 inch class, home renter/suburban warrior/farmer class saws. There's logging here of course, but most of the big trees were gone by the 40-50s. And mostly they use harvesters now anyway for logging. They'll tote like an old 372 or 440 maybe with them on the truck. That's big for around here, mostly. That's the largest the husky shop has in the store, and the local stihl shop, I *think* the largest on their rack is a 36..something, 1 or 2. Nothing with a 4 on it, you'd have to order it. Let alone a prefix 6 or 8.
I've seen one used husky 3120 in a shop getting repaired..for a trip out west to go do a job.
I was seriously impressed, especially with a new five foot bar on that thing. *That* was a serious saw. Not sure how many tanks I could run through something like that before calling it a day..maybe..third of a tank..HAHAHAHA
Never even seen a 660 or 880 in real life, just pictures.
Anything larger then homeowner saws you once in a really great while mostly see a used high end husky or stihl and they want more than the deals you can find here in the classifieds. I'll pass.
New saws..more than my trucks! I paid less, purchase plus repair parts, for both my trucks, under a grand in each one. The saw companies are nuts! I ain't paying 1500-2000 dollars for a chainsaw! I just ain't! I don't care if I win the lottery, I still wouldn't pay that. 1/20 the materials than in a riding lawnmower, less than half the moving parts, for the same money. Nuts. Price gouging. You can get a nice running 4wd truck for that around here! Nothing fancy, usually they have some "issues" and won't win any truck beautiful contests, but point A to B, on or offroad.
I have absolutely no idea how I will afford obummercare next year. We already grow a lot of our own food to save money, garden/beef/chicken, plus I don't drive much anyway, my insurance costs me more than what I put into the tank (which sucks royally, but I guess compared to most folks it's still real cheap). I only burn around 5-6 gallons of road diesel a month. Four trips to town a month, two trips to the no ethanol station for small engine fuel, that's it. Heck, I burn more two smoke and lawnmower 4 smoke fuel than I do road diesel. I just can't go much cheaper than that on dropping expenses.
I'll find one sometime, it'll show up when I am supposed to have it (old woodshippie thinking sneaking out there on me). I have plenty of other projects to work on right now, and tons of wood to cut that I can handle with what I have now. Tons.
