The rest of the story
As Paul Harvey says"now for the rest of the story".The scenaro takes place last Jan.I was called to assist an arborist buddy of mine who had somehow rounded the heads on the 3/4 grade 8 hex bolts which held the knives of his Linden chipper.While I was there,another fellow drives in with 2 old Stihls,that he was proud as a peacock about,an 075,and an 090.It was the only 075,I had ever seen.Sure enough soon the subject of who can out cut who,came up.Well ,I could not pass this up,so I went home and returned with an 048 Stihl,A hopped up Mac 650,gear drive a 2100s Homie and a Mac 125sp.By buddy had an 064,an 066 and an 084.The wood was 24" dry red oak[he's a tree trimmer and has tons of it lying around]Here is the kicker,my pal uses 3/8"semi ,exclusively,buys it a roll at a time.I have 2 indentical Winsor 36" bars,on the 125 and 2100s,and what nobody knew was the fact it was .404 square ground chisel
The fellow with the old Stihls,had just gotten them.The gov.was still intact on the 090,and while it was powerful, loud,and heavy,It was dead last,on head to head cuts,with the 2100s,125sp and 084.The 075 was dead last,over all.It may not have been tuned right,but it ran slow.The 2100s,barely got the 084.The 125sp was in the lead,by a good 2 or 3 inches on that hard oak.I've been informed,last week,that ole Tom has got himself an 088 and wants a rematch.This was the day for Mac and Homie,next time could be different.It's all in fun anyway
Oh,by the way,I did get his capscrews drilled out of his chipper,and introduced him to Never-seez.
