oneoldbanjo
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This weekend I used my 192T to clean up a bunch of wood that was too small to bother stacking in the woodshed - but too big to just throw in a brush pile and waste. All these limbs were about 2 - 5 inches in diameter and left over from all the trees that the power company cut down on my property. I cut all the limbs about 3 feet long and stacked them outside the woodshed near the OWB - and I will be burning these first before I start burning out of the woodshed as I want them all gone by spring so I can have my yard back. The stack is about 11 feet long x 10 feet wide and is about 5.5 feet tall average - it is higher in the middle to help promote drainage off the tarp. The volume calculates to about 4.7 chords - but the limbs don't stack real tight so I would think 4 chords is more realistic and there may even be less.
The Stihl 192T that I bought for cutting up brush was used on 95% of this wood and it did a very nice job. The saw was very easy to manuever with the short 12" bar I have on it, and I could cut a long time without ever setting the saw down as I could drag wood out of the pile with my left hand while still holding onto the saw with my right. I know two handed cutting is recommended - but I sure don't have a problem with holding the saw in one hand while positioning logs for cutting or throwing the cut off pieces over to the woodpile. The chain stops as soon as the throttle is released and it idles well between cuts. When you get to the larger pieces the saw does slow down and if you are cutting something 8" around it does make you think you need a bigger saw - but on the limbs smaller than 5" it cuts just fine. The narrow PMN chain maks a nice thin cut that helps the small saw cut quickly. On the occasion that I need to get up in a tree and cut out a dead limb it works great - however I only to that a couple of times a year. I really like this saw and I have spent a lot of time with it cleaning up brush and small limbs. The 200T may be a faster/better saw - but for much less cost the 192T still works very nicely.
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The Stihl 192T that I bought for cutting up brush was used on 95% of this wood and it did a very nice job. The saw was very easy to manuever with the short 12" bar I have on it, and I could cut a long time without ever setting the saw down as I could drag wood out of the pile with my left hand while still holding onto the saw with my right. I know two handed cutting is recommended - but I sure don't have a problem with holding the saw in one hand while positioning logs for cutting or throwing the cut off pieces over to the woodpile. The chain stops as soon as the throttle is released and it idles well between cuts. When you get to the larger pieces the saw does slow down and if you are cutting something 8" around it does make you think you need a bigger saw - but on the limbs smaller than 5" it cuts just fine. The narrow PMN chain maks a nice thin cut that helps the small saw cut quickly. On the occasion that I need to get up in a tree and cut out a dead limb it works great - however I only to that a couple of times a year. I really like this saw and I have spent a lot of time with it cleaning up brush and small limbs. The 200T may be a faster/better saw - but for much less cost the 192T still works very nicely.
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