Nik_Danger
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All right there once was a little girl named...no this is not one of those stories.
Right now I am building 2 outdoor kitchens for a friend of mines stepfather. He is a senior parter for a large law firm in Dallas. He mainly represents GM, Toyota, Homedepot and other large corporate entities....blah blah. I have always noticed that he has a rather large collection of pro grade stihl chainsaws in his barns, he is a suit and tie guy at work but a real roughneck outside of the office. We have cleared many acres together with just his 044 and a john deere skidder on the weekends. Anyway I asked him when he bought his saws and he kinda looked at me with a smirk and said "I didn't pay anything for those saws". As it turns out he is a defense attorney for Stihl, and each saw was evidence in an accident lawsuit. Thats the backgound here is the story to the 044, if you guys like I will post the stories related to his 038, 026, and 046 saws later. BTW it might make you feel good that he has never defended Stihl for a product malfunction, only stupid mistakes made by the operator.
THE 044: So this guy located in east texas was felling some yellow pine...alone. One of those idiot people that shouldn't have a saw in the first place. According to Wayne, (the attorney) the guy had no idea how to fall a tree. There was no notch just multiple cuts in all of his work. He was apparently trying to cut down this one pine but it wouldn't fall. Wayne said the thing was riddled with cuts but nothing was really offsetting the weight. So instead of pulling the tree down he just decided to work on another tree behind him. As he went through the same stupid ass technique and procedure on the opposite tree the one that would not fall fell directly on him from behind. According to Wayne, numerous tree falling accidents happen just from the fact that most people have no idea how much a tree weighs so they don't respect it and it kills most of the people that get unlucky. This guy didn't die. But he was knocked unconscious. This is where he got unlucky...besides the tree falling on his dumbass he fell directly on top of his saw. The saw died when he let go but the muffler was still hot. The poor bastards face was smashed up against the muffler for well over 2 hours until someone came to his aid. It completely cooked his face and sinuses. He lived and sued Stihl. He lost and part of the settlement was that the defense attorney got to keep the evidence. I later asked Wayne if it creeped him out that his piece of equip. was involved in carnage. He looked at me and said, "no, its a good saw". I've used that saw for many many hours...and I won't use it again. It creeps me out. Not all of the stories are accidents, they do all involve people getting cut, but there are some crazy twists and each saw tells a story. I used to depend on his saws for my timber production, now I am buying my own. No bad karma here!
The 026 is the real kicker.
Right now I am building 2 outdoor kitchens for a friend of mines stepfather. He is a senior parter for a large law firm in Dallas. He mainly represents GM, Toyota, Homedepot and other large corporate entities....blah blah. I have always noticed that he has a rather large collection of pro grade stihl chainsaws in his barns, he is a suit and tie guy at work but a real roughneck outside of the office. We have cleared many acres together with just his 044 and a john deere skidder on the weekends. Anyway I asked him when he bought his saws and he kinda looked at me with a smirk and said "I didn't pay anything for those saws". As it turns out he is a defense attorney for Stihl, and each saw was evidence in an accident lawsuit. Thats the backgound here is the story to the 044, if you guys like I will post the stories related to his 038, 026, and 046 saws later. BTW it might make you feel good that he has never defended Stihl for a product malfunction, only stupid mistakes made by the operator.
THE 044: So this guy located in east texas was felling some yellow pine...alone. One of those idiot people that shouldn't have a saw in the first place. According to Wayne, (the attorney) the guy had no idea how to fall a tree. There was no notch just multiple cuts in all of his work. He was apparently trying to cut down this one pine but it wouldn't fall. Wayne said the thing was riddled with cuts but nothing was really offsetting the weight. So instead of pulling the tree down he just decided to work on another tree behind him. As he went through the same stupid ass technique and procedure on the opposite tree the one that would not fall fell directly on him from behind. According to Wayne, numerous tree falling accidents happen just from the fact that most people have no idea how much a tree weighs so they don't respect it and it kills most of the people that get unlucky. This guy didn't die. But he was knocked unconscious. This is where he got unlucky...besides the tree falling on his dumbass he fell directly on top of his saw. The saw died when he let go but the muffler was still hot. The poor bastards face was smashed up against the muffler for well over 2 hours until someone came to his aid. It completely cooked his face and sinuses. He lived and sued Stihl. He lost and part of the settlement was that the defense attorney got to keep the evidence. I later asked Wayne if it creeped him out that his piece of equip. was involved in carnage. He looked at me and said, "no, its a good saw". I've used that saw for many many hours...and I won't use it again. It creeps me out. Not all of the stories are accidents, they do all involve people getting cut, but there are some crazy twists and each saw tells a story. I used to depend on his saws for my timber production, now I am buying my own. No bad karma here!
The 026 is the real kicker.
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