Vintage Saws - One Man Crosscut saw vs Bow/Frame saw?

[Mad Professor]

Nice that you had a crew along, their many hands make lighter work. I'm often out by myself or with one other person so I end up having to underbuck those. Another technique for wilderness work.

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We did that on some we could not leverage. Hard to do without 2 people.

We cut whatever lengths we could carry onto the truck. All the splitting was manual too.

 

[AT sawyer]

We did that on some we could not leverage. Hard to do without 2 people.

We cut whatever lengths we could carry onto the truck. All the splitting was manual too.

I've found that for most people the hardest part of underbucking off an axe handle is sticking the axe. The younger generations didn't play much baseball or other swing sports and it shows up in their axe skills. But those things can be learned.