Why do Amateurs think they know best???

[jrcat]

I'll just go set myself on fire..... or maybe I'll just go do some smokey burnouts....

 

[twochains]

That's nothing but "bad ass"!!!!

 

[RandyMac]

That's nothing but "bad ass"!!!!

That, is what it takes.

 

[twochains]

That, is what it takes.

I would leave 2moro if I thought I could actually get a fair shot

 

[Byrdmando]

In general, the most arrogant/cocky/over-confident fallers I've encountered are the ones that tear up their saws/bars and make big messes. The best fallers I've worked with have all been easy going guys who didn't talk themselves up, ever. Seems like a pattern that doesn't break.

In my experience, this is how it is in every industry. Not strictly confined to tree work.

 

[RandyMac]

and there in lies the problem we don't get to learn to do that and in all seriousness that is something I will always regret

I almost missed it.

 

[jrcat]

I wished I could have seen the american chestnut trees. The red woods of the east they called them. A blight got most of them back in the early 1900's . there is still a few around but they dont survive very long.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_chestnut

 

[twochains]

I wished I could have seen the american chestnut trees. The red woods of the east they called them. A blight got most of them back in the early 1900's . there is still a few around but they dont survive very long.

American chestnut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have a bunch of furniture made out of wormy chestnut! Seriously...I do! I have had this set since I was a little kid and have never seen any other furniture made from it. I've got a huge desk made of it...takes several people to move it.

 

[056kid]

I have a bunch of furniture made out of wormy chestnut! Seriously...I do! I have had this set since I was a little kid and have never seen any other furniture made from it. I've got a huge desk made of it...takes several people to move it.

Better hold on to that. A weathered down buck skin is all a guy will see as far as chestnut goes.. one of our tracts has oodles of BIG ASS chestnut stumps. Talkin 8 10 feet deals. Some are bigger...

 

[twochains]

Better hold on to that. A weathered down buck skin is all a guy will see as far as chestnut goes.. one of our tracts has oodles of BIG ASS chestnut stumps. Talkin 8 10 feet deals. Some are bigger...

You two are the only ones I have heard even speak of chestnut. Yes, they must have been big! Oh...I'm not getting rid of it ever. I would say that I have probably a large collection...hey, are some pics worth showing?

 

[jrcat]

no pics Some people look at me sideways when I say that the chestnuts were HUGE. Eh oh well.

 

[scottmphoto]

I don't know... I'm an amateur. I've only been running a chainsaw for 35 years. I KNOW that I don't know everything. Hmmm... maybe I'm different.

 

[RandyMac]

If you haven't felled and bucked yourself in 35 years, you must have the hang of it.