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Peters, about the worst thing you can do to any type of saw or chipper is to run sage brush through it.
Chief, Yes it is a MS 660 with a 36 inch bar and I already got the durn thing in the dirt once!
The tree is estimated at 150 years.... it was probably here the first time Kit Carson walked through ..... and it was about 120 feet tall. Last month a limb with a 40 inch cross section came down and crushed two storage sheds and took out power and phones to the whole neighborhood.
Once it was discovered how unstable the thing really was, my wifes auntie hired a tree guy to take the whole tree down. The process took several days and it came down in pieces such as the ones you see in the picture.
I am cutting the rounds into sizes I can pick up and haul off. It looks like I am going to get about 10 cords of wood out of that tree and there is still 20 feet of it standing that they cannot cut.
I have had zero problems with the way the saw handles.... no kickback at all but your suggestion about the hardhat is a good one and I will look into it today.
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Mark, I bet that just makes your day when that happens! I have a 24" bar on my O-66 and it takes 15 -20 to sharpen the teeth after they get dulled. All it takes is a fraction of a second and then you are just waisting time and clutch trying to cut with a dull chain. They are fantastic saws. I bought mine after a freak ice storm we had back in 1993. It is bit on the heavy side but that baby can cut! I keep a spare chain and sharpen about every other tank of gas. I bought a set of the safety chaps to wear over my pants but those things are too hot to wear during the summer. If I cut alone, I wear them and keep the cell phone close. I would love to have been able to watch taking that tree down. Very interesting but dangerous work. I have taken some big oak trees down but nothing even resembling that monster! It is a fine science and if you screw it up can have some very expensive or fatal results. My neighbor lost an O-64 chainsaw when it became pinched and the tree fell back on it. I am always concerned about the tree "barber chairing". I try to cut a big notch and cut through to fell the tree the direction it is leaning or inclined to go down. I prefer hooking up a 100' 5/8" steel cable about 30' up the tree and pulling it down with the dozer. That ain't gonna happen with the monster you are cutting up. What was it? An old lodge pole pine? Have fun and be safe.
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I forgot to mention that part.... it is a cottonwood tree.
There are several more just like it in the neighborhood, all are clustered near a natural spring.
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On the subject of sharpening..... I got a small clamp-on-the-bar grinder from Northern Tool. It has a 12 volt motor and clips onto the truck battery for power.
It is quick to use once it is set up and my old chainsaw has never been so sharp.
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I have the Stihl clamp on sharpener but it takes so long to adjust that I have found that I can do just as well and much faster using a hand file with the file guide. The guy I cut with has an electric sharpener in his shop that does a nice job but you have to remove the chain from the saw.
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Tom, Stihl is still owned by the Stihl family to the best of my knowledge. I thought that Husky is still owned by electrolux? At best, most models run within a thousand rpm difference.
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Mark,
I have a smaller 51 Husky and the larger 257 like Tom. I would not use that big of bar unless I had a tree 2 another 2 feet across. The last one I took down near that size was an old oak snag I had on the top of the hill in KY.
You need to have your plastic wedges handy when cutting big stuff. Save a lot of possible pinching.
Chief,
I always used the falling pants as it is easier to drop them off and cool down. I anly used the chaps once or twice but hated them. It needed to be -20 to keep cool. I wear my shorts underneith and just release the suspenders. My current pair I found in KY and the Husky ones. They are polyester and are hotter than the cotton ones I normally bought when falling. Does any one know where you can get the cotton denium ones? Ken?
Peters
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Yup. Those rounds in the picture are from the branches. We haven't gotten into the trunk yet.
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Nope, I'm not sure where to get those. I always wear blue jeans and the chaps. I hate the chaps but I expect I'd hate a chainsaw accident more!
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Ken;
The denim pants were sold in the logging supply on the west coast. I have not found them in the east. They are much cooler than the polyester and for my mind the best choice. I am not sure that I would wear the chaps, but I guess they are as safe, if you don't fall over from the heat.
Even the pants I have are a bit much in 100 F weather.
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