Bought and paid for a house with this tool, raised a family too. Not too many jobs around here where a guy can make a decent living without formal education...there was always work for a good saw man, not anymore, no hand buckers left as they were replaced by processors, and fallers were replaced by feller bunchers.
There is still steep slope hand fallers and big wood hand fallers givin er chit...6-7 $$$ hundred a day.
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I am also a carpenter, but I just cut firewood now...I don't gotta put up with anybodys bullshyte anymore lol.

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