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Salty; How are you doing my cyber Canuck friend to the west? I hope you're all getting the milder temps we are too and the snow's melting a wee bit? It appears I can't get a photo to post, but here's a link to what I've been wearing the last couple years when doing any saw work. Made in Vancouver even!  https://www.bigkclothing.ca/bk80141fri-nvI'll tell you what though Salty, when a fellow wears them in anything much above temps that we're getting now, as in just about freezing, one risks getting a case of boiled bits with them.... They're not as cool as the skinny jeans I'm guessing - even though I'm skinny I just run either Wranglers or Rustler jeans Salty, sorry about that mobile fashion fox paw on my part. Anyways Salty I mostly dropped by to render salutations to you and wish you and yours a good weekend. All the best to you all out west. Dwayne Those are some good looking saw pants Dwayne, speaking of function not tongue in cheek fashion commentary  I get by with some probably 35 year old denim fallers pants that’s right denim. And I’ll go out on a limb in reading your mind just now and I agree that was a stupid idea then and it still is!! Big K I think they are. Got all the proper safety stamps of the day but 3 honest drops of water and they’re wet. Helps quite a bit that they’ve soaked up a lot of chain oil through the years and I do not wash them. Oh well they’ve saved me a couple bites along the line for sure. We’ve got little snow left Dwayne the last foot or so rotted out corn snow that even getting rained on the last week on and off is stubborn to leave. I hear from a pal in Vernon that is melting lately too so good to hear you okanagan fellas get a break too. Good to hear your thoughts from “out east”. Ha! The very best to you too this fine weekend. 
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This is not that Boss
This is the arrogant 79 year old that injects his pie holery like “ponderosa pine..yeh that some wood real men use for firewood, we split it ourselves with a boy’s ax”
i mean cmon
Or “thicket...you dont know what a thicket is....your deer property looks it a city park, where’s the swingset”
😃😂😂 A thicket is what we call them french wimmins that don't shave, you can use it in a sentence thusly...them wimmins sure do have a thicket down in there, or I wonder what dat thicket is like? er,  The ones I seen in Quebec had thickets under their arms and all down their legs too. Grossed me right the hell out.
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This is not that Boss
This is the arrogant 79 year old that injects his pie holery like “ponderosa pine..yeh that some wood real men use for firewood, we split it ourselves with a boy’s ax”
i mean cmon
Or “thicket...you dont know what a thicket is....your deer property looks it a city park, where’s the swingset”
😃😂😂 A thicket is what we call them french wimmins that don't shave, you can use it in a sentence thusly...them wimmins sure do have a thicket down in there, or I wonder what dat thicket is like? er, The ones I seen in Quebec had thickets under their arms and all down their legs too. Grossed me right the hell out. Pics or it didn't happen
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My wife will be attending her first class Saturday morning!
After helping with a couple loads last weekend, she said running the saw looks like fun. I'll start her off with the Milwaukee battery saw and then switch to a little Echo 3510.
A couple standing dead red elm trees will be the main focus so sharp chains will be of particular importance. Tomorrow we'll also drop one of the several dead ash trees and she can see how easy splitting with an axe can be. Her last lesson using a Fiskars maul on elm didn't work out so well.
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My wife will be attending her first class Saturday morning!
After helping with a couple loads last weekend, she said running the saw looks like fun. I'll start her off with the Milwaukee battery saw and then switch to a little Echo 3510.
A couple standing dead red elm trees will be the main focus so sharp chains will be of particular importance. Tomorrow we'll also drop one of the several dead ash trees and she can see how easy splitting with an axe can be. Her last lesson using a Fiskars maul on elm didn't work out so well. Got a little Echo 370 my wife doesn't like to run. I've had her use it a couple times, it's a great little toy. I figure a day may come when I'm gone, it's there, so why not have her comfortable with running it? But she is afraid. She has bucked with the 372, but there is no reason to learn that one, it's a bit much for her.
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After a some safety instruction she went to work on a small log and limbs with the Milwaukee. She drained two 12ah batteries while I dropped and bucked a couple bigger trees. I split and she loaded everything.
She enjoyed running the Milwaukee but wants to use a real saw next time.
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Thing about saws, once is all it takes. I think I used up more than my share of close calls, never an injury. But SO close. Falling and sawing are not only three-dimensional, but you have hidden dangers all around. And even the smallest stick can mess you up for life. It's just not a casual kind of thing in my book.
If there's a community college nearby teaching a class, do that at the least.
Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.
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Husky, Echo, Homelite or Craftsman?
Your diploma matters.
HUSQVARNA OF COURSE! I notice you didn't even list stihl! The ONLY stihl I have any interest in is the new 500i. Pound for pound, that saw is a beast! Of course if I was gonna cut Sherman Id opt for a 2100 husky or bigger. I THINK I could do it with a 395xp but what the hell, youll only get to cut him once so I would spend the bucks and get the biggest Husky made to do the job. I didn't mention Stihl because they work for a living... and don't needs no stinking degree for soy/roy boys to feel 5x5 about. ROFLMAO! Im not in the least upset, if I was supposed to be, you missed the mark. All that "work for a living" response gets is a hearty ROFLMAO. Like I said, with the exception of the 500i, which I have in the stable, NOTHING stihl makes will cut with a Husqvarna pound for pound. Bring your 460/461, Ive got a 372 that will smoke it. Bring your 660/661 and Ive got a 390 that will take its lunch money. Either way you compare them, weight vs weight or cc vs cc, husky wins hands down. The new 500i is the only exception to that rule. This could start a real pissin contest :):) Not really... I am east coast... a 20" 362 is all the saw a man really needs here... I have bigger, but mostly they just collect dust anymore. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/FFBDk6Bd/20211202-103415.jpg)
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If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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I run two Husky saws 51 and 55... good featherweight bucking .325s
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Thing about saws, once is all it takes. I think I used up more than my share of close calls, never an injury. But SO close. Falling and sawing are not only three-dimensional, but you have hidden dangers all around. And even the smallest stick can mess you up for life. It's just not a casual kind of thing in my book.
If there's a community college nearby teaching a class, do that at the least. Former co-workers uncle went to cut some firewood, took too long, And his wife called John. John went down and found him immediately, heard the saw running. It was sitting there by his uncle, who had fallen and somehow run a snag through his head.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Any Chainsaw colleges in the states you know of? SandBilly; Good evening to you folks down in Texas, I trust the week was a decent one for you and all who matter to you are well. When the subject came up in another thread, I must confess that I - a lifetime westerner - had to fire up the Groogle to see what it might entail and therein I found this, thusly; https://cotr.bc.ca/continuing-education/courses/chainsaw-operator-course/Now that particular course happens to be in the Kootenays, which is known for pot growing mostly these days although there are still ranches and logging too I'm led to believe. As a kid in Saskatchewan we cut more hardwoods - White Birch if we could find it, Scrub or Bur Oak and lastly White Poplar. The Scrub Oak was pretty hard on the chain and even harder to split as I recall. Where we're at here there's some Black Birch and Poplar for hardwoods, but mostly we'll cut Doug Fir for firewood. When I was in the cabinet industry we worked with different hardwoods and I can't imagine cutting Hickory or Red Oak for firewood would be any fun at all. Anyways as always I'm likely three steps behind and have had an easy pitch go clear over my head, but again at 5'6" that's not uncommon. All the best to you all this weekend regardless of the Chainsaw College you attended or did not as the case might or might not be. Dwayne Thanks for the response Dwayne, I posted this on a dare. Sometimes I’m like Igor, a little henchman. But I do know my way around a saw ok. Hope you’re all good as well. We need to talk about the friends you have been hanging out with since you moved to Texas. I know you want to belong, to be accepted, but sometimes the individuals you hang out with aren’t really your friends. I will send you some information on Tennessee and the blight some of them peoples will cause a good person, like you, to suffer from. Friends, don’t let friends, post stupid shît. 🤷🏽♀️😜😂🦫
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[quote=Huntaholic][quote=CashisKing]Husky, Echo, Homelite or Craftsman?
Your diploma matters.
I didn't mention Stihl because they work for a living... and don't needs no stinking degree for soy/roy boys to feel 5x5 about.
Owned one once. Never again. That fugger gave me all kind of degrees, mostly in cussology.
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The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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I never sawed no Blight
Is that on Day 3 of Chanesaw Collij
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Another timely thread….I had dropped 2 BIG alders way past their expected lifespan this past summer and have been stalling getting them bucked up. I told my wife earlier today that tomorrow I’ll run the saw while she throws limbs onto the fire. The new Stihl will get its maiden voyage on those alders and I’ll quit thinking about getting the job done and just do it.
My chainsaw college days were misspent. When I wasn’t getting OJT I was at the bar ….😁. It would seem like there’s a fundamental difference between college chainsaw teachers and shop teachers, at least as far as safety is concerned. Most shop teachers are sporting 7.5 fingers while the chainsaw teachers have all 11 digits. 😁
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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I would be so ‘whole’ if I had one of the microsoft certificate degrees in Chainsawlology
I could be all smartassery to peoples about their grammar and stuff and I’d always start out my explanations in a condescending tone-like as if I was addressing someone that I presumed had only ever lived inside and glued fuggin Revell 69 camaro models together their whole life.
😃😃💁♂️💩💩💩
#misoppurtunity😭😭
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Sounds like slumlords got a sore vagina. In your immunocompromised state that could be fatal.
Who do you keep alluding to?
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Sounds like slumlords got a sore vagina. In your immunocompromised state that could be fatal.
Who do you keep alluding to? He's just pissed because fireball has a dump truck and all he's got is the El Camino.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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I run two Husky saws 51 and 55... good featherweight bucking .325s Damn Brother, those are classics.
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Or “thicket...you dont know what a thicket is....your deer property looks it a city park, where’s the swingset”
😃😂😂
LOLOLOLOL. You know I'm just razzin' my TN brothers.
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Huge difference between a guy who falls timber for a living and a guy who cuts a couple dozen trees a year for firewood or for his smoker wood. When I was a younger I worked as a production faller. Damned dangerous work. Steep. Remote. Logging typically ties commercial fishing annually as the most dangerous industry in the US. I believe our neighbors to the North actually do a better job with training as BC has some kind of faller standard training.
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