Have any saws you'd truly never sell/trade?

You'll be getting one but I'll be wanting it back when you're done working your magic on it....lol

 

Mag Craft, that wood is for my personal use. Between my cutting partner and I, we've probably cut close to 60+ cord this year alone. We split the wood "50/50" usually, he takes half or I take half, or we get rid of it before it ever leaves the jobsite. I'm an honest 5 years ahead now, so I only keep the premium stuff anymore (locust, sugar maple, black birch, beech, hickory), most of the rest we get rid of. Not that other wood isn't any good, but I'm so far ahead I've become a sort of "wood snob"......the limited space I have, I choose the best bang for the buck, so to speak.

I have a second pile I'm working on that will be used this winter for making maple syrup (late Feb through March), I've been keeping Norway maple, ash, cherry and lots of pine for that event. My syrup evaporator eats a TON of wood.

 

You make me tear up at times..

 

My thoughts exactly. .

 

My 026 is a saw that I will never part with. It's a great little saw that I pick up a lot for cutting most of the small stuff. And the story behind it will never leave my memory.

I was helping my uncle remove a huge silver maple, over 5' base with many trunks. It was behind a house and garage and he was using a crane to get it out. About half way through the removal a big trunk spun on the crane and got a branch in the hook forcing it open and the whole thing came loose. An 18" diameter trunk came down from about 30' and crushed him. The crane operator (his brother in law) the homeowner and I cut that tree off of him and thought he was dead. Amazingly he came to and fought us to try to get up. It took 4 guys to hold him and strap him to the board when the EMS arrived. He survived that but broke more bones then not and had a lot of internal damage and head trauma. The saw in his hand at the time was an 026. It was crushed along with him that day.

When he made it out of ICU I told him I would fix the saw for him. So I found a saw with a blown motor and bought it for parts. Used what I needed and got his saw running again. A year later was back it it. Then DexterDay helped me out and took the box of parts from the 2 saws and built the 026 that I have today. That saw runs awesome and it means more to me than any other tool I own.

I will never forget that day, and never get rid of that saw. I owe Dex for that, he did wonders with a box of broken parts. And I got a saw back that runs awesome and has value that money could never replace.

 

That's the second time tonight that a tear was brought to my eyes.

It was a pleasure my friend. And what you paid me to do it (I asked for nothing in return) ? It meant the world to me ...

Which brings up the 036 you got from me. That one was basically a gift. Because I never forgot all of what you have done for me. (I still owe you)

You are a Brother from another Mother.