My first brand-new saw: 192C (aww, how cute.)

There is something to be said for the challenge of persuading a tree to fall where you want it to.

 

There's a nice brand new MS 180 up for grabs on another thread....All charity for a fellow member, Mr Wicked Work Saw TLandrum.

http://firewoodhoardersclub.com/for...-saw-raffle-to-benefit-tlandrums-family.3030/

--Just sayin...

 

I was able to fell quite a few trees over the last few days in the process of joining an old road with a new one. It was fun to try to get them where I wanted to and watch them drop. I did not have 100% accuracy! But using my head I was able to get them all down safely. And learned a thing or two while doing it. I still need to buy some wedges! I keep forgetting.

 

To update, I broke in the 192 this week by limbing and bucking a soft maple down the block, probably 11" dbh though I didn't measure, and also bucking the limbs of a large cherry at the same site. With a couple tanks of gas through it the saw has gotten noticeably stronger, and I am pleased. MM is right that it can't keep up with the 200T but as an amateur cutter working at ground level I don't mind a bit, especially given the difference in price. As of this morning I'm waving bye-bye to my 200T; it's going to Australia!

 

Australia?

 

That's where they pay the big bucks for chainsaws, apparently.

 

Yep a ms170 new is $399 in australia!!