I would but his saws are duller than my love life. Plus his 391 is a farm/ranch level saw and is slow. I've gotten so spoiled by pro level saws. He was running his 660 last week and had me sharpen it after. 28" bar too.
Im sure you've hit your share of metal and other undesirable stuff over the years Joe. What's your worst chain destroying story? First for me killing two new chains AND dinging the links. Double whammy I'm not looking forward to fixing.
Here I cleaned up my original post IN a futile attempt to keep it clean and family friendly And there my fellow FHC ers went and opened the door… I am trying to
Yes, I bit metal about half a dozen times a year or so. No horrible stories though. If I hit metal, I usually look closer and if I think there’s more I figure a way to cut it just small enough to fit in my wood boiler or I find a good place to dump it. I was part of a good metal in wood story though. I was in college when my brother (used to be firewood partner) got a brand new 365 and went to cut down a triple leader red maple tree that I used as a fort when I was a kid. Dad gave me about 10-15 pounds or random nails and a hammer. You can bet that at 10-12 years old, I put every nail in that tree and then some. They ranged from ground level up to about 30’ high or so. My ears range for days as he kept going through chains!
Theres a similar red oak in back of my mother's former property like that. I built a tree fort in it and had a field day with a hammer and nails. It was huge tree then. Wish I hit metal at this job more infrequently. Problem is that particular town is densely populated so yard trees galore.
Another day on the saws...nine hours. Mostly quartered and halved red and white oak logs from his supplier plus a load of mostly dead ash a tree service had dropped off. (forgot pics of this) Bucked everything except the pile in pic two. Lots of sharpening and refueling. 500i had the morning shift, 462 the afternoon. And a fresh out of the box 20" chain hit a couple screws less than ten cuts into its career! Only metal I hit today. One lone locust log became mine at the end of the day. He loaded them for me.
It was about half the time. The one 20" bar I was using started cutting crooked so I had to field dress it. One almost dead chain wasn't helping. I had a few extra with me. After hitting the screws with the new chain I almost threw in the white flag. I think its the most mix ive gone through since I started cutting there. The constant sharpening gets to me too. One big ash log and multi year dried white oak dull a chain real fast. It was just him and I the whole day with no distractions/interruptions. He was staging logs and holding them with the claw so it made my cutting easier. I think he was pleased with the days production. The other guy who cuts for him (Husky fan) was buying a couple new saws and will be cutting there today. He mentioned the models and they were higher CC pro saws.
What a bummer about the chains, that would be tough lol. I hate to screw up a chain! I do not exactly enjoy sharpening! I may have missed it... why does somebody bring your guy logs that are halved or quartered? And how do they halve or quarter a log? TIA!
