I learned pretty quick that my body just isn't built for moving heavy stuff on a regular basis. I'm only 32 and have enough back trouble already from years of abuse farming and landscaping. I'm lucky that I can still do everything I want to do and have no real permanent damage....and I'm trying to keep it that way.
I like the light weight of the x7, just wish handle was 6 to 8" longer when trying to chop down in the split.
Don't particulary choose on that stuff grab it and run before the next guy. But I run the order of bl, hedge, maple. On the other hand I really do not have much interest in cotton, willow and the like.
Here's a handful of those huge maple rounds we're bucking right now.......that's a 30" bar my 372XP is wearing in the pic...... A couple of pics after we rolled some rounds up in the trailer!
If I was closer,I'd grab it for sure. Of course it helps to have 2 saws that are 100cc or more with bars up to 42"
MM, the 051 was there and performed great, until I hit metal in the tree! Then we went back down this evening to finish the job (cut the stump and clean up good), hit a big chunk of sandstone in the base....ruined two chains!!! But we got the job done. I'll post a full thread of the whole job tomorrow when I get time, wait til you see the piece of wood we loaded on the trailer......it's almost a 5' long section of that trunk that we hit metal in in three different cuts!!!! I'll be piecing it apart with some junk chains that I'll sharpen up for the 041AV Super...... You should've seen us busting our nuggets getting that monster on the trailer!!
Yes, it was due to come down a long time ago. The tree was sentimental to the family who owns the farm......three generations that are still alive remember the tree well. It was hard for the current owner to cut it down, but we explained just how bad the tree was and when we cut it up, he saw first hand. Still lots of good wood in it, but it was on it's way down either by a chainsaw or a good storm. A big maple almost the size of this one fell during Hurricane Sandy last year, luckily missing the house and other structures...
Out of curiosity, what do you look for in a living tree to tell you that it's becoming structurally weak / dangerous? Aside from obvious cavities, that is.
