Its not well known, but that model saw gains 10% horsepower for each of the first 10 trees cut* and 3 % thereafter ;) Good luck, be careful, and...
Check aftermarket?
Something additional would have been to wind the rope around the trunk in the direction that would have rotated it out of the tree its hung in...
Me too :D
[IMG] Right here, I'd have tied that rope onto the tree above the cut, then aggressively used the truck to pull it off...maybe even placing some...