That's where I spend some quality time with a little super-light 33 cc Tanaka, cleaning up tops of down deciduous trees. Often-times, a 25 cc...
For smooooooth serious power, and ability to run 28" in oak like a toy, my vote went to 576XP-AT. So quick, it's been hard to get much runtime on...
As Shakespeare once said, "What's in a name?'. There's a LOT of confusion about liriodendron tulipifera, calling it "tulip poplar". It is about...
Not really, IMO. BL is fantastic stuff, once it's been thoroughly air-dried. Takes a while, but you see I'm in no rush. Yes, LogRite make really...
Black locust on E side of my place really reached out over neighbor's yard below, and 2 young kids. They asked for OK to remove it- I could take...
Are you implying that I've been bought, and that's what it's all about? Can you just make your point like a grown-up without silly insults?...
That's exactly what appeals to me about the Tanaka polesaw- light weight, partly due to aluminum tube. Really noticeable compared to some...
In the 2+ yrs I've had my 25 cc Tanaka polesaw, it's made itself indispensible. Using it most lately with 14" bar and Granberg "Clip-N-Trim"...
One company you might want to check out: Council Tools, of Lake Waccamaw NC. They specialized for some time in professional tools for law...
If you're looking in the 60 cc range, the Echo 590 already mentioned is the bargain unit, and the Dolmar 6100 is the performance/value unit, IMHO....
Seems to me the pick of the litter, value-wise, is the 61 cc Dolmar, having had one for 2+ yrs. Still seeing 210 psi on the same tester. At a...
I've had a PP5020 for going on 3.5 yrs now, and have worked it pretty hard- just about wore out a spur sprocket. A side-bennie: its clutch-cover...
Absolute prima facie case of You Suck! Unless, of course, we can borrow it too! J/K Do tell us how it goes with the oak, and don't mess up the...
Not normal behavior for 576AT, at least mine has done nothing of the sort. I assume you don't baby it, and exercise it properly under load @WOT...
Rather than rely on a 240, m'self I'd look at a factory refurb 435 (40 cc) or PP5020 on VMInnovations-dot-com for a saw. Given what I'm hearing...
A warning then- shagbark hickory's one of the very best fuel woods. (The bark on some of the splits looks very much like shagbark.) It's SO good,...
Don't. That's the little guy's problem. :p
One fun property of red oaks is that they take ~50% longer to air-dry than most any other hardwood. Lumber processors will tell you the same. My...
Definitely my concept of "worn out chain" = mostly toothless. Some chains, before they get to that state go to the "stump flushing" bucket. Can't...
A mere hop-skip and jump for me- 13:00 and 725 mi. Take I80 to Toledo and go north a bit on 23. Assuming there's a few square feet to set up a...
