1st paying job. We practiced on one in the corner of our yard, then did 4-5 in our son's yard, just learning the best way to run it.
Smart move on your part. Seems easy enough to do once you get the hang of it. Of course anything is easy when you know what you are doing. Hopefully it will bring in lots of Benjamins for you!
The brother of a lady we have done work for called, said he had 2 trees that needed to be dropped before the house was moved in. A big pine and small pecan... We went Monday afternoon and got to work... Used the Stihl MS461, 28" bar and Stihl XS400, 25" bar... Setting up the notch... Finish and notch clean up... Back cut and fall... On the ground safely... 32" dia Long leaf pine, full of pitch, haven't seen a heart like this in a long time. Used the XS400 for bucking and limbing...it will sure sling some chips... We called the brothers with the pallet business, Luke brought the flat bed trailer... We cut 3 8' and 3 12' saw logs from that tree. 60' Then we dropped the pecan... We bucked the main stem and save 3 9' logs for us... The landowner came by, wanted another pine dropped that had a bad place on it that we showed him earlier...added it to the job...only got pictures of it on our trailer, it was very late when we started on it...got 5 12' logs from it... We'll take the pine stump and pecan off and take logs to their mill this morning... We got limbs cleaned up and tractor home about 9:30 last night...new 20" light bar Christmas present works great.
You know I have to include my supervisor and moral support, Miz Carol. She took most of those pictures...
No No sir, you reap the rewards of your labor. Give us an update on how well they work when the time comes. Glad you grabbed some.
