Maybe I should title this as "this saw is starting to impress me". It was a long day (8 to 16:00) but I was able to slog out 10 cords of hardwood today. I was working on a particular part of the woodlot and trying to clean it up, and so I had left a couple of big Popils. Granted they are a softer type of hardwood, but one was 24" in diameter and the other 42" so they were not small. It was a good test for a smaller saw, but it did good. For these two trees I almost wanted the 20 inch bar that comes standard with this saw. I forgot about this until now, but I ALWAYS run an 18 inch bar because there is less to file, I seldom cut anything over 24 inches anyway, and I get a bit more power out of the saw. So when I bought the saw I got it with an 18 inch bar. I did sharpen it again at noon as it was getting a little dull, but it did good; not being too heavy, having good fuel consumption (1/2 gallon) , and putting a little more daylight into the swamp (and wood on the deck).
I've been watching to see if you actually ran it over with the skidder after calling it gutless. I scratched my head; if we have the same saw and I love it and you, a pro, called it gutless...I really started to wonder what a saw that size is like in your day to day is not gutless. I see your warming up to it, but let me ask, off the shelf, what saw that size do you like better? I do think it actually has gotten stronger as I use it, after 9 or 10 tanks. When I read the title of the thread I thought for sure you dropped a grapple load on it on purpose.
I usually bring my saw to the wood, but whatever works I had one briefly, it's a nice saw, nothing to complain about.
