Dan story: When I was 10 yeas old, we moved into a house that sat on an acre of lawn with an adjoining wooded plot that was around 7-8 acres.
The house had a great room with a vaulted ceiling, and a fireplace made of stone that nearly filled one of the walls. Dad proclaimed when we moved in, "I am going to have a fire every night in the winter." When fall came around he informed my older brother and I that we would now be spending our fall weekends felling trees and cutting timber for the fireplace. He went out into the woods with a can of spray paint and marked the trees he wanted us to cut down. So he comes home from work a few days later, having made a stop at Vonneguts, our local hardware store. Anticipation was high between my brother and I, thinking about all the fun we were going to have with a chain saw and the resulting damage we would do. Dad pulls into the garage, pops the trunk of his car, and pulls out.... An axe. An adze. Some wedges. (We are just about ready to burst at this point) .....and a Tuttle Tooth Two Man Saw!!! Whaaa? Oh, and two new pair of leather work gloves. So my brother and I spent our October and November weekends felling trees with the axe and wedges, and cutting up the lumber with the Tuttle Tooth saw. I will say that if you have a couple of people who work together well, you can do some serious damage with a two man saw. I sold the saw just a year or two ago. It was as sharp as the day we got it. Dan who still doesn't have a chain saw, which is probably just as well On May 14, 2013, at 11:27 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > A good, well sharpened two man saw with the vertical handles and raker > teeth can keep up with a gas powered chain saw. Much less dangerous, plus > it builds team spirit to operate. > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Rick Hawkins Java <macj...@aol.com> wrote: > >> >> thanks, >> Folks, >> >> THe best chainsaw that i ever had was an old Poulan pulpwooder's saw, i >> would call it. It was huge and had a big open bow for a bar. It was only >> for cutting up logs. You'd put the end of the bow up against the log and >> there was a casting clamped to bottom of the bow that you put under the >> log. You would then lift the motor end up and the bow would go deeper and >> deeper into the log. You could just cut logs on the ground. >> >> I think they are supposed to be incredibly dangerous. Are they even still >> made. I had mine back in the late 70's to mid 80's when i heated with wood. >> >> It was a bear to start or even to pick up, to drop while holding the >> starter cord to start it. I could do it fine from age 25 to 35, but i don't >> know about now, at nearly 59. Once running it was great and never would >> quit. >> >> I got the machine from my local chainsaw repair guy who would always sell >> me interesting saws that needed a little work. >> >> I think, that sadly, it was stolen at some point. >> >> Now all i have are a couple of barely used mass marketed Poulans .... >> maybe a 2150 and a 2300 with bars that are probably too long. They suck. I >> bought them for probably $5 or $10 each at yard sales. Once running, they >> are ok, but since much of my living is made cleaning carbs on motor >> scooters, i have little interest in cleaning chainsaw carbs. >> >> I usually start them with starting fluid for the little bit of cutting >> that i have to do, normally. Now i have a big tree that i had a crazy guy >> take down and need to cut up the limbs on the ground. >> >> >> xx rick >> Rick Hawkins >> >> www.javaphoto.com >> www.javacycles.com >> LETTERPRESSES FOR SALE >> www.ricktheprinter.com >> www.letterpressmachinery.com >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
