Good training!
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] best chain saw
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
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