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I live in a very "natural" area and own about an acre. in the fall, i spend about a combined week of work trying to get rid of the infinite leaves that cover my house and yard and in the spring/summer i have no grass in the front yard because there is zero sunlight getting through to the ground. i'd like to get rid of a lot of the smaller trees as well as thin out the more mature ones that are robbing my yard and mold-attracting house of sunlight.
front yard after 1 day of raking/blowing
i've had a hand-me-down homelite 16" chainsaw that i've been using since i moved to clear some of the smaller trees and the occasional limb that falls, but when i attempted to fell a completely dead oak that was bout 28" in diameter...the homelite "just didnt' cut it"
my, elderly neighbor [former lumberjack/wood mill owner] came over to help me get the tree on the ground and cut into manageable pieces. he has a STIHL 028 with a 20" bar and he says it's about 20 years old. that thing cut through the tree like butter while my homelite, with a just sharpened chain, was cutting through the rotted 6" top section like a dull butter knife.
I've used a big bar (36") husqevarna before but i've never had or used a STIHL and my knowledgeable neighbor said that if i wanted reliability i needed to get one. the problem is that i can't afford $500 for a new saw right now......enter the pawn shop.
looked around and found the same model my neighbor has (albeit the 16" bar) for $160 and it runs awesome! i picked it up today and felled a 20" diameter tree in about 90 seconds! that would've taken an hour with my old saw!
pic of same model saw i got
so anyway...i'm a happy camper and now i can finish cutting out the smaller trees to let some light in. i just feel so dern manly right now i can barely stand it
I live in a very "natural" area and own about an acre. in the fall, i spend about a combined week of work trying to get rid of the infinite leaves that cover my house and yard and in the spring/summer i have no grass in the front yard because there is zero sunlight getting through to the ground. i'd like to get rid of a lot of the smaller trees as well as thin out the more mature ones that are robbing my yard and mold-attracting house of sunlight.
front yard after 1 day of raking/blowing
i've had a hand-me-down homelite 16" chainsaw that i've been using since i moved to clear some of the smaller trees and the occasional limb that falls, but when i attempted to fell a completely dead oak that was bout 28" in diameter...the homelite "just didnt' cut it"
my, elderly neighbor [former lumberjack/wood mill owner] came over to help me get the tree on the ground and cut into manageable pieces. he has a STIHL 028 with a 20" bar and he says it's about 20 years old. that thing cut through the tree like butter while my homelite, with a just sharpened chain, was cutting through the rotted 6" top section like a dull butter knife.
I've used a big bar (36") husqevarna before but i've never had or used a STIHL and my knowledgeable neighbor said that if i wanted reliability i needed to get one. the problem is that i can't afford $500 for a new saw right now......enter the pawn shop.
looked around and found the same model my neighbor has (albeit the 16" bar) for $160 and it runs awesome! i picked it up today and felled a 20" diameter tree in about 90 seconds! that would've taken an hour with my old saw!
pic of same model saw i got
so anyway...i'm a happy camper and now i can finish cutting out the smaller trees to let some light in. i just feel so dern manly right now i can barely stand it
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