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RE: The Past was a Cast Iron Bitch, and This was her Chain-Saw
Won't lie, chopped down a whole pine tree limb for limb with a reciprocating saw this summer. When it came down to the big gnarly stump, I called my buddy with a chainsaw, always handy to have one. Love the sound of them, but they are very unforgiving and live wood can have hidden characteristics which can cause unexpected perils.
greenies like to spike trees to give those who cut them down a big SURPRISE!
Nothing like taking a mans limb and lively hood to slow down a multi milliondollar industry.
It's always an oddity to me, the self loathing human in his wood house, at his wood table, drinking from a plastic cup.
The big surprise in wood is usually buckshot or the like, you'll still find slugs in the odd 2*4.
A long-handled pair of loppers does wonders limbing a tree in a hurry, and you don't even need an extension cord. I've got a pair that can cut through a 3" limb without too much trouble.
But I pity my ancestors who had to cut through a winter's worth of firewood with hand-powered saws!
How much of the stump did you leave? Digging those things out is a nightmare!
Luckily it's right beside the water mains they are replacing on my street, so hopefully they can grab it with the excavator.
That's after I got through with my cip-saw. Have a two ft stump cut flush to the ground.
Well done not taking out the electric service!
The main reason I topped it before stripping the lower branches.