Howdy guys, a member at AS, and here, suggested I share these pics with you folks, so I joined last night and here they are.
We had this big old willow oak that was dropping limbs and was full of ants. It was heavy towards the building due to a big chunk that had split off from a storm. I hired a pro to come in and put it on the ground for us. He roped the top out and then dropped the trunk. I am not an expert and I knew better than to try to drop this tree with one cut.
So I serviced up the fleet, got out the tools and safety gear, and a bunch of the men from the church met me on a Sept. Sat. morning and we got to work.
I just did a rebuild on this old 084 that was given to me with a lean seizure failure. I put a new top end on it, put a dual port muffler on it, and replaced the carb with a late model design with a part load enrichment jet. I tuned it to 12,500 with the 47" bar and started cutting the stump up.
This is the first time I have used a 120cc saw with a long bar. It just feeds itself in with very little effort and was an absolute pleasure to use.
I ran 8 tanks of fuel through the 084 and it ran flawlessly. I am very pleased with the repair and the parts combination I picked for it. Even with the bar buried the full 47" it just pulled chips and barreled along no problem at all.
We would roll each slice of the trunk over to the splitter and start chipping away at it until it was nothing but firewood.
All in all it was a great day for everyone, I got a chance to do some safety and operation training for the guys, and we ended up with enough firewood for everyone who wanted any.
Great site here, I am looking forward to visiting it often.