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  • mattmacklind

    May 24, 2011 9:15 p.m. mattmacklind SuperDork

    I just chopped down a tree, really I used an electric chainsaw designed for smaller trees, but it worked. I bought a used Craftsman at a garage sale for this project only. The chain fell off when I was done since I didn't tighten it mid way through cutting up the fell tree.

    So I had a fell tree about 2 1/5 stories tall laying in the yard half stripped, and I went for the hacksaw. Then I went for the axe. I chopped for a while. I'm not totally out of shape, but that is a freaking work out like not much else.

    Now I need to fix the chainsaw.

  • oldsaw

    May 24, 2011 9:32 p.m. oldsaw SuperDork

    Chopping a tree down is the fun part; chopping it up is the real work.

    Unless you emulate my Dad. He is no stranger to chainsaws and felling trees, so when he decided to take one out of his front yard, it was like "no big deal". Right up until it started to topple and scored a direct hit on the mail box.

    At least the logs only went as far as the backyard (to feed the woodburner a year later); he got a new mailbox out of it, too.

  • jimbob_racing

    May 24, 2011 9:46 p.m. jimbob_racing HalfDork

    Sawzalls are good for cutting up trees when they're on the ground.

    Circular saws are not good for cutting up trees when they're on the ground.

  • May 24, 2011 11:12 p.m. hotg54b New Reader

    I used a $40 electric chain saw from harbor freight to cut a couple of trees. Works great for me. One of the best tools I've bought at harbor freight.

  • 93EXCivic

    May 24, 2011 11:13 p.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork

    Shotguns are the proper way to cut down a tree.

  • MitchellC

    May 25, 2011 12:02 a.m. MitchellC Dork

    My dad cut down 15-20 trees in his back yard, and broke a few Craftsman in the process. He bought a used Husqvarna and I think that it's now his favorite tool.

  • Lesley

    May 25, 2011 1:11 a.m. Lesley SuperDork

    Like I said before

  • griffin729

    May 25, 2011 1:17 a.m. griffin729 HalfDork

    Love my electric chainsaw.

  • jrw1621

    May 25, 2011 5:59 a.m. jrw1621 SuperDork

    In reply to Lesley:

  • JoeyM

    May 25, 2011 5:59 a.m. JoeyM SuperDork

    jrw1621 wrote:
  • Grtechguy

    May 25, 2011 6:28 a.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

    Get it done right

  • N Sperlo

    May 25, 2011 6:49 a.m. N Sperlo HalfDork

    Yesterday we didn't have to cut any of the trees down. The wind took care of that for us.

  • AngryCorvair

    May 25, 2011 10:28 a.m. AngryCorvair SuperDork

    JoeyM, today you are my internet hero for the primus pic. but you do know that beaver was a porcupine, don't you?

 
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