Good Morning! <=2017

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:22 pm

Holy crap Bobbi! Thats crazy!

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:30 pm

Yes, saws come in many sizes. Don't waste money on a cheapie saw. Stihl (German) or Husqvarna (Scandinavian), Jonsered, Echo, Oregon, Makita (Japenese), McCulloch are all decent names. And I wouldn't touch a Pioneer or Poulan. Good technique, good footwork (balance) and a sharp tool are essential. I haven't found a job yet that a "woman" couldn't do (and sometimes do better).

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:01 pm

I've been surfing, the best option for smaller saws is a Makita electric (not battery) saw. But your limit is the length of your power cord. That will run 30 years if stored in a dry place. Battery saws only run a half hour and the batteries will die if left unused for long lengths of time.
Otherwise you have two stroke gas saws and they all start with a 14 or 16" bar. The difference is weight, power, and durability (heavy vs light duty).

Post by **WLLady** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:02 pm

16 or 18 inch stihl will do you perfect KB! i used to use a 20" but LOVE the 16, it's soooo light and remember to let the weight of the saw do a lot of the work for you. poulan = POS we cut wood for 5 years with poulan. the first chainsaw i have ever broken by dropping it off the trailer.
cheapo pieces of plastic.

ross · Post by **ross** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:15 pm

Tupperware cars , Tupperware saws , Tupperware most everything . Luck

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:39 pm

We have a little electric Remington saw that's actually a pole saw (pole is detachable), and we've had it for about fifteen years. It's been used a lot. Hubby has worn out at least three chains in that time, but they are easy to replace. It's light enough for me to handle and it will go through up to a twelve inch branch easily.

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:00 pm

My camp manager has a stihl pole saw and that thing is incredibly handy!

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:22 pm

In my Outdoor Studies class every second year we run a 2 day chainsaw course, we rent Stihl saws, usually one with a 16" bar and one with an 18 or 20" bar. The all grade 11 and 12 girls in the class, including a few petite sized girls, have no problem handling the 16" saw, and most are fine with the 18" as well.

JimW

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:21 pm

Jim, you truley are the greatest teacher I so wish I had! Or my children could have. You go well out of your way to teach these kids real life practical lessons that are so valuable in life. They are such lucky students to have you as a teacher. Amazing man! Keep up the great work!

JimW · Post by **JimW** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:14 pm

thegawd wrote:QR_BBPOST Jim, you truley are the greatest teacher I so wish I had! Or my children could have. You go well out of your way to teach these kids real life practical lessons that are so valuable in life. They are such lucky students to have you as a teacher. Amazing man! Keep up the great work!

Thanks I try, not sure how many of my students get it though, especially as I try to explain/encourage/yell at them to stop throwing stuff in our maple syrup evaporator fire. lol We did have a good class yesterday and today though... Yesterday my class cooked and served a pancake breakfast for the 200 students at our school. Today I took some of the students to collect sap from our buckets, on the way driving to the sugar bush we tap, one of my students said there is something dead on the side of the road as we drove by. I told her we would check it out on the way back to school. I don't think she believed me, but we stopped and got a nice road killed mink, brought it back to show the other students, it is in my freezer now for skinning another day.

After our road kill adventure we BBQed some maple glazed salmon for a class lunch.

My class really want to eat one of the svart hona or ayam cemani chickens, but I said I can't serve any of my birds because I don't get them inspected when they are killed. Looks like a trip to the Asian Supermarket is in order to get a couple of the processed silkie chickens they sell for our next BBQ,

One day left until March break!!!!