Jim, the 359 is a very nice saw. It isnt to big for my use which is pretty much firewood, treetops and clearing, but it isnt to small either. I get a good sharp chain on there and its a wood eraser. The back up 136 is a real nice saw for small stuff and limbing.
My father has a older Husky 61, with a 16 in bar on it. WHOOOOOAAAA NELLIE talk about tourqeing through wood. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Its about 1/2 the lenth bar its rated for. If he ever gives it up I figure on scamming it and putting a 24-28 in bar on for the occasions that I need a bigger saw.
Arthr31.
I looked the oak over this weekend. Its a old pin oak that is freaking huge at the base. I am not sure that I have enough bar even if I bore it. That and the limbs about 35-40 feet up show signs of a lot of rot, from the ground. That = widowmakers. I thought it over and if the neighbors want to tackle it (line tree) I figure on limbing it off a ladder, dropping them strait down, and letting about 30 foot of trunk stand. I MIGHT be able to cut it, but there is no way that I am going to roll those rounds onto or up to a wood splitter. Not worth the effort. Some of the limbs are about 24+ in across so that is a lot of wood in itself.
Told the old man to take the backhoe up and dig a trench on the downhill side near the base and look up the hill and see if it fell about once a month. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif It isnt a pretty thing.
