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I agree Chip, puffed up guns don't compare to seasoned muscle. I found putting extra muscle mass on my arms from weight training hurt my endurance in my forearms for chain filing a rocked out chain. Used to be able to file both sides of a rocked out chain non stop, but have found weight...

Justin that reminds me of the old skidder operator I used to fall for when I was a young cocky greenhorn. When I wore my hardhat backwards with the screen up front he said between spits of chewing tobacco, " you realize that hardhat brim behind your head could be enough to stop that chain from...

Thanks Willy. I'll admit I have run saws without legprotecton , a cut wouldn't be nice. Have worked at times with no eye protection, not nice to lose an eye. But when I think about my skull being as hard as an egg shell compared to the hardness and weight of a tree part I get a real uneasy...

I have always worn a helmet. I remember years ago I was hit on the helmet 2 times. One was a widow maker that hit me while I was bent over in the back cut, hit my helmet so hard that it drove my head into the ground. I was stunned for a minute and was picking moss out of my mouth and bleeding...

Amazing this guy has lived this long without a helmet:O:O Willard.

That's too bad. Similar to a estimate I gave to a senior lady a few year ago. She wanted her big old maple cabled and braced due to a large split. I took the time and explained everything thats needed to be done and gave her a fair price. After she talked my ear off for an hour she then says "My...

A few yrs back a retired school principle called me for a estimate to remove a 30ft tall X wide maple , quick job right near the curb I quoted $300 and I would leave him the blocks for firewood with cleanup. Stump left in the ground. He thought that was too much and would do it himself. [ why is...