Posted by M Nut on February 28, 2016 at 19:57:39 from (45.53.12.96):
In Reply to: feature night by johnlobb posted by larry@stinescorner on February 28, 2016 at 16:00:42:
We had been wanting a skidsteer loader for using on the farm for years. We were finally able to buy a 4 year old machine that was in excellent shape. Two days after buying it, I decided to take it out to the woods to use while cutting firewood. I don't claim to be an expert, but I have cut down a lot of trees, even back then. I had a nice, straight ash tree, about 12" on the stump to cut down. I knew exactly where it was going to drop, never even considered the place where the skidsteer was sitting could ever be the same place this tree would or could land. As I was cutting the tree, it twisted a big on the stump, and rotated about 90 degrees before dropping..............right on the roll cage of the skid steer. Luckily it hit on the side, near the back, so there was a lot of support in the roof. It didn't leave a mark! Talk about relief!
Another time, not quite as good of an outcome as the skidsteer loader. I had a fairly new Husqvarna chainsaw, and was cutting poplar trees. I had a tree about 14" diameter, and when the tree started to tip, I somehow managed to pinch my saw. I tried to hang on to it as long as I could, but I could tell the tree was going to kick back when it hit the ground, so I had to let go. Sure enough, it hit the ground, kicked back, and rolled off the stump right on to my new chainsaw. It was smashed up pretty bad, and I didn't have money to buy another new saw. I was telling a friend about it that evening, and he had the exact same saw that an employee had put nonmixed gas into. It scored the piston and sleeve, so he was going to buy another new saw, as he didn't have time to wait for his to be rebuilt. If I wanted his, I could have it. Well, that saw had been used pretty hard already, so I ended up taking my smashed saw, and his with the blown motor, and taking them both completely apart on my basement floor. Then I started assembling one good saw by using the best parts of the two machines. When I was done, the saw ran and worked great. Still use it regularly, and that was about ten years ago.
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