Originally posted by RichardS . . . . . . . . and I've got really butch work boots.
I have a pair of these. Made in Portland, Oregon.
They bring out the logger in me.
Originally posted by RichardS My new Stihl only has a 12" bar. That's big enough for what I need to do. 12" is long enough for domestic happiness.
I bought a Stihl 028AV about 1980 or so. Still have it, I used to live in a house built in 1900, that had only a wood stove for heat. I cut wood most weekends all summer, and frequently in the other seasons, keeping the barn full of firewood. I was able to cut wood in the areas where timer is harvested/farmed, after the clearcuts. The leftover detritus was there for the taking, after paying a small fee to the forest service that manages the forests. I cut wood year round for about $24 in fees, and heated that house for about 15 years. I was in great shape from all the wood cutting, splitting and stacking.
I've worn out many chains, but it still has the original 20" bar.
Although we don't heat with wood anymore, as the house is long gone,and I have moved, there is always something that needs cut up here, downed trees, fallen limbs, overgrown areas and those awful cottonwood trees. I take at least one a year down.
Except along the river. Those help prevent erosion.