Hello again! We needed to get a couple of red cedars down for an upcoming project but quickly noticed that at least one of the trees was going to likely have some internal structural integrity issues (tree #1) and assumed that with #1 having problems, tree #2 may also share the same fate. We ended up strapping both trees to provide tension to 'coerce' them into falling where we wanted since the really had no way to determine how much good core material they each had to allow us to directionally fall them. It also gave us a chance to break the saws out for an early run to see how they ran, not too bad, need a bit of carb adjustment but overall chains were so sharp that we had to back off at times. Seeing the video of the MS661 throwing chips and dust everywhere is quite a sight...it explains why we're always covered in material at the end of a cutting day when that saw is used.
Hello again! We needed to get a couple of red cedars down for an upcoming project but quickly noticed that at least one of the trees was going to likely have some internal structural integrity issues (tree #1) and assumed that with #1 having problems, tree #2 may also share the same fate. We ended up strapping both trees to provide tension to 'coerce' them into falling where we wanted since the really had no way to determine how much good core material they each had to allow us to directionally fall them. It also gave us a chance to break the saws out for an early run to see how they ran, not too bad, need a bit of carb adjustment but overall chains were so sharp that we had to back off at times. Seeing the video of the MS661 throwing chips and dust everywhere is quite a sight...it explains why we're always covered in material at the end of a cutting day when that saw is used.