South Carolina BS thread under new MANAGEMENT and lives in SC

I had one of those too (grandfathers old husky 55) never skipped a beat. then my dad wanted it back so I had to pony up and buy one. we've got too many trees around our house not to have a saw on hand. but hey, now I get to start fresh with a saw. I just hope its half as good as the old one. doubt it, but we'll see.

 

When you change the chain flip the bar over, helps keeping straight cuts.

 

It fits my needs, Offroading/overlanding. I'm not gonna be cutting down any giant sequoia tree. Plus it is easy to stow away. Plus plus free, except the fuel line I put in it.

 

The ironic part is...I interviewed with Stihl years ago in VA Beach....weird place, then interviewed with Husqvarna last year, turned it down though because it was too far a commute. That place seemed pretty cool.

 

I definitely looked at the xp line... then I remembered that I had to pay for it lol. im fine with the non pro lines for now! they are a sweeeeeet saw though!

 

what were you applying to do?

 

Engineer for Stihl, Project Manager for Husqvarna.

 

I do wish I had more experience with felling and the whole process. all ive ever really done is clean up when trees come down on their own.

 

I'm pretty decent at felling trees, but my heavy duty logging experience is limited. I know some climbers and some guys that can drop trees on a dime. Not only that, but rig them up to fall and swing between houses, trees, power lines, etc. Those guys have serious skills.

 

unitard!?

 

Yea, those guys impress the hell out of me. the rigging is one of the big things that I'd like to know. ive got a tree that I can see needing that know-how to take down. know of any literature on rigging?

 

Not really sure there is literature out there, just physics.

 

first time back on here in a long time and damn.

and this is how it goes.

you all are sick puppies
and by that i mean scottalot.

 

You're the one that said Unitard

 

Nope, never ended up at Stihl. Thing is...most of the heavy duty commercial saws and equipment are built in Germany, while the retail type stuff you find at Lowes is built in the US. Same thing with Husqvarna, the commercial stuff is in Sweden, while the retail stuff is in Charlotte.

 

oh theres gotta be some sort of manual to get someone started. well, I say that, but I cant find it to save my life haha.

 

i know and even worse was that i said it to scottalot.

 

doing well. just busy.

 

oh and @ClemsonMGM youre with the power companies right? just a general curiosity question. on the sub stations there are red circular "spider web" looking things on some parts. what do they do?