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    Default Re: What kind of chainsaw are you using . . Right Now!

    don't know the models, but i have a big 4-5 foot blade saw, that we only use on rails for creating slabs of timber (the trees we are falling are usually too big in girth to just use a normal chainsaw and we aren't pulling these things up in one piece and you want decent planks), a pair of typical sized (australian made) industrial saws with some minor modifications....(hehe trade secrets, my father is an engine reconditioner, so these chainsaws were modified to be easier to start cold and run cheaper and are more powerful :p but they still weigh near nothing), axes, a giant set of wedges which usually only use two of, a block splitter (we use it with the wedges), a sledge. this is my and my mates equipment, we usually join about 3-4 other blokes.
    Australian brush is so different to what you northerners are probably used to and most of what we do is just dropping whole trees for timber. (can't be arsed getting up the tree unless i absolutely have to) and normally the trees we drop are huge straight up and down with the only significant branches at the top, so you just fall them away from your stuff cut it up where it falls.
    thanks,
    dizzy
    Addition: don't get much work nowadays, too busy and don't need timber so its second place to my studies, girl chasing and other activity like carpentary/cabinet making.

    BTW do you guys work forestry or is it just private sector...?
    normally im working with state forestry blokes so it might be different for you blokes.
    Last edited by dessa14; 08-24-2005 at 13:06.
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