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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jan 20, 2018 - 12:43pm PT
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I used to climb with a pre-brake, 48" Stihl in downtown Chicago lining down big lightning-struck Sycamores, pretty dangerous all in all.
Left it for software engineering and ended up in a big R&D lab in Nashua, NH. I lived up in the hills in Francestown, but was getting seriously burned out after a couple of years. About that time a late Nor'easter came through and broke all the old maples down with the worst ice load they'd ever seen in recent memory. Our little town square became a bee-hive hub for about a dozen or so Asplundh crews working the area. Talked with one of the crew chiefs about getting on with them but finally came to my senses.
Kind of always had an odd dichotomy between software and the trades - good money in the former, loved the latter.
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Jan 21, 2018 - 10:14am PT
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I have 2 Husky 268's, both '91 or '92 models. I recently put a new piston, head, etc. on one. I have a 26 inch bar on it and a bow on the other. They used to seem light in the hand, but not anymore. I get tired from the torque before the weight, but have learned there is nothing wrong with resting.
I have a '89 Jonsered 625 for limbing. All three have rarely failed.
I recently was given a Husky Rancher 455, it is a good saw, but definitely not a commercial grade saw like the above. Husky has a problem with the oiler pumps that they won't recognize. I drilled the hole out to aid in flow and prevent back pressure and have avoided pump failure so far.
Kevlar chaps. Hard to deal with in the South, but I work alone and after one accident I was sold. I wear shorts under the chaps to cut down on fatigue.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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Jan 21, 2018 - 10:28am PT
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Yeah, just search google images for 'chainsaw wound' and chaps start sounding really good!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 21, 2018 - 04:37pm PT
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cut all my own firewood here in the NE my whole life and ocasionally have to clear a building site. I was too cool for chaps until about 6 years ago. Now feel naked without them.
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