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Back in the day the handles were 90 and that’s what they gunned with…Jreds still are. I think most full wraps are 90. Well the old ones like my 395, 266, 288 are. The 6100 is kinda…weird. Modern swoopy loopy stuff.

I guess I’m open to accuracy ratings for open sights gunning as well. I haven’t done it enough to say, “yeah, on a 100’ tree I can be within 5’. I think that would be more dependent on the skill and experience of the faller using his sights. I do see some guys dropping trees in some very...

Yeah…I got it from the fundamentals book…I don’t remember the name of the other method where one lays out the tree with folding sticks.

I want to emphasize I’m not just eyeballing or gunning with the saw. I’m a machinist/welder. The method I would use to ensure precision is to measure from a stake in the lay to each side of the tree and cut to the marks accurately. I shouldn’t have said “gun”.

@gf beranek maybe it's in the book, and I haven't gotten to it yet. Most of the felling I have done is goofball shaped trees except a few conifers in Idaho. Those were pretty easy. Felling relatively straight, predictable trees, is there an expected variation from the gun/lay? Assuming the cuts...

I have watched some Reg. Blowing up danger trees, wee! Plan to search up his posts here. Could probably do something with that Stihl and tuning for sure. I started with a tach but with enough youtube vids and practice I can do it by ear now. Brad Snelling (Snellerized Performance) probably has...

I am flattered, that would be awesome. I'm the only saw/tree head I know anywhere near me, haven't hooked up with Jomo yet. Would be a nice break from the summer weather down here. We are still trying to decide where to vacation this summer, but it might be back home up that way. If nothing...

I wish I was brave, skilled, crazy enough to try to drop it thru that hole but even if I did the explosion of brittle limbs would probably cause damage.

I have always been hesitant to learn to climb, at least with ropes for work. I grew up climbing trees and am still about half monkey. Most of my tree work is dead tree demo. Lugging a bucket lift trailer around is a hassle and I often can’t get it where I need it…and when it breaks, oh boy. I’m...