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ShatsBassoon

ShatsBassoon

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Grateful Dude said:
Yep. I have no issue with having one, but with a normal residential lawn I have very little need for one.
That’s the kind of tool I’ll acquire when the need arises, and from that point on I’m happy to have it.
But it’s overkill to me for the money to just use it for pruning a few trees.
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Seriously what can't you do with a chainsaw? It does everything. Cuts wood
Cuts cake
Cuts cheese
Cuts ice
You can carve with one
You can shave with one
Carve the bird on Thanksgiving
You can juggle em
You can fire it up first thing in the am to piss off your neighbours.
You can settle disputes with your significant other.
Really what can't a chainsaw do?
 
Grateful Dude

Grateful Dude

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Lou Dog said:
some texas dude on another forum I know runs a mesquite BBQ almost every night
he is in da tree business, the threads are pretty epic as he cooks all types of meat over mesquite
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Mesquite trees suck balls, I hope he cuts them all down.

its perfectly fine for smokers, but I’m more of an oak wood fire with added hickory or pecan smoke flavor myself ?
 
ShatsBassoon

ShatsBassoon

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CornPop said:
Wow. So you have 4 inches more cutting capacity than a reciprocating saw at the low cost of infinitely more upkeep and noise? Well, I'm convinced.
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Chainsaws have more torque per square inch than any cutting tool you're likely to find. Also you don't look like a sissy bed wetter, cutting down a tree with your sawzall!
 
BeardOfKnowledge

BeardOfKnowledge

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ShatsBassoon said:
Seriously what can't you do with a chainsaw? It does everything. Cuts wood
Cuts cake
Cuts cheese
Cuts ice
You can carve with one
You can shave with one
Carve the bird on Thanksgiving
You can juggle em
You can fire it up first thing in the am to piss off your neighbours.
You can settle disputes with your significant other.
Really what can't a chainsaw do?
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A reciprocating saw does all that and rustle jimmies in a way a chainsaw can only dream of.
 
Grateful Dude

Grateful Dude

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ShatsBassoon said:
Seriously what can't you do with a chainsaw? It does everything. Cuts wood
Cuts cake
Cuts cheese
Cuts ice
You can carve with one
You can shave with one
Carve the bird on Thanksgiving
You can juggle em
You can fire it up first thing in the am to piss off your neighbours.
You can settle disputes with your significant other.
Really what can't a chainsaw do?
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You bring up some compelling points here
 
Rambo John J

Rambo John J

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Grateful Dude said:
Mesquite trees suck balls, I hope he cuts them all down.
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I think that is why he always has plenty of it, people want it gone
His cooking and threads are fun

Never seen a mesquite myself...mostly oak, soft deciduous, conifers, and fruit trees here.
 
BeardOfKnowledge

BeardOfKnowledge

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ShatsBassoon said:
Do it! You'll find uses for it!

Battery powered saws come at a premium and are pricier to fix, which should be no issue if it's not in heavy usage.
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I also can't be bothered to deal with the mess, noise and other bullshit that come with a gas saw.
 
Tiiimmmaaayyy

Tiiimmmaaayyy

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ThatOneDude said:
Currently a 16, looking at a 24. I've been consulting with a professional Canadian throughout the day on my potentials next saw choice.
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You need not consult a Canadian or anyone else. I think we recently had a thread on which types of saws are best. You should be able to get everything you from there.
 
Grateful Dude

Grateful Dude

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Lou Dog said:
I think that is why he always has plenty of it, people want it gone
His cooking and threads are fun

Never seen a mesquite myself...mostly oak, soft deciduous, conifers, and fruit trees here.
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They have big ass thorns, and they’re smallish and not very aesthetic. It’s not the kind of tree you’d plant for your yard. Usually when people buy a chunk of land here, they clear it out.

I’ve tried smoking with it a little, but it can be overpowering IMO compared to other wood smoke flavor. It’s all personal preference, but I use oak or lump charcoal for the fire, and then hickory or pecan. But mesquite is used around here a lot for smoking.

one of the famous BBQ places here uses brined pecan shells on an oak fire as part of their secret smoke flavor recipe. Always thought that was clever.
 
jason73

jason73

Auslander Raus
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Grateful Dude said:
Yep. I have no issue with having one, but with a normal residential lawn I have very little need for one.
That’s the kind of tool I’ll acquire when the need arises, and from that point on I’m happy to have it.
But it’s overkill to me for the money to just use it for pruning a few trees.
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It makes short work of quartering a moose
 
Onetrickpony

Onetrickpony

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Grateful Dude said:
Yep. I have no issue with having one, but with a normal residential lawn I have very little need for one.
That’s the kind of tool I’ll acquire when the need arises, and from that point on I’m happy to have it.
But it’s overkill to me for the money to just use it for pruning a few trees.
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I have my arborist license, cut down trees on the regular at work and do not own a chainsaw.

Chainsaws are overkill (and downright dangerous for people with no training) for a regular residential homeowner.
 
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