I missed this 1" angle iron only because I checked around to see how the tip side cut was going. I love the trees there but they weren't supposed to have anything in them.
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RHH said:I split a chunk of wood and found some metal in both halves. I burned both pieces to see what it was and found an old clothes line pulley nicely split in half. I was lucky to miss it with the chainsaw. This pulley must have been well over fifty years old as it was totally inside the tree.
bogydave said:Property line trees are notorious for barbed wire, nails & staples to be hidden inside.
I imagine with all the trees cut up after the 2 storms on the east coast, lots of dull or ruined chains from them.
Was a time when many trees in the PNW were spiked by protesters, ruined several large saw mill blades. Now they run them thru metal detectors.
I hit my own nails when cutting up one old tree in my yard %-P . One side of the chains teeth were rounded & shiny on the cutting tip.
Don't know the solution, carry a couple extra chains with you I guess.
zapny said:bogydave said:Property line trees are notorious for barbed wire, nails & staples to be hidden inside.
I imagine with all the trees cut up after the 2 storms on the east coast, lots of dull or ruined chains from them.
Was a time when many trees in the PNW were spiked by protesters, ruined several large saw mill blades. Now they run them thru metal detectors.
I hit my own nails when cutting up one old tree in my yard %-P . One side of the chains teeth were rounded & shiny on the cutting tip.
Don't know the solution, carry a couple extra chains with you I guess.
bogydave, when we bought our property the guy that sold us the land showed me some areas the old barb wire was still in the trees.
zap
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