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Tried two-handed sawing on a big oak and ended up pinching the bar so bad I had to dig it out for an hour
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grace_campbell5mo ago
You said "pinching the bar so bad I had to dig it out for an hour" and honestly I used to think two handed sawing was the only way to go on big logs. I figured more power equals less problems, but that oak taught me a lesson too. I had a big red oak that pinched my saw so tight I had to wedge it out piece by piece with a splitting maul. Now I always cut a relief cut on the top side first before going in from the bottom, and I check for any lean or tension before I even start. That one hour digging session really changed how I look at big trees, I don't just assume two hands will save me anymore.
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the_sam5mo ago
Man, I've been there too. That feeling when your bar gets stuck and you realize you're gonna be digging for ages is the worst. Learning to read the tension in a log before cutting is a skill that only comes from getting burned a few times.
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matthewmartin5mo ago
That one hour digging out session is pure misery, I remember wrenching my shoulder on a pinched poplar that took me almost that long. @the_sam is dead right about reading the tension, that skill only comes from hard lessons like this. At least now you'll never forget those relief cuts, because nothing teaches like a stuck bar and a sore back.
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