Axes are dangerous, but if all you're going to do is lop a
few branches and makes some smaller tree trunks light enough
to move, and axe can do the job for $20 or so given some
time. You also need to be able to swing it.

But a dull axe is a real pain to use. It is also dangerous
because it can fail to bite and skip off the log and if
anyone is close, make a real bad cut or kill them. Lots of
room needed.

Chain saws need to be sharp too. If you don't control the
cut, it can swing into a leg or arm and do a 1 second
amputation that will be very hard to put back. The Kevlar
vests and leggings are designed jam the chain and stall the
saw before it gets to the bone..

And you can get frame or buck saw. It all depends on how
much time you want to trade for money.


I think more chain saws are ruined by improper chain oiling
and the engines are ruined by too much or no oil in the
fuel. Also saw dust can block the cooling fins and the saw
will over-heat and destroy the piston and warp the head.


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| Be safe, if you are using a chainsaw on ice covered
ground,
| have spikes on your boots. Kevlar chaps and hearing and
eye
| protection, too.
|
| Absolutely. Chainsaws are amazing tools, but also can
cause amazing
| damage given one second of complacency.
|
|
| If you only have a few trees, an axe will get the job
done
| and keep Al Gore happy [if that matters].
|
| Axes are nearly as danagerous as chain saws, especially in
the hands of
| a person who uses an axe once a year or so. And if using
my chain saw
| bothers Algore, I'll go out and fire it up right now! :-)
|
| Matt