Discussion: Wish I had some lumberjacki...

Wish I had some lumberjacking to do.

We're lucky here. Since there's no oil underground, we still have lots of trees.

I have this cool little manual chain saw- it's a chain of blades that rolls up and fits in your pack- you just need 2 bits of wood for handles.
It's a pretty good workout. I can also use a big bowsaw, but it's a pain to run with- literally.

funny, you only lose your trees to uncontrolled urban sprawl...no biggie.
Hard core Bent. You should grow a beard.

Good point - Calgary hasn't experienced urban sprawl.

Somewhere I have one of these:
Sven Saw

This looks pretty cool, but I don't know about the weight:
Lee Valley Portable Buck Saws
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I definitely need something like this to carry with me when I'm course setting.

Apparently they had no trees to lose to begin with though.

Cedarcreek, those are both a lot more robust than what 'Bent slips into his pack. It's similar to this one, except that the ends are just two rings, and 'Bent has to find sticks to use as handles. It's about as lightweight as you can get!
http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___2700...

Zoo, that's true. I lived in Calgary on a university work term and it was soooo much smaller.

Yep, that's the beast. It works surprisingly well.

I definitely need to start carrying something when I fieldcheck for courses. I have a chain-type, but not as nice as 'Bent's. Mine has no links. It's more like a wire.

I really want a bow saw type as well, though, because the blade is a lot thinner, and you end up doing less work (assuming a sharp blade, obviously). I wouldn't carry it much, just when I knew I had a lot of cutting to do.

I assumed you needed a saw to clean up a bunch of deadfall, rather than just a few branches. I can't imagine using one of these for an hour or two. I actually used a bow saw for three 9-inch logs about a month ago. It was about 20 minutes of work, and I had a major pump in that arm for an hour or two.

When I was a teenager, we needed to cut some fallen trees and we didn't have access to a chainsaw, so my mother dug out this ancient 5-foot long buck saw, with handles on each end. We sanded the rust off the blade, and used a little file on the teeth, which were huge, like 4 or 5 cm long, and my cousin and I stood on either side of the log and cut some wood. It wasn't hard work, but we probably only cut for 90 minutes or a little longer. I know a lot more about sharpening saws today---I could probably get it working a lot better---If I knew where it was. I'll ask around. I think I know.

{Edit. It is apparently a crosscut saw. It's like the one in this picture, but with a taller blade, much shorter, and with a 14 inch long handle on either end. Lehman's still sells these things. (They specialize in non-electric stuff for Amish and Mennonites.)}

I've cut logs up to 12 inches or so that have fallen (low) across the trail. It's hard work. I'll often bring a bow saw too, as it works better on the upper side of a log while the chain works below and tends to jam less.

The chain goes through pine nicely, but is slower on hardwood.