Wood Duck
Well-Known OPE Member
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- 9279
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2019
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- Location
- Southern Illinois
Just wanted to post up today's experience with my father and my "new" saw. I got a nannered 395 from Randy over a year ago. Unfortunately, a week after I received it, I fell off the barn roof and broke both arms, my collarbone, 8 vertebrae in my neck and back, and most of my ribs. I hadn't even put the bar on it yet, because it was WAY too hot outside for me to want to run a saw for anything. A $50,000 helicopter ride to a trauma center, over a month in the hospital, and 6 more months of rehab and conditioning before I could returned to work late this Spring. My 82 year old father called me today, and asked if I could bring my "big" saw over to buck up a 32"x 18 foot oak log for firewood. I installed a 36" Tsumura bar with a new X-Cut full comp chain. (The only 36" chain I had left, since I rarely use one anymore.) I warmed it up for a few minutes, and tinkered with the oiler adjustment to get her slinging enough oil off the bar to suit me. Turned around, and he was standing there with his leather-gloved hands outstretched- " I wanna do it." The Old Man gets his way with me, especially if Mom's out of sight, so I nodded and handed it over. He knew it was a new saw, so he was babying the throttle and bogged it down to a stop halfway through the first cut. I hollered over to him "Pull the trigger and let her sing!" And sing she did. He walked down that big 'ol dead oak log, cutting it to firewood length, and making chips fly. He shut it off, turned the saw sideways to look at it again, and said "Gorilla Balls". (Saws get named around here if they're worth keeping.) He *b-worded about the sawdust in his dentures afterwards, because he was smiling the whole time! LOL! So when I got home this evening, I got the vinyl label maker out and christened the 395 with it's official title, right underneath Randy's sticker. I didn't think he'll mind! I sat it back in the shop next to "Monkey Ass", the 550XP Randy built for me. It's my go-to saw for 90% of what I'm normally cutting. I don't like packing anything heavier than I have to to get the job done. His experience today, and my memory of it, was worth every penny I paid for that saw. Thank you again Randy, you've done right by me.
