Got to run the shindaiwa 488 today. I have a couple of tall cedars that obstruct my view of the hill on the other side of my valley. So I cut the bigger one down, limbed it from the bottom until it forked, about 36', and was able to get three twelve foot logs for milling. The bottom is 23" and the top was 14". Pretty nice logs. I already piled up the branches from the bottom 36' on my burn pile. I piled the logs on the hillside until I can tow the trailer down there with the big tractor. The little Power Trac barely kept the rear wheel on the ground when turning with the log on the grapple. (Tractor gets shorter when you turn, articulates). I can lift them onto a trailer but won't make the hill with them.
I also cut the wife some cedar cookies for the house. She loves the smell and I guess it keeps rodents out. It must as we haven't seen a mouse dropping in years. So now I can relax until it is time to lock up the birds. (Chickens and guineas)