In a message dated 11/7/00 10:01:06 AM, vbob@PRIMENET.COM writes:

<< Ah... You haven't been to Germany have you. I was amazed at the number
of forests in Western Germany. >>

Tim,

Yes, but I am not talking about second growth pulpwood.  A few months ago I
had to take down an old oak with at least a 3 foot butt, that's diameter not
circumference.  I hated to do it, but it had been struck by lightning and
split in half right below the canopy.  Since it was a widow maker, I called
in a tree guy.  Right after he started the second notch cut, he stopped his
Stihl to touch up the chain.  I told him to try my Husky 266 instead.  When
he got done, he said something like," That's a real saw!  I gotta get one of
these!"

Rich