8 Penny Nails $10.00 Each

[DR Buck]

I did a single tree job today Inside the DC beltway.  Man I hate to go inside the DC Beltway to saw.   :(     To hard to maneuver the mill around all the Jags and BMWs. ;D ;D  It's always crooked logs with limb stubs sticking out all over that I end up having to trim off.  And worse yet, the tree guys that work in that area taking down trees always cut them into short logs.  Usually just under the span of the WM hydraulic lift.

This was an urban maple tree that came from next to a 50 year old house.   When reviewing the contract about blade damage charges, guy says that there are no nails in these logs.  :D    I said well then you have nothing to worry about.  ;D    2 cuts into the first log with a new blade.    zzzzzinnngggg!      Found three 8 p nails about 12 inches up from the bottom of the butt log.   Blade wiped out.....$25 charge.   Remove nails and put on new blade.  Rotate log.....take off slab......take one more cut   zzzzzinnngggg!     Another two 8 p nails.    Blade wiped out...again.....$25 charge.   Remove nails and put on new blade.   Finished the next 5 logs without incident and all with 1 blade. ;D

[LeeB]

you're proving my theory that a new blade is the best metal detector there is :D. LeeB