I'll be working exclusivly with pine to start, though I would like to branch out (yuk yuk) later. Fortunatly I have a good deal of experience running and sharpening my 036, and I am hoping that I can find a good sawyer that might let me watch them @ work in W mass sometime this summer, give me some tips. I have settled on the husky for the saw, as it comes highly recommended by my collegues. I am also thinking of the july course at Heartwood on converting trees to timbers. Thanks for the interest, and I will certainly post pics, perhaps a blog of some type. When the time comes, I'll have LOTS of questions regarding rigging and the like, as I do not own a crane.

Nat