Tool Frustration Rag

[learnteach]

Tug has it right. Right tool for the right job. I don't have the RootBall Eradicating Technology.

The rootball is the gritty reality of soft wet wood. I've hacked small bits off, but the main ball is still there. I need to either hack about a third off, or recruit some serious muscle--which only delays the problem, doesn't fix it. So, A Tool Shed has 36" chainsaws...I'll check and see if they're actually in stock in the morning.

Why am I still commenting on this when it should be done, again? Got the fluids for the borrowed 16" chainsaw today, got it running, sharpened the blade, started it up, and it can barely hack the roots. Not enough power. Right up until it floods while I'm giving it gas; didn't get the mix right.

Haven't looked at bike yet...

Comments

Re: What I really need: (But am not willing to pay $600 and wait a month for:)

[collie13.livejournal.com]

You mean aside from learnteach? ;)

Re: What I really need: (But am not willing to pay $600 and wait a month for:)

[finickynarcane.livejournal.com]

Of course. But we all think all of our interests are perfectly normal. As we are - you just need a sufficiently small sample set.

Re: What I really need: (But am not willing to pay $600 and wait a month for:)

[collie13.livejournal.com]

Your pardon; I was just teasing. Your answer was most courteous, though, so thank you.

Re: What I really need: (But am not willing to pay $600 and wait a month for:)

[(Anonymous)]

You guys share some obvious characteristics: Friends of mine, on LJ, female. But you share non-obvious ones: Ballroom dancers, trained as SCA fighters, interest in other cultures.

Still, great observation. In truth, all of us tend to collect these wonderful wierd groups...