Loaded up and ready to travel on a mobile sawing job

[Old Greenhorn]

That looks like a square top saw in there, maybe a 372 or so? Do you do a lot of big bucking on your sawing jobs or is that jut your preferred working saw?
 I use a 50cc around the mill, or an electric Milwaukee. That's a lot of saw and was just wondering why you chose that as your preference?

[SawyerTed]

Good eye!  Yes 372.  Why?  It had a sharp chain on it.     The others were of questionable "sharpness".  

I usually have a Rancher 455 or a 445 on mobile jobs.  I try NOT to do any chainsaw work for customers if I can. 

[Old Greenhorn]

Ah OK, that makes perfect sense. You want a sharp chain more than a 'right sized' saw. I avoid any chainsaw work I can also on sawing sessions.  Prefer the battery saw for bucking slabs but if I have to clean the end off a log or buck it, I go for the gas saw and 50cc is just fine.
 Your still in better shape than me for sure. I grab the 372 when I truly NEED it, then it's a great saw. But it's heavy and tough to swing around for random trimming... for somebody who feels as old as I do tonight.

[dkraft]

In my 20's a handyman said "Every man needs a big metal bar"
I bought one the following week, painted it orange and it still lives with me 35 years later. It never yields, it teaches me to be respectful and it has outlasted every pair of boxers I have ever owned.

Come to think of it, I'm gonna have that man's name engraved on the bar in memorial.