Did you know chainsaw chains have to face a certain way?
So I've been chainsawing firewood at the cat ranch for a couple of years since I got a fancy Stihl Farm boss but a couple of months ago when I was out there the chain slipped for the first time (I was cutting at some weird elevated angle trying to prune an ancient apple tree) and I just stopped cutting wood for the day.
Yesterday comes and I take the chainsaw apart and put the chain back on the chainsaw and start attempting to cut some down some ewe(yew?) bushes here in KC and the I was getting nowhere. Like the chainsaw was running full steam but nothing was happening when I put it to the wood.
This went on for a couple of minutes before I realized something was not right and started thinking....Eventually I realized the chain may be on backwards, took it off, flipped it and it worked.
Felt like a huge dumbass afterwards but I cut those ewe(yews?) down in seconds after flipping the chain and then spent an hour digging out the stupid rootballs.