It's a bit of a different situation here. I've got about an acre of lawn to mow so i really need a riding lawn tractor for that job. We might go through seven cord of softwood firewood over the course of the winter. A chainsaw and a gas powered log splitter are a must if you're producing that much.
Times have changed. When i started out as a young apprentice in carpentry we did almost all of our finish work with a hand saw. I remember taking an old signature Henry Disston down to the old man at the saw sharpening shop. I had him re-cut it to a 13 point fine cut saw. He did a beautiful job. Things changed over the years though. There was a growth and evolution in tools and the way we did things. Chop saws became more common on the jobsite. It made it so that we could work more productively and cut with greater precision.
I've still got that old 13 point fine hanging on a nail in the shop but i haven't touched it in years.
That's too much like work !
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