Reply by Don W

The other big contributing factor is how wide you’ll be cutting. If you size everything 6” or less (like 2 – 2×6 instead of 1 – 2×12) you’ll do much better.

And cutting one tree at a time will help some to, the greener it is the easier it saws.

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