Years ago I was called to jury duty I drove half across the state if Minnesota to Wisconsin for it got some ridiculous amount of money for the day. I have never gone in for jury duty since I will not waste my time again.
Yes you lose wood I normally cut my larger slabs 3” thick maybe even 4” sometimes so the few passes of lost wood aren’t that big of deal to actually cut lumber with one would be pretty wasteful.
Same blade I’ve probable slabbed 1/2 dozen logs with the same chain, lot of gas I guess so compared to cutting firewood. I’m sure it’s fairly hard on the saw to do this sort of thing but I haven’t burned up the motor yet.
I also don’t prune my pears very much because of their tendency towards overreacting from it with large amounts of vegetative growth. Pears circle wagons very quickly when they feel they’re under attack!
I’ve got a brush hug squealer 160. I think it’s a 72 inch mower shear pin was breaking all the time drove me mad so I’ve installed a slip clutch assembly and then used a grade 8 bolt for the sheer pin.
I’ve got a JD 4700 I wouldn’t even consider a smaller machine if/when I replace it the replacement will be a larger machine but I use mine a lot maybe for light duty the smaller machines are ok.