I Know about chopping dead wood Vic, but I was so excited to finally find a limb blocking the road at Mingo that I didn't think about it until I had already chopped off one portion. The first swing into a maybe inch and a half thick branch of the limb resulted in a very good cut over half way through. But the wood being dead and pretty dried out PLUS being so springy it was just hard to cut.

I changed the way I have the chopping lanyard attached (it is now through the lanyard hole AND the last hollow pin and will draw up tight. Actually almost to tight but I figure in time it will stretch out some.