v8 chainsaw - only in America?

[djbobbins]

I am guessing this has been posted on here many times before but just saw it and was a bit astonished / shocked / scared / filled with laughter (can't decide which):

 

Weekend Woodcutter’s Ultimate V8 Chainsaw

 

You might need to click on the link to the file to get the wmv to play...

[xdarkknight]

Haha... yeah, We've got a few "Hot Saws" runnin around up here. I grew up going to the Deming Logging Show in, funny enough, Deming, WA. They have all kinds of crazy logging events and shows, etc. The one that was always pretty friggin cool was the hot saws. They get a BIG log (48" across) and turn on the saw and time it from top to bottom. The coolest one is the saw with the Nitrous Oxide boost.... Don't know what to tell ya. It's better than Sturgis Bike Week! (and louder too!)

For all of these they have a wall of logs opposite the operator... So that WHEN the chain breaks, it is thrown into the wall of logs, not into spectators or who knows where.

 

All in all, it's a blast. It doesn't hurt that my uncle's uncle runs a major Logging company in the area, so I see some of the show that others might not.