Quote Originally Posted by htek View Post
No question, a chainsaw it the best solution. It's just a rarity that a chainsaw is warranted (for me)... With that said, a quality bowsaw can cut with impressive speed and surprisingly little effort.

I think the intent of my question may be getting lost here... If you are going out for a week-long on a trip, everything is a compromise right? I could fit my roll-away toolbox and floor jack in my truck in case I need to make a repair - but does that mean I should? No, of course not... so I take a smaller toolkit that can get the job done, albeit not as easily.

Maybe it's just me... For various reasons, I simply don't find myself bucking alot a large firewood for a campfire.
Yup. It is all about where you are going. I only bring a 1l bottle of water because there is running water everywhere up here. I bring a chainsaw because mountain nights will drop below freezing 11 months of the year and the warm month will blow down huge swaths of trees across the trails. I don't bring a chainsaw when I go to Pismo beach.