Yeah 42inch bar on the 084. The 066 has a 39in but I've gone down to something around a 32in on that one now and it's a better balance
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Yeah 42inch bar on the 084. The 066 has a 39in but I've gone down to something around a 32in on that one now and it's a better balance
Got a Stihl 056 that I brought 30yrs ago second hand of a fire wood merchant who had cut half his foot off with it, Dumb arse had filed the drags off so it kicked like hell. Also have a Husky that I won in a fishing contest 4yrs ago. The Stihl still starts a treat and is an absolute joy to use. The Husky however, is a pig to start, but once going seems to do the job OK. The Husky has been serviced twice in 4yrs and the Stihl twice in 30+yrs, go figure
Id say watch out for kick back but you gotta have a bit of grunt for that to be an issue;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
I have a Stihl MS280, 55cc I think with an 18 inch bar and it's great, Its the second model up in the commercial style and goes like stink. I think it's just the right size for the above average operator without going stupid. never had a problem with it and it's had a thrashing.
When I bought it the shop sold both Husq and Stihl, each guy I asked in there said Stihl so I stuck with them.
What chain do people recommend? I am mainly cutting blue gum trees, bith green and dry.
@big_foot is making profiles to vote sthil :D
Stick with Stihl chain, oregons alright but Stihls better not sure about husky never used it. Like I said before stick with full chisel unless there is a high chance of cutting dirt/mud.Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
Or Im just a good campaigner:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Job for a husky:wtfsmilie:
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Cut one of them in half the rest will run. Then chop the tree down. Nothing for a Husky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Your dead right Dundee, the kids can play with it while a real man deals to the tree with a Stihl:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
When you say guides, do you mean the rakers, the part of the chain that determines how much of the tooth is engaged ?Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
If that is what you are gringing down, and boring with the tip, you might want to make friend with a good vascular surgeon... :P
This video is a bit of a classic now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-SwpDKkHko
a lot of techniques I don't see used here
Boring with the tip is a good cutting style if you do it right, ebf
Cut the scarf on the downhill side then slice each side of the uphill cut, cut across from the back then bore in through the keyhole and "sweep" it so that it falls
When you see a tree that has been felled this way the whiskers have a stop in the middle
A good technique to use if you are caught with a saw that is shorter than you need
Boring with no/overly low depth gauges isnt doing it right unless your doing suicide, on 3/8 pitch chain I definitely wouldnt go lower than 1mm from the tip of the tooth, any further and its not only un safe but a barstard to hang on to and judders and stalls out.Quote:
Originally Posted by 308
Follow that link from 308 to Redwood felling in the 1940's, they probably argued what was the best brand of Axe. Impressive stuff. same method used on Kauri I guess
Oh well Stihl it is:D
http://youtu.be/HdgMcbNwZ3o
Yeah 308, I've seen bore cutting on a big tree - too scary for my liking thanks :D
I only fall trees for firewood, turning blanks or to help out mates - dont do it often enough to get into advanced stuff like bore cuts.
Geeze Dundee - that thing is a beast
I'd only feel happy cutting something that big down knowing that it was all gonna end up as quality furniture or something equally appreciated and enduring
Haven't seen hydraulic jacks here before but I do love my Tirfor
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Had an 026 and a wee 017 back in the day, both quite venerable when I acquired them, neither one ever missed a beat. Managed to lose both as part of a package including a wife, house, and wedding ring.
New Lady bought me a brand spanking MS390 for birthday before last, she's a top sort :D
Inherited the Old Man's 025, rest his soul. Hadn't been used for most of a decade. Gave it a carbie kit and a new fuel line to replace the perished one, fired up first pull.
There is another brand of orange chainsaw, but for the life of me I can't think why anyone would bother to remember the name of it :P
I have a stihl saw and weed eater, both brilliant machines and I wouldn't buy any thing else personally. Have mates with husqvarna saws and they like them to so I'd say either will see you right
Sent from my work bench
i would race you bro but i only own Stihl'sQuote:
Originally Posted by big_foot
Your chainsaw man can't be a true sawer of wood. The best Husky ever made is the 55. My bank details on request...Quote:
Originally Posted by TeRei
Knew a gynaecologist who owned a Poulan 36cc once. Does that count?Quote:
Originally Posted by ebf
My first saw was an old pioneer 11-30 it was a nice old saw to use, when that shit itself I had a brand new 30cc dolmar to keep me going I sold that even though it was a bloody good saw and got a stihl 034 (my first stihl) off trademe for $200 bore was buggered, did some research and bought an after market 036 piston and cylinder (034 and 036 share same crankcase, piston stroke etc) polished all the casting marks off the ports, got a brand new muffler in from the states that was dual ported for it and it used to win bets when people reckoned it could not handle a 24 inch bar so the 18 used to come off and the 24 went on :D wished I never got rid of that saw it was a beast for a small saw, only husky I owned was a brand new 375Xp and my hands used to be numb after using it everytime it used to leak bar oil all over the place so assholed it then went to a stihl 460. My vote will always go to Stihl
The best I had is the the one I've just sold, and gone to GAS! Ya!:thumbsup:
Got a Jonsered 2055 turbo. Found it in the shed in pieces of my house when i bought it. went to the tip shop and got a 16 inch bar. new chain. $60 total.. Its got way more torque then the father in laws stihl. Heated handle too. pretty flash :thumbsup:
It's a Poulan Ed, Oldies will remember.
Yep, love my Poulan, Bought it at Placemakers 8 years ago ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
My Grandad had a Poulan and a Stihl too back in the 70's and 80's ...
You could poul and poul my poulan and it still wouldn't start.
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Spook
Care of my Stihl
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So Stihl is the clear winner here.
I have never been payed to use a saw directly, but have used many saws of varying brands fairly extensively.
What do I own?
Your gonna laugh.
The first saw I "owned" was a 32cc "Tallon tough tools":D 32cc saw.after using all sorts of saws, sizes and brands this for home firewood at a 150 bucks may even have been less.
Its no secret I have some kind of obsessive compulsive thing with anything that is sharp and anything that runs on fuel, it can always go better!:D
The original 16? Inch bar and chain did a tank of fuel at 20 to1 and super hard work to run it in then it all came to bits.
Full strip and porting and custom but still "sociable" exhaust and 4 inches extra bar and it would CONSISTANLY out cut the old mans 40 something husky.
Due to mostly running the next pitch down chain I suspect.
(and possibly my obsession with things that are sharp, I would never sharpen on site I would take three chains and change if necessary) on pine logs off the ground(full bar but only one cut) the difference was very noticeable.
Not a standard saw against a standard saw and if I had to hang onto one all day every day it would be a husky or stihl but it does show what can be done with very limited cash.
That saw eventually died because the baker light block to carby thing I had ported eventually cracked, motor still good after getting close to hundreds of cords of firewood mostly native hard woods and a fair bit of blind cutting.
I got another the same but 34 cc and left it standard apart from bar and tuning, both of em the primer bulb has perished.
They both cut way out if proportion(with a bit of fettling) for there size and dollars.
You wou;d be a mug to buy one for commercial use, they vibrate like hell and need fuel up every 20min. But geese you can make em cut like fu^k!
When I was a young fella my high school sweethearts old man was a fairly legendary chainsaw racer, showed me a carb off a 40cc saw that was way bigger than my 125 motorcroser.
8 seconds for an engine(two races) and 40 hours into sharpening a chain ,Fastidious.
I always take down drags to suit the engine and wood being cut, lower drags for hard wood modded engine, standard drag height can be to much for softwoods, low torque big bar .
If you really want to cut wood its a science(sharpening)
You mean this one :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW3pO0XIX-o
This bugger can open my beers any day and he uses a stihl to do it :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjg6coL_w4
The exhausts on that thing are classic
I agree with VC here - it doesn't really matter what brand you have, it's more important that you look after what you've got and get it working to it's best potential
Out of curiosity, do any of you guys use those 12v chainsaw sharpeners or do most of yas file by hand?
Hand file only
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Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Doesn't take much to keep them sharp.
hand file only.
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I get the tree arbo guys at work to sharpen mine:D
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Chain looks too loose.Quote:
Originally Posted by big_foot
