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Perfect weather today, not a cloud in sight
Took some noisy swedes for a ride in the ute and cut up a few sticks to keep the house warm over winter
Autumn has the best weather.
Crammed in the ute :)
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Cutting up sticks :)
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Need a bigger ute :)
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Need some cold weather now
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Last time I checked utes had a deck to throw chainsaws, deer,wood,fuel,dirt,shit,smelly mates on.
Husqvarnas ride in comfort, any other saw can get crushed under the wood on the back :)
Mates think I need meds to cure me of the firewood bug :)
Chasing deer tomorrow
You mean any other saw can handel being on the back ;) after my Talon fell off the back I took to loading the wood on top of it, it didn't mind in the slightest.
haha needs three new huskys to do the job of one old Stihl...Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
I'm surprised he got to the site driving a Ford hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by big_foot
Sent from my workbench
"Im surprised he got to the site driving a Ford haha"
Hahaha same :)
I get given a work vehicle and don't care what it is, as long as it can carry deer :)
This hybrid Sika hind had a huge body but mostly Sika characteristics
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Cam if your looking for a saw i have an old Husky 281 for sale, has had work done on it,
Talon Stihl going strong :D thanks AntsQuote:
Originally Posted by ANTSMAN
Can just feel his pain :)
http://youtu.be/6IXDmmaNX0Q
Not the saws fault! HahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Talking to Matt today about your big bar. Says many do not know how to use them properly and new crankcase is required.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Many people try to exert maximum pressure on the bar rather than letter the chain cut its way through, then all you get is a four foot lever acting on two studs trying to split the crankcase in two
There are a few setup tricks and operational techniques to help with longevity, master them and the bar and saw lasts a lifetime.
The 385xp and 395xp in the pics are very old saws, I just take very good care of them.
The GB Titanium harvester bar is worth every cent and a razor sharp chain is a must, top quality sharpening techniques and gear the only option.
Average gear running over 50 inches of bar only disappoints.
Send me a pm if you need any info.
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That is absolutely cheating. Wicked.:D
Just bought my first chainsaw so I can help out with firewood on the missus place, wee MS180 :thumbsup:
Not cheating, just doing it smart (must be a south island thing :) )Quote:
Originally Posted by TeRei
Good sawQuote:
Originally Posted by Timmay
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...de3c9b412c.jpg I'd have to say Stihl......
Ms660 are best... don't like the new model 661 designed for new fuel emissions not a same type of power
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i brought my husky 2nd hand about 15 years ago, never had to do anything other than the standard service, ive got mates that are both abourists and forestry workers each to their own ive always been told still are a better saw but noone can tell me why i always wanted a still but my husky turned up for the right price and ive never looked back, end of the day its how you look after them, my old man had a firewood bussiness back in the 70's and brought a poulan, 4 decades later still has it and it still goes strong.
Back in my young (idiotic?) day a mate and I used to do clear felling every weekend. Usually shitty macrocarpras (widow makers), usually on roadside boundaries with either power or telephone lines running beside.
We ran all Stihl saws, an 045 (75cc, nice for limbing) 2x 075s (111cc) and a 090 (137cc). Towards the end of the day my arms used to cramp badly using the 090.
My mate had worked in the bush in Taupo. In those days Stihl was the front runner with Jonserads and Partners (later gobbled up by Husqvarna) distant seconds. The beauty of the Stihl, apart from its reliability was the very strong service support. A broken saw could quite often be dropped off at the repair shop and someone would work back on it and it would be available for pickup early next am.
My first saws were Pioneers the last one a 2400 which kept shaking itself to bits. All screws were loctited in. I later dropped a tree on it – RIP Pioneer. In their day the Pioneer motors were half reasonable kart engines.
I still have 3 smaller Stihl saws although the 045 motor is now fitted to a 2 man post hole borer.
Without wanting to create a fight sometimes this comparison is like the 223 debate i.e. you can't shoot stags or deer with them because they are too small.Most saws[whatever the model] react well to care and being sharpened properly including the rakers.
Yea 660 and 440 awesome sawsQuote:
Originally Posted by bomber
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Sthil all day. working for a guy doing firewood in the holidays and after using a husky all day then jumping on the bosses sthil for a bit, the sthil was miles better
Sthil all the way, when I managed a arborist company we had 30 + from 060t to a 880 now that was a awesome saw until you hit bomb shrapnel, then you had a lot of sharpening.
Bomb shrapnel ???
Do you mean second world war bomb shrapnel still stuck in trees?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Taff
Might just have been engine shraps from the other Stihls :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 300CALMAN
Yep ww2 bomb shrapnel in Portsmouth and Gosport, plenty of it around still, when in the new forest there was a oak tree with a gun barrel driven into it, the story went that a soldier returning from WW1 put it there.
I have used both as production saws and would rate Sthils better than Huskys any day.
Just bought a "Havelock North Pencil Sharpener". Stihl believe it is more important to have the best sharpened chain.[excuse pun].
look to buy husky 61 saw
This is a cool vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm2EujxxLjA
This will keep the purists happy.
Husqvarna vs. STIHL chainsaws (video review)
Similar to getting your Venison delivered :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hamsav
First fire today, seriously warm house is the reward for days of cutting and lugging firewood :)
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That made me warm just looking at the photo.
My lil Smooth Hair Fox Terrier loves the heat source
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Nice log. Eucalyptus?