The chainsaw thread...

[bodywhomper]

i'm impressed with the serviceability of the pro saw that i bought used. stihl ms361. the thing was heavily abused and not maintained. i disassembled everything but the av system at least once. as an update to my issues upthread, i cleaned up the carb for a second time and this time put in a carb kit. it's been running great! (fingers crossed). my repairs and completion of the deferred maintenance was all relatively cheap. i had to buy a new clutch, but everything else was like spark plug, hoses, fuel filters, etc., which are all maintenance items anyway.

because the carb on that saw allows adjustment WOT (H setting), i'm gonna mod the muffler, which seems very simple. husky has a muffler deflector and screen that seems very easy to install over the new hole that i'm going drill.

[bodywhomper]

because the carb on that saw allows adjustment WOT (H setting), i'm gonna mod the muffler, which seems very simple. husky has a muffler deflector and screen that seems very easy to install over the new hole that i'm going drill.

Very happy with the muffler mod and general performance.

[Rideski]

I have a cheap little electric that I couldn't care less about to prune small stuff around the yard.
Out of bar oil and no way I'm going to home depot on a Saturday.
Browsing around online and I see talk of veggie oil, that's fascinating.
Most of the yard tree pruning I do is around vegetable and herb plants. Had not occurred to me about flinging petrol everywhere.

Keeping in mind I'm not talking about a $500 Stihl, input?

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/chainsa...ve-101827.html

[mecc69]

My research indicates that it isn't a problem so long as it doesn't sit in your saw.

Apparently bar oils, even the biodegradable kind, come with additives in them to prevent deposits, etc.

[highangle]

I have a cheap little electric that I couldn't care less about to prune small stuff around the yard.
Out of bar oil and no way I'm going to home depot on a Saturday.

Keeping in mind I'm not talking about a $500 Stihl, input?

Have at it. Veggie oil will probably thin down and start to smoke real quick if it's not adequate...


Like baseball, golf, or splitting wood, blade speed is key:



^^^Dude's a flailer (he's overswinging to make sure he gets a clean cut for the camera)...but with the grip he showed I can safely clear more of the right kind of small stuff with a $19 Collins machete and a $20 mill bastard file than you can with a $299 sawchain. Then after a 12hr day of it, I can go to the pub and play a guitar while you're crashed out on meds with your fucked up back.

[Game Over]

Stihl 880 vs. Husky 3120?

Gonna be running at least a 56 or 60 inch Granberg to slab up some stuff that's too big for our sawmill (34+).

I see the 880 has more power stock but what about mods? Which has the most potential? Thanks

[DoWork]

^^^Dude's a flailer (he's overswinging to make sure he gets a clean cut for the camera)...but with the grip he showed I can safely clear more of the right kind of small stuff with a $19 Collins machete and a $20 mill bastard file than you can with a $299 sawchain. Then after a 12hr day of it, I can go to the pub and play a guitar while you're crashed out on meds with your fucked up back.

Whoa bro easy- just take our women and our money and go. We don't want any trouble with a guy who's got a grip like that.

[highangle]

Whoa bro easy- just take our women and our money and go. We don't want any trouble with a guy who's got a grip like that.

You damn right you don't.
My grip's better cuz I choke up to where the machete balances. This puts my index finger on the steel, the hand guard between my first two fingers, and I get Mark McGuire blade speed but in perfect control. I actually did learn it in SA, where people mow yards with a machete...


Went out to a job where the boys were setting some Bearing Trees on the RR ROW in some stunted white spruce. In office clothes I picked up a crew machete and slicked off about 4' of tree trunk while I was giving some instructions, like it was some loblolly pine. Then I darted the machete into the snow in front of the tree and carried on with whatever else I was saying. Didn't think nothin' of it.

When the crew got back, they told me their track maggot hi-rail driver was mightily impressed, and cut line for my crew all day for the machete lesson.

[jackattack]

in the PNW we mow our lawns with a sawchain

[highangle]

[kootenayskier]

My three Stihl MS260 saws get used hard almost every day, all summer, for trail work. The two 12 year old saws are working as new, while the 17 year old saw still fires up and gets the job done, but is getting a bit tired. It's incredible how little annual maintenance they require, rarely more than blowing out the air filter and putting in a new chain, and they're ready for another season. If you're expecting anything more than occasional use, you really can't afford not to buy a Stihl professional level saw. I just wish they made a super light version, for carrying on my bike. I've tried their lightweight home saws and "pro" arborist saws, but those things are disposable toys in comparison.

[DoWork]

You damn right you don't.
My grip's better cuz I choke up to where the machete balances. This puts my index finger on the steel, the hand guard between my first two fingers, and I get Mark McGuire blade speed but in perfect control. I actually did learn it in SA, where people mow yards with a machete...


Went out to a job where the boys were setting some Bearing Trees on the RR ROW in some stunted white spruce. In office clothes I picked up a crew machete and slicked off about 4' of tree trunk while I was giving some instructions, like it was some loblolly pine. Then I darted the machete into the snow in front of the tree and carried on with whatever else I was saying. Didn't think nothin' of it.

When the crew got back, they told me their track maggot hi-rail driver was mightily impressed, and cut line for my crew all day for the machete lesson.

Wow you're even cooler than I thought! It must be tough being the best machete slinger in the world when you're stuck in a chainsaw thread and nobody gives a fuck about it.

[XXX-er]

. It's incredible how little annual maintenance they require, rarely more than blowing out the air filter ..

you do that once a season?

I swap the filter out to wash at the end of every day, dig out all the chips, sharpen chain or chains ... this is a high perfomance engine

[highangle]

Wow you're even cooler than I thought!

You don't know the half of it...

It must be tough being the best machete slinger in the world when you're stuck in a chainsaw thread and nobody gives a fuck about it.

What are you talking about?

[kootenayskier]

you do that once a season?

I swap the filter out to wash at the end of every day, dig out all the chips, sharpen chain or chains ... this is a high perfomance engine

I brush the sawdust off the filter daily, but only do a thorough clean annually. I touch up the chain with each tank fill, adjust the rakers weekly, and chains last a few weeks of regular use, less with sloppy operators. I clean out the accumulated gunk with each chain change. New bars every few years. Nothing else I can think of.

[iceman]

These guys have been out in the brush in the field next to my place all day using chainsaws to cut stuff they probably could have used a weedwhacker on. I can't see them, so maybe they're not actually cutting anything at all, and they're just revving the saws for about a second out of every four seconds. All damn day. Gah. At least cut something fellas.

[highangle]

"Billy'll go all day as long as he can smell that gasoline."

[jackattack]

What are you talking about?

Nobody gives a fuck about your machete.

[highangle]

OK, srsly, what are you talking about again?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I'd probably care more if highangle were posting about billhooks.

[highangle]

"Reported for kickbacks!"

[DoWork]

What are you talking about?

Chainsaws. This is the chainsaw thread. Not the cool machete story bro thread. If you are in need of further clarification, please PM Rontele.

[highangle]

Good to see you on top of things, DW.

How's your mom 'n them?

[TacocaT]

Stihl 880 vs. Husky 3120?

Gonna be running at least a 56 or 60 inch Granberg to slab up some stuff that's too big for our sawmill (34+).

I see the 880 has more power stock but what about mods? Which has the most potential? Thanks

i spent a few days slabbing with an 880 i don't recall the length on the bar i want to say 48" and it worked like a dream. Also ran it on an Alaska mill and the power is great. Ran a well tuned 084 with the Alaska and that thing screamed. worked with husky 3120 for a day bucking up some 42-46 inch diameter cedar logs. not nearly the power of the stihl and it was like starting it cold every time you pulled it. Got old quick. I will admit i am a bit biased to stihl.

I have been cutting in some serious machete territory lately. Tons of 2-8 inch trees. Probably annoying neighbors with my short throttle burst, but somebody has to thin out the garbage lodgepole reprod. Good news is the ground is flat and there are almost no rocks to be found in the unit.

[Game Over]

I must admit I'm a longtime machete aficionado since I was a little boy. We prolly have 8-10 out in the machine/tool shed. I also use the same grip highangle uses. It's no joke.

Leaning strongly towards the Stihl although I saw a 3120 on craigslist for $800.