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  1. 05-21-2012, 06:16 PM #31
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    In your price range I would send you to your Stihl dealer and bring home a new MS 391.Why get more saw than you may need? Get PP gear.JMO Ken
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  2. 05-21-2012, 06:24 PM #32
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    stihl chainsaw

    This popped up locally and I do not have the funds but would be perfect and under your price.
    I call Trunk Monkey!
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  3. 05-21-2012, 06:31 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by homelitejim View Post
    stihl chainsaw

    This popped up locally and I do not have the funds but would be perfect and under your price.
    That looks like it could be a good deal. Is that a 440, or a 460?
    Quote Originally Posted by Smittysrepair View Post
    Heck I was on here for less then a month before I shelled out almost $1000.00 for a new MS460 that I really did not need just so my buddy would have a saw to port and enter in his build off. Imagine trying to explain that one to the wife!!
    Quote Originally Posted by tlandrum2002 View Post
    your saws look challenged enough. it looks to me to be more suited to cutting a loaf of bread.





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  4. 05-21-2012, 06:35 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony_Va. View Post
    That looks like it could be a good deal. Is that a 440, or a 460?
    one of those.
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  5. 05-21-2012, 06:39 PM #35
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  6. 05-21-2012, 06:42 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vibes View Post
    I would keep that 7900 and get rid of that OLY. I know someone looking for just such a saw.

    OP check the classifieds nmurph has a big Husky on there. Besides that, it will quit calling my name if you buy it.
    Thats easy to say when you haven't seen them. The oly is in great condition and been ported by Randy. The 7900 is the opposite. Just not in the same category, a great saw none the less.

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  7. 05-21-2012, 06:43 PM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by rwoods View Post
    Why wait until fall? Dead trees only become more dangerous with the passage of time. As to the saw, I'm pretty much with ptjeep. Ron
    Two thumbs up to this suggestion. Cut it down sooner rather than later. If it's leaning, not much need to rope it unless it could potentially veer into something. I would recommend a bore cut into the tree from the rear to front (bisecting where the hinge would be) to see how solid it is. I have only cut down one oak this size that didn't have hollow areas in the center. And I cut down a very large one (twice the size of yours) that only had about 5" of good wood all the way around. It reminded me of sawing through a piece of pipe. Had it roped so it went where it needed to but that was sobering how little hinge there was.

    You are correct in your assessment that you have enough saws to take this tree down and block it up but due to cad, I vote "aye".
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  8. 05-21-2012, 07:00 PM #38
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    I vote either a 441 RCM ported of course, 460 ported or stock, or a 660. The 441 RCM in my opinion is the saw of the future with better AV, better fuel mileage, & no carb adjusting. Hope Brad does not mind me posting this vid of the 441 RCM that he ported. I am sure that saw is stronger now than what it is in this video.
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  9. 05-21-2012, 09:22 PM #39
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    Are you in ashe county near near deep gap, i live in todd and am about 10 minutes from you, you are welcome to try out my ms440 or my ported ms 460 anytime.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshRountree View Post
    Check out this tree, it's dead and Dad wants to take it down this fall. I have a Poulan 3400, Poulan S25DA, and dad has a Stihl 290 Farm Boss. I bet we could take it down with what we got, but I'm using it as an excuse to buy something bigger! My budget is around $500, think that'll work?

    It's 36" DBH oak.

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  10. 05-22-2012, 05:01 AM #40
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    Quote Originally Posted by ncvarmint View Post
    Are you in ashe county near near deep gap, i live in todd and am about 10 minutes from you, you are welcome to try out my ms440 or my ported ms 460 anytime.
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    I sure am! Thanks! I'll take you up on that offer, not sure when though. The tree in question is actually about 2 hours away in Grover, NC but I live up here. Small world!
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    Just gotta a pic of whole tree and lay of land next!
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    Big Bore 6401

    You could always pick up a 6401 and big bore it. A site sponsor has them pre-big bored for a good deal too! Lot's of options and you will have to pick what fits you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mstang1988 View Post
    You could always pick up a 6401 and big bore it. A site sponsor has them pre-big bored for a good deal too! Lot's of options and you will have to pick what fits you.
    Who is it, do they have the 6401 with the 7901 P&C? I haven't read good things about the big bore.
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  14. 05-22-2012, 01:31 PM #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoshRountree View Post
    Who is it, do they have the 6401 with the 7901 P&C? I haven't read good things about the big bore.
    Bailey's, but you are looking at $700 or so, if you do your own work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by blsnelling View Post
    I vote either a 046/460, 372, or 7900 with a 28" bar. Or, if you can find a great deal, go for a 066/660, 385, 390, 395 with a 32"-36" bar.
    +1. You don't need 90+cc for that job, and you'll likely get more use out of the saws Brad suggested, since they weigh nearly the same as your 290 does.
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