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  1. 08-05-2012, 07:15 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tzed250 View Post
    A. Speed

    B. Reliability

    C. Low cost


    Choose two...
    (twisting an old Packard add)

    "Ask the man who has been there"
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  2. 08-05-2012, 07:18 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tzed250 View Post
    A. Speed

    B. Reliability

    C. Low cost


    Choose two...
    Well stated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mdavlee View Post
    Mastermind, blsnelling, stumpy, tlandrum, treemonkey, and treeslingr are all sponsors on here. They all do good work.
    MS261,MS441CM,MS460,MS660,MS880,550XP,562XP,576XP,395XP.

    I'll match up the names and numbers based on work I've admired from all these guys over the years.

    I would send the 562 and 550 to Mastermind. He is awesome with these new Husky's

    I would send the 880 to Jasha (Treeslingr). He knows how to make one into a useable saw, not just a slow grunt machine. There is a vid of one he did on youtube that still makes me grin just watching it

    Terry tlandrum builds a snotty 460.

    Brad blsnelling is great at the 261 and 441.

    I know I left out a few saws, and a few builders. You could swap those names and saws around any number of ways and get great results. I'm just picking through my memory who has built really great versions of which models.

    Some are easier than others to build because the model has been around longer and the builders have done so darn many of them to really nail it down. 460 and 660 fall into that category. Very popular saws that have been ported many times and you could send one to any porter. The new strato stuff, I'd stick with a guy that has shown known good results here.
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    Randy builds a pretty nasty 261 mine is pretty sweet.
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    Originally Posted by Rokon

    The saw was $299.00, but the matching Justin Bieber chaps were $501.00!!!
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  5. 08-05-2012, 07:33 PM #35
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    Sir your original post was as subtle as a B-52 on take off.On this site everyone jokes about saws in one manner or another however, one thing is paramount on this site.Guess?? Safety!!A fast cutting saw will injure you in less than a blink of an eye.If I may advise you to take say the 261 and go out and cut some wood with it.Just get to know the limitations of the saw and yourself.Have you ever felled a tree and been stung buy angry bees about 6-9 times?Stuff like this happens.How about reading "Chainsaw Savvy" buy Niel Soderstrom.Every trick to felling and cutting with a saw.I understand your desire to cut fast but learning to cut safely is more important. Sort of like the hair and the turtle.With your financial resources available do you have and use safety gear?Anyway, enjoy the site and be safe. How about using a file or a grinder?Nothing will slow you down like a an improperly sharpened chain. Ken

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kenskip1 View Post
    Sir your original post was as subtle as a B-52 on take off.On this site everyone jokes about saws in one manner or another however, one thing is paramount on this site.Guess?? Safety!!A fast cutting saw will injure you in less than a blink of an eye.If I may advise you to take say the 261 and go out and cut some wood with it.Just get to know the limitations of the saw and yourself.Have you ever felled a tree and been stung buy angry bees about 6-9 times?Stuff like this happens.How about reading "Chainsaw Savvy" buy Niel Soderstrom.Every trick to felling and cutting with a saw.I understand your desire to cut fast but learning to cut safely is more important. Sort of like the hair and the turtle.With your financial resources available do you have and use safety gear?Anyway, enjoy the site and be safe. How about using a file or a grinder?Nothing will slow you down like a an improperly sharpened chain. Ken

    Do you drive an Ecoboost F150?
    I should of added that I worked for Asplundh for a time out of high school. I do have saw experience. I drive whatever I feel like taking home for the night so long as it is a Ford:-), perks of the job. My personal vehicle is a F-450 my wife and I have 4 horses.
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    Richie Ginther drove a Ford.......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stihl 041S View Post
    Richie Ginther drove a Ford.......
    Sorry lost me. I know the Ford jokes will file in the 6.0 was an abomination....
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    Quote Originally Posted by mtrees View Post
    Sorry lost me. I know the Ford jokes will file in the 6.0 was an abomination....
    It's a Ford thing.

    Ever hear of a GT-40?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stihl 041S View Post
    It's a Ford thing.

    Ever hear of a GT-40?
    Oh of course!! We had 1 of the new GT's a few years back Awesome unit!!! We shipped it to Alabama. The originals were way ahead of their time.
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    I sure hope they figured out how to build forced induction cooling systems that don't fall to bits.

    My last straw with ford was when I worked in Radiator shops. When we started getting these turbo'd Mercury cougars coming in with overheating problems. They built a charge air cooler into the radiator as a funky package and it was a nightmare to R&R, nasty to recore the rad and the whole thing was fragile. They used long headers on the rad core with no core on half of it so they could cram the air cooler in beside it. The things ran hot to begin with and then there was this unsupported section of radiator tank that would blow out over and over. I know I only worked on 3 of those cars but I'm sure I worked on each of them at least twice. I rebuilt countless cooling systems and this was decades ago but that stupid layout is burned into my memory. Ford;s history with turbo charging is not so good I hope they can get it right. Now if they would only put a little VW style diesel in a compact truck I might become a customer
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    Quote Originally Posted by mtrees View Post
    Oh of course!! We had 1 of the new GT's a few years back Awesome unit!!! We shipped it to Alabama. The originals were way ahead of their time.

    Eeeeehhhhhhh ........NO

    The GT is a 3600lb car that will keep shutting down to say the car is stolen.

    The GT-40 is shorter at 40 inches tall and weighs in at about 2200.

    Richie had 8th place at start, within a lap or two he led first at 200 MpH and beat on the Ferraris, at the LeMans when it first raced there. Which is why they were built. Enzo backed out of the sales deal to Ford.

    Anyway. History lesson over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stihl 041S View Post
    Eeeeehhhhhhh ........NO

    The GT is a 3600lb car that will keep shutting down to say the car is stolen.

    The GT-40 is shorter at 40 inches tall and weighs in at about 2200.

    Richie had 8th place at start, within a lap or two he led first at 200 MpH and beat on the Ferraris, at the LeMans when it first raced there. Which is why they were built. Enzo backed out of the sales deal to Ford.

    Anyway. History lesson over.
    I watched a special no to long ago on Speed about that. Very interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zombiechopper View Post
    Now if they would only put a little VW style diesel in a compact truck I might become a customer
    I know the Ranger can be had overseas in diesel, but not here. Ditto lots of other small trucks. I dunno if it's an EPA thing or what, but it sucks.

    I would love a diesel hilux...
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    Quote Originally Posted by mtrees View Post
    Sorry lost me. I know the Ford jokes will file in the 6.0 was an abomination..

    Yes it was.
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