"Limbing" Saws?

[rheima]

How many saws are needed?

When I go to the woods I always take at least 2 saws with me. This problem has not been mentioned yet but I "once" got a bar pinched by a limb and had to chop it out with an axe. Not fun! Much easier to save the saw with another saw. Big stuff-big saw-------little stuff-little saw.


Ray

 

[SawTroll]

How about a 12 pound saw with a 14" bar?

Nothing wrong with that, it that combo otherwise fit the situation.

I often limb and buck with a MS361 fitted with a 15" bar and 3/8"x8.

 

[Trigger-Time]

Nothing wrong with that, it that combo otherwise fit the situation.

I often limb and buck with a MS361 fitted with a 15" bar and 3/8"x8.

ST, how many inches of bar sticks out from the front of crank case
to the tip of bar, on your 15" bar.

I bought 2 NOS Stihl .325 bars. when on my saw I have 14" of bar.
I would like to know if I have a 14" or 15"

Bar has all the paint and only number on it is Stihl's part number and it
is a 3003 mount. I have one on 026 and it uses 62 drivers just like
025 bars do. When I tried to put it on 361 chain is to short trying
to use the bigger .325 9-T sprocket. I think these bars are kind of old.

TT

 

[cjnspecial]

If you have multiple workers, it makes economic sense to use smaller saws that are cheaper to buy, maintain and run to do the light work such as limbing.

 

[Officer's Match]

When I go to the woods I always take at least 2 saws with me. This problem has not been mentioned yet but I "once" got a bar pinched by a limb and had to chop it out with an axe. Not fun! Much easier to save the saw with another saw. Big stuff-big saw-------little stuff-little saw.


Ray

:agree2:

Not that I've ever stuck a saw, but in theory that makes sense.

 

[Work Saw Collector]

:agree2:

Not that I've ever stuck a saw, but in theory that makes sense.

I once stuck 2 saws :hmm3grin2orange: had to go back to the truck and get another. I am consistent. :chainsawguy:

 

[StihlyinEly]

Whats the old saying (I may have it wrong) but it's how dad told me.

"Don't judge a man until you walk a mile in his shoes"

The whole quote actually is: "Don't criticize a man until you walk a mile in his shoes. That way, you'll be a mile away, and you'll have his shoes."

 

[hoss]

I didn't even own a saw smaller than 65cc for a lotta years when I first started doing firewood and falling & milling at the tree farm, but lately I have taken 2 or 3 saws out to a job planning to use em, but then I usually end up just using the Homelite 750 for everything. Sometimes i'll make myself stop and use the other saws just to give em some run time, but I still haven't been able to make the three saw plan a habit yet.

I don't usually see the guys on the landing switching up from the saw they use to lop of the butt of the logs.

 

[Bowtie]

I pretty much do the big saw and a little saw thing too. I bring more than I need just in case, and I like running all of them some. Then again Im just a firewooder and small job guy so I dont have to carry a saw way ip into the timber. Im never more than a hundred feet away from the truck or so, except when i went to Chapman Kansas to help clean up after the tornado destroyed 3/4 of the town. I carried the 361 and the 064 plus oil and mix all day, and I hope I never have to do that again!!!

 

[Philbert]

Cutting an occasional limb or two on a tree you just fell is one thing. If you are cutting all day, why not switch to a smaller, lighter saw, as long as it has the power to get the job done? No extra value to keep lifting and carrying a bigger saw than needed. Gets old fast.

I "once" got a bar pinched by a limb and had to chop it out with an axe. Not fun! Much easier to save the saw with another saw.

Always good to have second saw, or a partner with a second saw, so that you can keep cutting if something breaks or goes wrong.

A trick I learned on A.S. is carrying an extra bar: if you saw gets stuck you can pull the powerhead and cut yourself free.

Philbert

 

[adkranger]

Always good to have second saw, or a partner with a second saw, so that you can keep cutting if something breaks or goes wrong.

A trick I learned on A.S. is carrying an extra bar: if you saw gets stuck you can pull the powerhead and cut yourself free.

Philbert

+1 Beat me to the punch. Second saw plan is good, but a second bar is better. In a bad pinch where things could move and crush things, the first thing I do is remove the powerhead.

 

[foche911]

Cutting an occasional limb or two on a tree you just fell is one thing. If you are cutting all day, why not switch to a smaller, lighter saw, as long as it has the power to get the job done? No extra value to keep lifting and carrying a bigger saw than needed. Gets old fast.



Always good to have second saw, or a partner with a second saw, so that you can keep cutting if something breaks or goes wrong.

A trick I learned on A.S. is carrying an extra bar: if you saw gets stuck you can pull the powerhead and cut yourself free.

Philbert

Don't forget extra chain, too. . . . .

 

[K7NUT]

So my query is... do some cats actually fall a tree with a large saw (say a 60cc plus)... and then shut that one down... and then start up a smaller saw to "limb" the tree... and then shut that one down... then start a large saw again to buck the tree into the desired lengths?

Makes no sense to me...

I'm not talkin' about monster trees here either...

Gary

I generally take 2 or 3 saws for a tree cutting job and find the smaller ones get more use that the bigger ones due to all the handling, over head work (even with the tree on the ground there is a lot of material over your head), etc, etc.

Mark

I usually take two saws, just in case I get a bar stuck(different topic).
Having said that, I don't usually "limb" with my 064. The fact of the matter is, my saws tend to get jealous, so I have to stagger there usage!:hmm3grin2orange:

Not really, I just have C.A.D. and want to play with ALL my saws!
:chainsawguy:

 

[slowp]

The other day, Twinkle got pinched. I got her out by using a plastic wedge.
The chain would not turn after that. I've had a never taken out of the package Oregon bar that had been in the pickup for 3 years. It came in handy, and I was able to finish the day's work.

I think I can fix the old bar. Finding it under all the new snow in the back of the truck might be a problem.

 

[SawTroll]

ST, how many inches of bar sticks out from the front of crank case
to the tip of bar, on your 15" bar.

I bought 2 NOS Stihl .325 bars. when on my saw I have 14" of bar.
I would like to know if I have a 14" or 15"

Bar has all the paint and only number on it is Stihl's part number and it
is a 3003 mount. I have one on 026 and it uses 62 drivers just like
025 bars do. When I tried to put it on 361 chain is to short trying
to use the bigger .325 9-T sprocket. I think these bars are kind of old.

TT

About 14 1/2" if memory serves (the dawgs have been removed, but the bar is on the short side of 15" to start with).

The Stihl 62dl .325 bars nominally are 15" with the 3003 mount, but are on the short side of 15" to start with as well. That is probably what you have.

Stihl has stated in some catalogs I have that you need an extra dl with the larger (8 and 9-pin) .325 sprockets with the 15 and 16" .325 bars.
Btw, I am sure it also is true with other bar/chain combos - and not only with Stihl.

 

[Trigger-Time]

About 14 1/2" if memory serves (the dawgs have been removed, but the bar is on the short side of 15" to start with).

The Stihl 62dl .325 bars nominally are 15" with the 3003 mount, but are on the short side of 15" to start with. That is probably what you have.

Stihl has stated in some catalogs I have that you need an extra dl with the larger (8 and 9-pin) .325 sprockets with the 15 and 16" .325 bars.
Btw, I am sure it also is true with other bar/chain combos - and not only with Stihl.

OK, Thanks

Yes my bar sticks out 14" on the nose plus the height of the chain.
I have the dawgs on, so I have less than 14 inches of usable bar length.


TT

 

[Eric Modell]

If you only have one. It gots to be the big one.

If you have the luxury to have two then a big one one and a medium one.

I use my 394 to fell and buck and a 60cc to limb.

I just cut fire wood.

 

[bullseye13]

I roll with a 2 saw plan. I have the MS-250 for small branches and brush work, and i drop the trees with a 076 super or 075. I also cut into firewood lengths everything over 12" with the big saws, the little ones are too slow for me. I get into a bunch of trees over 40", so big saws are a must.

 

[Philbert]

Don't forget extra chain, too. . . . .

I always have extra chain. I try to have 3/saw for rocks, etc.

The other day, Twinkle got pinched. I got her out by using a plastic wedge.

Plastic wedges are our friends.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Philbert

 

[jerryw66]

This is a good thread, I've been reading it all day. I guess that I never really thought about it before, but I usually use 1 saw for the entire job. Then again, I almost always have 2 or 3 in the truck for all the reasons listed above. If I use the bucket, I use the tophandle. THat's the only time I use it. Once in a while there'll be a big limb that will need a 70cc up there, but it's rare. I pretty much start the saw that I'm gonna use all day, and use it because it's the closest to the correct size for the job. Sometimes, to finish off a good sized stump, I'll bring out the big one for just the stump cut, again rare occasion. Little trees, 2153, big trees, 044 or 2171. Just my style I guess.