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Especially when they could be getting gains of at least 20% just by paying $100 for a muffler cover.
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Especially when they could be getting gains of at least 20% just by paying $100 for a muffler cover.
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Just my 2 cents.
I saw for a living. The "best porter" is kind of a silly way of putting things. It all comes down to personal preference. The guy that does my saws doesn't do anything crazy. Nice gains, and I know I can depend on the saw. I've worked with guys who like stuff that's completely over the top....My saws last a bit longer and most people on here probably wouldn't care for them. I love 'em. Personal preference.
I say leave Simon alone. I don't care about videos. How does the saw feel on the stump? How quickly can I manipulate holding wood with the bar buried? That's all I care about. I deal with whom I'm told does good work, and only from sources I respect greatly.....word gets around.
If people like his stuff, then he'll do well, if not....then he won't. If Simon does indeed build dependable work saws with nice gains, he probably won't go over to well with the cookie cutter club.
On that same note, if his saws are the real deal for fallers, word will get around. It always does amongst us. There are a lot of fantastic saw builders that have never spent a second on this site. Doesn't make them hacks.
- Sam
mtsamloggit, excellent choice or words, your right on the money.
Even at the gtg there will be some saws used that prolly wouldn't last a week in the woods or in a commercial firewood business.
The fastest saw isn't the same as the best saw there. Terry has done everything possible to try to make it an equitable test. I've not seen any far fetched claims of performance by Simon. Simply that he has modded a heck of a lot of fallers saws and they repeat their business.
I don't think there is many guys out there willingly to work over a saw for nothing, that's right, Simon is working over the 460 for not one red cent to have a guy he doesn't know from Adam to do a before and after vid showing the gains his work does. How many porters are willing to put there money and time where their mouth is not many. To me that speaks volumes about a guys character.
He's a stand up guy as far as I'm concerned. It sure as hell better than trying to sell a modded muffler for 125.00 a pop and claim it gives you a 20 percent gain lol.
It's only 75.00 if you furnish the muffler lol. My 17 year old will mod you one up if you furnish the muffler for 10.00 bucks and his welds look a damn site better.
It sure as hell better than trying to sell a modded muffler for 125.00 a pop and claim it gives you a 20 percent gain lol.
It's only 75.00 if you furnish the muffler lol. My 17 year old will mod you one up if you furnish the muffler for 10.00 bucks and his welds look a damn site better.
It sure as hell better than trying to sell a modded muffler for 125.00 a pop and claim it gives you a 20 percent gain lol.
It's only 75.00 if you furnish the muffler lol. My 17 year old will mod you one up if you furnish the muffler for 10.00 bucks and his welds look a damn site better.
"That is a saw that I made that had to pass WCB regs. The muffler was made by John Kretz. I like triple ports and I braze them. I did the internal work on that saw, we were charging $435 because Husq would not take the new parts back."Yeah your right, $1599 for a new "Simonized" 372 with "Special" piston, "sure as hell better."
Most people don't know what a real ported saw should feel like. Making more noise doesn't always mean more power. I am very familiar with all three izers on Vancouver island. I've seen saws that were supposedly ported that had absolutely zero material removed from the cylinder. It kinda pisses me off when people pay good money for porting that doesn't actually get done.
3 izers? I know of two, Simon and Walkers, who else?
Paul Reubens recently moved to Victoria, BC. The "Reubenizer"...
He did, and he'll do the same to any chainsaws he gets his hands on...
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Yeah but that guy owes the IRS like 6.sumthing million. He can be all that good at math.
He's invested heavily in brothels, so he's set for life.
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