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Roll Tide
Trolltide
The oiler on my 395 is only turned up 3/4 of the way and it will soak a 36" bar all day in hardwood.
tgerloff92
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I have my 660 out with a 36" today and its loving it. Flat throwing oil of the bar. I've tested it a few times today because its flat having to work for it today
T-Bone
T-Bone
Roll Tide
Trolltide
Being a smart ass will get you nowhere my friend. I helped you as much as I could. If your gonna be ob this site you better be able to sift through all the propaganda to find your answer. Its all in fun.
Yes, Please accept my sincerest apologies. I didn't know having fun and being a smart ass were all that different. I guess I was responding to the "propaganda" in fun. Guess I know now why I didn't buy a husky.........
Roll Tide
Trolltide
Oh so you didnt buy a husky cause you wanted a worse filtration system, bad AV, and a pitiful oiler I see:msp_biggrin: (this is coming from a stihl dealer by the way):msp_biggrin:
mtrees
ArboristSite Guru
Don't know, haven't had those problems. The 36 inch bar has lots of oil, but then again I didn't think the thread was about that. You would think a Stihl dealer would be able to answer all my questions, I'll have to find one.
Roll Tide
Trolltide
Haha your a funny guy. I believe I have helped you the only thing I couldnt answer was about the .404 chain. Its not ran much here in the south so I have no reason to know anything about it.
Strong oiler. That's the only saw I've owned that didn't need the oiler maxed out!
tgerloff92
ArboristSite Operative
Roll Tide take it easy on him, he's sitting in front of a computer screen and like to puff up 
us that run saws know what works and what doesn't. Let him differ it out on his own. It you have to run your big bar what do you reach for? 395, as do I my friend(well shortly it'll be my 3120 ) the 660 is a good saw, the 395 just shines better in a few places that just so happen to kind of make or break the deal when runnin the big bars is all tht saw is going to see. But let him puff up no reason for you to sit through undo sarcasm.
T-Bone
us that run saws know what works and what doesn't. Let him differ it out on his own. It you have to run your big bar what do you reach for? 395, as do I my friend(well shortly it'll be my 3120 ) the 660 is a good saw, the 395 just shines better in a few places that just so happen to kind of make or break the deal when runnin the big bars is all tht saw is going to see. But let him puff up no reason for you to sit through undo sarcasm.T-Bone
42" oak is one thing, a 42" pine in the east is another.
I had a site maybe a month ago the property owner wanted 8 white pine felled and cut to log lenghts the smallest was around 2 foot the biggest was around 40" massive thing over a 100 foot tall. Not common but not astronomically rare either.
I think the 660R comes stock with the "medium" oiler the one where the oil runs out at the same time as the gas. The half wrap 660 is the low output one where the fuel tank runs out before the oil does and there is also a special highest output oiler you can get where the oil run out before the fuel. Which do you consider high output? The medium one or the highest one?
BlackOakTreeServ
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I have the high output oiler...oil's 42" bar just fine in my own experiences.
Does the oil run out at the same time as the gas? Mine does now with 36.
The one that comes stock on the 660r. I didn't know they had 3 oilers for the 660. Mine would run out of gas before oil but it was ported and run maybe 15-20 minutes on a tank and sometimes would only make about 6 cuts in 50" wood.
MTNBOY
ArboristSite Operative
i have run several 660 066 variants, theres nothing you cant do with a good 32 bar,good chain shaping tech, and a good woods port. i have run a 42 on a regular oiler running thicker oil and it will hold better and not fling off as bad but its just not enough. even the ho oiler is strugling if your really working the saw. just run your bar you got on it throw a dual port muffler and a good woods port and just smile as you throw chips. Even on my wild big bore dual port race ported 066 i only run a 28 cause even though i do big trees its not worth it to me to haul that heavy :censored:er up and down a mountain all day. i cut 4 footers almost weekly with a 28 just cause its light and you cant bog it out. Plus it pisses off all the old boys running there big bars and i still do more board foot a week then them with my 28 bar
Locust Cutter
Sawing for Sanity
My 660 had the same oiler and pulled it's 36" bar decently. It would sling oil off of the 25" bar, but barely made a mist after a couple of seconds in the same spot WOT of the tip of the 36" bar. I never ran it with .404, but have run a few saws with .404. it definitely make a bit more drag on the motor than 3/8 does, but also pulls bigger chips cutting a bit faster. The softest wood I ever cut with mine was Silver Maple, usually I was cutting Hedge, Honey Locust, Hackleberry and Mulberry. With those woods, the oiler was a bit insufficient, and the chain and bar would get toasty on a hurry without leaning on it, and that was cutting with a fresh chain courtesy of the Granberg...
I wouldn't run .404 on the 660 unless either a: it was ported by a talented porter, (Stumpy, Snelling, Mastermind, Tree Monkey, etc) and/or b: it was running a shorter bar (28" or less). In either case it would be impressive, but I wouldn't run .404 on the 660 over 32" and wouldn't try to pull more than 36" (with 3/8) w/o being ported and getting the better oiler. That is definitely 084/088/880 territory, where you can smile all day running .404. Incidentally , the .404 being a bit heavier, bigger cutter, holds it's edge a bit better/longer than comparable 3/8" chain... FWIW
If you are wanting to go after bigguns, there is no replacement for displacement. An old cliche' to be sure, but not without merit...
I wouldn't run .404 on the 660 unless either a: it was ported by a talented porter, (Stumpy, Snelling, Mastermind, Tree Monkey, etc) and/or b: it was running a shorter bar (28" or less). In either case it would be impressive, but I wouldn't run .404 on the 660 over 32" and wouldn't try to pull more than 36" (with 3/8) w/o being ported and getting the better oiler. That is definitely 084/088/880 territory, where you can smile all day running .404. Incidentally , the .404 being a bit heavier, bigger cutter, holds it's edge a bit better/longer than comparable 3/8" chain... FWIW
If you are wanting to go after bigguns, there is no replacement for displacement. An old cliche' to be sure, but not without merit...
MTNBOY
ArboristSite Operative
best statement know to man, just not women. i threw the 090 in the 36 mill today and made boards like it was going out of style. Same could be said with my gas and oil consumption.
I did run into some wood a 32" wouldn't reach through to get it bucked. I used the 42" for it and still had to go to the other side to finish up the cut. I want to say the stump was 60" or so right above the fence wire where I cut it loose so the stump could be stood back up to fix the fence. I didn't like running a 42" on a 660. The 395 I had did much better with it.
