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I think you'll like how it pulls. Those spikes are real nice also. I need to find a 46 to put my set on now:)
 
Tramp! That looks like a bushelin' saw. You thinkin about something?

I was beat all weekend until today. A Monday that didn't feel like a Monday. Put some wood on the ground and got out of there early. Still got to spend the rest of the day with the family. It was a pretty good day. I've been 8 days on this big timber job and have somewhere around 70mbf cut. I'm getting itchy to get out of there. I need some softer wood to cut. Big hard maple all day gets old. Should be another 40 to 50mbf left. If it stays dry I'll be swampin next. Not sure if I'm lookin forward to it.
 
Well, a guys gotta be all geared up Before he can go to a camp. . I don't need a juiced saw here in the Interior. But for production and as I already had the saw I figure it will work well. The juice brings it up to an 80 cc size saw or more. I can bushel with a light weight 80+ cc saw.
I figure I'll need a pair of 390 s and the 460 . The saw shop in a logging camp is just a building every cutter brings his own saws. And every cutter is his own saw mechanic.

I figure take some time gearing up. Then if I find a nice cutting job. Zoom zoom.
 
tramp bushler said:
Well, a guys gotta be all geared up Before he can go to a camp. . I don't need a juiced saw here in the Interior. But for production and as I already had the saw I figure it will work well. The juice brings it up to an 80 cc size saw or more. I can bushel with a light weight 80+ cc saw.
I figure I'll need a pair of 390 s and the 460 . The saw shop in a logging camp is just a building every cutter brings his own saws. And every cutter is his own saw mechanic.

I figure take some time gearing up. Then if I find a nice cutting job. Zoom zoom.
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Hey Glen, what is that bar ya have mounted on the 460? What is the average size tree in that powerline right of way? Thats a crap load of trees right on the lines...does that timber co-operate pretty well?
 
twochains said:
Hey Glen, what is that bar ya have mounted on the 460? What is the average size tree in that powerline right of way? Thats a crap load of trees right on the lines...does that timber co-operate pretty well?
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Most of what we r cutting under the lines is cottonwood, alder, some birch, spruce and mountain hemlock. But it is brush size. Mostly 1'-25' tall. On the sides of the r.o.w. the timber gets up to 90' tall. I did fall a bout 25 spruce and hemlock that had Limbed out so the were well under the lines. . The largest that I just fell was 28" on the stump. I left a half dozen that will need klum and side Limbed or have a pulling ect line hung in them and pulled. Different contract. This conifer timber in Valdez on the hillside is pretty brittle so almost every one got a sizwheel put in it. Multiple stepkerf dutchman. I was running a 460 . But it was all orange and made in Sweden. 24" bar full skip 3/8 round filed chisel.
 
Tramp, I used to have one of the all orange 460's with a 24". They're okay for what they are and it should have been a little better with full skip. I'm glad you have the real 460 now :chainsaw:
 
JakeG said:
Tramp, I used to have one of the all orange 460's with a 24". They're okay for what they are and it should have been a little better with full skip. I'm glad you have the real 460 now :chainsaw:
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The guy I climb for and do power line row brush cutting supplies the saws for the crew. He has 13 or 14 Husky 460 s. All with 24" bars. They are the standard saw for the crew. They cut. That's about all they need to do. They are almost comparable to a 038 Stihl except lighter with less vibration. Not as much power but they work. Most of the guys he hires aren't up to being able to maximize them. They can't seem to be able to keep the chain out of the dirt and rocks.
Everyone has to start somewhere so that's where these guys start.

When I have timber to fall for him I either run one of his old fallin saws or I use one of my own.

When I'm doing my own work I run my own saws.
 
Trx250r180 said:
Have you guys made any stumps with a hopped up 461 yet ?
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IMO, Stihl dropped the ball with the 461 by not stretching the handles out and not spring mounting it. Too many short bar runners with that size saw.

I think Northman runs a 461 . ???

All this modern 2 barrel Carb foolishness is the foreseeable end of pro saw advancement IMO. Heavy stupid things. Why didn't they put the 461 motor in a 441 chassis. ??????
 
tramp bushler said:
IMO, Stihl dropped the ball with the 461 by not stretching the handles out and not spring mounting it. Too many short bar runners with that size saw.

I think Northman runs a 461 . ???

All this modern 2 barrel Carb foolishness is the foreseeable end of pro saw advancement IMO. Heavy stupid things. Why didn't they put the 461 motor in a 441 chassis. ??????
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my 461 handlebar is more stretched out than the early 440-460 saws ,they feel similar to a full loop to me for room ,i run them on my 440 saws now ,the 441 isn't the seller over the tried and true 460 so they seemed to keep it as close to that as possible it seems like ,here's my 440 saws with 461 handles ,lot more room than with the 440 handles

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treeslayer2003 said:
i'm running the stock 461, it has a lot more tourqe than my 460s. I don't know of a logger that has one ported yet. mabbe i'll think about it.
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this chains not my greatest ,too much raker depth so it bogged the power some ,its off the roll grind too ,once i sharpen 2-3 times they seem to be smoother cutting ,doug fir that was down for a while for test cut

[video=youtube;9BZ7nZKCYrI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BZ7nZKCYrI[/video]
 

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