Hello Ladies and Gents,
As the title may give away, I'm looking for a combo for dealing with Eucalyptus. For those of you familiar with it, it'll mainly be for cleaning up E. Marginata on the farm as well as many smaller Mallees. I'm not experienced with bigger saws, my time has been spent with pole saws running 1/4" PM3 chains, and my 009L turning over 3/8" P on a 30cm (12'') bar.
A few years back, I thought about replacing my 009L with a 241. Then the world got turned on its head, I got busy with other things, and then someone at Stihl had a sense of humour and decided to stop production of the 241. Thus, I'll keep the Legendary Brick that is the 009L and run two saws. Any excuse, right? Naturally, this has lead me to consider the 261, but anyone that has cut up Euc knows that they can fibrous bastards and incredibly dense. And if you've tried to cut up old, dead and dry grey Euc, you might as well be cutting concrete. So how about the 362? Just a tiny bit heavier, for more power. But then you could argue that the 400 is also just a tiny bit heavier, for more power. Now I have choice paralysis!
I'm 179cm and weigh in at 75kg on a good day, so power/weight is the name of the game. I doubt much of the stuff that needs cutting would exceed 50cm (20") diameter, but it'll certainly be old, dry and probably have some termite mud running through it. I don't think I'll be felling much, if at all. Largest trees I've taken down with the 009L have been maybe 6m (20') high with a diameter of 25cm (10") so I'm not going to tackle anything beyond my skill levels. Limbing/bucking for clean up and firewood.
I'm thinking bars in the 35-45cm (14-18") range. Chain wise, I'm not sure what to run.
I'd like to add, I had been looking hard at a 550XP II, but I believe the Hoosqs run a different bar setup to what I'd already have (Stihl and Sugi)? I'm not strictly a one-man-brand, but I've not come across too many Hoosqs in the field, Forestry seems dominated by Stihl in this part of the world. Happy to hear and consider recommendations from, "The Other Orange", Echo/Shin and Makita, but the big Orange brands are certainly easier to find. Right tool for the job. I'll then go and pick some up. Admittedly, I have picked up the 261 and 362 and I did like the 261. Just worried about adequate power in Euc.
Those of you in the US that have cut up Euc, I think you have much more of the types found in our East. However, they have proper hard stuff too and your opinions are also much appreciated on the matter.
Thank you!
As the title may give away, I'm looking for a combo for dealing with Eucalyptus. For those of you familiar with it, it'll mainly be for cleaning up E. Marginata on the farm as well as many smaller Mallees. I'm not experienced with bigger saws, my time has been spent with pole saws running 1/4" PM3 chains, and my 009L turning over 3/8" P on a 30cm (12'') bar.
A few years back, I thought about replacing my 009L with a 241. Then the world got turned on its head, I got busy with other things, and then someone at Stihl had a sense of humour and decided to stop production of the 241. Thus, I'll keep the Legendary Brick that is the 009L and run two saws. Any excuse, right? Naturally, this has lead me to consider the 261, but anyone that has cut up Euc knows that they can fibrous bastards and incredibly dense. And if you've tried to cut up old, dead and dry grey Euc, you might as well be cutting concrete. So how about the 362? Just a tiny bit heavier, for more power. But then you could argue that the 400 is also just a tiny bit heavier, for more power. Now I have choice paralysis!
I'm 179cm and weigh in at 75kg on a good day, so power/weight is the name of the game. I doubt much of the stuff that needs cutting would exceed 50cm (20") diameter, but it'll certainly be old, dry and probably have some termite mud running through it. I don't think I'll be felling much, if at all. Largest trees I've taken down with the 009L have been maybe 6m (20') high with a diameter of 25cm (10") so I'm not going to tackle anything beyond my skill levels. Limbing/bucking for clean up and firewood.
I'm thinking bars in the 35-45cm (14-18") range. Chain wise, I'm not sure what to run.
I'd like to add, I had been looking hard at a 550XP II, but I believe the Hoosqs run a different bar setup to what I'd already have (Stihl and Sugi)? I'm not strictly a one-man-brand, but I've not come across too many Hoosqs in the field, Forestry seems dominated by Stihl in this part of the world. Happy to hear and consider recommendations from, "The Other Orange", Echo/Shin and Makita, but the big Orange brands are certainly easier to find. Right tool for the job. I'll then go and pick some up. Admittedly, I have picked up the 261 and 362 and I did like the 261. Just worried about adequate power in Euc.
Those of you in the US that have cut up Euc, I think you have much more of the types found in our East. However, they have proper hard stuff too and your opinions are also much appreciated on the matter.
Thank you!