Haywire Haywood
Fiscal Conservative Social Retard
Hi guys,
Just registered and thought I'd introduce myself. My name's Ian, I'm 38 and I enjoy cutting and splitting firewood. Some folk play golf, I cut firewood for friends. I don't burn wood myself.
Up until yesterday, I was a died-in-the-wool Husqvarna guy. I've owned two 51s, one 53 and a 346XP. None of them gave me a moment's trouble till last week when the 346XP died. The ring siezed and that was the end of that motor. I was partially to blame because I had been playing with the carb and apparently had it a little on the lean side, but unknown to me, the exhaust gasket had blown, and that aggravated the problem.
Anyway, I am now the proud owner of a Stihl MS-361 with an 18" bar and 3/8 .050 RM2 chain. All my other saws ran .325 chain. I'm not real sure I like the switch. I intentionally bought a bigger saw, because the 346 (3.4hp) had trouble with the 20" bar, you really had to baby it thru an 18" log. I figured this one with a full 1hp more under the hood would run an 18" bar like nobody's business but I wonder if the bigger chain is robbing me of some of the power of the larger engine. I was cutting some big Locust today and it bogged down more than I would have liked. I rationalize that since the tree was half dead and so was pretty hard that it'll do better in green wood.
How many of you fellas run Skip Chain? I was thinking of getting a 24" bar for the rare occasion that I need it and using Skip Chain on it. Heck, for that matter, I was thinking of putting Skip chain on the 18er.
Ian
Just registered and thought I'd introduce myself. My name's Ian, I'm 38 and I enjoy cutting and splitting firewood. Some folk play golf, I cut firewood for friends. I don't burn wood myself.
Up until yesterday, I was a died-in-the-wool Husqvarna guy. I've owned two 51s, one 53 and a 346XP. None of them gave me a moment's trouble till last week when the 346XP died. The ring siezed and that was the end of that motor. I was partially to blame because I had been playing with the carb and apparently had it a little on the lean side, but unknown to me, the exhaust gasket had blown, and that aggravated the problem.
Anyway, I am now the proud owner of a Stihl MS-361 with an 18" bar and 3/8 .050 RM2 chain. All my other saws ran .325 chain. I'm not real sure I like the switch. I intentionally bought a bigger saw, because the 346 (3.4hp) had trouble with the 20" bar, you really had to baby it thru an 18" log. I figured this one with a full 1hp more under the hood would run an 18" bar like nobody's business but I wonder if the bigger chain is robbing me of some of the power of the larger engine. I was cutting some big Locust today and it bogged down more than I would have liked. I rationalize that since the tree was half dead and so was pretty hard that it'll do better in green wood.
How many of you fellas run Skip Chain? I was thinking of getting a 24" bar for the rare occasion that I need it and using Skip Chain on it. Heck, for that matter, I was thinking of putting Skip chain on the 18er.
Ian
. I'm no troll I assure you, but what's a gypo? I might very well fit that label depending on what it means. I was looking for a general topic forum to post my intro to, but alas, I found none. 
