Stihlmans Wood,Tree cutting ramblings...........

[Stihlman441]

I think i may have got a bit to much sun today but im going to share this with yas.
There i was with the bar in the vice sharpening the chain for the umteanth time today with the dog sitting at my feet looking up at me,i look up and around and there is about 200 sheep, seams like there were all gathered around and looking at me and talking to each other about this clown (me) out in there paddock try to cut so called wood.The dog looked up at me i looked down at the dog and i said ya got to f_cking mad a,and i kept on sharpening.:msp_sad:

 

[Mastermind]

Don't tempt me Andrew is already raving about the vastly improved throttle response of his 241 that you played with. For me the 241's sluggish off idle throttle response is the only disappointment.

That throttle response is the reason I liked the Dolly 420 better........

Not the same saw after mods though.......compression cures many ails.

 

[MCW]

That throttle response is the reason I liked the Dolly 420 better........

Not the same saw after mods though.......compression cures many ails.

Sadly though the little Dolly's filter wouldn't have a hope with a lot of my jobs

 

[MCW]

Ya i dont know what it is but i will make a groun man cry at times.
Put it like this rock up with a new chain on all happy and ready to kick ass,make 3 or 4 cuts in a clean dry Yellowbox and na,chain is rooted,grab another saw and start again and yep thats 2 chains rooted.A cutting mate your turn while i sort this out,sharpen,start again shame sh_t.
Ya ya may think thats all good,well im telling ya its not all good this is only 20 mins into a 8 or 9 hrs day.

Lucky you've got some fun saws to play with then to keep you sane.

 

[Mastermind]

Sadly though the little Dolly's filter wouldn't have a hope with a lot of my jobs

Well after the mods given to the 241 I really liked it..........I hated sending it away.

Are you still sending yours?

I'll be back from vacation May 24th or so.......

 

[tdi-rick]

Try 3 chains in one cut

And that was Black Box. What is it with these bloody Box species anyway? What sort of sadist invented this crap? If I could find him I'd kick him right in the scrotum...

Done that too

I'm not familiar with Black Box but I have been called a girl on the odd occasion and am part havadidgeany so maybe I have played with it afterall ?

As for the sadist, if you're game venture into the General forum and I could direct you to a certain thread but you're on your own once you venture past the title. :msp_ohmy:
I've been, posted and survived, but I'm not sure if I could make it out alive again :msp_unsure:

 

[tdi-rick]

Hey your name is Box!!! It's your bloody fault!!!



Hey once a day is great! Maybe you need to sharpen your chain?

Are you noticing a loss in performance though or just visually it looks bad?

Stihl need to go aftermarket and offer HD2's for Husqvarnas

Andrew, that's why Matty and I had three filters for the Dolly 7900, just kept swapping 'em over, then clean them of a night, reoil and off you go again.

The HD filter is sooo much better though. :msp_wink:

 

[tdi-rick]

Ya i dont know what it is but i will make a groun man cry at times.
Put it like this rock up with a new chain on all happy and ready to kick ass,make 3 or 4 cuts in a clean dry Yellowbox and na,chain is rooted,grab another saw and start again and yep thats 2 chains rooted.A cutting mate your turn while i sort this out,sharpen,start again shame sh_t.
Ya ya may think thats all good,well im telling ya its not all good this is only 20 mins into a 8 or 9 hrs day.

I get that and have felt exactly the same and I've never gone cutting this #### for coin, just dropping the dead ones here on our place to keep this little humpy warm.

This was the splitter that stalled out trying to split 36-40" rounds. I'd hate to even attempt Lignum Vitae or Ebony or our own Desert Oak and Gidgee if they're harder than this stuff.


[edit] I have to say I'm enjoying the heat the stuff puts out, just had to wind the fire down as I lay on the lounge here with the lappy tossing up whether I'll do any work today or not

 

[OlympicYJ]

Thanks for the reply. A cutter from South East An told me about his experience with the carbide chain in sandy gritty wood on a river delta. Said the links would wear out before the cutters would. Don't know what gauge he was running. Wouldn't .404 last a bit longer between sharpenings?

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[Stihlman441]

That splitter looks like it means business,whats that green stuff on the ground havnt seen that for a long time,or thats right ya need that wet stuff from the sky for that i think.:msp_smile:

 

[tdi-rick]

Those photo's are from about five years ago but it's till green here, even though we only had about 3mm in April

 

[Rudolf73]

[edit] I have to say I'm enjoying the heat the stuff puts out, just had to wind the fire down as I lay on the lounge here with the lappy tossing up whether I'll do any work today or not

Shouldn't you be overseeing a yoga class or something...? A man with your expertise should have very little time to keep the couch warm opcorn:



:msp_biggrin:

 

[tdi-rick]

Shouldn't you be overseeing a yoga class or something...? A man with your expertise should have very little time to keep the couch warm opcorn:



:msp_biggrin:

Torn something in my knee and re-injured it two days ago on a job running up and down ladders pulling out old A/C units, teaching a yoga class last night didn't help.
Organising physio and possible Ortho and MRI ATM.

#### happens.

 

[Rudolf73]

Torn something in my knee and re-injured it two days ago on a job running up and down ladders pulling out old A/C units, teaching a yoga class last night didn't help.
Organising physio and possible Ortho and MRI ATM.

#### happens.

Ahh sorry to hear that Rick, get well soon!

 

[Mastermind]

[video=youtube;c4Aar48oBXQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c4Aar48oBXQ[/video]

 

[tdi-rick]

[video=youtube;c4Aar48oBXQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c4Aar48oBXQ[/video]

Hahaha, and no comment

 

[MCW]

Well after the mods given to the 241 I really liked it..........I hated sending it away.

Are you still sending yours?

I'll be back from vacation May 24th or so.......

Sure will mate. Sadly it is my best option for these younger Casuarina windbreaks so I'll have to time it perfectly I'll be in touch for sure.

Done that too

I'm not familiar with Black Box but I have been called a girl on the odd occasion and am part havadidgeany so maybe I have played with it afterall ?

As for the sadist, if you're game venture into the General forum and I could direct you to a certain thread but you're on your own once you venture past the title. :msp_ohmy:
I've been, posted and survived, but I'm not sure if I could make it out alive again :msp_unsure:

I'm frightened to venture outside the chainsaw forum apart from the odd post in the tree health section. Came up against some organic hippies there that's for sure

Thanks for the reply. A cutter from South East An told me about his experience with the carbide chain in sandy gritty wood on a river delta. Said the links would wear out before the cutters would. Don't know what gauge he was running. Wouldn't .404 last a bit longer between sharpenings?

.404" will definately last longer as far as chassis and cutter wear in a normal chain. Where I said earlier that I wore out 3 chains in one cut with NO DIRT that was, sadly, .404" semi chisel... Pretty sure though that the particular Black Box in question had been hit by lightning. Thing to remember with carbide though is that if you hit anything remotely hard like a rock, steel, or even a good piece of gravel you'll bust the carbide piece clean out. Expensive exercise if you hit something

 

[OlympicYJ]

Ahh okay didn't know if you were usin 3/8 or .404 lol yeah the carbide isn't perfect but may be the lesser of the evils.

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[Stihlman441]

Hi all got a bit of spare time so had a much around and a bit of a comparison,info for yas.
From a liming,trimming point of view weather its out of a bucket,doing tree tops this is the reason i sent the 241C away to get fondled.
241C ported with 16'' bar .325 chain weight with fuel & oil 6.2 kg
261 muff mod 18'' bar 3/8 chain weight with fuel & oil 7.5 kg

241C

261

A vid to show throttle response and so on,not much in it so decide which one is the go for a trimming,liming small tree felling saw. :msp_ohmy:

[video=youtube;-7FYXaeRuCE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7FYXaeRuCE[/video]

 

[blsnelling]

You NEED to run a ported 261. It'll blow your mind, seriously. I just built another one yesterday.