volks-man
Arboristsite.com Spooner
the saws:
echo cs-440, a few months old. 18" bar 33lg chain. mild muffler mod. tuned just below max rpm. full of fluids as set up weight is 14.5 lbs
stihl 026, early model (old air filter type). 16" bar rsc chain. mild muffler mod. tuned just below max rpm. full of fluids as set up weight is 14.6 lbs
i weighed both saws on my wife's digital scale (no she wasn't happy). both saws running 4 day old super with stihl ultra 50:1. both saws start, idle, and cut perfectly. i cut a 14" piece of cherry in to cookies while the wife timed me. both saws warmed up before timing and left idling between cuts.
after cutting the round up i cut noodled a piece of red oak in half for giggles and timed that also.
the results:
echo in cherry: 28 seconds.
stihl in cherry: 18 seconds.
echo noodling: 25 seconds.
stihl noodling: 18 seconds.
i may need to rethink my saw line-up after this.
echo cs-440, a few months old. 18" bar 33lg chain. mild muffler mod. tuned just below max rpm. full of fluids as set up weight is 14.5 lbs
stihl 026, early model (old air filter type). 16" bar rsc chain. mild muffler mod. tuned just below max rpm. full of fluids as set up weight is 14.6 lbs
i weighed both saws on my wife's digital scale (no she wasn't happy). both saws running 4 day old super with stihl ultra 50:1. both saws start, idle, and cut perfectly. i cut a 14" piece of cherry in to cookies while the wife timed me. both saws warmed up before timing and left idling between cuts.
after cutting the round up i cut noodled a piece of red oak in half for giggles and timed that also.
the results:
echo in cherry: 28 seconds.
stihl in cherry: 18 seconds.
echo noodling: 25 seconds.
stihl noodling: 18 seconds.
i may need to rethink my saw line-up after this.