Gypo Logger
Timber Baron
If I couldn't get a 372, I'd get the 044. Too easy to work on and tough as a sack of hammers.
John
John
If I couldn't get a 372, I'd get the 044. ..... John
When the 440 is a choice, the only other worth while option to mention would be the 7900.
Voted the one, the only, 440.
The need to bring less gas into the woods with a strato saw sure can be relevant in some situations, but how many of us really calculate (with any accuracy) how much they need in advance, and carry only that amount?
Buncha whine asses voting for the 440.
What a friggin' surprise.
Buncha whine asses voting for the 440.
What a friggin' surprise.
LOL.
My backing of the 441 is based purely on production, not machoism or belief that something is a legend. It is simply on what/which product will get the trees cut down and cut up the quickest.
Myth: 441 is unproven technology
Truth: The engine and filtration system have been used for sometime in the concrete saw industry which has much worse conditions than logging. Plus now, the 441 is by far, not a spring chicken. I can fully say that the 441's spring mounts are stronger than the ones on my 660 or 361. I have broken them and have never broken a mount on a 441 and I feel I have abused that saw worse.
Myth: 441 is slower than a 460
Truth: If it is, it can't be by much. As even the most recent video's show. A muffler modded or dual port 460 is only maybe 1 second faster than a single port stock 441?!?!?!?!
If that is the best you 460 lovers can do, thats pretty sad, actually.
Additionally, the 441 will cut almost 1/3 more trees on the same gallon of gas. That 1 charished second is completely pointless in the real world.
I honestly don't see how people get around this minor little obstacles of reality, but they do. That said, I have nothing against the great, legendary saws like the 440 or 460. Its not like you have a pile of junk, they simply lack efficiency, which is not the end of the world. But because one is one pound lighter and the other is .5hp stronger doesn't make them overall better than the 441, when the 441 has several credits to it design for each of those singular credits of the older saws.
The above is written based on stock saws. If/when you modd the 441, I'm not sure the 460 (Modded or not) has much of its one (.5hp) leg to stand on. While the 440 would still be lighter.
My opinion with some facts sprinkled in, LOL,
Sam
Hard to believe a 441 would handle better, but what do I know.
i actually agree................