New guy needs first big one

[Hambone]

My first big test for the 461 today bucking up some big white and red oak. Saw performed awesome! This is when you really appreciate a big pro saw.

You can cut small wood with a big saw, but you can't cut big wood with a small saw!View attachment 749426

Now that’s sexy

 

[user 122190]

My first big test for the 461 today bucking up some big white and red oak. Saw performed awesome! This is when you really appreciate a big pro saw.

You can cut small wood with a big saw, but you can't cut big wood with a small saw!View attachment 749426

The perfect saw for that wood. My 461 is still as mean a machine as it was when I bought it 4 years ago.

 

[Hambone]

I ran my 028 tonight, couldn’t believe how small it felt in my hands compared to the 461.

 

[mogulmasher]

The perfect saw for that wood. My 461 is still as mean a machine as it was when I bought it 4 years ago.

Yep, I was thinking same thing as I was bucking. Gotta go back in a day or two and get the butts I left behind. The white is about 30" and the red is about 34" or so. I can't imagine trying to cut this kind of stuff with the 391 hambone was briefly considering.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

Admit it...you're going to want a 066/660/661 in the very near future

 

[Hambone]

Put her into some real wood today. Thing runs like a beast.

 

[mogulmasher]

Nice! My only complaint is the pathetic bucking spikes. I'll be ordering some 461R spikes in next couple days.

 

[catbuster]

I like the smaller dawgs with shorter bars. They don’t eat up all the length of the bar, and there’s no need with a shorter bar and they kind of get in the way. The saw should cut fast enough and self feed the whole length of the bar where you don’t need them. That said, once I go longer than 25 inches, to a 28 or a 30, I really like the bigger dawgs to lever off.

 

[Hambone]

I’m currently running a 30” but will be picking up a 25” very soon. The 30” got nose heavy after about 2 hours. No, it’s not a light bar, it’s a standard.

 

[mogulmasher]

I'm running 25". Your right it eats some bar length, but when cutting near bar length wood I don't want to keep stuffing the front of the saw into the log. Plus with 25"+ bar I hate how stock dog doesn't touch when sitting saw down...it rest on nose of bar.

 

[Spectre468]

Chainsaw addiction

Let me help you.

The correct diagnosis is, "Chainsaw Addiction Disorder".

 

[Hambone]

Let me help you.

The correct diagnosis is, "Chainsaw Addiction Disorder".

It’s starting to settle in. I’m already eyeballing an 026 on the tradin post. Just need to scrounge up the cash.

 

[ken morgan]

There's a tendency on this site especially to go all-out big & powerful on saws. Yeah, it's cool to pick up some monster piece of power and see it work. But as someone who works with saws day to day, I carry the lightest saw I can for the work I'm doing. No need to hoist and carry some monster saw when cutting medium wood. If you cut big wood only occasionally, you can get by with much less saw than someone who cuts big wood all the time.

From what you're describing, a 72cc saw will serve you well. (My Dolmar 7900, 79 ccs, the biggest saw I own, mainly sits on the floor waiting for the rare occasion when I need it.)

Spoil sport!

 

[Levi of the North]

Just ordered my MS 461 with 28" bar.

Headed up to Lake Tamiskaming in QC in a few weeks. The old man conveniently needs an ATV trail cut through the woods. Just in time to put the 261/461 combo through their paces and see what they're really capable of.

 

[Hambone]

Congratulations!!! You’ll love the 461. If you’re over 6’ tall you’ll love the longer bar. No need to bend over at all.

 

[Levi of the North]

Congratulations!!! You’ll love the 461. If you’re over 6’ tall you’ll love the longer bar. No need to bend over at all.

Yeah I'm 6'2" so it should work nicely for limbing. Allows me to share [steal] chains with [from] the old man's 460 too.

 

[mogulmasher]

Nice I love mine with 25", almost got the 28" but my pm700 already wears a 28" bar for the big stuff.

 

[user 122190]

Congratulations!!! You’ll love the 461. If you’re over 6’ tall you’ll love the longer bar. No need to bend over at all.

I find that useful in bucking branches. Even easier is the grab a smaller saw. In bucking large logs, take a knee as you'll enjoy the rest for the 2 to 4 minutes it takes to completely cut a 24". Give your back a rest, and let the log fully support the weight of the saw.

 

[Hambone]

A 25” b&c are on the way very soon for me. Along with a light weight limbing saw. My 30” gets nose heavy after a few hours. I’ve got a feeling my WB won’t be used much anymore.

 

[singinwoodwackr]

the 2 to 4 minutes it takes to completely cut a 24". .

More like 50 sec