Jet47
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I owned a 460 a number of years ago and it was a very nice saw. My current 390xp would cut circles around it.
Husqvarna 390XP vs Stihl 460?
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Rjpoog1989
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You’ll enjoy the 390. I run one at work with either a 28 or 32” bar. You can bury the 32” in oak and the saw doesn’t skip a beat. That saw gets abused and it just keeps on going. We use it for milling on occasion as well.
Ryan'smilling
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Tsumura reduced weight.
Rjpoog1989
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We are running an Oregon Power Match on ours. I wouldn’t spend a ton of money and run the risk of bending it, especially if you aren’t used to running longer bars. The longer bar is almost a hindrance if you don’t actually need it, but the saw handles it well when the job calls for it.
csmillingnoob
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I run everything from a 20" hardnose for dirty dirty wood up to a 42" sprocket nose for milling on 390xp. I have cross cut a 48" Live Oak with the 42" but the saw didn't like it. Changed to 36" and it was a much happier saw . 42" would not mill the live oak in an Alaskan. 36" struggled after I trimmed the log vertically but that wood is rough with any size bar.
32" is when it's a happy saw in any type of wood, even live oak. it eats pecan trees which is pretty dadgum hard wood. I set rakers with my Husqvarna progressive gauge for "soft wood" so it's very aggressive in these harder woods but a joy to run if you just let gravity do its job and don't apply force. Red oak is like cutting pine.
Oh, I forgot. I love this saw for everything except limbing. I've run a buddy's 460 a couple of times. Nice saw, but the vibration difference is very very noticeable in my hands after an hour or so. ( I'm 64 yo and my hands don't feel the same as in my youth after a heavy cutting day)
32" is when it's a happy saw in any type of wood, even live oak. it eats pecan trees which is pretty dadgum hard wood. I set rakers with my Husqvarna progressive gauge for "soft wood" so it's very aggressive in these harder woods but a joy to run if you just let gravity do its job and don't apply force. Red oak is like cutting pine.
Oh, I forgot. I love this saw for everything except limbing. I've run a buddy's 460 a couple of times. Nice saw, but the vibration difference is very very noticeable in my hands after an hour or so. ( I'm 64 yo and my hands don't feel the same as in my youth after a heavy cutting day)
gasket delete, unlimited coil, pop-up, mm, run mostly with a 28
That 390 is my personal fav … by a long shot, imo?
