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    Any after market cylinder & piston Kits as good as original Husky stuff for a 372XP XTorq 2021 model

    Meteor and wolfcreek are the answer to your problems!
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    IS BBR the best logger you've ever seen?

    Ed said what I thought when I first saw the title. The BEST loggers arent piddling around making youbube videos for subscription hits. They are in the woods actually making a living.
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    Where do fallers get their experience from?

    EXACTLY! I do the same thing on a lot of the trees I cut, thats how we gain experience so when it comes to those trees that matter, we have a better idea on where we can put them and what they will do.
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    Where do fallers get their experience from?

    This one right here kinda got under my skin lol. If you look up that trunk you will see that it forked about 30 ft up and anybody thats ever cut veneer timber knows what happens when a forked tree hits the ground wrong! That tree WANTED to go to the 9 oclock position from where its at but I...
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    Generational Logging?

    At least a 3rd generation logger here, and I suspect it goes farther back than that but Im the oldest logger left in the family now. MY sons, ages 37 and 39, both work with me in the woods every day and as hard and dangerous as this stuff is, I feel BLESSED to be able to do what we do and make a...
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    Broken saw!

    Suit yourself, but you can get those pumps for less than 15 bucks on fleabay. Yes they are chineseium knockoffs but they seem to work fine.
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    Neighbor Cut Down a Tree on My Property

    Im glad I don't live where 18 inches is a matter of life and death. A locust at that? ZERO commercial value, sentimental or whatever is up to you I suppose. Plant that section between the fences in privet, wild rose, wild plums, whatever lol.
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    Hand file. Time to quit

    On any given day there are many as 8 different saws on the jobsite, so YEAH, we carry ONE saw dedicated to felling, another to topping, another to bucking duty on the yard and backups to ALL of those, along with a couple extras thrown in for good measure. Call it what you want, but time is money...
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    Hands-On Experience 592XP

    I haven't ran a 592 or a 661c so I cant have an opinion on that, THATS WHY I WAS ASKING YOU. If I had ran them, I wouldn't be so concerned with your opinion because I would then have one of my own. For the saws that I have ran and compared, ms660, 390xp, 372xp, 372xpw, 576xp, ms461, ms460...
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    Hands-On Experience 592XP

    SO you've ran them both side by side? Im NOT trying to stir crap up, just asking? For ME, weight is 2nd, cutting ability is 1st, and at less than 14lbs powerhead weight, I aint found ANYTHING that will cut with a 500i. A 390xp wont do it and its got several POUNDS of weight advantage over the...
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    Stihl vs Husqvana

    Im not trying to sway you one way or the other, just saying, as one logger to another, you need to run a 500i. Borrow one, whatever, just run one. This saw has impressed me more than any saw has in DECADES. We are running 2 of them now and I will eventually replace my whole flock with them. My...
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    Is this black locust?

    Not black locust, leaves look elmish to me but the bark don't llok quite right and neither does the cross section.
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    Toughest, most indestructable saw ever built?

    That's exactly the agreement we have, I pay him x amount per foot to get them to the mill, he furnishes his own loader and trucks. I may have to add him furnishing his own chainsaws to that arrangement as well. After he crushed the ms461 I made him buy a ms441c that another guy on my crew had...
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    Toughest, most indestructable saw ever built?

    Yall don't understand. Ive kept him in everything from a 372xp, 576xp, ms461, ms441c, hell Ive lost count of the saws hes destroyed ON THE YARD. Diesel in a chainsaw? YEP, hes done it, countless fuel tanks, handle bars, bushings, bars, you name it. And YES Ive tried making him pay for what he...
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    Toughest, most indestructable saw ever built?

    Like the title says, what is the toughest, most indestructible saw ever built? Whatever it is, I NEED ONE! Guy that works for me bucking logs on the yard could tear up and anvil with a rubber hammer! He needs something with no anti vibe, no springs, no bushings, nothing except a rock solid...
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    Tulip Poplar with hollow base

    Well if it were me, and I OWN the land the road is on, Im closing the damn road! Have the tree guy lay it right down the middle of the road if you want to and leave it there. Id also pull that guard rail up. Try some of these suggestions and see how long it takes for somebody at the county to...
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    Dangerous barber chair felling ash infected with emerald ash borer

    JEEZUS FRIGGIN CHRIST!!!!!! You folks sure use a lot of words, making much ado about basically NOTHING! I could show you more in 2 minutes, (the average time it takes to cut a tree) than what would at least take me an HOUR to type out here! My best advice would be to go find somebody that does...
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    Keeping your saw clean

    My saws are tools, plain and simple. I use them every day and when I quit for the day, they get put in the box and I go home. Life is too short to spend an extra hour or more every day cleaning half a dozen saws. I don't typically sell, trade, or take my saws to "car shows". When Im done with...
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    Dangerous barber chair felling ash infected with emerald ash borer

    I went to the college of hardknocks, broken bones, & demolished saws. Theres ALL KINDS of things wrong with your cut honestly. Face cut WAY too shallow, notch cut way too steep, holding wood, or "hinge" way too flush across. Cutting ash is a dangerous game for the best of us, for novices it can...
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