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I was at my local combined Husky/Stihl dealer and a dude from Kirtland AFB Civil engineering picked up their brand new 3120xp. There is not a tree here over 30" in diameter. Go figure, government spending. -Matt

Fur trees Coffee didnt kick in yet! rmihalek :D Yes Glens, it is gave the foreman $20 cash for it! Suprisingly the case is not cracked, everything else is though. and I agree oldsaw addict!

Yesterday I noted that a contractor (will not mention name) was clearing some dead fur trees from the AFB. I went over and started talking to the foreman, and asked if I could have the wood. While this was going on one of his monkey workers cut a notch in a 18" diameter tree about 70% thru the...

Hello everyone! It has been a while since I have posted here. I have been enduring rocket atacks at Baghdad airport for a few months. Anyway I need parts for a ragged out Stihl 044 crank case I came upon, so if you have any ignition components, gas tanks, side covers, top covers, air filter...

are you freakin crazy fast? That saw wouldnt out cut the fastest Poulan in New Mexico! Not at somewhere in the neighborhood of 38-40cc. I think the 346XP is safe untill the makers of frigidaire come out with something better!-Matt

I use 50:1 in everything, car lawnmower, I might even consider eating it for lunch. I mix 91 octane(NM) 60/40 with toulene, then I mix 50:! with my own secret blend of 2 stroke oils. I am not sure if this even makes a difference, but its what I do...Matt

I have been chopping wood with an axe for years, I have developed a special chopping stump, to ensure that the axe stops before it can contact me (see attached highly technical blueprint) I ahve found over the years this design really works, and its not hard to carve up with a chainsaw. I...

Wild turkey is good The other day I was dropping a 60' douglas fir, and I startled a large black bear out of the tree next to me, needless to say I was terrified, but so was he. We both ran seperate ways. Lesson learned...check for snags, widowmakers,slope, clearing, escape, and bears in...

Thats the hard way, go to a Oregon dealer, buy a depth guage filing tool. It is a u shaped piece of metal, with an indention and a slit cut in it. Place it on the chain depth guage, and file off what is exposed. The tool keeps your filing flat, and at the proper depth. You can check the end...

I am a purist, and I like my chains perfect, so I file to an extreme degree of accuracy. Thanks largely in part to my heavily modified filing jig. A grinder is quick, and easy but completely inaccurate imo, and once you learn to file you can do a loop in about 10 min. Juast my 2.5 cents-Matt

$12 per loop, custom filed and deburred to the angles you like (sharper longer, faster, etc...) with a 10 tree cut sharpness warranty.Send me 10 or more, and I ill do them for $10 bucks! -Matt

I have never explored the possibility of mixing fuel with other than the 1 gallon Stihl mix. I usually like to mix 2 gallons at a time (it will usually las a weekend cutting trip or two) because I am not producing timber (see name). I will have to look for a ratio rite, because I am always...

ok, how do you accurately pull the exact amount out of a quart for a 40:1 mix? What are you guys using to measure? I have tried several things with no success.Also do any of you guys run octane boost in your fuel mix?-Matt

Jokers, I thought mania did not take effect untill the 10 saw ownership level!-Matt

It seems at times my 026 oild too much..maybe a freak of nature! I run a pile of saws see below. My Stihl dealer is the one that is the most far from my house, and I must say he works harder. Its a father son operation, dad is a Husky guy, and son runs Stihl, and they fight and argue about the...

Thanks fellers for the input, I may trade my 372 in for a 385!-Matt

Mike-Awesome saw, what an idiot for letting it go. Snapper, look at what youre doing and buy a saw that fits, I reccomend the Husky 340, you can buy it online with free shipping, and it will last you more than a month worth of cutting. You have to remember if you are felling a tree, power is...

I have a friend that is tossed up about 2 saws. The Husky 372XP (I have this one) and the 385XP. Has anyone ran both? which one is better in you opinion? Is the 385XP worth the extra bucks?

The beauty of German is it is much like English as far as pronunciation, and sentence structure. Stihl, is pronounced in German, as Stihl (steel). The English pronunciation is skewed, it should actually be (in proper English) still. It was not pronounced steel because of some macho fetish. In...

My Stihl dealer stocks filters for all of my saws, but 30 bucks is a deal, I pay upwards of 40 for the 041av, I think because its an old saw. My fav husky dealer stopped carrying huskies and parts, and is now a straight up Stihl guy. I guess something about parts availability and prices. I found...