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    Big bars

    P I run a 50'' bar on my 090 and it eats up the wood and I'd like to see a pic of that monster of a bar:msp_scared::D
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    How short is too short????

    well to try and get this subject back on track i stand about 6'2'' with boots an additional 1'' i used to have back problems when i did a lot of operating because where i worked didnt have me hopping off the mochine to do laborious acts. thats all changed now i am a carpenter in training and the...
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    How short is too short????

    thank you guys for all the comments hell even the getting married early one made me lol :hmm3grin2orange: i think ill go through baileys and buy a .404 bar thats 20'' and an accompanying chain that way i dont run such a risk of breaking another chain.:rock:
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    How short is too short????

    story of my life haha jk. so i was curious does anybody run a 20'' bar on a stihl 441?? i currently have a 28'' on it and well it cuts ok but after running a 660 i know now that its WAY to slow. i put a 20'' b&c on it once before but the darn chain broke when i was cutting some small rounds. im...
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    What Kind of Mileage Does Your Saw Get?

    when i'm using my 660 and if the tree has been cleared from any large debris i can get a cord cut in about 15 mins and use 3/4 of a tank. this is very general because no trees are EVER the same. But when im using my 441 :hmm3grin2orange: well theres no comparison to the 660 of course i can use...
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    long time since i've been on.

    yeah would be interesting to meet somebody from AS just let me know when you'll be out here in the boonies haha.
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    just got a new Stihl ms 441 cm

    i do own a 441 and it is an awesome saw! i have a 28'' bar on it now but i would highly recommend if your cutting hard wood then i would stick with the 20'' bar instead of a the 28''. the saw can pull the 28'' no prob but i am cutting pines with it primarily anf im nt saying all of it is soft...
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    long time since i've been on.

    hay how you guys doing? i havent been on here in awhile so i thought id better post a thread becuase i am a new owner of a stihl 660 :hmm3grin2orange:. It is an awesome saw and it is one that i have wanted since i first started cutting wood. the saw amazes me now but then agian ive never had a...
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    F350, my new wood truck!

    i must have been lucky my truck had less than 125k on it and i just traded an 86 f-250 diesel must have been a good trade.
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    F350, my new wood truck!

    :clap: kudos on the truck i gotta 95 f-350 crew cab with the 7.5l so i get about 10 mpg sweet trucks though.
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    baileys log rite build??

    that is a nice set up ill talk to my teacher when he comes back from the mines and see what he says. i just need something to wrangle these ridiculously heavy cottonwood trunks.
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    Kids these days

    ill have to remember that. true words of wisdom.
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    Kids these days

    yep thats how it happens out here right after went out got drunk fornicated with a hooker and went to the local casino.:monkey: i go through bars and chains because the sand. when it blows all that really fine sand accumulates in the wood and destroys bars and chains. you'd be lucky to get 15...
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    Kids these days

    yeah this is the last time i take anybody out too much risk i gave him instruction on most all the stuff except how to cut a log close to the ground i will admit its my wrong doing there. guess you cant take peoples word anymore.:monkey:
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    baileys log rite build??

    ok baileys sells that log rite thing for moving logs and it almost seems to good for somebody like me who has to move logs by hand. but because the economy is needless to say in the can i havent a lot of money to invest into my small wood operation. i guess my questions are as follows: 1. can i...
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    Kids these days

    lol yeah this generation is seriously fubar lol. but anyway kudos kid 13 i remember when i was 13 way back when i will admit i was lazy i got summer jobs after i turned 14 but they still never made me work for the pay simple office stuff. glad to hear your doing physical work imo thats is the...
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    Kids these days

    thats how i would like to be sums it up for me.:clap: give that guy a beer:cheers:
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    Kids these days

    i kind of forgot to mention that when working around i would tell him little things its hard for me to give somebody constructive critisism i know i need to work on that but i would tell him lightly how to do something more efficiently and easier he would stop for like 3 seconds like he was...
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    Kids these days

    My cousin and her boyfriend came up from arizona way to stay for the summer(college summer break) and he just got some kind of certificate for electrical. i met him before a good guy really. he knows i cut wood so he has been bugging m to take him out to cut woods as he calls it. so i gave in...
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    Who here is our oldest woodcutter?

    nope i got you beat by 5 years.:greenchainsaw:
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