"Stihl" Sorting Out Saws

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Ancient One

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The Pro Mac 800 was a bit wimpy.

The old 56 inch Alaska mill was a bit cumbersome on the small logs.

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Switched to the 075 Stihl, 36 inch bar on the Alaska 36 Mill. Carlton chain, 404 x.063. (Woodland Pro sold by Baileys). Factory ground 60 10 10.
Mucho faster. Less than 10 minutes on a 10 foot log, 22 inch cut in the photo. The 100 cc Stihl trumps the 80 cc Pro Mac.

I buck the logs to 10 feet. Extended the 10 foot ladder with Unistrut so I would have enough length to support the mill at the start and the finish of the cut.

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I will install a winch on the mill today, should speed up the cutting, as I am an old fart at 73 and do not have the strength of you young bucks. The winch will also allow more even saw movement , i.e., no see sawing me.

When I get to the bigger logs I will put a bar with ripping chain on the Stihl 090V and give it a try.

Log in the foreground is 38 inches.

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Thanks for the info and pictures, always helpful.
Looks like the unistrut is through bolted to the ladder. That seems like a nice, easy modification to make- would you do it the same again?
 
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