Are people trying to say I'm lying bout putting 20litres through it, tank capacity is 8**ml ad last 20 minutes working hard
Gippsland or victoria australia GTG
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David (saltas)
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Everyone is just raggin on each other on a friday after beer o'clock
Everyone is just raggin on each other on a friday after beer o'clock
MCW
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Nah mate not at all - sorry if you thought that. I've done it myself and ran just over 20 litres in a day through my Dolmar 7900's and the 660's are far more thirsty than the Dolmars. The last ported and modified 660 I had was an absolute fuel hog, worse than my 120cc Husky 3120. Shaun (Imagineero on this site) owns it now. I was just stirring and knew that old mate Masculator would dive in to defend the 660's
You know what us Aussies are like 
masculator
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Nah mate not at all - sorry if you thought that. I've done it myself and ran just over 20 litres in a day through my Dolmar 7900's and the 660's are far more thirsty than the Dolmars. The last ported and modified 660 I had was an absolute fuel hog, worse than my 120cc Husky 3120. Shaun (Imagineero on this site) owns it now. I was just stirring and knew that old mate Masculator would dive in to defend the 660's
Bloody Oath, and for what it is worth I would take a 660 over anything husky has to offer! I have done a BIG days work with my 660 both felling and bucking with the only stops to change chains and refuel and would be lucky to have used more than 8 litres of fuel, this would have cut at least 15 cubic metres of firewood into 12 inch blocks, and have done similar figures cutting freehand boards in stringybark and using the same saw to buck and cut the boards (approximately 15 feet long and 12 to 14 inches wide.)
imagineero
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We run both 660's and 395's at work, none of which are as good as the 660 I got from Matt ;-)
I was initially pretty impressed with the 395's, but over time I've grown less so. The 376 and 346 and 340 are all really very good saws, with the nod going to the smaller saws, but those 395's are pretty clunky in my opinion. The smaller husky's handle very nice, and plenty of power, but those 395's look and feel like a tank. I don't rate them as being more powerful as a 660, and definitely not as tough. We've got about the same number of hours on the 660's and 395's, but the 395's are in a sorry state. Maybe we were unlucky and got a couple of bad ones, but it seems that something is forever wrong with them. Cracked mufflers, mufflers falling off, AV screws falling of, clutch springs worn out, kill switch not working properly (worst kill switch ever by the way) and generally bad balance and ugly. Nice bar covers and air filters though ;-)
Shaun
I was initially pretty impressed with the 395's, but over time I've grown less so. The 376 and 346 and 340 are all really very good saws, with the nod going to the smaller saws, but those 395's are pretty clunky in my opinion. The smaller husky's handle very nice, and plenty of power, but those 395's look and feel like a tank. I don't rate them as being more powerful as a 660, and definitely not as tough. We've got about the same number of hours on the 660's and 395's, but the 395's are in a sorry state. Maybe we were unlucky and got a couple of bad ones, but it seems that something is forever wrong with them. Cracked mufflers, mufflers falling off, AV screws falling of, clutch springs worn out, kill switch not working properly (worst kill switch ever by the way) and generally bad balance and ugly. Nice bar covers and air filters though ;-)
Shaun
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
You've either got the most fuel efficient 660 on the planet by about 60% or your big day's work is only about 4 hours. I've run 20 litres through my 390XP's felling all day with a 32" bar and similar with my modded 7900's - the fuel usage was recorded for taxation purposes. I always took a 20 litre plastic jerry of premix which held 22.5 litres. I think I even ran it out on a few days where actual saw running time was about 9-9.5 hours. If you use a tank in 20 minutes 8 litres doesn't add up to a big day. 8 litres is just under 10 tanks (825ml tank) which is just over 3 1/2 hours at 20 minutes a tank. 20 minutes a tank sounds about right to me for a 660 with even medium work.
Not being picky mate but 8 litres isn't much, expecially with a 90cc+ saw.
Yeah it's funny how some guys love a certain saw and have a bad run with another. A full time firewood cutter I've been doing business with above Echuca is running a 395XP at the moment and had nothing but trouble with an 066 he had. The 660's are tough though, no doubt about it. I'd have a 660 over a 395XP, but not over a 390XP.
masculator
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All of these are issues I have had with huskies not to mention when you try to use the dogs on the underside of a big log you ALWAYS end up with the plastic over the exhaust getting pushed onto the exhaust and melting! OH and even on paper the 395 is considerably lower in power and higher in weight! And yes they are UGLLLLLLYYYYY with the PLASTIC (as opposed to magnesium with the stihls) mouldings looking like something out of the times when noah was building the ark!!! The filtration they stole from Jonsered!
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
I agree. The 660's have the best set of factory spikes I've ever used. No matter what angle the saw is on they always seem to bite into something
masculator
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porky616
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8 litres a big days work with a 66? you must be basing that on a council/government work day! my 66 uses more fuel in a day than my busted arse old patrol does driving in and out with a load on, now this new whizz bang bb kit of matts has it sucking fuel that hard the vent gets a turbo whistle
not that im a full time pro logger/wood cutter i just use mine a lot, in wood!
not that im a full time pro logger/wood cutter i just use mine a lot, in wood!
Stihlman441
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Just thinking about what ya said there Matt
20 minutes a tank sounds about right to me for a 660 with even medium work.
The other day i felled and blocked up a very dry hard swomp gum where the 25'' bar just made it from one side with the snellerized 660 and i was about 10 mins,but really i cut a lot in that time.
20 minutes a tank sounds about right to me for a 660 with even medium work.
The other day i felled and blocked up a very dry hard swomp gum where the 25'' bar just made it from one side with the snellerized 660 and i was about 10 mins,but really i cut a lot in that time.
masculator
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seriously I have run both stihl and husky saws and to give credit where credit is due the huskies I have had have been fairly good saws but I found I was always doing something to them. Be it tightening bolts or fixing an exhaust or trimming dags where the plastic has melted to the exhaust it has always been something that needed to be fixed. the husky 55 I had was meant to be the equivalent of an 034 but it would never cut along side my 034, cut for cut, this said it was a bit more fuel efficient, but it just wasn't the equivalent like it was meant to be. I ran a 390 for a while before I bought my 660 but once again it just wasn't the saw my 660 was/is.
I generally run my saws stock for a number of reasons and believe that if you are struggling to cope with the saw you have buy a bigger one! Seriously though I would be happy to run a 660 all day for most everything over a 460, 441, 440, or any husky, other than for pruning the roses, which is where the 034 takes over!
But honestly the saws I would like to try would be the solo 681 and 656. I have heard from a few guys now that the 681 pulls as hard as their 660's, and I reckon the 656 would be a good replacement for the 361/362, and hey they ARE a little bit cheaper than the stihl. MAYBE stihl should send me some prototypes to test in our aussie hardwoods to convince me again just how good they are! Seriously STIHL, cause I am hearing the SOLOS are very good!
I generally run my saws stock for a number of reasons and believe that if you are struggling to cope with the saw you have buy a bigger one! Seriously though I would be happy to run a 660 all day for most everything over a 460, 441, 440, or any husky, other than for pruning the roses, which is where the 034 takes over!
But honestly the saws I would like to try would be the solo 681 and 656. I have heard from a few guys now that the 681 pulls as hard as their 660's, and I reckon the 656 would be a good replacement for the 361/362, and hey they ARE a little bit cheaper than the stihl. MAYBE stihl should send me some prototypes to test in our aussie hardwoods to convince me again just how good they are! Seriously STIHL, cause I am hearing the SOLOS are very good!
porky616
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yep and losing you as a customer would send stihl broke if you went solo, come on stihl pull ya finger out
maybe one with a rops/fops would be a good start eh
masculator
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If thats the case, fark porting then!!! I cut about 2 tonne of stringy in wood around 18 to 25 inches with less than three quarters of a tank in under 15 minutes with a 25 on the saw. This is not an exaggeration as my old man was there when I did it and he split it! I was running some excessive raker difference on that chain too and if i wasn't careful it would have bogged an 090! (was trying to see how hard I could push it!)
masculator
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yep and losing you as a customer would send stihl broke if you went solo, come on stihl pull ya finger out
maybe one with a rops/fops would be a good start eh
You are a funny guy porky!
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
It has a turbo whistle cause it has secret turbo
How's it running mate?Have you heard anything about the Solo's filtration? When you do you may think twice about running one in anything but green pine in a tropical rainforest. The 681 is a shocker and no HD option available, unlike it's near twin the 7900. The 681's are good saws but basing them on my modded and stock 7900's they'd struggle to outpull a 660 with anything over 24". Quite difficult to overcome a 12cc torque band
porky616
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it had to be said
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
If you want good fuel economy on a 660 then don't port it for crying out loud
6 trees per tank with a 32" bar and 8 pin. Gee it cut them quick though.
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Are you thinking a full wrap with wheelie bars Aaron?
