sunfish
Fish Head
Yeah this would be on my porch if I didn't already have two 346s'!
http://www.arboristsite.com/tradin-post/240947.htm
http://www.arboristsite.com/tradin-post/240947.htm
Yeah this would be on my porch if I didn't already have two 346s'!
http://www.arboristsite.com/tradin-post/240947.htm
I'm pretty sure I have a handle on what this person is facing. I live in SE GA, and most of the coastal plains area of the SE has a similar habitat. He is likely cutting a lot of 6-14" water, laurel, and post oak, along with similar sized loblolly and slash pine. I use a ported 50cc saw for just about everything and I could well get by with a stock 50cc. Would I run into trees that could be better handled with a larger saw? Yes, but the OP says an 18" bar has worked for him so there's no reason to pile on the weight of a larger so when it's not needed for the vast majority of what he us is likely to encounter. If he wants two saws, then by all means get a 50/70cc combo. But if someone has been using a 45cc HO saw and just wants to upgrade, and obviously concerned with size and weight, a 50cc pro saw is just the ticket, and a ported 50cc saw is a season ticket.
Down here, clearing 20ac may mean cutting several thousand trees in 90+° temps with humidities near 100%. I had to pack up a event style tent yesterday morning. The temperature was in the low 70's, but I was soaked in a few minutes bc of the humidity.
OP, I would look for a ported 346/353. A 261 is not a bad choice either, but it is not as light and doesn't feel as compact in the hands to most who have used both for extended periods.
Here's what I like to run cc/bar. All these are ported and I don't swap bars... I swap saws.
2153 50cc- 16'' bar
359's 59cc- 18'' bar
Dolly 120si- 68cc- 20'' bar
Jonsered 2171 75cc 20'' bar
Husq 288 88cc 24'' bar
jonsered 2188 88cc 24'' bar
husq 2100cd 99cc- 28'' bar
I dont like sharpening chains so I use the smallest bar I can get buy with. Most trees around here don't require 36''-42'' bars. I know it is a guy thing to have 3' of bar sticking out the other side of the log but it looks rediculous..... like their compensating for ......:msp_wink:
I'm pretty sure I have a handle on what this person is facing. I live in SE GA, and most of the coastal plains area of the SE has a similar habitat. He is likely cutting a lot of 6-14" water, laurel, and post oak, along with similar sized loblolly and slash pine. I use a ported 50cc saw for just about everything and I could well get by with a stock 50cc. Would I run into trees that could be better handled with a larger saw? Yes, but the OP says an 18" bar has worked for him so there's no reason to pile on the weight of a larger so when it's not needed for the vast majority of what he us is likely to encounter. If he wants two saws, then by all means get a 50/70cc combo. But if someone has been using a 45cc HO saw and just wants to upgrade, and obviously concerned with size and weight, a 50cc pro saw is just the ticket, and a ported 50cc saw is a season ticket.
Thank you to ALL of you who have responded....In a day or two, I'm going to write back, take a pic, and let y'all know exactly what I bought. (BTW - I'm leaning Husky now. Too many good things written in this post/board, that tells me I'll be fine looking at it!) Plus, the Husky dealer is a good sized one, in the area where the farm is located!
I can cultivate 500 acres of field corn with a Farmall Super C( a fine design far superior to it's contemporaries),that doesn't mean I want to.Please don't tell that to my old 346xp (45cc) that has fell well over a thousand trees.
I can cultivate 500 acres of field corn with a Farmall Super C( a fine design far superior to it's contemporaries),that doesn't mean I want to.
It's all about the size of trees and age of the operator. :msp_wink:
It's all about the size of trees and age of the operator. :msp_wink:
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