Log Splitter
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OK, I still like my MS 270, I even like my rebuilt Poulan 3450. Along with my small saws, these two machines are all I need to keep my camp and my house supplied with firewood.
My problem is that I'm selling some timber off my place this year. I'm not cutting any of it, that's for the pros to handle. But instead of my normal thinning cut on the pines, along with selling off the pine logs, this time I've marked off 40 acres of the place where I want them to clear cut. This part of the land is not producing any new growth pine, the understory is too think. There is some scattered pine, but most of the trees are oaks and sweetgums.
All that would have nothing to do with buying a new saw today except for the fact I can't stand to leave so many red oak tops on the ground. So the plan is to cut up as many as I can until the guys come here to do the site preparation for the new pine plantation. I have about 3 months to go before that happens.
So today I went to the saw shop and picked up the 361. SawTroll won't like it, because I got a 20" bar on it.
Even some of the tops I'm dealing with are pushing 24", so a longer bar will come in handy. The saw came with RSC chain on it, and I picked up an extra loop. This evening I loaded the 361, along with the 180 and 270 on the tractor and headed out to the clearcut after the loggers left.
All I can say is the MS 361 is everything you guys have been saying about it. By the time it's broken in, it really will be awesome. The 270 has good antivibe, but the 361 is even more smooth in the cut. And the extra 10 CCs make a huge difference in power. It started at idle every time after the initial start, one pull does it every time. The only negative? Well, there is no negative, except I looked at that MS 440 a long time before I decided on the 361.
My problem is that I'm selling some timber off my place this year. I'm not cutting any of it, that's for the pros to handle. But instead of my normal thinning cut on the pines, along with selling off the pine logs, this time I've marked off 40 acres of the place where I want them to clear cut. This part of the land is not producing any new growth pine, the understory is too think. There is some scattered pine, but most of the trees are oaks and sweetgums.
All that would have nothing to do with buying a new saw today except for the fact I can't stand to leave so many red oak tops on the ground. So the plan is to cut up as many as I can until the guys come here to do the site preparation for the new pine plantation. I have about 3 months to go before that happens.
So today I went to the saw shop and picked up the 361. SawTroll won't like it, because I got a 20" bar on it.
Even some of the tops I'm dealing with are pushing 24", so a longer bar will come in handy. The saw came with RSC chain on it, and I picked up an extra loop. This evening I loaded the 361, along with the 180 and 270 on the tractor and headed out to the clearcut after the loggers left.All I can say is the MS 361 is everything you guys have been saying about it. By the time it's broken in, it really will be awesome. The 270 has good antivibe, but the 361 is even more smooth in the cut. And the extra 10 CCs make a huge difference in power. It started at idle every time after the initial start, one pull does it every time. The only negative? Well, there is no negative, except I looked at that MS 440 a long time before I decided on the 361.
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