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Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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If it makes you feel any better, last time I stopped by mine, the shelves were kinda bleak. Took it as a sign that I didn't need another saw lol.
Mine had a MS462, 661, 461 and 2 261s 2 weeks ago. No MS400, thank god. May have had to ask for forgiveness if they had one. Definitely don't need 7 saws though!
I'm currently down to 15 runners ... have about 6 project saws I have not even touched this year, and my tree guy just dropped off 2 of his saws for repair yesterday!
Said the 460 just needs a clutch, but the 461 blew out the spark plug ... seems to be a common problem with them.
Will have to see if I can get an insert in right.
Said the 460 just needs a clutch, but the 461 blew out the spark plug ... seems to be a common problem with them.
Will have to see if I can get an insert in right.
I often use my other saws just for the fun of it, but if I had to use only my 4 ported M-Tronic saws I would not complain.
261 w/18" 3/8; 462 w/20"; 462 w 24"; 661 with 32" 404. All are square filed.
261 w/18" 3/8; 462 w/20"; 462 w 24"; 661 with 32" 404. All are square filed.
I expect that to happen here, our governor signed a law to stop gas powered equipment sales in I think three years. If it goes through, people will probably stock up before the end.
I haven't heard much about the MS400, what are its specs, displacement, etc.
I have noticed that. The Stihl local ones here don't even have a pro grade saws on the shelf, just a scattering of small saws, not even the 3xx series.
If I may post something about scrounging firewood, I scrounged some firewood this morning.
Same log. Starting to get a bit more serious now that I'm just about at the main trunk. I was hoping to rip a line along it then split off half rounds as I did to a couple last time but it didn't work so well today. Maybe my bucking cuts (25in bar) didn't quite make it far enough in. Maybe I can't rip deep enough to get it to split off in the trunk like I could in the smaller stem.
In any case, I changed tack and cut off the other stem which was partly rotten and splintered from the impact when the tree fell then chunked off bits as best I could.
Ended up with around 1.5 cubes today, then I had to stop work and get ready for work.
From the first picture today, I think I only actually took off two more whole rounds. It's a big unit. I'm expecting to find some junk in the trunk but stihl solid so far.
Same log. Starting to get a bit more serious now that I'm just about at the main trunk. I was hoping to rip a line along it then split off half rounds as I did to a couple last time but it didn't work so well today. Maybe my bucking cuts (25in bar) didn't quite make it far enough in. Maybe I can't rip deep enough to get it to split off in the trunk like I could in the smaller stem.
In any case, I changed tack and cut off the other stem which was partly rotten and splintered from the impact when the tree fell then chunked off bits as best I could.
Ended up with around 1.5 cubes today, then I had to stop work and get ready for work.
From the first picture today, I think I only actually took off two more whole rounds. It's a big unit. I'm expecting to find some junk in the trunk but stihl solid so far.
I would cut stuff too big for my saws a long time ago, when I got to where you are in this picture I would cut the rest of the way through. The cut length would be shorter because of the bar clamp cover. I would cut both sides and across the top, then take a chunk off and reach the rest of the way through. Kind of tedious really. Is this what you’re doing?
I‘ve seen this, but it said Italy.
If it were true that tree would be over $1million st $7 a pound!
What Stihl have done with the MS400, 462, and 500 is terrible, they are all just a little bit heavier than the next but a decent jump in power. Makes it so hard to choose ….. just get the biggest most powerful one or buy all three?
The logical answer is all three. 20" bar on the 400, 24 on the 462, and a 28 on the 500. I'd only need 3 saws then.
Jeff I ran the 500 but didn't think there was much to gain over my 462 for the wood I cut. Until I get my 462 back I won't know if the 400 was a bad choice or not being that it is close in cc's. I may switch the 400 to an 18"bar.
That is a real rock. If you Google “ribbon rock Knife Lake MN” it should give a lot of data. Apparently it was brought out to the island by young men who found it on the mainland.
Depends on what brand it is....... some brands may think they are lebanon bologna, but really if it's not made in Lebanon.....
I surly hope you get the rest of your saws back. I've been very torn with buying another saw. I'm pretty much a husqy guy, but never had issues with the stihls I've had or ran. The 500i would sit nice in my line up, but would be too close to my 390xp and I don't think it would work the 36" bar that well, especially if I'm milling. The 400 would put me at that odd point of not a real 60 cc saw but not quite a 70 cc saw, so getting one would put my 562xp on the lamb. (Arguably my favorite saw) really wish I could rent the 400 and 500i and run them for a day with my saws and see how I liked them. But I haven't seen any rentals with either saw in their fleet yet. Then we have the 592xp coming out that would replace the 390xp and possibly the 394xp. Which it specs out that the 500i wouldn't be able to keep up so there wouldn't be a point to getting both.
Good problems when you can't decide if you need a new saw, and can't figure out which one you would want and which ones to get rid of.
Any way, hopefully you get your saws back and can report on how they all compare.
