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In Taxachusetts they make you buy a permit for everything. I figured if I was going to be out hunting I may as well have a shot at a bear too. We do have a few good sized black bears poking around. We can't bait them here either.
I’m assuming sitting over a deer gut pile isn’t baiting?
 
On centering the crank ,,, does not matter how well you actually center it. TreeMonkey (a very respected builder) recommends lightly tapping the crank in each direction several times till the crank frees up.

It is not just centering; it aligns the bearings.

You don't need a special hammer, just tap lightly.

Hope this helps, it works for me, I do it every time.
 
When you get to be 69 your thoughts on this will be different. I can still use a 90cc saw but not like I can handle a 50cc saw or a 372xp.

Jim, it is not just an age thing, if KK had to limb out some hardwood yard trees, holding that 90 cc saw extended over his head over and over again would get a bit tiring after a while and a 50 cc saw would start to look like the Holy Grail!
At our age 50cc is the new 90cc. :surprised3:
 
Jim, it is not just an age thing, if KK had to limb out some hardwood yard trees, holding that 90 cc saw extended over his head over and over again would get a bit tiring after a while and a 50 cc saw would start to look like the Holy Grail!
That's kinda what I was thinking.
I spent the first 43 yrs of my life on the west coast, and thought we were the toughest dudes in the woods.......then I moved to the Ozarks.........
Boy was I uninformed!
 
At our age 50cc is the new 90cc. :surprised3:
That's what my dad says too, the echo cs-400 is his main saw now. And every now and then he will bust out the 590 when necessary. 50+ years in the steel industry as a millwright/machine repair man plus tons of projects in his personal life like that bridge he built in the late 1970's with a 40' span over the river. He always said he wasnt sure why he had kids, now that he's old he's happy he had me to do the heavy lifting now.
 
Amber making cookies.jpgDoes this count? I scrounged the wood, just to give my DIL what she wanted. My firewood shed is the wood structure, the 10x20 tent is made of Strongtium- it sat there through IAN, just like that.

The "wheelbarrow", after she got her fill of sawing Safari Seats.jpgand splitting, I made a lumber slide in platform and mounted those two folding boat seats to it, for a slightly elevated Safari Seats set-up, in just a few minutes
 
View attachment 1038205Does this count? I scrounged the wood, just to give my DIL what she wanted. My firewood shed is the wood structure, the 10x20 tent is made of Strongtium- it sat there through IAN, just like that.

The "wheelbarrow", after she got her fill of sawing View attachment 1038210and splitting, I made a lumber slide in platform and mounted those two folding boat seats to it, for a slightly elevated Safari Seats set-up, in just a few minutes
Upgrade to a rumble seat.
 
Jim, it is not just an age thing, if KK had to limb out some hardwood yard trees, holding that 90 cc saw extended over his head over and over again would get a bit tiring after a while and a 50 cc saw would start to look like the Holy Grail!

Yep, larger powerheads w/longish bars make since out west. On conifers, it's easiest to just walk down the log and limb with your 32" equipped powersaw. The weight is irrelevant because you're just standing up and holding the powerhead close to your waist.

I don't cut hardwoods often, but can see how the elevated limbs can drive a different choice. 95% of the time, I'm limbing hardwoods before they are on the ground. Climbing them with my 2511 or my 201, it doesn't get much lighter than those 2.
 
Yep, larger powerheads w/longish bars make since out west. On conifers, it's easiest to just walk down the log and limb with your 32" equipped powersaw. The weight is irrelevant because you're just standing up and holding the powerhead close to your waist.

I don't cut hardwoods often, but can see how the elevated limbs can drive a different choice. 95% of the time, I'm limbing hardwoods before they are on the ground. Climbing them with my 2511 or my 201, it doesn't get much lighter than those 2.
Stand up and buck is my motto, I like long bars specifically LW bars for that reason.👍
 
Stand up and buck is my motto, I like long bars specifically LW bars for that reason.👍
Yep, I generally limb with the same saw that I fell the tree with...I'm usually out in the woods and I only have one saw with me anyway. Yes on lightweight bars...most of my bars I use now are LW. I've got several lwb in lengths from 24-36". I'm particularly fond of 28" and have 2 Stihl 28", as well as a Sugi 28" on my 372xp.

I keep one of my 044s in the toolbox of my truck with a 32" non-lwb on it. It's really only there in case I run across a tree down across the road, any other unplanned need for a saw etc...but every time I use it, I'm reminded of how much of a sissy I'm for LW bars. :laugh:
 
Yep, I generally limb with the same saw that I fell the tree with...I'm usually out in the woods and I only have one saw with me anyway. Yes on lightweight bars...most of my bars I use now are LW. I've got several lwb in lengths from 24-36". I'm particularly fond of 28" and have 2 Stihl 28", as well as a Sugi 28" on my 372xp.

I keep one of my 044s in the toolbox of my truck with a 32" non-lwb on it. It's really only there in case I run across a tree down across the road, any other unplanned need for a saw etc...but every time I use it, I'm reminded of how much of a sissy I'm for LW bars. :laugh:
36” of LW bless. Lol Unfortunately they stopped producing of these but I have several of them from 28” to 36”
 

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Remember these? Nice little saw, but had brittle plastics and a terrible air filter design. Good power though.
Will stick with Italian dirtbikes.

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Not just Italian saws, my Italian dirtbikes have brittle plastics too. My Betas have their fair share of zip-ties in the plastics.
 
Upgrade to a rumble seat.
Well, it was a five minute creation out of necessity. My buddy has four more matching seats, so these will go in my 4x2 after they get upgraded with handle to hold on with, and the other seats he has will actually go in this 6x4 for four extra seats and two steps. I gotta ba able to pull the assembly out when I want to use the box to carry saws and fuel/oil and straps and chains. Both of my Gators have electric actuators for the dump boxes, 1300# lifts. I put three heaps in the 6x and two heaps from my ASV RC 30 in them to move dirt around. Either hauls a 5x10 open trailer with 2500# of wet Hickory logs, no problem.
 
Well, it was a five minute creation out of necessity. My buddy has four more matching seats, so these will go in my 4x2 after they get upgraded with handle to hold on with, and the other seats he has will actually go in this 6x4 for four extra seats and two steps. I gotta ba able to pull the assembly out when I want to use the box to carry saws and fuel/oil and straps and chains. Both of my Gators have electric actuators for the dump boxes, 1300# lifts. I put three heaps in the 6x and two heaps from my ASV RC 30 in them to move dirt around. Either hauls a 5x10 open trailer with 2500# of wet Hickory logs, no problem.
Sounds like they are great machines. Those Gators are a real aide.
 
I have 2 - 28" LW Shihl and a 28" LW Sugi, but the Stihl bars are way lighter than the LW Sugi. (But the Sugi is very tough).

I was surprised, as my 20" LW Sugi is one of my lightest 20" bars.
Yea Sugi are nice, Tsumura LW are very good to great quality steel and build , like to get Cannon Dura Light but holy moly they are 💰💰💰and hard to come by.
 
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