2101xp/ top all time muscle saws!!!!!!!!!!!

[NORMZILLA44]

Evening muscle fans....

 

[Eccentric]

Hiya Norm.

 

[homelitejim]

Howdy Norm and Aaron. Have not had a chance to run any saws as of yet. I did get my 181se all buttoned up ready for tune in the wood, same for the 288xp. Cleaned up the homelite dm54 and straightened up the handle just need to go down and get a 14" cutting disk. I will be using this solely for cable repair in the field and maybe for egress window openings in the basement when the time comes.

 

[homelitejim]

Here is the homie

 

[Eccentric]

My good buddy's dad fell that tree in 86. Took two 966 loader's to load each log, and a cat had to help the low bed in, and out of the haul road. Was a big local thing where I grew up, we all looke'd up to him, and they did a big write up in the local papers. He used a 056, and a 750 homelite.

Norm would you please email the pics of that big Parmeter Redwood to me? The pics in this thread are dead now. I'll put 'em in my photobucket account for future use.

 

[Real1shepherd]

I'm still going through this thread....I started here and went backward a bit and then went to page 1 and went forward a bit. I was loggin' in western WA and western OR in the 70's...not on the coast though. Redneck nepotism was so strong in OR that I moved to WA, where it was slightly better.....I didn't hail from either place so I was an 'outsider'. Anyway, I was taken in eventually by and old faller and learned the trade. At the time I was runnin' a 075. That old faller put a 2100 in my hands and said, "Try this!" It was love at first bite. We got into some mammoth second growth Doug Fir and I bought my own 2100. We set-up with 72" bars and no governor...muffler mods. Glad I was husky & young cuz that's was one hell of a saw to lug around all day. Sorry no pics or 'vids'...only a few guys ever had a camera and those pics are long lost from all my moves. Got tired of chasing my money down from the gypos on Friday afternoon and sitting on my ass a lot of the winter. So on a whim moved to CO. Those folks know squat about high production logging...you could tell that by just watching them run their skidders.

So I ditched the big bar and put on a 40 something Cannon...had two 2100's at the time. Eventually I got on with the 'best' loggin Co on the western slope. A bunch of brothers who were basically cowboys, but had decent equipment. They got a contract up on the Grand Mesa to thin out first growth Englemann Spruce. Now we're talking(for CO anyway)..average 120-130' trees with at least three good 33's on each tree. Ran four to seven at the butt. Had a trailer up there and cut until the snow got too deep. Then we moved down the mountain and got into old growth Ponderosa. Can't say that was my favorite wood in the world to cut but was HEAVY. Sometimes the truck ran three logs to the load at 4' butt cut. No limbs for the first 33 and sometimes not for the second....you could RUN down those trees limbin'. Some serious compression on those limbs though....had to really watch yourself.

While in OR & WA I watched as the Husky 2100 became THE saw on the gypo loggin' sites. Slowly the older fallers ditched their MACs & Stihls for the orange. Same story in CO. I guess it just depends on when you were in the game and where you were at the time. Somebody from different loggin' shows would probably tell ya something different...this was just my experience. I probably bought a dozen 2100's over my career from Bailey's. Man they were a sweet Co then and knowledgeable as hell...a far cry from today when you phone in. They were a brand new Co and idea, when I bought my first saw from them...crazy fun to deal with. I'm definitely from the Douglas Dent school of fallin'....although in CO it was work 12 hrs a day and fall the trees any direction you felt like for the rest of the 'heroes'....what a waste of good talent. After that, I hung up on loggin....sort of. Seems like when people hear you're a directional faller, they come out of the woodwork to have you fall 'problem' trees. In conclusion, the 2100 is my KING saw....still have two....even though I favor the old Jonsereds for my business now. Yet I still run the 2100's in the bigger stuff when I get the chance. Incredible saw...may not be your top-rated saw, but it's mine until something else proves better. I don't mind heavy saws and always wanted to try the 3120 uncorked without all the EPA BS.

Kevin

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Sort by motor size, nothing under six cubes.

One of my favorite people, and quotes! No substitute for cubic inches....

 

[NORMZILLA44]

Hey Kevin, great read and story my friend, so glad to meet you!

 

[Real1shepherd]

Thank you and nice to be here! Still going strong with my 2100's. One addendum to my story....when I went to CO and said the orange had taken over there too....I meant Husqvarna took over, not the 2100, but smaller models. They couldn't believe I was runnin' a saw that big and how I wasn't draggin' at the end of the day. It's a lot easier to limb logs with a long bar than stooped over with a short one and like I said, the extras weight of the saw never bothered me. And bucking those big Englemann's and Ponderosa's with skip-tooth chisel chain and the 2100 was a thing of beauty, if you've never seen it done. That was probably my favorite part of buckin';rocking that big saw on top of a log with the buckin' dawgs and watching the fountain of big wood chips pile up.

Logically, I should have moved up into Alaska and Canada after CO for decent timber....but my life took other turns.....so it goes.

Kevin

 

[Uzi]

Pretty excited that I can add to this thread now I recently bought a 2100 here on AS and have finally gotten rid of some huge cotton wood stumps in the backyard. I had been reading a lot in this thread and it definitely pushed me in the right direction when it came up for sale. After running this thing I believe the hype it really is amazing how hard these old saws run and how much torque they put out. I worry a little about finding parts but mine seems to be in pretty good shape piston looks great through the exhaust port, tons of compression. Everything is complete including the still functional chain brake. It's labeled on the top cover as an XP saw and has a 2100XP sticker on the recoil I understand these were rather rare? Usually the 2100 were CD's and the 2101 were XP's right? Anyways just another person sold on these hardworking big bore machines. Here's a few pictures.

 

[Real1shepherd]

I have to cut a lot of 'problem' cotton wood trees around here for customers. The 2100 walks through them like Exlax through a goose. I don't consider the XP rare in the 2100...I could be wrong. Back in the 70's the Husky rep for the PNW told me the XP's were identical to the CD's except that the XP's produced a hotter spark. Designed for saws that would see a lot of wet starting conditions. I see a LOT of others with a different take on the XP designation. I'm going with what the rep told me unless somebody else can verify other, contradictory facts.

Anyway, welcome to the 2100 family and I can tell by the smiling pic, you now respect this saw. Run 'er and worry about finding parts later....that's what they were made to do-cut LARGE.

Kevin

 

[paccity]

keepin this going. hey norm.

 

[Uzi]

Here's my 2100 on a clump of austrees that was 4.5 ft at the base. The people I cut it for jokingly asked if my saw "had a hemi" after hearing it run while stumping off what was left of the clump.

 

[paccity]

oh, congratulations norm , hope you have many years with your soul mate.

 

[Mr.Moose]

Some saw porno for all you 2100 lovers
Nos top cover, yummy!

 

[andydodgegeek]

Give ya $25 for it!

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[andydodgegeek]

Mr. Moose, I see you liked my post. I assume we have an agreement then. Hahaha.

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[Mr.Moose]

Haha, not quite!
I give ya an A for effort though!

 

[Uzi]

Some saw porno for all you 2100 lovers
Nos top cover, yummy!

Dare I ask where you got that? Also if it's going on a restore is the one you took off intact? I've got a decent top cover but my AF cover is held together by JB plastic weld so I'm on the hunt.

 

[Mr.Moose]

It popped up on ebay with a $65 buy it now lol
I couldnt hit the button fast enough!
I have 11 of these saws, all of which have great plastic, this one is goin back in the bag and goin in my closet with the rest of my nos 2100 stuff
Im a hoarder......