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