matt0550
ArboristSite Lurker
Bought this saw for far less than its worth- VERY low hours on it and it came with a granberg 36" mill, granberg 44" bar and 4 granberg ripping chains as well as a 24" bar and a few full house husky loops all in really good shape - couple of the granberg ripping loops actually appear to have never been kissed.
Saw is tuned and running absolutely stellar with a new dual port can on it - love the power the ole girl makes and she's faster in the wood than my 372 by a sizeable difference which actually surprised me.
The original oiler was hooped cause the previous owner overturned the metering screw so I swapped in a new oem one and now she'll piss oil till you cant stand it if you want it to.
My questions to you all is what you think of my setup - what would you do/not do or do differently? Im gonna be making beams/cants out of some Eastern Cottonwood and my biggest cuts will end up 20-24". The mill is setup for 30" cut as it sits and I have NO plans to work anything that large ever - I feel like this saw is underpowered for that type of demand. If I ever do get my hands on stuff 30" on up that I'd want to take a crack at I'd probably buy a Chineeese 100cc head for that specific purpose and just beat it unmerciful. The external oiler is setup on the outgoing side of the bar currently and I'm thinking it would be better served on the incoming side? - looking for advice on that cause it looks to me like oiling it heavy right before the bar end will only serve to sling oil into the guard/helper and lose much of it before it makes it down the cutting/return side of the bar. I know that milling is rough on a saw and I've adopted a heavier oil mix and got er running a tad fat (not crazy rich, just a little on the fat side).
Before you have to ask, I'm working with cottonwood cause its free to me and is already on the ground and stacked and its literally 300 yards from where I'll be using the lumber... its for hunting shacks, so longevity etc is non-issue.
The previous owner said he loved it when he ran it - 44" just seems like too much for this saw to me, but she spins that loop just like the 24", so I guess I'm fixin to find out.
Saw is tuned and running absolutely stellar with a new dual port can on it - love the power the ole girl makes and she's faster in the wood than my 372 by a sizeable difference which actually surprised me.
The original oiler was hooped cause the previous owner overturned the metering screw so I swapped in a new oem one and now she'll piss oil till you cant stand it if you want it to.
My questions to you all is what you think of my setup - what would you do/not do or do differently? Im gonna be making beams/cants out of some Eastern Cottonwood and my biggest cuts will end up 20-24". The mill is setup for 30" cut as it sits and I have NO plans to work anything that large ever - I feel like this saw is underpowered for that type of demand. If I ever do get my hands on stuff 30" on up that I'd want to take a crack at I'd probably buy a Chineeese 100cc head for that specific purpose and just beat it unmerciful. The external oiler is setup on the outgoing side of the bar currently and I'm thinking it would be better served on the incoming side? - looking for advice on that cause it looks to me like oiling it heavy right before the bar end will only serve to sling oil into the guard/helper and lose much of it before it makes it down the cutting/return side of the bar. I know that milling is rough on a saw and I've adopted a heavier oil mix and got er running a tad fat (not crazy rich, just a little on the fat side).
Before you have to ask, I'm working with cottonwood cause its free to me and is already on the ground and stacked and its literally 300 yards from where I'll be using the lumber... its for hunting shacks, so longevity etc is non-issue.
The previous owner said he loved it when he ran it - 44" just seems like too much for this saw to me, but she spins that loop just like the 24", so I guess I'm fixin to find out.
