Arbonaut
Go Climb It
The best things in cars eventually get phased out for one of two reasons.
1. The engineers actually think they have made a better design, ie. lighter or more advanced materials and/or cheaper to build.
2. The original design was too good, ie. 318 or 360 Dodge small block.
With 70% of the profit being made at a dealership service department and the rest on sales, it seems awash which philosophy the engineers might embrace.
At the risk of firing up the debate scenario, I'm going on a limb with chainsaws and stating they just keep getting better. This is competition-driven and the woodsey breed demands the best.
With chainsaw manufature, one thing hasn't changed. Every major player builds a model with displacement at or very near the 70.7 cc mark. When I bought my 044 Mag as a kid, the dealer said I could expect to cut around 100 cords of hardwood with it then expect a rebuild. I know I've done 400 cords and the saw has been to Helsinki and back, with nothing replaced except new guide bars.
Every material has a harmonic failure point. Picture the opera singer who shatters a glass with her voice. What's the chance that the longevity of the saws in this class can be contributed to a synergistic relationship of the components being engineered to operate outside the limits of the harmonic failure point?
Disclaimer: I used to get my thumbs broke playing football, and never learned to type. The cheerleaders did it for me. I was cutting and pasting some stuff on this post and got some major malfunction. It got posted before the words were even put in order. When I retrieved it and realized what was happening, it already had a life of its own. I decided the last couple of lines was a work of art, raw unintended and without the slightest revision. So here it is for posterity. Thanks.
Yours Truly,
Gary Funkatia-- Making engineers scratch their head since 1971.
P.S. WoodHeatWarrior, please go away. And Take 3000 feet per second with you.
1. The engineers actually think they have made a better design, ie. lighter or more advanced materials and/or cheaper to build.
2. The original design was too good, ie. 318 or 360 Dodge small block.
With 70% of the profit being made at a dealership service department and the rest on sales, it seems awash which philosophy the engineers might embrace.
At the risk of firing up the debate scenario, I'm going on a limb with chainsaws and stating they just keep getting better. This is competition-driven and the woodsey breed demands the best.
With chainsaw manufature, one thing hasn't changed. Every major player builds a model with displacement at or very near the 70.7 cc mark. When I bought my 044 Mag as a kid, the dealer said I could expect to cut around 100 cords of hardwood with it then expect a rebuild. I know I've done 400 cords and the saw has been to Helsinki and back, with nothing replaced except new guide bars.
Every material has a harmonic failure point. Picture the opera singer who shatters a glass with her voice. What's the chance that the longevity of the saws in this class can be contributed to a synergistic relationship of the components being engineered to operate outside the limits of the harmonic failure point?
Disclaimer: I used to get my thumbs broke playing football, and never learned to type. The cheerleaders did it for me. I was cutting and pasting some stuff on this post and got some major malfunction. It got posted before the words were even put in order. When I retrieved it and realized what was happening, it already had a life of its own. I decided the last couple of lines was a work of art, raw unintended and without the slightest revision. So here it is for posterity. Thanks.
Yours Truly,
Gary Funkatia-- Making engineers scratch their head since 1971.
P.S. WoodHeatWarrior, please go away. And Take 3000 feet per second with you.
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