Farmall Guy
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Well I finally quit debating on what model saw to buy today. I've been going back and forth between a new 660 and an 880... the 880 won
I stopped in to the saw shop that I have always dealt with, I never thougth they would have one in stock. When I walked in on the bottom shelf, next to a new 660 sat the top dog. The owner said he used to stock them but stopped a few years ago due to slow sales in that class. He only had this saw because another customer had ordered it, then got hurt and couldn't buy it. I got a 41" bar, he threw in a 30" bar and a spare chain for the 41. I bought a second chain for the 30. All in all the price ended up being a lot less than I though it was going to be.
Sorry I didn't get any pics of it in action, I'll try to get some tomorrow. When I got home I ran a tank of fuel through it cutting some decent size oak. All I can say is WOW. This saw is absolutely amazing, as everyone here says she's heavy but that doesn't bother me since I'm not packing it all over creation and running it all day every day. It wont ever be my go to saw for small stuff, but when I have a bigger tree to block up I'll get to have some fun My 066 was getting the job done with no problems but I could feel a considerable difference in power with the 30" bar buried vs the 066 with the 28" buried in the same tree. I cant wait to get to the butt log on this oak, its about 40" give or take so I'll put the 41" bar on and really see what she's made of
Here's my 3 saw plan, 046 w20" bar 066 mag w 28" bar and the top dog MS880 with both a 30" and a 41" bar
If this doesn't satisfy my CAD I don't know what will, but the sound of this saw is just amazing. My 19 year old brother claims it sounds like a dirt bike
Hope yall enjoy the pics, more to come tomorrow
I stopped in to the saw shop that I have always dealt with, I never thougth they would have one in stock. When I walked in on the bottom shelf, next to a new 660 sat the top dog. The owner said he used to stock them but stopped a few years ago due to slow sales in that class. He only had this saw because another customer had ordered it, then got hurt and couldn't buy it. I got a 41" bar, he threw in a 30" bar and a spare chain for the 41. I bought a second chain for the 30. All in all the price ended up being a lot less than I though it was going to be.
Sorry I didn't get any pics of it in action, I'll try to get some tomorrow. When I got home I ran a tank of fuel through it cutting some decent size oak. All I can say is WOW. This saw is absolutely amazing, as everyone here says she's heavy but that doesn't bother me since I'm not packing it all over creation and running it all day every day. It wont ever be my go to saw for small stuff, but when I have a bigger tree to block up I'll get to have some fun My 066 was getting the job done with no problems but I could feel a considerable difference in power with the 30" bar buried vs the 066 with the 28" buried in the same tree. I cant wait to get to the butt log on this oak, its about 40" give or take so I'll put the 41" bar on and really see what she's made of
Here's my 3 saw plan, 046 w20" bar 066 mag w 28" bar and the top dog MS880 with both a 30" and a 41" bar
If this doesn't satisfy my CAD I don't know what will, but the sound of this saw is just amazing. My 19 year old brother claims it sounds like a dirt bike
Hope yall enjoy the pics, more to come tomorrow