windthrown
361 Junkie
Proof that a 361 with a 25 inch bar and cut a lot of wood... that is solid Calif. black oak in there.
Naaah, if it was an addiction you have to go to meetings and feel guilty. Thats why drunks are so happy, no meetings.
"Can I run a 25" bar on my 361?"
No you can't, if the 20" bar is maxxed out, then that's your lot. 25" bars are illegal on 59cc saws. Get a 460 instead.
I quess we don't use last names do we.What? I thought that AS was an online meeting...
Hi, my name is Windthrown and I am a Chainsawaholic.
Naaah, if it was an addiction you have to go to meetings and feel guilty. Thats why drunks are so happy, no meetings.
Illegal What are you high? I have a 28 on mine and it cuts oak, beech, hichery ect. just GREAT.... where do you get that from? I wanna see the chainsaw Police come tell me what bar that I can put on my saw......
Hey Windthrown, that looks just like the Black Oak I have been cutting, 25" skip, no prob.
Joesawer, how the he!! are ya, have not seen you for a while. I keep checkin the Stockade everytime I go by......no Joe.
Where you been workin at? We have to get together for a piece a dead cow and a brew again. I'll PM ya, I'm a little slow this week, have some free time.
This thread is kind of like asking if you can screw a 120 pound Doberman. I would imagine you could, but sooner or later someone's going to ask why. :hmm3grin2orange:
I was logging in a stand of 24"+ black oak in Wisconsin and I was cutting and topping 4-6 trees with a stock 660 on one tank of gas. For kicks (Actually it was shear exhaustion, LOL, I was on a steep side hill and got tired of walking back and forth to the fuel jug and caring the 660 after about 14 straight hours of cutting) anyways, I started using my 361 with a 25" bar, and I could cut and top 15ish trees before needing to refuel, sure in the cut it was possibly 2 secs slower but at the end of the day I would venture a guess that the 361 would get more wood out of the woods overall. I have since had the 361 ported and such and I'm quite certain in rough terrain it could beat some of the larger saws that are rough on gas. Now that is cutting timber, in rough terrain. If you are in a more controlled setting like firewood cutting where a mini station of fuel and "service" can be set up and you aren't walking from tree to tree, then the bigger saws would probably win out.
As to the "will the 361 handle a 25" bar?", I would say without a problem, it is not the fastest saw with a 25" bar, but it is very efficient as in gallons of fuel - per cord of wood cut and such. Therefore if you are racing and the time limit is 5 minutes the bigger saws will win out, if you are cutting all day and multiple fuel ups will be required the addition cuts that the 361 will get in while the 660's are dead quiet getting fueled up for 3-4 minutes will allow it to hold its own. Addition, the saw is very user friendly (light and Anit-vibe), which makes for a pleasant time while working.
I have cut whole jobs with the 660's both stock and modified and I have logged a lot of time with a stock 361 and not so much with it moddified, but I would like to cut several whole jobs with each saw and log the speeds and overall difference that a lighter, more fuel effecient, yet slightly slower in 20" and bigger wood saw would have to the outcome of say a 50,000+ board foot job. Especially side hills where differences in a few pounds in not maybe ounces make a difference when you are tired.
Simply my opinion and observations from using the aforementioned saws in those settings.
Sam
Hay Windthrown,
What do you think of the Pro-Top bar?
Is it cheaper than a Stihl one?
:yourock:
Chainsaw Addiction Disorder
Naaah, if it was an addiction you have to go to meetings and feel guilty. Thats why drunks are so happy, no meetings.
Not Addiction, Acquisition.
Not Addiction, Acquisition.
If you will notice, when talking about addiction, I have a "Naaah" in front of it. In English "naaah" with 3 "a"s is short for "Nu-uh". I know English is a tricky language.Not Addiction, Acquisition.
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