Tree Sling'r
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During all of the hoopla with the Dean bashing last month I sat back - although I already had one of his modded 460's with the big bore kit. Reason being, was because at work it lasted five hours until a wrist pin clip broke and destroyed the top end. I was fairy impressed up until then - I was cutting Shasta Fir at 7200 feet and it seemed to have pretty good torgue - but not as much RPM as I wanted. I knew why I did not have the RPM.
Anyway, after calling Dean about losing the top end he took it personally that his saw failed even though his work had nothing to do with the failures the clips were having in the BB kits. He and Bailey's wasted no time in getting another kit down, modded to MY specifications at no extra charge. He was professional and true to his word. Something any customer can appreciate.
Dean, wanted me to post my HONEST opinion, since I fall timber for a living and have run many modded saws - all 660's up until now. I live at 3000 feet elev. and many of my jobs are higher - so in order to get the RPM's I wanted (with Dean's boost ports - more fuel is distirbuted into the cylinder) I replaced the 68 jet (was only taching out at 13,000 with the 68) in the carb with a 64. After breaking the saw in the last few days bucking and logging blowdown yellow pine - I leaned the saw out to 13,900 and adjusted my low end jet to get accompany my RPM and have good low end at the same time. I will honestly say that I was blown away by the performance of this saw and can't wait to get back to normal working operations (weather) to use it everyday. Though the yellow pine I was cutting was soft, I used an 8 tooth sprocket with a 32" bar with semi-skip chisel ground chain and dogged in and bucked through 1000bf cuts like they were butter, seriously. I can't quite put it in the same conversation as my modded 660s, but its a really impressive saw.
I won't post cut times, numbers or videos - because that stuff means nothing to me. The bottom line is that I need equipment that makes me money and Dean's Modded MS460 will. I buy at least two saws a year and I will do business with him again. He is a pleasure to deal with and his word is as good as his saw. Sorry so long - but take this post for what it's worth.
Anyway, after calling Dean about losing the top end he took it personally that his saw failed even though his work had nothing to do with the failures the clips were having in the BB kits. He and Bailey's wasted no time in getting another kit down, modded to MY specifications at no extra charge. He was professional and true to his word. Something any customer can appreciate.
Dean, wanted me to post my HONEST opinion, since I fall timber for a living and have run many modded saws - all 660's up until now. I live at 3000 feet elev. and many of my jobs are higher - so in order to get the RPM's I wanted (with Dean's boost ports - more fuel is distirbuted into the cylinder) I replaced the 68 jet (was only taching out at 13,000 with the 68) in the carb with a 64. After breaking the saw in the last few days bucking and logging blowdown yellow pine - I leaned the saw out to 13,900 and adjusted my low end jet to get accompany my RPM and have good low end at the same time. I will honestly say that I was blown away by the performance of this saw and can't wait to get back to normal working operations (weather) to use it everyday. Though the yellow pine I was cutting was soft, I used an 8 tooth sprocket with a 32" bar with semi-skip chisel ground chain and dogged in and bucked through 1000bf cuts like they were butter, seriously. I can't quite put it in the same conversation as my modded 660s, but its a really impressive saw.
I won't post cut times, numbers or videos - because that stuff means nothing to me. The bottom line is that I need equipment that makes me money and Dean's Modded MS460 will. I buy at least two saws a year and I will do business with him again. He is a pleasure to deal with and his word is as good as his saw. Sorry so long - but take this post for what it's worth.
I must say the technique he's taken in the last couple of weeks by avoiding the squabbles and allowing his customers to speak breeds a lot more credibility. Of course, it appears now that he may pick up some business from folks simply wanting to spite Ben, so maybe he was playing it right all along. 
