If not the main part. I know at least one operation here that is solely Stihl. In my little area, Stihl is far more present than even Husky.
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If not the main part. I know at least one operation here that is solely Stihl. In my little area, Stihl is far more present than even Husky.
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The Dolmar dealers are in town not out in the small towns the loggers are at. I have a Dolmar dealer 1&1/2 miles for me and another 12 miles form me but the loggers go to saw shops about 25 miles for me. And they all use Husky of Stihl. The arborists in town mostly use Stihl but some use Dolmar. Here in the PNW it's mostly an arborist of firewood saw.
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yes i am! And to me it sounds like you have never ran a 385! Never will hold a candle to a 385...
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Hmmmmmm...where are you logging at?:msp_rolleyes:
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If you have EVER put both of these saws to the true test of logging...you will very shortly see what is the better saw....385xp it will be....im telling you from expirence....7900's are a perfect cookie saw i guess if thats what your going by.:msp_rolleyes:
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hasnt proven its self yet...
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I love change but the dolmars DO NOT impress.
Man 440 you're like the band on the Titanic, you keep on playing, your ship keeps on sinking.:msp_wink:
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I love my 6401BB, power, handling, value for money their hard to beat.
The 7900 isn't the end all be all saw, but it out perform it's 79cc and most 85cc saws, and it does so with less weight, less cost, and the same quality. Again this is not to take away from the 385/390 it's just one more option.
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WWWWOOOOOOWWWW!!! i thaught id never hear it!!....all i was looking for right there!!....im not hard to get along with. You are exactly right my man..its not a end all be all saw...but it is a pretty good machine for what it is.....:msp_thumbsup:
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WWWWOOOOOOWWWW!!! i thaught id never hear it!!....all i was looking for right there!!....im not hard to get along with. You are exactly right my man..its not a end all be all saw...but it is a pretty good machine for what it is.....:msp_thumbsup:
What??? this was my second post in this very thread, post #11 Maybe you just got a little caught up in things and forgot.
If you haven't timed the two I can totally believe the 385 feels faster, but in reality it's not, even with longer bars. One of the things I and many others like about the 7900, is how it does it's work quietly and without any drama. The Husky's on the other hand scream and shout. This is in no way saying the 385 is a bad saw, they're just different.
The power of the 7900 cane be very deceiving. Myself and a few others that have done quite a bit of saw testing have come to realize how strong prescription can be based on sound and feel.
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What??? this was my second post in this very thread, post #11 Maybe you just got a little caught up in things and forgot.
Maybe thats what you meant but you worded it way wrong the first time....
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All it is is cookie cutting. Even so, the 385xp is nearly 10% faster in the cut in that vid, and in feel it does feel like it has about 5-10% on it. Not a huge difference, but it is there. Maybe you can argue my 385xp is a strong one, but I doubt it. However, I do not doubt that it is stronger. the video and using the thing cutting tells me so. There is no sneakiness to the 7900. It either cuts a piece of wood in half, or it doesn't.
But 70-90cc saws aren't only about cookies if you do more than firewood gathering(and if firewood is your game, you probably need look no further than a 7900). It is about how they perform when felling and when deep in the cut with longer bars either in big timber or when stumping. That is where torque makes the difference. While Dolmars do run strong from the factory, they still are not modern 85cc saws, let alone an 88cc saw like a 390 or a 92cc like the 660. Having used them all, I can say the Dolmar is strong, but it simply does not have the torque of a 385, let alone a 390. If you stick with 28" bars, you may not notice much difference much of the time(although, I thought it was noticeable). But when you move up to 32-36" bars(A 32 spends most of it's time on my 385xp) or 404 chain, then torque becomes much more noticeable when it is missing. In today's saw game, with modern manufacturing techniques, and where everyone whom is performance conscious has an MM on their saw, cubes are still cubes.
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Maybe thats what you meant but you worded it way wrong the first time....
OK I have to do this just to rub it in some more. This vid was taken at a gtg a few years ago. In it is my ported 7900 with a 32" bar in hard Beech, it was the fastest saw under 121cc in that block. The other saws on hand were stock and ported 440's, 460's, 660's, 372's, one 385, 395 and a few other stock 7900's
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OK I have to do this just to rub it in some more. This vid was taken at a gtg a few years ago. In it is my ported 7900 with a 32" bar in hard Beech, it was the fastest saw under 121cc in that block. The other saws on hand were stock and ported 440's, 460's, 660's, 372's, one 385, 395 and a few other stock 7900's
I can vouch for Andre's saw. I've seen it hand it to MS660s and 390XPs.
Did you do both of these saws, Brad? That 390 obviously has more grunt than that 7900.
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And I'm going to see what I can do with this here BB kit Matt was kind enough to send me.:msp_biggrin:
Even so, it's certainly not fair to compare ported saws, there are far too many variables as it is when comparing 'stock' saws...
A good example is my video earlier in this thread - you'll notice a 372xp cutting a 19" piece of alder with a 28" bar faster than an 066 with a 24" bar. That 372 has a modified square ground chain and the ms660 has a semi chisel. But no one would know unless I said so. Both saws have dual port mufflers and are otherwise stock.
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