Stihlman441
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EPA requirements.
Downsides to ported saws?
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EPA requirements.
Ouch, glad he didn't lose it though. I have a brother (one of six) who went through a rough patch earlier this year (without work). He wouldn't ask for help. I offered to help. He told me he would never ask for help and never would accept any. He sold all kinds of things to make it. Fortunately, things turned around. I just wanted him to know I (and the rest of the family) are here for him; and, we want to help if he would let us. It was hard to see him suffer.
Anyhow, we got side tracked but you know where we are. Good luck and God Bless.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Who mods 562xp mufflers? It looks like it needs to be split and welded back together and i don't have a welder.
Roll Tide
Trolltide
Randy did a great job on mine when he ported it.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
You just left the inside alone?
I gutted everything inside it. It takes a little while to do since you have to go through the outlet and inlet to do it. The gas goes in and down and then back up to the outlet. It probably took me 45 minutes of messing around to do it.
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Ok gotcha. Thanks
o8f150
Tree Freak
You're right. It won't cut down a tree. It usually cuts several. It doesn't like to stop with just one. And it does it day after day after day after....
what ever your smoking,, i'll take some
locofrog
ArboristSite Operative
If you don't mind me asking, what saw have you decided on? Some saws, as you can read up on here about, doesn't gain like others. Some come from the factory pretty nice runners. The husqvarna 42 special comes to mind. When a couple of my close friends around here cracked on of those open to port it, they noticed that there was very little room for modification with it. Some saws are really choked up from the factory though and are greatly helped by porting. Porting isn't as magical as it seems everytime but with the right saw it is a ridiculous improvement. As stated by others earlier on, after you run your first ported saw I think you'll be addicted. After that it'll take its own course. I prefer work saws but I've run a buddy's 044 that's wildly ported and has a tuned expansion chamber. It's a race saw but its still fun to cut with. I hope you enjoy your first monster saw and I'm sure more will likely come.
Loco
weedkilla
Ain't no guru of nuthin'
I ended up with a Husky 385 from Terry Landrum. I'd been looking for bigger saw than what I had, and I'd had a run on a couple of the contenders, bigger and smaller, but I haven't used a stock 385/390 so I may not really be proving anything! I was quite taken with a Husky 395, so losing a couple of pounds on that seems like a good idea.
I've gone from 3 saws to 6 since finding arboristsite.com, apparently this is normal?
Current fleet of huskies-
345
445 (meh, still annoyed that I didn't do any research before buying this saw and decided I'd buy it instead of a 346 on the advice of the dealer)
268 (Dad's. He is sentimental about it.)
Since joining here
562
Wicked work saws 385 (cant wait till it arrives)
359 (bargain, figure I might see if I can make this work a little harder myself)
I've gone from 3 saws to 6 since finding arboristsite.com, apparently this is normal?
Current fleet of huskies-
345
445 (meh, still annoyed that I didn't do any research before buying this saw and decided I'd buy it instead of a 346 on the advice of the dealer)
268 (Dad's. He is sentimental about it.)
Since joining here
562
Wicked work saws 385 (cant wait till it arrives)
359 (bargain, figure I might see if I can make this work a little harder myself)
I wonder has anyone used one of those lil infra red guns to see if a ported saw runs significantly cooler than non-ported?
One reason EPA:msp_thumbdn:
weedkilla
Ain't no guru of nuthin'
Thanks! I knew I needed a bigger saw, felling a heavy leaner and watching it start to break away quicker than I could get out the back of my plunge cut confirmed it. All was well, but getting jobs done without having to clean my undies out with a spoon is preferable.
I do WAY too much cutting on wet and/or windy days, as that's how it fits in my work. My main business is spraying weeds, so any weather when I cant spray I try and hunt other jobs. Tends to be weather when you want to get the job done and get the hell out of there. Figure this saw will fit with that theory.
Careful of big gun luring you into bad neighborhood
Back a long time ago I obtained a permit to carry in a New England state I won't mention. I decided on a S&W model 27. It was a huge revolver chambered in .41 Mag. Being young and impressionable I soon found myself visiting places I would have never ventured to if I didn't have that cannon strapped to my waist. Mix that with drinking and it was a disaster waiting to happen. Luckily, I got rid of the gun and didnt get one to replace it. Sure enough, I quit visiting places where I didn't need to be.
Be careful where that big ported saw lures you to attempt things you would normally leave alone. Certain words like leaner, wet, and windy tend to indicate you aren't hard to lure towards trouble.
Enjoy your saw.
Be safe.
Back a long time ago I obtained a permit to carry in a New England state I won't mention. I decided on a S&W model 27. It was a huge revolver chambered in .41 Mag. Being young and impressionable I soon found myself visiting places I would have never ventured to if I didn't have that cannon strapped to my waist. Mix that with drinking and it was a disaster waiting to happen. Luckily, I got rid of the gun and didnt get one to replace it. Sure enough, I quit visiting places where I didn't need to be.
Be careful where that big ported saw lures you to attempt things you would normally leave alone. Certain words like leaner, wet, and windy tend to indicate you aren't hard to lure towards trouble.
Enjoy your saw.
Be safe.
weedkilla
Ain't no guru of nuthin'
Fair enough - I'll take the advice in the manner I'd like to think it was intended.
I'm talking about work, today is a good day to go home safe to dinner with your family.
I'm talking about work, today is a good day to go home safe to dinner with your family.
machinisttx
Addicted to ArboristSite
The S&W M27 was/is chambered for .357 magnum. If you had a S&W chambered for .41 mag, it was a model 57.
locofrog
ArboristSite Operative
good choice bro. i think the 385 will make you grin. especially since it came from terry. congrats on the new saw and first one thats ported. that 345 you've got there can be changed over to a 346xp topend and it really wakes it up. with a mild port and muffler mod its a beast.
loco
loco
The S&W M27 was/is chambered for .357 magnum. If you had a S&W chambered for .41 mag, it was a model 57.
I'd love me a 3.5" S&W Model 27 revolver.
