Has anyone any amount of hours on one of these? Like several hundred hours?
Or several hundred hours on a kit saw?
Or several hundred hours on a kit saw?
FarmerTec Holzfforma G660 Purple Monster
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I know of kit saws with over 125 hours. I built a couple for a tree service. They like them fine. One was using a hyway kit and the other was stock. I used Stihl piston bearings in the hyway. The Farmertec kit may have more hours I would need to ask
Both have Stihl rotors and elastostart, even those wear out.
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Both have Stihl rotors and elastostart, even those wear out.
http://thechainsawkitguy.com
https://www.youtube.com/the1chainsawguy
So far, to me those kits look like a curiosity, a puzzle, a learning tool. (This based on reading and videos only, as I’ve never touched one.)
A puzzle that burns gas, makes smoke and noise, and cuts wood.
Cool.
Cheap fun, really. Not nearly as cheap in Canada though..
A puzzle that burns gas, makes smoke and noise, and cuts wood.
Cool.
Cheap fun, really. Not nearly as cheap in Canada though..
Chainsaws there and Australia seem real high. You would benefitSo far, to me those kits look like a curiosity, a puzzle, a learning tool. (This based on reading and videos only, as I’ve never touched one.)
A puzzle that burns gas, makes smoke and noise, and cuts wood.
Cool.
Cheap fun, really. Not nearly as cheap in Canada though..
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https://www.youtube.com/the1chainsawguy
I’m sure you’re right about that, and they wouldn’t be wrong either, but guys that spend $1k+ on an MS661 are also making the right decision. When your livelihood depends on your tools working day in and day out, saving a few hundred dollars on a chainsaw and getting a questionable saw isn’t a smart choice. A day of tree felling can easily run $1000+.
Like you though, I’m just a guy that likes saws, and I’m tempted to buy one of them. It’s kind of like the lottery. Sometimes you get lucky.
Like you though, I’m just a guy that likes saws, and I’m tempted to buy one of them. It’s kind of like the lottery. Sometimes you get lucky.
Good used ones, and particular ones on sale are not necessarily that high.
I have done ok on all of my few, I think.
It’s funny(or not); as our Canadian dollar fluctuates the cost of goods resists ever coming down. It takes quite a sustained rise in our dollar over several years for anything to ever come down in price.
All it takes for prices to go up is a mere whiff of a rumour of second hand information declaring a drop in our dollar.
I have done ok on all of my few, I think.
It’s funny(or not); as our Canadian dollar fluctuates the cost of goods resists ever coming down. It takes quite a sustained rise in our dollar over several years for anything to ever come down in price.
All it takes for prices to go up is a mere whiff of a rumour of second hand information declaring a drop in our dollar.
Yup, at this point no one in their right mind would actually work one of those in a remote location where you only bring one saw for the day.
I suppose it’s how things work.
That's a bad plan to start with. You need a backup. A kit saw, two kit saws I build would let you get a full day and safely. Cutting alone is not safe either
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I running a kit version of the MS660. Only non kit parts is the clutch washer, drum and some Dirko. Not sure on hours but passed 5 gallons of fuel a while back. Cylinder was rough out the box, honed it, a loooot and cleaned up the ports runs well. No running issues so far, fuel cap leaks, just like my Stihl 660. Copied the leak they did.
My plan was to use the kit saw to try out some of the aftermarket 660 cylinders that I have accumulated over the years. Keep the actual 1122s all OEM, put the AM stuff on a AM saw. AM saw holding up so far, still have not tried out the other AM cylinders.
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
Now we're up to two $500-$600 saws to replace one $1000 authentic saw?
I would not tell you not to cut alone, or two saws we're a good idea in case one got stuck. That way I could laugh too we're your day went South.
chainsaw kits and packing lists
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Now we're up to two $500-$600 saws to replace one $1000 authentic saw?
chainsaw kits and packing lists
http://thechainsawkitguy.com
http://YouTube.com/c/the1chainsawguy
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
What I meant was; a sawhand who leaves home for a month or months at a time brings all he needs to work that length of time. He would be crazy to bring a Chinese saw. He doesn’t bring an Echo. He only very rarely brings a
Dolmar.
I’m not talking about a day trip for a hobbiest.
And I’m not trying to scathe the hutzl saw either, cause I haven’t even see one.
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Who cuts with only one saw, regardless of whether it's OEM or AM?
cuinrearview
Red saw lover
Every sawhand who works in the bush.
Their other saws are far away.
Ffs.
There are lots of places where Starbucks doesn’t exist.
Some of yous really need to get out in the open spaces where you drive 2 or 300 miles between gas stations. And there’s no people in between
A lot of saw work happens in some of those places.
Anyone can survive with 10 saws at their disposal only a few steps away.
A lot of saw work happens in some of those places.
Anyone can survive with 10 saws at their disposal only a few steps away.
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