Where's Gink?
Hey Gink,is it true Brad has a faster saw but you cheated by using a superior chain?Ron
Nothing cheatin' about that.
Where's Gink?
Hey Gink,is it true Brad has a faster saw but you cheated by using a superior chain?Ron
Now wait a minute!!! ............You can muffler mod the 346ne and leave the 5100 stock ..................Its ok to do it that way ........
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Exactly, that is why the way better handling and trigger response of the Husky makes the exact cutting speed a mute point - the Dolmar lost before the cut started! opcorn:
Dayummm what slick choice of words there ole boy. I couldn't help but notice it because thats exactly what happened here in ole Virginy. I got the 5100 first, thought wow, this is one bad little MOFO. I was impressed to say the least. Later on I got a NE346xp. Once again I was like dayummm this thing is explosive off the trigger.
I played with both in the block and found the 5100 was a tad faster, around a second. I made many cuts and it stayed that way. I finally tookem both to the woods and did some limbing with them and found that mere second meant little to nothing, explosive trigger responce and ease of handling of the 346 has pretty well retired the 5100 to the shelf. The 346 eats it alive for what its intended to be used for, limbing. Neither are blocking saws, they're limb saws, both of them. Judging a limb saw by how fast it cuts in the block is like judging 660's and 395's on how fast they limb, its silly. There's a big differance in limb speed and block speed. The saw has to handle well to make time in the limbs and the 346 does that, the 5100 does not.
Dolmar did a great job of getting every ounce of power they could out of the 5100 and they offered it at a great low price, mainly because they have no choice in the matter on price. They failed at making it slim, trim, light and easy to handle. Husky on the other hand built the whole package. Slim, trim, light, super handling, expolsive throttle repsonce, all the things that make a limb saw a great limb saw.
This war of bragging rights on which saw is the fastest in the block is all good natured fun I assume, a sport of sort and thats all fine and well. However it means little as to which saw is the better of the two for what its intended purpose is. I've hadem both in my hands enough to know full well down at the end of the tree where the limbs are thick its not even a good contest, I like both saws but in the limbs where it counts the 346 kills the 5100 with ease.
:agree2: Is'nt that what husky intended the 346 to be a saw for work were lots of limbing is involved. I know that's what I bought mine for.
Most of my fire wood gets cut with a 50cc saw. The 5100 feels a little pudgy compared with the 026 but it does have more nads so its a pretty decent trade off. I can load up my short bed and never stop for fuel using it and my little 40cc deere. After thats done its time to come in here and swap a few lies wit my fellow saw junkies.I think that was they're intent and they did a good job. That saw is like swinging a butcher knife through limbs. I'm a Stihl man so I got no horse in the race with the 5100 and 346. My arms and legs tell me which is the better one in the limbs very easy...
The 346 eats it alive for what its intended to be used for, limbing. Neither are blocking saws, they're limb saws, both of them. Judging a limb saw by how fast it cuts in the block is like judging 660's and 395's on how fast they limb, its silly. There's a big differance in limb speed and block speed. The saw has to handle well to make time in the limbs and the 346 does that, the 5100 does not.
Dolmar did a great job of getting every ounce of power they could out of the 5100 and they offered it at a great low price, mainly because they have no choice in the matter on price. They failed at making it slim, trim, light and easy to handle. Husky on the other hand built the whole package. Slim, trim, light, super handling, expolsive throttle repsonce, all the things that make a limb saw a great limb saw.
This war of bragging rights on which saw is the fastest in the block is all good natured fun I assume, a sport of sort and thats all fine and well. However it means little as to which saw is the better of the two for what its intended purpose is. I've hadem both in my hands enough to know full well down at the end of the tree where the limbs are thick its not even a good contest, I like both saws but in the limbs where it counts the 346 kills the 5100 with ease.
Dayummm what slick choice of words there ole boy. I couldn't help but notice it because thats exactly what happened here in ole Virginy. I got the 5100 first, thought wow, this is one bad little MOFO. I was impressed to say the least. Later on I got a NE346xp. Once again I was like dayummm this thing is explosive off the trigger.
I played with both in the block and found the 5100 was a tad faster, around a second. I made many cuts and it stayed that way. I finally tookem both to the woods and did some limbing with them and found that mere second meant little to nothing, explosive trigger responce and ease of handling of the 346 has pretty well retired the 5100 to the shelf. The 346 eats it alive for what its intended to be used for, limbing. Neither are blocking saws, they're limb saws, both of them. Judging a limb saw by how fast it cuts in the block is like judging 660's and 395's on how fast they limb, its silly. There's a big differance in limb speed and block speed. The saw has to handle well to make time in the limbs and the 346 does that, the 5100 does not.
Dolmar did a great job of getting every ounce of power they could out of the 5100 and they offered it at a great low price, mainly because they have no choice in the matter on price. They failed at making it slim, trim, light and easy to handle. Husky on the other hand built the whole package. Slim, trim, light, super handling, expolsive throttle repsonce, all the things that make a limb saw a great limb saw.
This war of bragging rights on which saw is the fastest in the block is all good natured fun I assume, a sport of sort and thats all fine and well. However it means little as to which saw is the better of the two for what its intended purpose is. I've hadem both in my hands enough to know full well down at the end of the tree where the limbs are thick its not even a good contest, I like both saws but in the limbs where it counts the 346 kills the 5100 with ease.
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