Gonna get a new big saw this week!

[bryanr2]

Buy Mike's 660 and keep some coin in your pockets.

 

[ncvarmint]

To add to What brad and others mentioned, if you like torque the 660 is nice. If your more after limbing, the 460/1, 7900/10, 372(ported) 385-390, Solo 681 will ALL pull much faster than the 660 as they're all turning higher revs stock. A 3/8 cutter bites the same regardless of which saw it's mounted on, so then it's up to the loaded rpm/wood/chain sharpness to determine the cut speed. for a larger limbing/bucking saw the 70cc-80cc saws will run much faster and lighter in when pulling a 20-24" bar and around equal with a 28" when compared to a 90cc saw. It's not until you get to 32" and beyond that the 90's come into their own. If you don't plan on a 36" bar (and you said about an hour a year with a 32") I'd vote for the 390 or the newer 461 with a M.M. as the 90's will be slower, unless you're REALLY leaning on them with a 24" bar. My 372 (not sure of the exact displacement) that Stumpy built will destroy a stock 660 in 24" wood or less and that's with a 7-pin. With an 8 it's not even a comparison. If you want speed get a 70-80cc saw. If you want torque, get a 90+ cc saw.
My $0.02.

That's makes sense, sounds like I really wouldn't use a 660 that often. Sounds like I might be better off to buy something like a 562xp because that saw would be used more than all of them.

 

[mdavlee]

yall are probably closer to 2hr apart. It's an hour from Morristown to ELizabethton. 30-45m Elizabethton to Mountain City. If Trevor is 30min past Mountain City it's every bit 2 hrs.

I can be there in elk park or roan mountain in about hour and twenty minutes. There's a member that has a place to cut some wood up there in tat area with a new to him 372 xpw.

 

[hseII]

You're not the first porter/builder I have heard/seen say that but didnt want to tout it as a fact.

With both saws ported?


COME ON BIG WOOD!!!!

 

[wap13]

yup