Met a guy today to buy a used ms360 pro and it seems to have very low hours. I got it with just the power head cause I had some 3/8 .050 chain on my jd 55ev and I had a stihl 20" bar. Problem is the chain is 68 drive links and I did not realize that even though the identifications said it was a 72 drive link. But then it hit me, I took some of the chain out to fit on my saw better since it was loose and wouldn't tighten up all the way. Luckily the stihl deal a mile away has some used but sharpen chain, so I'm gonna head down there soon and see what the quality is like on the chain and sharpening. Eventually I'll get a 25" bar for it too and skip tooth chain for limbing those tree's since I'm tall at 6'2 but a youngin at 23, just don't want to have a bad back when I'm older.
One last thing is I gotta say, saws.. Well any tools are they're addicting. I already want a small saw, maybe a top handle saw for pruning the small limps and trees around our house and neighbors than a bigger saw for my milling addictions, a stihl 660 is my dream mill saw, though I'll probably use this 360 to mill with a mini mill to cut them into beams and an Alaskan mill to cut them into slabs. I know I probably should have looked for a bigger saw but what would your guys and gals recommendation be on the max and size of wood I could mill with this. I was thinking a 25 inch bar on a Alaskan so I could cut 20" inch logs and smaller. Main questions, would it be able to do some hardwood a few times. Figured I could build some things and sell them for a price. Main reason I asked for hardwood is Im getting some oak for free, I just have to cut it down.
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Such a long post, just excited to have a smexy stihl.
Pics in next post!!
One last thing is I gotta say, saws.. Well any tools are they're addicting. I already want a small saw, maybe a top handle saw for pruning the small limps and trees around our house and neighbors than a bigger saw for my milling addictions, a stihl 660 is my dream mill saw, though I'll probably use this 360 to mill with a mini mill to cut them into beams and an Alaskan mill to cut them into slabs. I know I probably should have looked for a bigger saw but what would your guys and gals recommendation be on the max and size of wood I could mill with this. I was thinking a 25 inch bar on a Alaskan so I could cut 20" inch logs and smaller. Main questions, would it be able to do some hardwood a few times. Figured I could build some things and sell them for a price. Main reason I asked for hardwood is Im getting some oak for free, I just have to cut it down.
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Such a long post, just excited to have a smexy stihl.
Pics in next post!!
