freeasaburt
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Hello,
when researching chainsaw stuff I often got results pointing to this forum, and I read a lot of really useful stuff! Time to register, be able to see full size images, and, hopefully, participate.
I own a 026 and a 026c, with which I've been doing all my cutting for years, splitting is usually done by hand. I 've cut trees with them that were way wider than the blade long... Takes some time but you learn a thing or two in the process. It takes its toll on the saw of course, and I'm considering buying a 3xx or 4xx Stihl for the heavier work.
Not that that happens often, (non-protected) trees don't often get the chance here to grow really tall before they are cut... We definitely don't have the huge trees you see in e.g. the States, or way less in any case. There are some of course, like in privately owned woodlands. Most of my work is cutting trees that went down in a storm, dead trees, and pest species like Black Cherry (had to look that up, we call it 'American bird cherry' here, if literally translated).
Last week I bought a 064 with 660 cylinder/piston, a 'chinese quality' mill, a 90cm (36") Oregon blade and a few chains. I cut a quite big cherry tree (75cm diameter) a few months ago, it had to go, and would like to try and make a table out of it...
Before that however i'm gonna be cutting some quite decent sized spruce trees, that the drought and bark beetle got to, for 'milling practice'. Wood is dead but as it's just spruce i guess i should be fine...
Of course I can simply use the 064 for all heavy work but that takes its toll on me
. That saw is also a bit of a b*tch to start, looots of compression, no decomp valve... Trying to drop start it has been, as of now, unsuccesfull 
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when researching chainsaw stuff I often got results pointing to this forum, and I read a lot of really useful stuff! Time to register, be able to see full size images, and, hopefully, participate.
I own a 026 and a 026c, with which I've been doing all my cutting for years, splitting is usually done by hand. I 've cut trees with them that were way wider than the blade long... Takes some time but you learn a thing or two in the process. It takes its toll on the saw of course, and I'm considering buying a 3xx or 4xx Stihl for the heavier work.
Not that that happens often, (non-protected) trees don't often get the chance here to grow really tall before they are cut... We definitely don't have the huge trees you see in e.g. the States, or way less in any case. There are some of course, like in privately owned woodlands. Most of my work is cutting trees that went down in a storm, dead trees, and pest species like Black Cherry (had to look that up, we call it 'American bird cherry' here, if literally translated).
Last week I bought a 064 with 660 cylinder/piston, a 'chinese quality' mill, a 90cm (36") Oregon blade and a few chains. I cut a quite big cherry tree (75cm diameter) a few months ago, it had to go, and would like to try and make a table out of it...
Before that however i'm gonna be cutting some quite decent sized spruce trees, that the drought and bark beetle got to, for 'milling practice'. Wood is dead but as it's just spruce i guess i should be fine...
Of course I can simply use the 064 for all heavy work but that takes its toll on me
. That saw is also a bit of a b*tch to start, looots of compression, no decomp valve... Trying to drop start it has been, as of now, unsuccesfull .
