Woodsman_26
ArboristSite Member
Hey all,
I'm in SW Colorado and cut in the mountains at carrying elevations(8500-11,000ft) and bring my logs back to 7800ft to cut them down or whatever I'm doing with them. I have been using a Stihl 034 for over a decade that I bough used for $250 and have had a Stihl ms361 for about 5 years I got used. My frame just broke on my 034 near the rear handle a d stress cracks in seam of the tank. So, I am parking it until I can get another frame for it. My ms361 started having issues where it would sometimes start and sometimes it wouldn't. I checked the basics with the plug and plug wire but never further. It left me stranded a couple times out in the forest so I had to park it until I could afford to work on it. So I was at a stand still the past few days without being able to cut my.own firewood or any for sale. Since we have a farm here I found someone willing to trade me rancher 450 for a farm animal that was bough last year and only had 2 cords run through it by some homeowner. My plan is to run this until I can afford a brand new pro saw of the husky line by May or June since I have been with Stihl my whole life and so has my dad and I have had some bad luck with Stihl saws. I am wandering with all my elevation gain and drop in one day, is the autotune the way to go for my cutting. Keep in mind I'm cutting beetle kill spruce and pine trees under 32" and cutting the trees down to 10-12 ft logs. I have been running my saws for years and lately it has become a chore in the winter and elevation changes. Thanks for any help.
I'm in SW Colorado and cut in the mountains at carrying elevations(8500-11,000ft) and bring my logs back to 7800ft to cut them down or whatever I'm doing with them. I have been using a Stihl 034 for over a decade that I bough used for $250 and have had a Stihl ms361 for about 5 years I got used. My frame just broke on my 034 near the rear handle a d stress cracks in seam of the tank. So, I am parking it until I can get another frame for it. My ms361 started having issues where it would sometimes start and sometimes it wouldn't. I checked the basics with the plug and plug wire but never further. It left me stranded a couple times out in the forest so I had to park it until I could afford to work on it. So I was at a stand still the past few days without being able to cut my.own firewood or any for sale. Since we have a farm here I found someone willing to trade me rancher 450 for a farm animal that was bough last year and only had 2 cords run through it by some homeowner. My plan is to run this until I can afford a brand new pro saw of the husky line by May or June since I have been with Stihl my whole life and so has my dad and I have had some bad luck with Stihl saws. I am wandering with all my elevation gain and drop in one day, is the autotune the way to go for my cutting. Keep in mind I'm cutting beetle kill spruce and pine trees under 32" and cutting the trees down to 10-12 ft logs. I have been running my saws for years and lately it has become a chore in the winter and elevation changes. Thanks for any help.