How many saws does a guy need ?
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giver
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Yup, or even just lose an oil cap n have one "in stock" loll
jmssaws
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It's nice to have a big pile of parts, if you have parts a saw can't be wore out.
giver
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Yessir
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fearofpavement
Trying them all
My "line up" of saws is about 10. Why do I have about 50? ummm. just because. Mostly I like to buy broken saws, use them, sell them and start over. So I rarely use saws from my line up as I'm always testing some newly assembled saws.
jmssaws
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I have my own saw business and constantly having to run saws it gets very hard to find wood to cut and I have a huge farm. Every down tree on the place is cut into cookies plus all the cull log piles in a 20 mile radius. Putting a tank through 4 or 5 saws a week takes a bunch of wood.
giver
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I generally run the same 5, have a couple retired ones n then after that there's a collection loll
KG441c
Keith
I hear u. I work on saws too and when I cut bigger wood I usually noodle into halves or quarters depending on size and bring it home and finish noodling to test saws
jmssaws
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I don't split wood any other way than a saw anymore. I never dreamed that wood to cut would be a problem when I started this. I've bn building and porting saws for 10 years so there's not much left around me to cut. I've got a bunch of blow down on the farm but I've bout got it cut up now. Gonna have to buy a load of cull logs pretty soon.
troylee
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What was her name?
I never thought I would want 5 working saws, but now that I got them, I don't want to give any of em up. It is nice to have back ups, and a few different bar lengths. (Have 2 w/20", 2 w/24" 1 w/28" and and a 36" bar for when I need it).
And then I look at my brother's 241 or Keith's 064 and say, "would not mind having that one either"! At least the firewood covers my costs.
And then I look at my brother's 241 or Keith's 064 and say, "would not mind having that one either"! At least the firewood covers my costs.
I know full well it was that way back in the early days with me working in the woods trying to make a living off running one saw and cutting for very little money. The longer I cut the more saws I gathered but I could repair anything no matter how bad it was broken or damaged/wore out. Most others couldn`t repair anything and get it to work again and they never had more than one saw.
KG441c
Keith
How do u like that 241 Mike?
jmssaws
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Even my dog in the video has more than one saw, all of them ported of course.
If chainsaws are like bicycles and you are new to the "sport" then you need at least 8. One for every day of the week plus one spare one.
Once you reach 8, then the rule is automatically changing to X+1 where the X represents the current number of saws
Once you reach 8, then the rule is automatically changing to X+1 where the X represents the current number of saws
windthrown
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My CAD is currently in remission, and I now only manage smaller wood lots and timber stands compared to what I used to. So my needs are somewhat less than before. So right now I would say about 10-12 saws is all I 'need' now, all Stihl: 211, 251, 026 x 2, 361 x 3, 461 x 2, 660 and an 044 for good measure. 11 saws. Manageable.
Now, in my bad CAD days when I managed several hundred acres of timber and had one of several a Bandit chippers and climbed and did tree service stuff? I would say over 30 saws, minimum. Lets see, in the Stihl lineup: 200T x 3, 211 x 2, 251 x 2, 271 x 2, 026 x 4, 361 x 6, 044 x 4, 461 x 4, 660 x 2, 661 x 4 = 33 saws.
Then of course if I were to spill back into the Dark Side of CAD, I would also add these saws from Husky: 550 x 2, 555 x 2, 562 x 2, 372 series I x 4, 576 x 2, 395 x 2, 3120 x 1 = 15 more saws, for a grand total of 48 saws.
So my answer is 11 saws, 33 saws, or 48 saws, depending. I currently only have 7 saws, which means I need to buy more saws, of course. Damn CAD!
Now, in my bad CAD days when I managed several hundred acres of timber and had one of several a Bandit chippers and climbed and did tree service stuff? I would say over 30 saws, minimum. Lets see, in the Stihl lineup: 200T x 3, 211 x 2, 251 x 2, 271 x 2, 026 x 4, 361 x 6, 044 x 4, 461 x 4, 660 x 2, 661 x 4 = 33 saws.
Then of course if I were to spill back into the Dark Side of CAD, I would also add these saws from Husky: 550 x 2, 555 x 2, 562 x 2, 372 series I x 4, 576 x 2, 395 x 2, 3120 x 1 = 15 more saws, for a grand total of 48 saws.
So my answer is 11 saws, 33 saws, or 48 saws, depending. I currently only have 7 saws, which means I need to buy more saws, of course. Damn CAD!
