The reason I ask is... I just bought Steven's 2188!That's a good question......
I've not got a 390XP here right now either.
Mastermind Meets The MS661 Again
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Four Paws
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That's a good question......
I've not got a 390XP here right now either.
Better get a couple. Maybe Terry could borrow you a stocker?
The reason I ask is... I just bought Steven's 2188!
Should have had Steven send it over for a little testing.
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
The reason I ask is... I just bought Steven's 2188!
You're gonna like that beast.
I'll tell you guys, properly ported.......the 390XP is a tough saw to beat in big wood.
Stock though.......they ain't too impressive.
Shane is right......the 385 will put the hurt on the 390 when they are both stock.
How much for the spiderman 1.000.000?
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
Welp, I got the squish bands cut on the two I'm porting......callin it a night.....
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
i'm not involved in any numbers. i just see these things climbing the hills. was going up deer bay main a few weeks ago and they had a sign at the beginning of that block saying radio for clearance. i VHF'd the head contractor and got through. figured i'd see tree's coming down manually up the mountain but to my surprise i saw one of those spider leg buncher things. man they do steep ground. it must have been doing at least 60-70% when i saw it the few times i drove by.
They manually took 16" up of my land in Ohio. Farmer up north where I am at now they came in a did manually. Everything I have seen here has been by hand.
Except for clearing and thinning the pines. That was wild and neat to watch.
Yes are fantastic machines the electricity company have some of theese here , are about 1 milion, take care to dont go for service
Daaaaaaang that's some turf to be climbing. I get the fellar part of the name but wheres the buncher come from?
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
it bunches wood cleanly. limbed, cut to length, and stacked. all in one go. they are really efficient units. i measureed a stump that was over 40" cut but feller buncher. was on level ground though. not sure if they can do that big on a 60-70% grade. there will be a day that the manual production tree faller is unheard of. just not sure when that will be.
Day after tomorrow.
wigglesworth
Booned
Around here, I'd say it's 75% manual, 25% machine felled.
treeslayer2003
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that, and believe it or not there is still some whoppers in places. even tho some could be multi cut with a machine, the massive top weight would easily overload the carrier.
komatsuvarna
Arboristsite MVP
Bout the same here. I know a couple of crews that have machine cutters, but majority still uses chainsaws.
treeslayer2003
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this has become hydro ax country........not many guys even can hand fall around here.......good for me 
Philip Wheelock
Finis Origine Pendet
OK, but do loggers find use for ported saws? Looking at this video of Patrick Lacey on Afognak Island; seems like the saw has more juice than stock:
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
I do a bunch of ported saw for production use.......so yeah.
Big_Wood
westcoast dweller
Yer right, there will always be heli. As long as the butchers can't get to a remote spot those area's are secure for hand fallers. My buddy is a bull bucker for aggressive timber falling and says they are doing a lot of flatter stuff just cause it's so far away from any roads. And no way to get the feller bunched into it. Who invented the feller bunched anyways? I'd like to slap him across the face
Find use for them? Yes. Yes, they do.
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