Old Muscle, Your Favourite Sounding Chainsaw?

[64poncho]

Craftsman & David Bradley. Both with Tecumseh engines, AH47, AH81 with the open exhaust diverter.
Looks like a muffler, but no baffles. Little less open than the saw 67L36Driver has in his post.

 

[John Lyngdal]

My Homelite XP1100 has a straight stack muffler is louder than my 1130G.
Running is with ear protection is a necessity.

 

[awful knawful]

Seems like a real torquer.

Homelite super 1050A

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

Seems like a real torquer.

Yes, I generally use a 36" bar with 404 on it for stumping because I rarely have to use a wedge to lift the stump! It just keeps pulling regardless of the weight of the stump on the b/c.
The only factory option for the rim is a .404 8pin with the odd large 6 spline drum. I can't imagine how it would pull with a 7pin 3/8ths.

 

[Wildman1024]

IDK if I can choose just one. I have 3 that are top notch and IDK if I can choose.

 

[Clyde85]

My old Sachs Dolmar saws.116,120,&133. The lil Jon 36 sounds pretty angry as well.

 

[Maintenance supervisor]

IDK if I can choose just one. I have 3 that are top notch and IDK if I can choose.

Yeah I love the sound of the 5200.

 

[Huskybill]

I hear my husky 2100 running I’m looking for a dirtbike coming.

 

[67L36Driver]

I hear my husky 2100 running I’m looking for a dirtbike coming.

Same here.

I’m reminded of my Yamaha 125 enduro when I here the 655BP idling.

 

[ChevyGuyLBZ]

A personal favorite of mine is the pm-610. Obviously not a very popular saw as it basically was a brick with an exhaust lol. Very reliable and generally fun to buck with but not feeling.

 

[Bill G]

Yes, I generally use a 36" bar with 404 on it for stumping because I rarely have to use a wedge to lift the stump! It just keeps pulling regardless of the weight of the stump on the b/c.
The only factory option for the rim is a .404 8pin with the odd large 6 spline drum. I can't imagine how it would pull with a 7pin 3/8ths.

I see an old thread just got revisited.
I thought I would add that as you noted that saw had the oddball 6 spline rim drive but Homelite did make a standard 7 spline drive rim/drum for it also. I think Oregon might have also. I have a few but they are tough to get. I wanted them so I could run 3/8 chain on my 2100 saws

 

[Franny K]

288 Husky sounds like a Dirt Bike.

my 36cc 4 mix pole saw sounds like a 50cc Honda kid's bike. The Honda four cycle similar shaped devices sound different.

II notice this is an older thread. Not sure I have much experience with old muscle saws but is there a diesel option in this class?

 

[leeha]

my 36cc 4 mix pole saw sounds like a 50cc Honda kid's bike. The Honda four cycle similar shaped devices sound different.

II notice this is an older thread. Not sure I have much experience with old muscle saws but is there a diesel option in this class?

There is a diesel chainsaw, YouTube Jonsereds diesel or Comet diesel you will find some videos.

 

[Bill G]

I have a Jonsered diesel but she has not ran in a good number of years.

Here are some videos of some that do. There might be a langauge barrier but you get the point.

 

[SEAM]

I like the idling sound of these...

 

[46 Poulan]

Jonsered 621--nice idle-deep

 

[Kenskip1]

Does my opinion count? I'm partial to my Still 041.

 

[tundra timber]

A couple to really go back in time….
Pro-Mac 610 really wakes up the neighbors if you know what I mean.

Last but not least A Stihl 028 Super Wood Boss really knows how to flex its muscles!!
Just saying

 

[BigSachsDolmar]

Not my favorite sounding saw, although it sounds much different now.. but definitely favorite saw in general

 

[Farmer_Nate]

Husqvarna 288 XP; ported; gutted, dual port muffler.
When I lived and worked in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, friends who knew saws would call me later in the work day with a report of hearing my 288s.
It would go something like, "OMG Watson, we were on the opposite side of town and we could hear that beast of yours today, and could tell by the sound that it was you!"

I have an old 288xp. It is stock, but still sounds very nice.