Stihl 034 AV Super

[woodshop]

Hi folks, this is my first post. Found this forum accidentally in a google search, wish I had known about this place years ago. I inherited a Stihl 034 AV Super with a 20 inch bar and tried to find out more about it. Nothing on the official Stihl website, and a google search gets me couple of ebay sites and plenty of German sites. Was this saw marketed mostly in Europe and a few got to the states, this being one of them? Manual says it has a 61cc engine. That's actually a few cc's MORE than my MS361 which I thought was the stepchild of the 036. Seems to have as much power as my 361, and on my Ripsaw mini-mill it pulled through knotty oak log just as well as the 361. Anybody know anything about this 034 that's slightly bigger than an 036?

 

[Dadatwins]

Welcome to site, 034 is an older Stihl saw before 036 and now the 361. There are lots of them still around, most parts will swap between 034/036. I am pretty sure the super and pro model have a little larger piston than the original 034. I have several of each and am happy with them as a mid-range saw. As for specs check this out. http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.n...8fa4a3b726ab873b88256dee005ce6a9?OpenDocument

 

[woodshop]

chainsaw site

Thanks for the info Dadatwins, but now ya did it, another extremely interesting site to spend time surfing <smile>. I love that site, I even found my old Wizard 17 I used to cut umteen cords of firewood with when I was working a Franklin feller-buncher for a paper company. The pine was valuable, the small hardwoods just got in the way, so at the end of the day I would clip off a few choice 8" oaks and carry back to the yard, cut it up with my Wizard and throw it in my pickup. I would deliver it and even STACK it for $55 a cord and I was happy to get that kind of money for only 2-3 hours work.

 

[rmihalek]

I bet there's not too many guys selling firewood who ever got to use a feller-buncher to get their logs! That's a cool way to get a few bucks on the side.

 

[woodshop]

perk

true Rmihalek, I definatly had an "edge" (no pun intended) on my competition back then. But as I said, the hardwoods were worth peanuts compared to the virginia pine and the foreman had no problem with me grabbing an armfull (2-3 trees firewood size) on my way back to the yard. I could lay them down right next to my truck. Gosh, that was almost cheating now that I look back on it wasn't it ? <smile>