Dusty Cheeks
New Member
Hi all,
Long time lurker of this forum and fellow chainsaw miller. I have a 36" Alaskan mill that I've used a MS460 and 066 on for several years now. I just scored a barely used MS880. According to the seller, he bought from his neighbor after he bought it to cut up some big blown down trees. Seller was going to use it on a mill but never got around to it. Seller says that it's about 7 years and has only had about 7 tanks of fuel through it. (Starting to sound like I should have put this in the "You Suck" thread.) I put the 880 it on the mill and put 2 more tanks of gas through it rather quickly. It's a thirsty beast!
When milling, I wear Stihl Pro Mark wrap chaps that are heavy and hot even in the dead of winter. The Pro Marks have seen better days and are suffering from wear/tear. Prior to getting the 880, I'd been toying with getting a pair of much lighter weight chainsaw pants to be more comfortable. Running the 880 on the mill has me rethinking this. What do the rest of you wear on your legs when milling with big saws? Obviously, careful inspection of your equipment and proper maintenance should dramatically reduce the chance of catastrophe but you never know what might happen like hitting buried metal, etc. Has anyone broken a chain on a big saw mid-cut on a slab? . . . and what happened when it did?
Long time lurker of this forum and fellow chainsaw miller. I have a 36" Alaskan mill that I've used a MS460 and 066 on for several years now. I just scored a barely used MS880. According to the seller, he bought from his neighbor after he bought it to cut up some big blown down trees. Seller was going to use it on a mill but never got around to it. Seller says that it's about 7 years and has only had about 7 tanks of fuel through it. (Starting to sound like I should have put this in the "You Suck" thread.) I put the 880 it on the mill and put 2 more tanks of gas through it rather quickly. It's a thirsty beast!
When milling, I wear Stihl Pro Mark wrap chaps that are heavy and hot even in the dead of winter. The Pro Marks have seen better days and are suffering from wear/tear. Prior to getting the 880, I'd been toying with getting a pair of much lighter weight chainsaw pants to be more comfortable. Running the 880 on the mill has me rethinking this. What do the rest of you wear on your legs when milling with big saws? Obviously, careful inspection of your equipment and proper maintenance should dramatically reduce the chance of catastrophe but you never know what might happen like hitting buried metal, etc. Has anyone broken a chain on a big saw mid-cut on a slab? . . . and what happened when it did?