Stihl MS440 Magnum w/32" Bar - Deal or No Deal?

[Skeans]

Damn a 32" on a 440 must be some really soft wood they cut out there...

At that price tho buy the damn saw flash 3-$100 bills and she is yours....

Hell it may be ported by a great builder, never know!!!

Heck you can cut hardwoods with a 440 or a 372 with a 32 these are alder chairing sobs I wouldn't run anything but a minimum of a 28 they'll chair on you if you look at them wrong.

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[Khntr85]

Heck you can cut hardwoods with a 440 or a 372 with a 32 these are alder chairing sobs I wouldn't run anything but a minimum of a 28 they'll chair on you if you look at them wrong.

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I cut hardwoods, don't know about the softwood...I run a 25" on my 461.....I have a 32, ain't used it yet...

So they are oiling the 32" sufficiently???

 

[Skeans]

I cut hardwoods, don't know about the softwood...I run a 25" on my 461.....I have a 32, ain't used it yet...

So they are oiling the 32" sufficiently???

Yes they do, heck I run a 32 on a 562 full wrap. Softwoods are cake to cut like Doug fir you can literally cut up to the last inch or less on the hinge and they'll hold.

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[hseII]

I cut hardwoods, don't know about the softwood...I run a 25" on my 461.....I have a 32, ain't used it yet...

So they are oiling the 32" sufficiently???

Yes.

Run skip on the 32".

However mine is a R model with 0.063".

 

[John Lyngdal]

Brought the saw home today for $325. Now to swap out the bar and put a new chain on it.
John

 

[sld961]

Good deal.

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[hseII]

Brought the saw home today for $325. Now to swap out the bar and put a new chain on it.
John

Finally..

Check It Out Good.

Do you have the ability to
Vacuum test it?

 

[John Lyngdal]

Still need to gather the items to vacuum and pressure test saws, but at least the compression on the MS440 is solid and it starts easy.

 

[John Lyngdal]

Pulled all the covers off the saw and cleaned it up. Tossed the Champion spark plug, cleaned the sawdust caked air filter, replaced a partially stripped bar nut, and hung a 25" Stihl bar on it with a new RS chain. The rim drive sprocket was a well worn large diameter 3/8-8 and I only had smaller diameter spares for my 026/036 saws on hand, so that will need to be replaced later. Fired it up and made a few test cuts on so me 20" oak I had in the wood pile. Nothing like a new sharp chain to make the chips fly.