A Tale of Three Saws

[rms61moparman]

One logger in particular drives about an hour and forty five minutes one way, past about 5 other shops to have his saws worked on and quite often its just to have the air filter cleaned and the carb adjusted. .... but I like customers like him, I've tried several times to show him how to adjust the carb but he absolutely refuses to touch the saw for anything beyond the bar, chain, and sprocket... says he'd rather pay me to do it and know its right.

There is a lot of wisdom in that as long as he isn't having to stop in the middle of a job to do it.
If you don't start showing up at some GTGs I might have to resort to that just to see your ugly mug again!!!


Mike

 

[MostShady1]

I've gotten a number of free saws that way! LOL So it benefit's me, so far because of that I've gotten a 394, 395, 371.

Good for you! The only "keep it's" I've gotten so far are a couple of crappy, box store Homelites. New junk hardly worth fixing to sell.

 

[parrisw]

Good for you! The only "keep it's" I've gotten so far are a couple of crappy, box store Homelites. New junk hardly worth fixing to sell.

Thanks. But in the end their never free, LOL. Cost a few bucks to fix, but in the end you get a great saw for cheap.

 

[MostShady1]

Thanks. But in the end their never free, LOL. Cost a few bucks to fix, but in the end you get a great saw for cheap.

I wouldn't say anything about these plastic Homelite's is great! They both make a stock Wild-Thing look like a quality machine!

 

[parrisw]

I wouldn't say anything about these plastic Homelite's is great! They both make a stock Wild-Thing look like a quality machine!

ha ha. ya, I suppose, I've never had my hands on any of those.

 

[WoodChuck'r]

I wonder when this thread is gonna die.

 

[Thorcw]

not yet ...

 

[rms61moparman]

I wonder when this thread is gonna die.

From the looks of the posts on this last page, it already has!!!


Mike

 

[Thorcw]

Its dead but still kicking maybe we could stir the pot and say "My echo does better then that 385 or something" might get some life into this thread

 

[Erick]

Bump!

 

[BarkBuster20]

throw a 36"+ bar with a .404 chain, and it wouldnt even be close, the 660 would already be crowned, im surprised no one has done a comparison like this... although i have noticed everyone doing these comparisons like the 390 a lot..

 

[SawTroll]

throw a 36"+ bar with a .404 chain, and it wouldnt even be close, the 660 would already be crowned, im surprised no one has done a comparison like this... although i have noticed everyone doing these comparisons like the 390 a lot..

Why would anyone want to do that, on any of those saws?????

 

[parrisw]

throw a 36"+ bar with a .404 chain, and it wouldnt even be close, the 660 would already be crowned, im surprised no one has done a comparison like this... although i have noticed everyone doing these comparisons like the 390 a lot..

UH OH, next you'll say your stock 044 will outcut those saws in that wood!

4" of bar wont make that much of a difference. At least none that you could feel anyway. .404 is a waste of time.

Maybe your right, maybe not. Can't say unless you've tried it. But that's not exactly real world. IMHO

 

[WoodChuck'r]

Bump!

Ugh.

 

[Thorcw]

To the top!!!

 

[blsnelling]

throw a 36"+ bar with a .404 chain, and it wouldnt even be close, the 660 would already be crowned, im surprised no one has done a comparison like this... although i have noticed everyone doing these comparisons like the 390 a lot..

I doubt there are very many 660 operators running .404. Just doesn't make sense for most.

 

[MCW]

I'll run .404" on those saws when they get here. On longer bars like 32" on these saws it is a waste of time but I'll do a comparo anyway
One good thing about .404" that people forget sometimes, and I'm talking semi chisel and chipper chain, is that it will outwear 3/8" by a country mile - in really tough, abrasive conditions .404" is highly underrated.

I mean come on guys, it's not all about speed you know

What the hell am I saying? If it doesn't have the word fast or speed attached nobody here would care

 

[BarkBuster20]

UH OH, next you'll say your stock 044 will outcut those saws in that wood!

4" of bar wont make that much of a difference. At least none that you could feel anyway. .404 is a waste of time.

Maybe your right, maybe not. Can't say unless you've tried it. But that's not exactly real world. IMHO

I think its more common than you think, not where you are i guess but its really not unusual. 36 inch bar with .404 chain and 7 pin sprocket is money in the bank especially for cutting out stumps, or falling big, rotten trees. I suppose it wouldnt be very usefull where your cutting hardwood all day, but for PNW its really usefull.

4 inches of bar will actually make quite a bit of difference, especially when moving up to .404 gauge, and you have to sharpen the chain about half as often, which counts for a lot when cutting out old growth stumps that have rot and dirt in/on them.

I actually run a 30 inch bar on my 044, which gets fully burried often, with no problems, i also dont cut super hard woods, once in a while i cut maple, 066 handles 6 more inches of bar just fine, in fact more popular than 36 inch .404 on 660s around here is 42 inch .404 bar/chain.

 

[Erick]

I think its more common than you think, not where you are i guess but its really not unusual. 36 inch bar with .404 chain and 7 pin sprocket is money in the bank especially for cutting out stumps, or falling big, rotten trees. I suppose it wouldnt be very usefull where your cutting hardwood all day, but for PNW its really usefull.

4 inches of bar will actually make quite a bit of difference, especially when moving up to .404 gauge, and you have to sharpen the chain about half as often, which counts for a lot when cutting out old growth stumps that have rot and dirt in/on them.

I actually run a 30 inch bar on my 044, which gets fully burried often, with no problems, i also dont cut super hard woods, once in a while i cut maple, 066 handles 6 more inches of bar just fine, in fact more popular than 36 inch .404 on 660s around here is 42 inch .404 bar/chain.

Don't see much use for .404 unless you have a saw that regularly breaks 3/8's...... and you don't.

 

[BarkBuster20]

Don't see much use for .404 unless you have a saw that regularly breaks 3/8's...... and you don't.

That is why i run 3/8 on all my saws :spam: but there are other reasons, chain life, amount of cuts you can make without sharpening, cutting rotten trees or stumps, (it helps avoid the chain completely dulling before you finish your cut).