Yeah it should. The 460 I did for tramp is probably real fast in softwoods.
Falling pics 11/25/09
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Yeah it should. The 460 I did for tramp is probably real fast in softwoods.
Trx250r180
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twochains
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I'm running a 7 pin sprocket on my 460...heck I think it cuts faster than the 660...actually I KNOW it does. But that's 20" bar on both. I bet the 660 will pull my 30" stronger than the 460 in oak.
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20 is too small on that big saw
Trx250r180
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20 is too small on any saw
that's not even a "limbing" saw in wash,.......
its a f:censored: toy
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I'm not even going to argue. I don't live in Washington :msp_biggrin: What re ya gonna do with yer long bar ifn ya have to chase a Hydro Ax for 8 or 9 hours straight as as fast as you can cut...taking lunch break in one hand while yer filling up yer saw with the other hand... :censored:
My opinion, which has changed over the years, is that 20" is an answer to a question nobody asked. It's too long to be handy in brush -- that's 16" territory. It's too short for real work -- that's gotta be at least as long as your legs so you don't have to bend over so much. A 28" touches the ground comfortably for me when I am standing. If I were taller I would need a longer bar to do the same. Bigger wood wants a longer bar, and some kinds of hazards do, too. I don't really have a use for a 20" in any of the cutting I do. Even if I were a big firewooder, 20" would mean extra bending. It's better to just learn how to keep your chain out of the dirt.
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run forrest, run....
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meh, I use a 20 on a 044 as a limbing n topping saw every day. timber felled here is almost allways propped up a bit and it works pretty well. now in big hardwood I go to a 460 with 24, I guess different timber calls for diff hardware.
Full skip I don't have a grinder or the patience to file full comp.
They don't quiver they run screaming:msp_scared: until they get big then you get bigger meaner saws...
Sit down and get the camera out so you can get an action shot of one rolling down the hill:msp_biggrin:
My little skidder/truck saw sports a 20" but all it does is bump knots and the occasional stump on skidder duty, and every once in a while cuts a path to home in the winter.
I may not look it in the vids but I'm 6'0" in stockings, so 32" fits right, although that 42" on the 066 is pretty nice when limbing big assed trees... is a bit of a pain to keep out of the dirt at times.
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Fast is a relative term. Since on a crew of pro fallers who r in their prime for me just getting the day in and keeping my job is paramount. I can't keep up with a juiced 394/395 any more. I never was strong enough to really bushel with a 3120 unless I was in constant big timber. Which I never was. . Too much understory mixed in.
The 460 now that its juiced will make a tired old guy keep going and get the day in. But really a 90 cc size saw is just right for fallin limbin and buckin. Keep the chains perfect and it'll do all that most men can day in day out.
HuskStihl
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I know. Where is RandyMac when I need him. You boys are going to start running turbocharged 33cc saws pretty soon if he doesn't step in and put a stop to all this cute little saw nonsense:msp_biggrin:
HuskStihl
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I'm not sure if I could even lift a 3120. Glen, what is the weight/feel of the 460 compared to the 390? My neighbors 460 doesn't really feel that smaller than my 385. I want a 70cc saw, but handsome mike won't sell me a 10mm 044, and I've got enough orange saws.
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Hopefully writing more logging related literature. A paragraph or two has more power than 404/choker
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Probably a pound less maybe a little more. It is about as small a saw as I want to run with a 36" bar which is why I hung on to it. If Husky was still cranking out 75 cc 372 s I would have sold it and got another one of them. But the 390 is real good and not too heavy. Plus it holds a lot of gas. I like that.
RandyMac
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Oh jeeze, they will be looking for pink bloomers next and start looking like Brad.
You shiftless bums get to work.
bitzer
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Right on Glen! You beat me to it.
I don't give a damn about what anyone says. If you want to make some money bushelin you've gotta run 90ccs and a long bar. That pretty much goes for any timber that has any size to it.
The rest of you boys can keep yer 70cc saws. That just leaves more timber for me to kill...
I don't give a damn about what anyone says. If you want to make some money bushelin you've gotta run 90ccs and a long bar. That pretty much goes for any timber that has any size to it.
The rest of you boys can keep yer 70cc saws. That just leaves more timber for me to kill...
Ya know I thought the 461 was like 78cc or some odd number...
besides I have a 90cc saw, the 461 is hands down faster in 30"- wood. Hard wood is a rarity here, that cotton wood has the consistency of balsa when green, a little like pine when dry. I'm limited more by chain speed then raw power. So why drag the extra 3-4 pounds of saw around for an extra pony I rarely need?
besides I have a 90cc saw, the 461 is hands down faster in 30"- wood. Hard wood is a rarity here, that cotton wood has the consistency of balsa when green, a little like pine when dry. I'm limited more by chain speed then raw power. So why drag the extra 3-4 pounds of saw around for an extra pony I rarely need?
HuskStihl
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Boy, that's just ass backwards thinkin! You need to be packing as many ponies as ur little frame can handle, and look for trees that need 'em!
NM that was totally in jest, please don't kill me!:msp_biggrin:
