1270d
ArboristSite Guru
Our guys ran 2100s, then after they went, 288's. Now the 385's and 390's. Using them for 99% limbing hardwoods chasing a buncher. I agree with bitz pretty much. The 70 and under saws lack sack for sure.
Falling pics 11/25/09
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Trx250r180
Saw polisher
Running stock saws or modded ?
1270d
ArboristSite Guru
Stock. There was one of the blue top 288's for a while that had been done up somewhere out your way. That was the only modified one. Always had real good chains though.
1270d
ArboristSite Guru
Nothing against ported saws, just something we didn't do. Get about a year of use out of a saw.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I've been running an 8 pin on mine since I was cutting soft maple all winter. Now that I'm back into the good hardwoods I've noticed I can't horse it in hard maple backcuts like the 7 pin. I've got to keep my rakers up a little more. Otherwise it kicks ass. Next you need the big five point dogs Colton. Especially where yer makin yer stump heights. That bottom spike really helps on the leverage around the stump swells.
bitzer
******** Timber Expert
I get a year out of mine too. Usually the only thing that hasn't been replaced or rattled off the saw is the p&c. And all that needs is a re-ring. Too bad there isn't enough saw to go with it.
Not to totally geek out on ya all, but the 461 is 76.5cc That would be more than 70cc... ;just sayin...
Oddly the 661 is 91.1cc where the 660 is 91.6?
2-3? years on the first 461 never had an issue, ran it over once, wore out a couple of bars with it... still runs strong, Think I've tinkered with the carb like twice.. do too elevation... otherwise gas oil pull er twice and go. Its one of the first ones made too...
Oddly the 661 is 91.1cc where the 660 is 91.6?
2-3? years on the first 461 never had an issue, ran it over once, wore out a couple of bars with it... still runs strong, Think I've tinkered with the carb like twice.. do too elevation... otherwise gas oil pull er twice and go. Its one of the first ones made too...
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
My modded 461 is real close wearing a 32 inch bar to my modded 660 ,can not tell the difference till i put the 36 or 41 inch on ,then the tourque of the 660 makes a difference ,this is cutting softwoods .
yup...
Now a husky 390 whatever will ugly up a 660 in a fair fight so I can see bitz's point as well... Though I'd like to get my greasy paws on a 661...
Now a husky 390 whatever will ugly up a 660 in a fair fight so I can see bitz's point as well... Though I'd like to get my greasy paws on a 661...
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
chain helps too
Speaking of which I got me a grinder awhile back, world of difference vs hand filing. consistency is awesome.
Trx250r180
Saw polisher
Took me a while to figure mine out ,i still try different angles ,getting the stops set left to right so both sides are even is the important part ,i used to not use the stops ,big mistake for getting even cutters ,the blue wheel gives me the best edge so far ,just can not be heavy handed grinding with it .
Got mine used. Came with a spare wheel and motor. Need to get new stop fingers for it, they have seen better days, otherwise it skookum unit. Managed to work my way through all the chains I didn't feel like hand filing over the slowdown.
Think when I wear out the blue wheels that came with it I'll get something a little more aggressive though, I'm used to grinders having more balls, so I burn up the blues pretty fast.
Pretty comfortable with the top angle now (no Idea what it is?) and just need to dial in the side angle, got bumped a little during shipping so I'm still playing with it, right now its just about 90 finished at the tooth, like -15 on the wheel?
For now I have to scale each side until they are right, one of the stop fingers is shorter then the other... and not much left for adjustment.
Think when I wear out the blue wheels that came with it I'll get something a little more aggressive though, I'm used to grinders having more balls, so I burn up the blues pretty fast.
Pretty comfortable with the top angle now (no Idea what it is?) and just need to dial in the side angle, got bumped a little during shipping so I'm still playing with it, right now its just about 90 finished at the tooth, like -15 on the wheel?
For now I have to scale each side until they are right, one of the stop fingers is shorter then the other... and not much left for adjustment.
treeslayer2003
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i was hoping the pics would both be there to compare.........file looks pretty close
treeslayer2003
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mmm........idk bout that, stock for stock they both suc imo. ported they both very good. 394 will pee on a 660s head but its heavy.
KiwiBro
Mill 'em, nails be damned.
Is it me or are those rakers pretty high? Is is something with square filed/ground chain that the rakers shouldn't be or need to be down much? Or maybe it's just the camera angle?
treeslayer2003
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kiwi, Brian's are prolly lower than mine. i run at .020, you will find that the better and more aggressive the file, the higher the rakers must be to avoid catching/stalling.
Seems like the square likes a little taller raker/rider/whatever they're called. Square can be very aggressive and likes to stall.
