gotta come clean

[sgreanbeans]

I lost an 044 some years ago, My main guy, Matt, 6'5",250LB, NOTHING BUT POWER, a human skid loader! picked up a large chunk, it outweighed his tipping point, put it on his shoulder, started walking to the dump trailer, tripped on a sidewalk frost heave, dumped the chunk right on top of my saw, it was a week old
I wanted to fire him right there! Complete accident, but It still sucked BIGTIME.

 

[treevet]

PM sent. My hot rod 660 just came....like 5 mins ago! NO ####!

660 got plenty of power without juicing it up.

 

[treevet]

I lost an 044 some years ago, My main guy, Matt, 6'5",250LB, NOTHING BUT POWER, a human skid loader! picked up a large chunk, it outweighed his tipping point, put it on his shoulder, started walking to the dump trailer, tripped on a sidewalk frost heave, dumped the chunk right on top of my saw, it was a week old
I wanted to fire him right there! Complete accident, but It still sucked BIGTIME.

ouch

 

[Burvol]

660 got plenty of power without juicing it up.

Oh man, you won't believe this thing. Gonna have to measure compression...decomp a must now. I'd say probably flirting with 190 easy.

Saw sounds so mean. I have to work on Sunday, we just got our next unit going and I was gone for a week, so we are a little behind. Working Sunday...imagine that lol.

Not only are they nice on stumps, but hot rods are good for bucking big, expensive timber. Not saying that you boys don't have to make good flush cuts, but every cut we make has to be flush, square, and no pulled wood. When dealing with a tree that has say, 3 40's and a top in it, the thing wants to break or roll, ect. and pull wood, besides pulling wood on the stump.

Yes, I cut with stockers for a long time. Been on the modded scene a few years now. No going back. I am also in hammer timber these days too..

 

[treevet]

Oh man, you won't believe this thing. Gonna have to measure compression...decomp a must now. I'd say probably flirting with 190 easy.

Saw sounds so mean. I have to work on Sunday, we just got our next unit going and I was gone for a week, so we are a little behind. Working Sunday...imagine that lol.

Not only are they nice on stumps, but hot rods are good for bucking big, expensive timber. Not saying that you boys don't have to make good flush cuts, but every cut we make has to be flush, square, and no pulled wood. When dealing with a tree that has say, 3 40's and a top in it, the thing wants to break or roll, ect. and pull wood, besides pulling wood on the stump.

Yes, I cut with stockers for a long time. Been on the modded scene a few years now. No going back. I am also in hammer timber these days too..

Love to see (and hear) a vid of the 660 Burvol.opcorn:

 

[Burvol]

Love to see (and hear) a vid of the 660 Burvol.opcorn:

Gonna try...no one at work tomorrow except for me and a guy i am bringing for safety, kinda working to get us caught up, good day for pics, maybe vids

 

[oldirty]

yah dude! vid and pics!!

 

[prentice110]

No matter how you look at it or want to rationalize it or comiserate about it, there is incompetence involved here and just part of maturing so it does not happen ever again. Esp. if you are the one suffering the loss (company owner).

come on man thats a lil harsh

 

[treevet]

come on man thats a lil harsh

Are you a tree climber? If so I can elaborate. If not all I can say is the truth is the truth and that can be a little harsh at times.

 

[oldirty]

not really prentice.....

if you (I/me) really want to be the best and actually do believe that you are the man you can not allow for mistakes like that. you have to be able to know everytime where to be and what to do because things can happen damn quick. and they do. and they end up costing money.

maturation is experience. you out of your mind if you think i am going to take for granted a 5klb oak leader's balance point for granted again!

lol.

the old man is right more often than not.

 

[fishercat]

Sorry you lost the 460 oldirty.

Guess it's God's way of telling you you need to run orange and stop playing with German toys.

I let a couple of 372s go like that.One bounced and was fine,the other bounced and spun,lost the choke lever.Everything else looked perfect.Still use them both to this day.I figure they're lucky saws.

I love my 372s but I ain't going down with them.I'm lettin' go!

I respect you and everyone else who admitted you made a mistake.You're not human if you don't.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I will agree, I'd take a 372 over a 460 in that class anyday.

I'll take the 346 in the terr over either. The power:weight is the best you can find. I know a few guys who run 28 inch bars on theirs. I have 22 (?) inch narrow kurf, though the saw is semi retired with broken & patched mounts.

I replaced with a 260, and was disappointed. I do not have a decent Husky mech in the area.

 

[Nailsbeats]

The 346 is a nice tree saw.

 

[oldirty]

good news boys! they got me the 372xpw as a replacement saw! 75cc's of husky goodness.

i think my love affair with the 460 is now officially over. just got to get a bunch of fuel through her to help wake it up and then mod the muffler again.

although i will miss the low end grunt the 460 has......the husky seems to bog where the stihl just kept pushing in the cut. oh well. she a rippah!

 

[treevet]

Had my 660 up in the tree last week. Doesn't feel that bad esp if doing a craner with little or no movement.

Wanta really man up 92 cc of displacement.

 

[oldirty]

now you bark'n big dawg! i love it. i did in fact bring in my 660 for a little while to give it a test run but the bar is too long for the fast rap's to the ground. if you dont pay attention you end up burying the first few inches in the dirt everytime you hit the ground! no bueno for the tip.


i like it though tv. i do.

edit: for me 24in bar is about as long as i can use because of the bar in the dirt issue. i am just tall enough so that i give the saw just a little pick up just as i hit the ground and all is well.

 

[tree md]

I've done a few trees where the 660 would have really come in handy up in the air. One very memorable one back in march. The 044 handles just about all the trees around here, as far as climbing goes. I run mine with a 25" bar. I prefer to use the 361 with the 20" when I can get away with it. I wouldn't even want to think about having to man handle an 880 in the air...

 

[treevet]

I've done a few trees where the 660 would have really come in handy up in the air. One very memorable one back in march. The 044 handles just about all the trees around here, as far as climbing goes. I run mine with a 25" bar. I prefer to use the 361 with the 20" when I can get away with it. I wouldn't even want to think about having to man handle an 880 in the air...

I use my 880 up in the air all the time (in the bucket) but a few times on spikes. Beats taking the 090 up which I have many times in the past prior to the 880.

Old big saw I used to take up was the Homelite Super Whiz 88. Had a number of them and one time one sucked my whole flannel shirt into the crank which was open enough to get it.

 

[Blakesmaster]

now you bark'n big dawg! i love it. i did in fact bring in my 660 for a little while to give it a test run but the bar is too long for the fast rap's to the ground. if you dont pay attention you end up burying the first few inches in the dirt everytime you hit the ground! no bueno for the tip.


i like it though tv. i do.

edit: for me 24in bar is about as long as i can use because of the bar in the dirt issue. i am just tall enough so that i give the saw just a little pick up just as i hit the ground and all is well.

I'll be using my 395/24"/8pin in the oak I'm craning next week for a few cuts at least. May need to pull up the 660/36" for one or two as well. Probably do the majority of it with the 361/16" though. Shouldn't need the 200T as I'm parking the 40 ton directly on top of the tree. Lol. I'll reach up my skirt, grab my balls and take a few big picks on this deal. Pumped.

 

[treevet]

I'll be using my 395/24"/8pin in the oak I'm craning next week for a few cuts at least. May need to pull up the 660/36" for one or two as well. Probably do the majority of it with the 361/16" though. Shouldn't need the 200T as I'm parking the 40 ton directly on top of the tree. Lol. I'll reach up my skirt, grab my balls and take a few big picks on this deal. Pumped.

Video (no balls/skirt) lol