Husky 365: Will it mill?

[IchWarriorMkII]

Okay, this is an extension of my 353 Bigger brother thread. I was out cutting Russian olive trees today, and had the thought of milling some of the straight chunks into 4x4 posts for some landscaping/ maybe some 2x4's for building a wood shed.

While it will hardly be able to pay off, I think it would be a interesting project to keep me occupied this winter. Also, it would be neat to build a wood shed from the trees Im cutting.

Would the 365 have enough grunt to do some pretty low end milling? Or would a 372XP be the bottom line?

Also, whats the ticket for poor boy milling? I'd like a bandsaw set up, but I think a chainsaw rig would be easier to justify and pay off in the short run.

 

[computeruser]

If you limit yourself to fairly small stuff in small quantities, it should work. Back before he was banned, Sap provided a good post on his work with his Husqvarna 455 as a milling saw. Probably his only good post, too. Is this saw the best choice for milling? No, but he did make a nice cedar fence with it. If you keep your work similarly small in scale, a 365 should work.

I'd think that a 385/390 would be a minimum for meaningful quantities of milling, and a 395 would be a better choice still.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

I suspect he got away with it because it was cedar. Not the hardest wood in the world...

 

[IchWarriorMkII]

I dont think Russian Olive is very hard either... its a rapid growth tree.

 

[bookerdog]

milling

Post this thread in the milling section and you will probably get more replys. I have milled with a 365 it does great on 15inch and smaller red fir and other softwood.