Husky 371

[tramp bushler]

A " Bushel " is a thousand board feet gross woods scale ......
..
. A bushler is a faller who works for scale not a day wage ... Back up to 10 years ago , most of the time a day wage could be beaten , and so most Alaskan logging camps were bushel camps ... Now you might as well day wage .. Tho the wood is there , we the fallers are on kind of a slow slide into oblivion to the mechs and the Mexicans ...................... As long as we stay in the old growth , we are in good shape . when there is work .. I,ve had a half doz or so 064s and I really like them .. I will try a 650 over a 660 ,simply for the fuel economy , tho I want to try a 390 first ..... Trick is to set up your strip for if you have some big trees coming up and bring out the big saw when it,s needed .... How much rain do you guys get ???? How big a timber do you log ??

 

[Kiwilogger]

A " Bushel " is a thousand board feet gross woods scale ......
..
. A bushler is a faller who works for scale not a day wage ... Back up to 10 years ago , most of the time a day wage could be beaten , and so most Alaskan logging camps were bushel camps ... Now you might as well day wage .. Tho the wood is there , we the fallers are on kind of a slow slide into oblivion to the mechs and the Mexicans ...................... As long as we stay in the old growth , we are in good shape . when there is work .. I,ve had a half doz or so 064s and I really like them .. I will try a 650 over a 660 ,simply for the fuel economy , tho I want to try a 390 first ..... Trick is to set up your strip for if you have some big trees coming up and bring out the big saw when it,s needed .... How much rain do you guys get ???? How big a timber do you log ??

I've used a 65 too, Tramp. Not a bad saw. Basically a 66 with a small drop in power, and a drop in fuel usage. They seem to rev a bit quicker, maybe? But I haven't used one enough to really say.

We get heaps of rain mate, around 60" per year up here, 90% of it over 6 months.

Our timber is nothing like the monsters you log, average piece size around 2.5 ton. Around 30" at the stump on average. Soft wood too, Radiata pine. Stihls love it.

All plantation forests mate, cut at 27-28 years.

So, what you call bushelin, we call contract cutting. Paid by the ton, not by board feet.

Cheers mate...

 

[bullbuck]

:agree2:

Husky 371, horrible little chainsaw.

Gutless flamin things.


Get a 66 mate, It'll stihl be going when the husky has given up.

 

[peanut]

mogas?i am unfamiliar with that,straight gas?

Mogas = cheap low octane garbage they sell at 5 and dimes for $1 a gallon + a free cup of coffee.
They run the GSA vehicles off it.

 

[peanut]

:agree2:

:agree2:

FWIW while I'm home I run a 440, and a 260 (Nice little thing).
I have some 20, & 24" bars for the 440, and 16"ers for the 260.

 

[bullbuck]

Mogas = cheap low octane garbage they sell at 5 and dimes for $1 a gallon + a free cup of coffee.
They run the GSA vehicles off it.

gotcha,that makes sense not even enough octane to even fire,thats good thats all it was...

 

[bullbuck]

:agree2:

FWIW while I'm home I run a 440, and a 260 (Nice little thing).
I have some 20, & 24" bars for the 440, and 16"ers for the 260.

thats a good setup,im amazed at what those littler saws will do when sharp...we run 361s to lop brush,and you could damn near cut logs with them

 

[tramp bushler]

Yester day I fell and bucked 300 dollars worth of spruce firewood with a 353 Husky , with of all things a 20" bar and 325 semi chisel round filed chain .....
. I like the value added forest products

 

[tramp bushler]

and yarded out and loaded on my truck and trailer ..........

 

[peanut]

thats a good setup,im amazed at what those littler saws will do when sharp...we run 361s to lop brush,and you could damn near cut logs with them

No lie. I use full skip on my 440, full comp, on my 260. I also use a rip chain on my 260. Like I said it's a nice little bugger.

 

[bullbuck]

Yester day I fell and bucked 300 dollars worth of spruce firewood with a 353 Husky , with of all things a 20" bar and 325 semi chisel round filed chain .....
. I like the value added forest products

how much do you get for 4x4x8 of split spruce delivered in those parts?

 

[redprospector]

The only husky I've owned that I liked was a 288, oh, and my little 55 fencing saw which was not a bad wee saw.

I've actually owned a 288, 372, 385, 394, 395, 55, and a 357, and not one of them would stand up to a 66. I had my mates new 390 for a day's cutting a while ago, and that was super smooth, but I still didn't really like it much.

I also race saws on occasion, including my stocker 66, which has yet to be beaten by any husqvarna, apart from this sneaky little bugger who slipped in a 3120 when I wasn't payin attention. A lot of it is sharpening, sure, but anyone who races saws should be able to sharpen.

Oh, and tramp, I'd beg to differ when you suggest a 371 will pull the same as a 46. I'd also suggest a 32" bar is far more than any 371, or 46 should ever pull. I had a 24" on my 372 for all of half a day, 20" is all they handle without them bogging down.

My old 46's used to get a 22, and that was it. Too hard on them pulling any more than that.

The huskies are certainly more user friendly in terms of vibration, apart from the old 288 of course.

Huskies sound crap anyway. :greenchainsaw:

It all comes down to personal preference at the end of the day, but what I will say, is if you visit 50 logging crews here in NZ, you'd be lucky to find 5 huskies for every hundred stihls. Now that, is telling.

Hahahaha.
I do believe this has turned into a Stihl vs Husky pissin' match.
If we're all honest, and put brand loyalty aside, we all know that they both make decent saws. The big difference is some of us like Stihl's, and some of us like Husky's. Personally, I don't care what it say's on the starter cover as long as it gets the job done.
I race saw's on ocasion also. I wish we were not across the pond from each other, I'd try to help you out with that "superiority complex" you have with never being beat and all. It wouldn't be a fair race though. Around here the classes are 0 to 60 cc, 5 cu. in. and under, and over 5 cu. in., a guy would be pretty handicaped running an 066 in the over 5. I guess I could race you with a 681 Solo, that ain't a Husky though.

Andy

 

[Kiwilogger]

Hahahaha.
I do believe this has turned into a Stihl vs Husky pissin' match.
If we're all honest, and put brand loyalty aside, we all know that they both make decent saws. The big difference is some of us like Stihl's, and some of us like Husky's. Personally, I don't care what it say's on the starter cover as long as it gets the job done.
I race saw's on ocasion also. I wish we were not across the pond from each other, I'd try to help you out with that "superiority complex" you have with never being beat and all. It wouldn't be a fair race though. Around here the classes are 0 to 60 cc, 5 cu. in. and under, and over 5 cu. in., a guy would be pretty handicaped running an 066 in the over 5. I guess I could race you with a 681 Solo, that ain't a Husky though.

Andy

Hey Andy. Here we have hotsaw racing (unlimited displacement but must run an OEM chainsaw base), stock over 100cc, stock under 100, and stock under 80.

My 84 has been beaten plenty by 3120's, 88's and other 84's, I just try not to mention that too often. I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to hotsaws though, and all the 84 has had done is a port job, expansion chamber, crank/flywhel mod, and carb work. Nothing too flash, but a good starter into hotsaws. Well, for me anyway. Bugger of a thing to start sometimes.

My 66 stocksaw is a good one though, real good. For a race I tune it a bit lean, and it's got a bit of a muffler mod, that's it. Oh, and running an 8 tooth, 16 inch bar, and sharp super rapid chain. She's a screamer, and on a good day, pretty damn hard to beat in the under 100 class.

Cheers....

 

[bullbuck]

Hahahaha.
I do believe this has turned into a Stihl vs Husky pissin' match.
If we're all honest, and put brand loyalty aside, we all know that they both make decent saws. The big difference is some of us like Stihl's, and some of us like Husky's. Personally, I don't care what it say's on the starter cover as long as it gets the job done.
I race saw's on ocasion also. I wish we were not across the pond from each other, I'd try to help you out with that "superiority complex" you have with never being beat and all. It wouldn't be a fair race though. Around here the classes are 0 to 60 cc, 5 cu. in. and under, and over 5 cu. in., a guy would be pretty handicaped running an 066 in the over 5. I guess I could race you with a 681 Solo, that ain't a Husky though.

Andy

hey andy,as im sure you know i have been riding dirt for awhile and two strokes are all but obsolete,i just assumed that hotsaws would convert to the four stroke platform as well?i would think the 450 would be the wave of the future?ecspecially modded!

 

[redprospector]

hey andy,as im sure you know i have been riding dirt for awhile and two strokes are all but obsolete,i just assumed that hotsaws would convert to the four stroke platform as well?i would think the 450 would be the wave of the future?ecspecially modded!

I'm sure that four stroke will be the wave of the future, some time in the future. But I don't see many changing right now. I'm not hanging up my KX250 untill it blows, and then I'll probably look for another old two stroke.
I just don't know enough about the new four strokes, heck I'm still trying to figure out the old two strokes.

Andy

 

[redprospector]

Hey Andy. Here we have hotsaw racing (unlimited displacement but must run an OEM chainsaw base), stock over 100cc, stock under 100, and stock under 80.

My 84 has been beaten plenty by 3120's, 88's and other 84's, I just try not to mention that too often. I'm pretty much a n00b when it comes to hotsaws though, and all the 84 has had done is a port job, expansion chamber, crank/flywhel mod, and carb work. Nothing too flash, but a good starter into hotsaws. Well, for me anyway. Bugger of a thing to start sometimes.

My 66 stocksaw is a good one though, real good. For a race I tune it a bit lean, and it's got a bit of a muffler mod, that's it. Oh, and running an 8 tooth, 16 inch bar, and sharp super rapid chain. She's a screamer, and on a good day, pretty damn hard to beat in the under 100 class.

Cheers....

Your "Hotsaw" class (unlimited displacement but must run an oem chainsaw base) would be called "open modified" class here. There's no seperation of size in that class, so the bigger the better (sometimes ).

For a couple of years, my 3120 was undefeted in the little shows I make. Untill a buddy of mine handed me my a$$ with a 90cc Solo. But I don't like to talk about that one.

Most of the shows in the Southwest US, a 16" bar wouldn't make it through the log. But the log's are getting smaller every year it seems (damn environmentalist's).

You guy's running any bikesaw's over there?

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

Your "Hotsaw" class (unlimited displacement but must run an oem chainsaw base) would be called "open modified" class here. There's no seperation of size in that class, so the bigger the better (sometimes ).

For a couple of years, my 3120 was undefeted in the little shows I make. Untill a buddy of mine handed me my a$$ with a 90cc Solo. But I don't like to talk about that one.

Most of the shows in the Southwest US, a 16" bar wouldn't make it through the log. But the log's are getting smaller every year it seems (damn environmentalist's).

You guy's running any bikesaw's over there?

Andy

keep ahold of that that 2stroke,they are much simpler,only drawback is when you are racing they do not put the power to the ground like a 4 stroke,but if you have any troubles with your bike let me know,i have been through a few of them and i can give you my two cents

 

[redprospector]

keep ahold of that that 2stroke,they are much simpler,only drawback is when you are racing they do not put the power to the ground like a 4 stroke,but if you have any troubles with your bike let me know,i have been through a few of them and i can give you my two cents

Cool!!
So far I haven't had a lack of power with that Kawasaki pretending to be a chainsaw. I guess with a 4 stroke you could probably ride it through the log though. :jawdrop:

Andy

 

[redprospector]

keep ahold of that that 2stroke,they are much simpler,only drawback is when you are racing they do not put the power to the ground like a 4 stroke,but if you have any troubles with your bike let me know,i have been through a few of them and i can give you my two cents

When are you going to get into some saw racing?

Andy

 

[bullbuck]

i dunno?i heard you cut a couple cookies while back i was thinking 125?is what it sounded like to me,250 huh i bet you know more than your letting off about that motor,anyways sean had a four stroke 450 he was building has he had a chance to race it?