I'm stepping up in power...help me decide.
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Crofter
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Until you learn to quit cutting the ground and maintain a super sharp chain, semi chisel is probably better choice than chisel, but the premium quality of the better bar is probably wasted.
Frank
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...Windsor bar w/speed tip and Windsor chain (chisel) is an excelent combo that will last longer than most others. You take care of your equipment and it will make you a-lot of $$$, otherwise it will cost you a-lot of $$$ !
I'm also suggesting the Husky 357XP saw as well !!! To save some money...what I do is order the Husky power-head ONLY, then order a Windsor bar w/speed tip and some Windsor chain(s). Otherwise Husky will send you the saw with an Oragon, (junk in my opinion) bar & chain. All the best to ya.
I'm also suggesting the Husky 357XP saw as well !!! To save some money...what I do is order the Husky power-head ONLY, then order a Windsor bar w/speed tip and some Windsor chain(s). Otherwise Husky will send you the saw with an Oragon, (junk in my opinion) bar & chain. All the best to ya.
NeTree
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Why would you want to burn pine anyways?
Sounds more like lack of keeping a chain sharp than lack of power.
I routinely use a Husky 55 w/ 20" bar to blast through 30" oak. All in the chain man, all in the chain.
Sounds more like lack of keeping a chain sharp than lack of power.
I routinely use a Husky 55 w/ 20" bar to blast through 30" oak. All in the chain man, all in the chain.
Gypo Logger
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Speaking of Pine, a 346 is all you need for wood to 24" DBH. With a 16" bar and 3/8 square chain, the trees literaly jump off the stump, but they don't walk out of the woods though.
John
John
Gypo Logger
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Here's a closer view of the 16" French Frier. The nice thing about it is it's lightness, not only when falling, but when most of the time it is used for bumping knots and is much easier to brandish than say a 372 or 385. So it's not how big it is, it's what you do with it. I took 40 of these down for a log home kit, so it took 12 tanks of gas and 3 sharpenings. The chain receives the biggest beating when bumping knots that were missed on the landing after draged thru the dirt.
It's also more enviromentaly sensitive to use the smaller saws, as there is less hydro carbons released into the atmosphere, but that is only if the chain is sharp, otherwise there is a cloud of blue smoke like a halo around you that can be seen for miles, but has the added advantage keeping mosquitoes away, so you don't get West Nile.
John
It's also more enviromentaly sensitive to use the smaller saws, as there is less hydro carbons released into the atmosphere, but that is only if the chain is sharp, otherwise there is a cloud of blue smoke like a halo around you that can be seen for miles, but has the added advantage keeping mosquitoes away, so you don't get West Nile.
John
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YUKON 659
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Hey John, you'd probably be a lot more productive with that 346 if you didn't have your "blade" upside down ehh !!!!
Jeff
Jeff
Upcuts and downcuts
I like to keep a couple of saws, with one rigged up each way. Saves a lot of time Then you have to have your spares with one set up for upcuts and one for downcuts.
John
I like to keep a couple of saws, with one rigged up each way. Saves a lot of time
Then you have to have your spares with one set up for upcuts and one for downcuts.John
Tony Snyder
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I would suggest the John Deere CS62 / Efco 962 (same saw) with a 20", 3/8 pitch full chisel chain.
It would have been the 2159/359 Jonsered Husky had it not been for thier recent move to converters on the exhaust. Also you might look at the 362/2163, they don't have cats yet.
It would have been the 2159/359 Jonsered Husky had it not been for thier recent move to converters on the exhaust. Also you might look at the 362/2163, they don't have cats yet.
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