Is the 066Mag the king of all chain saws

[THALL10326]

Yeah, the main difference in this instance being that the 455 could take it, and the 066 couldn't....and neither could the Stihl dealer, evidently.

The one thing the post showed was that Stihl dealers appear to be just as quick to abandon the 066 class saws (er, I mean...The King of All Chain Saws) as they are with the 029 class saws when milling enters the equation. Hahahahahahaha!

Sap how ya doing ole buddy. I see ya milled up a whole cedar tree all by ya self and your 455 held up good, good job ole boy. I see too whenever you hear a story about a Stihl going down you just lap it up like dog in heat. Beings ya love such stories that tickle ya fancy heres one for ya. Take a look at the 3120 in the pic. Thats the mans second one, not his first. His first one blew out the crank bearings within hours, brand new saw, now isn't that something. Whatcha think may have cause such a failure and no he doesn't mill wood, he cuts trees down for a living. Whats your take on why the crank bearings blew out,hmmmmmmmmm

 

[stihlatit]

I milled a whole cedar tree with a brand new 455 Rancher. Didn't hurt it a bit. Granted, I mixed it rich at around 30:1, but you'd think Stihl would stand behind it's "King of All Chain Saws" regardless, eh? LOL!

Hey Sappy I can mail you a butter knife to mill toothpicks with if you like. Damn you do things in a small way.

 

[Lakeside53]

Definitely the best saw I have had in my hands without a doubt.

I second that! and I mill with mine... I've probably put 35 hours of milling time on my 066 in the past 4 weeks - big hardwood, brutal hard work for me and the saw... but the saw is tuned to run super rich (not factory settings) and at 32-40:1, and I'm careful to let it cool down and rest it now and then in a cut. I see no discernible wear on the bore or piston..

New saw for milling? I wouldn't for the first 5-10 tanks,and certainly not without changing the factory (EPA) lean carb settings. There is no good way to break it in (unless that is, it's milling wimpy cedar) without stoping all the time, and that marks up the wood.

So yes, for me it is the king of saws.

 

[Gologit]

The 066 is a classic...the most trouble free saw I've ever owned. Stock out of the box with a dual port muffler mine's been running for ten years. I took it to the saw shop a couple of years ago just to get it checked over...the only thing it needed was a spark plug.

 

[Lakeside53]

Sap how ya doing ole buddy. I see ya milled up a whole cedar tree all by ya self and your 455 held up good, good job ole boy. I see too whenever you hear a story about a Stihl going down you just lap it up like dog in heat. Beings ya love such stories that tickle ya fancy heres one for ya. Take a look at the 3120 in the pic. Thats the mans second one, not his first. His first one blew out the crank bearings within hours, brand new saw, now isn't that something. Whatcha think may have cause such a failure and no he doesn't mill wood, he cuts trees down for a living. Whats your take on why the crank bearings blew out,hmmmmmmmmm

I'll help sappy!

Hint: check out the bar wear. What's wrong with that picture?

 

[Gologit]

I'll help sappy!

Hint: check out the bar wear. What's wrong with that picture?

Maybe you'd better explain to him what "bar wear" is...he hasn't done enough real saw work to have a legitimate frame of reference.

 

[THALL10326]

I'll help sappy!

Hint: check out the bar wear. What's wrong with that picture?

Sharp eye there Lake. You know I been telling one of my buddies thats one ugly saw. He agrees but wants it anyway. I think I'll stick with the "Preferred Brand", you know those pretty saws, sorta orange and white ones....

 

[Lakeside53]

Maybe you'd better explain to him what "bar wear" is...he hasn't done enough real saw work to have a legitimate frame of reference.

To the contary my dear friend... he's been wearing his bar off way too much


I figure with enough gentle hints, he'll get somthing right...but then again, I'm a "glass half full" guy...

 

[04ultra]

 

[ShoerFast]

Maybe you'd better explain to him what "bar wear" is...he hasn't done enough real saw work to have a legitimate frame of reference.

You have that right, someone that posted a picture of an 8 year young Wild-thinggy that had the bar fliped once that you could tell!

 

[Gologit]

To the contary my dear friend... he's been wearing his bar off way too much


I figure with enough gentle hints, he'll get somthing right...but then again, I'm a "glass half full" guy...

This will be the first time I've ever disagreed with you on anything. You might be a "glass half full" guy and for that I applaud you but that guy has had enough gentle,not so gentle,slightly rough, and downright vicious shots upside his head and he hasn't learned a darn thing. Guys dumber than a choker bell and most obviously a lost cause. I'd put him on my ignore list but then I wouldn't get the benefit of you and Thall and 04ultra and several others who's verbal jousting with the Chainsaw Cretin kinda brighten up my day.

 

[Lakeside53]

No no no.... the "second twig" wear is just the recut of the first bouncing off the saw front...

Personally I like watching twigs being cut at full throttle with a big saw, but then again, i am in the repair business:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[THALL10326]

This will be the first time I've ever disagreed with you on anything. You might be a "glass half full" guy and for that I applaud you but that guy has had enough gentle,not so gentle,slightly rough, and downright vicious shots upside his head and he hasn't learned a darn thing. Guys dumber than a choker bell and most obviously a lost cause. I'd put him on my ignore list but then I wouldn't get the benefit of you and Thall and 04ultra and several others who's verbal jousting with the Chainsaw Cretin kinda brighten up my day.

Its always with great pleasure that I mix it up with the one and only CHAINSAW GURU. I mean he's a man of enourmous caliber and stature and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,well give me a day or so and I'll find some more lies to describe ma frend,haha............................

 

[spacemule]

No no no.... the "second twig" wear is just the recut of the first bouncing off the saw front...

Personally I like watching twigs being cut at full throttle with a big saw, but then again, i am in the repair business:hmm3grin2orange:

That's hard on the shins!

 

[Adkpk]

Lakeside, thanks, the break-in advice was helpful for piece of mind. I am enjoying the confidence boost I am getting from this thread. I mean it dosn't take a genius to know that stihl make a good saw. It is a comfort to know that it isn't ruining the saw to mill with it.
ps. the saw was leaned off the factory specs after it was broke in. By the guy in the saw shop. It was running real sweet. As you would expect for a new saw. It was the 50:1. And I was told to mix at 38:1. Which it was, until I used up my gas that day and started to use my brothers gas. 50:1.
One threory was condensation in the gas. Anybody on that?

 

[Lakeside53]

ps. the saw was leaned off the factory specs after it was broke in. By the guy in the saw shop. It was running real sweet. One theory was condensation in the gas. Anybody on that?

To have my saw for milling it doesn't run "sweet". In fact, it will blubber, fart, and smoke like a pos when held WOT, and, when you let of the throttle suddenly will just about die until the excess H mixture clears. My WOT for milling is 10,500-11k, +/-; for "sweet" running it's around 13k.


I pulled my H limiter cap, sliced off the locking tab and put it back on. There is about a 3/4 turn difference (carb dependent, so don't take this literally for all 066) between "milling" and " sweet" (light 4-stroking).

Condensation in the gas? Only if you are running old gas with alcohol... and you shouldn't be. Run fresh premium gas with no alcohol. In my area that means Chevron in the winter, a few others in the summer.

Stihl, like most other manufacturers, doesn't have a hard and fast policy about warranty failures, or even "out-of-warranty" failures. If the saw was abused it's not covered, but at the other end of the spectrum, I just repaired a 2 year old MS361 from a saw mill company. It had been used hard and had developed an an "air leak". Sure did - crack in the cylinder... This was unusual so I called Stihl and they immediately offered to replace it "under warranty". They hadn't seen another like this and wanted to look at it. The actual warranty period for this saw is 90 days...

My advise to those that really think it wasn't their problem the saw died is to politely stand your ground, and if the dealer won't or can't help, call Stihl (with the dealer if possible) and talk through the problem. They will even help out on the occasional "I have a brand new saw and put in the straight gas"... I've has two of those in a year that Stihl supplied the parts for free; Labor paid for by the customer.

 

[manual]

HAHAHAHAHHAA

I'm a jackass or a stubborn horse then.

Fred

Jackass no, even you would know when to stop over emphasizing a problem you had with a confrontation with a saw dealer.
(you know like dropping a saw and saying it was someone elses fault)

Stubborn horse wellllllllll. So am I.

 

[manual]

Hey Thall I Know I Know

Would that bad bearing problem be because the bar was "rocked" into the cut. If I am right do I get the saw?

 

[manual]

:Eye:
I smell a troll.

 

[coveredinsap]

Stihl, like most other manufacturers, doesn't have a hard and fast policy about warranty failures, or even "out-of-warranty" failures. If the saw was abused it's not covered, but at the other end of the spectrum, I just repaired a 2 year old MS361 from a saw mill company. It had been used hard and had developed an an "air leak". Sure did - crack in the cylinder... This was unusual so I called Stihl and they immediately offered to replace it "under warranty". They hadn't seen another like this and wanted to look at it. The actual warranty period for this saw is 90 days...

Likely only because the saw mill was a big customer.

My advise to those that really think it wasn't their problem the saw died is to politely stand your ground, and if the dealer won't or can't help, call Stihl (with the dealer if possible) and talk through the problem. They will even help out on the occasional "I have a brand new saw and put in the straight gas"... I've has two of those in a year that Stihl supplied the parts for free; Labor paid for by the customer.

Yeah, good luck with that. My Stihl dealer said we couldn't call Stihl right then and there because it "wasn't allowed". I laughed in his face. I wasn't sure whether he meant by his mommy or Stihl. Anyways, that was right about the time he went and hid behind the counter making like he was doing busy work. (I picture this guys name as being 'Thall' for some reason. Hahahaha!)

Unfortunately it seems that with Stihl, "politely" gets you jack.