Lost my Mind

[wigglesworth]

Or maybe shook 'em out and then shook 'em back in?

I think it's the Poli-grip that's holding them in now...

 

[Burvol]

Most cutters have a particular way they handle a saw, just like people have a particular way they hold a pencil while writing. So when a guy gets used to a certain design of saw and then switches, it can mess up his attack angle. It took me a while to get used to the spring mounts on 372s and 385s after having had ran Stihls for years.

Your spot on JJ. What I believe ruined me is the fact that my 451 A Simington finally had the needle bearings go bad and started grinding one side of my chains more hungry than the other. Not hook or beak, but a tad more material removed under the cutter, more of an aggressive bite. Even guessing an adjusting with the pawls on one side was not enough after time to compensate the other side. I was compesating to overcome this slight difference with pistol grip english. When I bought a new grinder I sub conciously could not stop applying the enlish. I caught myself doing it over and over. When I picked up a 66 it felt like I was starting over from scratch, problem solved. It feels really easy to control (which basically should be the saw guiding itseld once lined up) and I am cutting good with it. Sometimes change is good, and in this case I have no choice, my career could be in jeopardy if I go out and make bad logs. Bad jew jew...

It was embarressing at the GTG, it was 2 days before I got my new grinder. I could compensate for it, but others could notice the wander more so, plus I had a RW on, making the door open even further. But those chains cut like hell, Brian and Randy could tell you that. Now they cut like a banshee but STRAIGHT lol.

 

[Rounder]

Funny how you can bounce back and forth, I just got back into the Huskys, after about 4 years of stihl, and Husky before that. Just goes to show, no matter what anyone says, they both make some good saws (and some junk!)
- Sam

 

[RandyMac]

I think it's the Poli-grip that's holding them in now...

Hey now!!
I have all my own teeth and no fillings.

As for the shaking of big inch yellow chainsaws, it causes a huge amount of iron molecles to bond with your testicles.

 

[Metals406]

Hey now!!
I have all my own teeth and no fillings.

As for the shaking of big inch yellow chainsaws, it causes a huge amount of iron molecules to bond with your testicles.

Hahahahaha. . . Well, there's another one going in my sig.

 

[schmuck.k]

Hahahahaha. . . Well, there's another one going in my sig.

i agree with ya there when i read it i thought the same thing

 

[wigglesworth]

Hey now!!
I have all my own teeth and no fillings.

As for the shaking of big inch yellow chainsaws, it causes a huge amount of iron molecles to bond with your testicles.

That's a good one.

 

[floyd]

Is this a pre cover the air intake in the rain so it doesn't stall model?

 

[forestryworks]

Do I see aftermarket 4pt. dogs on that thing?

Nice saw Burv.

 

[GASoline71]

Welcome back there Burvy ol' buddy!

I was cuttin' a 10 acre clearing job here on the Island about 5 years ago... Mostly Hemlock, and Alder... with the occasional Dougie and a few Cedars. I had my trusty ol' 044 with me, and the other cat I was cuttin' with had a 385XP. Not many trees over 25" DBH... but had 2 whopper Dougies over 30" DBH.

Anyhoo... Me and the other cutter were on a water break, and we switched saws just for kicks. It was so weird how different that Husqvarna was to fall with. I was used to the 3/4 wrap nad large dogs on my 044. Also the power came on different. My 044 zinged quick, and the big Husqvarna rolled in to the power. Also just the feeling of the handlebar and rear handle threw me off a tad.

Went back to the 044 after a spell, and it was like having an old friend back. That 385 was a kick ass saw... just funny how different another saw feels when you are so used to a particular brand.

Gary

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

As for the shaking of big inch yellow chainsaws, it causes a huge amount of iron molecles to bond with your testicles.

Is THAT why they call ya "Rusty" ?



.

 

[RandyMac]

Is THAT why they call ya "Rusty" ?



.

They called me "Rusty" 'cause I shaved off my red beard once a week. Iron only rusts from disuse.

 

[Burvol]

Hahahahaha. . . Well, there's another one going in my sig.

Everyone that loves to rub one out to a chainsaw collection would be in this business if they could handle it


There, put that in your collection lol. About sums it up I think

 

[coastalfaller]

Burv!!!!!!!!!!! Say it isn't so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[056kid]

#### it, do what works, youl probably pick up a swede saw after a stihl stint and be un-stopable. I know I would start to do weird things with my (little toy baby saw) 372 haha, then pick up a stihl and the problems would go away. I guess its just that damn sorryness of the young generation comin out,:censored: haha...

A husqvarna is great, but there is a balance about a stihl that makes them super nice. Id like to get me a low hour flat top 66. They had better compression #s & port timing no?

 

[Burvol]

Burv!!!!!!!!!!! Say it isn't so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jordan, Ya it's so. Don't hate I am going through a mental delima at the moment. Lost my mind, I really did. Might not make back this time, but I don't want to fade away and get on drugs and padded walls. Things are tough at home again, Lindsey hanging on by a thread, boss that doesn't cut timber but tells guys how to do it, and a crew that likes to play F### your buddy logging. I am expecting to do no good every time I go to work. It's all mental. I'm trying to play the positive games in my head all day instead of the bad stuff. I am a damn good faller, or used to be, and I am not going to flush my career down the crapper for a bad stretch of stress and anxiety. Times like this I wish I would have went to treatment when I quit my substance abuse life (booze) I never learned any coping skills.

I like the way the 66 keeps pulling through the cut, much like a 395... Just pulls on through. The hopped up 390 kicks you right in the pouch out of the gate hard, and then slows down a bit at full tilt. The 66 seems to not be as hot out of the gate, but pulls a little longer. Just my observation. I buy a new saw every year anyway, no worries. LOL

I do like the way they behave on the stump and in the buck though. Nothing out limbs a hot 390 though. That's a fact, eh LOL

 

[Burvol]

Jacob J. Big wood saw on porch 20 mins ago. Opened up, fired up, WOW! \

THANKS JJ! YOU THE MAN!!!!

NICE JOB BTW


395 never bugged me in the bucks.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

I support your decision Burvol, I finished my 064 w/066 top end over a month ago and made a crappy vid, doesn't do the saw justice either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_Ka8k_vFc

 

[coastalfaller]

Jordan, Ya it's so. Don't hate I am going through a mental delima at the moment. Lost my mind, I really did. Might not make back this time, but I don't want to fade away and get on drugs and padded walls. Things are tough at home again, Lindsey hanging on by a thread, boss that doesn't cut timber but tells guys how to do it, and a crew that likes to play F### your buddy logging. I am expecting to do no good every time I go to work. It's all mental. I'm trying to play the positive games in my head all day instead of the bad stuff. I am a damn good faller, or used to be, and I am not going to flush my career down the crapper for a bad stretch of stress and anxiety. Times like this I wish I would have went to treatment when I quit my substance abuse life (booze) I never learned any coping skills.

I like the way the 66 keeps pulling through the cut, much like a 395... Just pulls on through. The hopped up 390 kicks you right in the pouch out of the gate hard, and then slows down a bit at full tilt. The 66 seems to not be as hot out of the gate, but pulls a little longer. Just my observation. I buy a new saw every year anyway, no worries. LOL

I do like the way they behave on the stump and in the buck though. Nothing out limbs a hot 390 though. That's a fact, eh LOL

Man, Jesse, I was just giving you the gears. I'm really sorry to hear about all the rest. You gotta keep your chin up. I'm going through the s**t right now too personally. Good days and bad days, but you gotta keep your eye on the end result, where you want to end up eventually. I hear all this stuff we go through only makes us tougher?!

 

[GASoline71]

Yep we're all goin' through tough stuff now and again...

Hang in there Burvy ol' buddy... If ya need to vent. Ya gots my number mang.

Gary