new saw for wildland fires

[smokechaser]

flame,

Sounds like you guys have quite the arsenal of trucks and responsibility. If your not gonna use the saw for venting, and strictly for big tree cutting, get a big hog. You can never go wrong with a lot of hp. especially if your wanting to pull a 36" bar or better. Get the chief to sign off on a 066. You'll be happy with it stock, and surprised by it tricked.

JP,
I was on the initial attack too. went into square lake at the beginning. Got a pretty good look at the booth fir from the north side when it was just getting its legs under it. I gotta admit it surprised me how fast it moved to the east with that wind. Spent a good share of time that first night on the highway too. We had a big pow wow with the secret service guys about the bush in the metolius. Still alot of folks around that think he started the fire for his logging/fuels reduction talk. Conspiracy theory folks KILL ME.

But I guess you gotta do what makes you happy.

 

[Lakeside53]

I don't believe there's a tree on the planet you can't fall with a 32" bar.

You obviously haven't seen "Tane".... Kauri in New Zealand... at 14 feet diameter (assuming my math is correct).... even your 32 incher is going to be whittling for a while... but you be in jail long before you ever get it down, never mind insulting an entire race

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tane_Mahuta

...and I'm sure here are other trees even bigger, but I've touched this one!

 

[jp hallman]

Smoke, remember Don(the information officer), and "Talk Like a Pirate Day", during AM breifings? I was the faller that did the little skit with him during the morning briefing. I still hear grumblings around Bend about Bush and his black heavys starting the fires.
Lake, I haven't been to New Zealand. Would like to go. Yes, even a 14 foot tree could be felled with a 32" bar. Yes, the feller doing so would be "beavering" away for awhile, but it could be accomplished. By the way, what's "Oregon Pine"?

 

[smokechaser]

Well I was the dozer boss with the feller bunchers that were with you in the Bear creek drainage. You were teamed up with a faller that had a pretty hot 044 if I remeber correctly. You drive that old flat bed dodge dontcha??

 

[Tree Sling'r]

That stament is gonna get eaten up, although 99% of the time, that is the case.

I have fallen a handful of 8+ footers (doug fir) with a 32" bar - only a couple of times I had to make a notch on the stump side to get my power head in a little farther to gut out for of the middle hinge. I agree that most anything can be cut witha 32".

 

[Tree Sling'r]

I have a 460, and I know of two more up here. Nobody has complained about it using excessive fuel. They are work horses. Plenty of power. I have never run a 440, it jsut made sense that if the weight is practically the same then I go with the larger saw. I agree that it would pull a 28-32 bar easily.

-pat

I have been cutting scale the last few weeks with a WHS modded 460 w/bb and get a 1/2 hour per tank. Been packing a 2 1/2 gallon jug of gas and a gallon of bar oil and have been lucky to have enough to fill up my saw at the end of a 6 hour day. Power is good, but the mileage sucks.

 

[smokechaser]

Heres one of my Idaho pictures.
Took it down with a 28 inch bar.
tree was on fire when I cut it
Western red cedar 75 inch dbh

I think 28 inch bars go a long way too.

 

[jp hallman]

Well I was the dozer boss with the feller bunchers that were with you in the Bear creek drainage. You were teamed up with a faller that had a pretty hot 044 if I remeber correctly. You drive that old flat bed dodge dontcha??

Well, you got most of it right. It's not a Dodge, it's an International. I have seven Internationals now...sigh. When you could buy em' new I couldn't stand em'. The Oh Farty Four my partner runs is a Madsens tune job. Is a good saw. I'm still partial to the Husky's myself.

 

[MS-310]

We got a very small fire department compared to you guys, but we have 4 saws, a old sachs dolmar thing (dont know much about it, dont get used much if any) an echo roof saw and 1 ms-200 and a ms-440. I never cut a burning tree down but dam it would be fun. I think venting a roof is very fun.

 

[smokechaser]

Ahhh
International. With a "Stumps don't lie" bumber sticker.

 

[jp hallman]

You got it! "Stumps Don't Lie." It's a fact!