When i was down at Gypo's yesterday fixing his deere john ,he brought the 999 along , i put a 33 inch .404 bar and chain on it , it starts well ,runs good, has lots of torque and would make a good mill saw cause i donot think it would get very hot doing that like a smaller saw would and the saw is pretty much brandnew, Gypo has put less than half a tank threw it ,