Picked up an 8-Pin for my 460

[wdchuck]

After some reading and some conversing, an 8-pin sprocket sounds like a fun add-on to try out.

Went to spend my valued customer $10 coupon at the hardware store on a new chain for the 460's 20" bar, chisel no safety stuff. Then stopped at the Stihl dealer for the sprocket, and a spare E-clip(just in case). Now just have to wait for things to dry out a little, it's been raining on/off for two days.

Feel like a kid in a candy store.

 

[troutfisher]

I have an 8 pin on my 046, 20" bar, you'll notice a difference. Enjoy!

 

[SawTroll]

20" on a 460 sounds like 8-pin territory to me - will try it on the 372xpg also when it is run in......:greenchainsaw:

 

[begleytree]

20" on a 460 sounds like 8-pin territory to me - will try it on the 372xpg also when it is run in......

Firewood saws: Jonsereds Raket 621 (1970), Husky 353G (2003), Stihl MS361W (2004), Husky 372xpg (nov 2006)

huh? you've had that 372 for 5 months and you haven't run it enough to break it in yet?!!


good to go wdchuck, that 8 pin will wake it up in the right wood. in small wood you'll be thinking lightsaber...
-Ralph

 

[Pablo26]

That would be depressing; not having a steady supply of larger wood to feed that thing. If I were to get one it would get too hungry

 

[SawTroll]

huh? you've had that 372 for 5 months and you haven't run it enough to break it in yet?!! ....

Winter came suddenly, right after I got it, then Christmas, then even more winter - today we are finally going to the cottage, so we get started with a new season, hopefully lasting about until next Christmas........

The season here is pretty much "on/off", at least for us.

 

[stihl 440]

crazy

huh? you've had that 372 for 5 months and you haven't run it enough to break it in yet?!!


good to go wdchuck, that 8 pin will wake it up in the right wood. in small wood you'll be thinking lightsaber...
-Ralph

That's crazy, brand new 372 for 5 months and not broke in yet, that would drive me nuts! Sawtroll, did you even run it every once in awhile to keep the carb from gumming up?

BTW sawtroll: I had a chance at a 670 jred at a swap meet last week, the guy wanted $350 for it. He said it had a new P&C in it, it needed a new B&C but the powerhead was in good condtion. He started it up and ran it for me, I was going to buy it, but I had no money on me or else I would have bought it on the spot.:hmm3grin2orange: :biggrinbounce2:

 

[wdchuck]

Put the 8-Pin on, sharpened the chain, and went ot town on a 12" green ash in my place, conveniently 3' from the ground and almost horizontal.

ZIP..slide to left...ZIP.... slide to left...repeat. It was fun while the log lasted.

 

[Patrick62]

Fun ain't it?!

I run 8 on my 460. Works just fine. Little tight getting the chain/bar on tho.

-pat

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

If 8 is good, wouldn't 10 be better?:yoyo:

 

[sawinredneck]

Just have to watch b ar length, TRUST ME on this one. Short bars it's fun, long bars, you WILL burn them up!!!

 

[04ultra]

How about a 9 pin.......




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[aggiewoodbutchr]

That will work.

How about 11? (325)

 

[wdchuck]

9-12 pin, I don't know guys, wouldn't the saw need to be modded to perform adequately with those wheels?

From zip to scream in 4pins flat.

.

 

[oldsaw]

I've got a 9 and a 10 on my shopping list. Gotta play some.

Mark

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

9-12 pin, I don't know guys, wouldn't the saw need to be modded to perform adequately with those wheels?

From zip to scream in 4pins flat.

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Yup. I've actually been milling with a 9 pin 3/8 sprocket on my WHS 084/ 44" bar. Reduced the cut time by a full minute in an 8' x 24" wide cant. Gots to love POWER!!!!

 

[West Texas]

I've tried the 8 pin with a 3/8 chain and a 9 pin with a .325 chain on both of my woods modified 361's with equal success. I ran a square chisel chain on both and it was like using a light saber on the smaller stuff, 12" and under.

I've kept the 8 pin 3/8 setup on one and put the other one on a 7 pin 3/8 for the bigger stuff, as I like that extra torque.

 

[wdchuck]

I left the 8-pin on today while I reduced a 32"dia by 28"long oak stump cutoff that has been sitting in the sun for a couple years, put on the 32" bar with a semi-skip chain. The piece was on its side, so the noodles came out quick, and even with doing a rip cut, it performed so well that I may just leave the bigger sprocket on for a while. :greenchainsaw:

One thing I did notice though, less room for getting the chain/bar on during change outs, there must be a limit to sprocket O.D. before the bars need to get a shave, but in basically stock form, this saw won't be seeing a sprocket that big.