I learned something today. Pretty soon I will be a conifer connoisseur! Lol.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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Naw, I am a husky guy. I got a 272 waiting on a new piston and a 55 waiting on a new ring to replace the one I broke putting on a cyl. Got several husky saws that havent been cranked in months. I should be getting rid of a few myself. NOT!
Did you get another 55 or break one of yours?
Ive had one setting on the bench for the last few months. Started out as just a case, but spare parts enough to build one complete saw. Split the case and new bearings and seals. New Oem top end. New carb kit hangin on the wall. I think it may be the same one you saw when you where down here. What can I say, I have been pretty lazy.
There's a thread/sub forum for that
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You could go get some of Valleyfirewood customers to be the taste testers.
Ok gotcha. I can understand why you wouldn't be doing that as as summer project.
My 55 from you has multiplied itself into two additional 55 saws with top end issues. I plan to build all of them over the winter but we'll see if that actually happens.
Since some of you have asked, I'm loving my new MMWS 261. It cuts way better than it's size would indicate. Light, fast, and powerful for it's size, what more could you ask for? FYI, the Ver II (like I have) is about a 1/2 lb lighter than the Ver I, which gives it a really good power/wt ratio.
My friend Harold and I used it a lot yesterday cutting Cherry& Ash firewood up at the cabin. Harold choose to use the 261 (of the 4 saws I brought) and said several times "you just can't slow this thing down"!
All the wood was cut to length by the end of the day, but in the pics the Cherry is still logs, and there are 2 piles of cut Ash. The saws are on the ATV with the log dragger Harold made for me. Was a lot of work getting them out of the woods and down to the cabin, and several of them were punky which added to the wasted time, but we got a lot of wood down there for just having a day up on the Mtn (a 2.5 hr drive, each way).
My friend Harold and I used it a lot yesterday cutting Cherry& Ash firewood up at the cabin. Harold choose to use the 261 (of the 4 saws I brought) and said several times "you just can't slow this thing down"!
All the wood was cut to length by the end of the day, but in the pics the Cherry is still logs, and there are 2 piles of cut Ash. The saws are on the ATV with the log dragger Harold made for me. Was a lot of work getting them out of the woods and down to the cabin, and several of them were punky which added to the wasted time, but we got a lot of wood down there for just having a day up on the Mtn (a 2.5 hr drive, each way).
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I agree Mike, a ported 50 cc is about the perfect general purpose saw. I am curious how it will stack up against your ported 362 once you have the 261 fully broken in.
My 550 has more or less made my other mid sized saws obsolete unless I grab one for nostalgic purposes.
My 550 has more or less made my other mid sized saws obsolete unless I grab one for nostalgic purposes.
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Thats what I'm getting ready to do. Replace all my midsize saws with a 550xp. My 3 saw plan will then consist of a t540xp/12", 550xp/16" and a 395xp with 20/32"
bring it along next week if your coming to PA for pie.
Steve (SVK), I'm very happy with the 261 with 18" B&C, but if I need a 20" in the harder wood, the 60 + 70 cc saws come out. They don't have more speed, but they do have more torque and that is appreciated in the bigger/tougher wood.
Steve (Farmer), I plan on attending, and bringing all my saws, and I like Blueberry! (Long story, goes back to Boy Scouts at Camp Reid on my Birthday, and we picked the wild berries). Hopefully, you will get to run all my saws from 50 to 92 cc and tell me what you thing of em.
Here's a 360 vid , kinda different to watch , not a scrounge but I sure wish I had the loader to help me scrounge 
Worst part is I have a dealer for this stuff about an hour away lol
Worst part is I have a dealer for this stuff about an hour away lol
Stuffed a couple feed bags full of scrounged maple, willow, elm... packing for a fishing trip with the boys this weekend.
As far as 50cc saws go, I’ve never run a newer pro saw. Other than the poulan pro. Lol. I love the ms460 but it is heavy. Ok when bucking but I cut up a whole tree on Monday that had lots of branches and I felt that weight. Found I was wanting to use my elcheapo craftsman 42cc because it’s lighter. I imagine a saw with similar weight and twice the power would get my attention most of the time.
A light saw with as short a bar as will do the job has many advantages.... Particularly for aging backs. It may be a few years, but I'd bet even Cowboy will get a smaller saw eventually. A 50cc and 14" bar would zip.
I do see the appeal of big too..... I loaned my bigger saw to my brother yesterday..... I'm missing it already
I do see the appeal of big too..... I loaned my bigger saw to my brother yesterday..... I'm missing it already
I honestly could get by with my 550 and one larger saw. Love my 562 too but could live without it if needed.
The 2186 really pulls nice now that it has compression too.
The 2186 really pulls nice now that it has compression too.
So with husky and Jonny, the last 2 numbers, is that cc? So 550 -50cc, 562 - 62 cc and 2186 is 86cc?
