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[luvthetrobag]

my question is on saws used between 1960 and 1975. My late father logged alot of big red cedar in the west and ive been curious what kind of saws he may have used. What are the differences between them and the saws of today. I believe he liked a few other brands but stilhl was his favorite.

 

[bcorradi]

I would guess an 041 would have been a model he would have used. You can view a picture of the 041 here along with its specifications here.

http://www.acresinternet.com/cscc.n...95870e172008295c88256ba20018167b?OpenDocument

Other models he may have used would be an 051, 075, etc.
You can also view information on these models on mike acre's site.

Chainsaws like everything else have evolved over the years. Some areas of improvements are: power to weight ratio, vibration, fuel economy, etc.

 

[ShoerFast]

For the technology available, there were a lot of quality saw manufactures up Intel the mid 70's , then shareholders and consumer markets sort of got there hooks in the idea.

Were Stihl started to take over was there world wide dominance, there share on the market proved the research and development , never jeopardizing the quality, constantly improving the technology.

Product liability lawsuits broke the back of a lot of companies, Some vacuum cleaner company bought out the ideas of a few of those companies that had something worth buying.

In the late 60's I would have swore that there would never be better saws then some of the Mac's and Homie's , Remington, Mall, really a lot of companies made good tools also. But it held back Stihl distributorship in the US in a lot of areas, once they had a toe-hold on the west side, it was almost overnight success. Timing had a lot to do with that rain-dance!

If your father's first Stihl was a Lightning , , he would have been part of spreading the word.

Contra's were another top of any line saw for the time, 08's had a huge fallowing for a smaller saw of the time, the 08 may have been traded in on an S-10 The S-10 might have been traded in for an 041 ?

 

[Eccentric]

my question is on saws used between 1960 and 1975. My late father logged alot of big red cedar in the west and ive been curious what kind of saws he may have used. What are the differences between them and the saws of today. I believe he liked a few other brands but stilhl was his favorite.

Your father probably used 070s and 090s if he was logging big softwoods on the west coast. Might have used 050s, 051s, 075s, and 076s depending on how late in the 70s he bought saws.

They're all bigger, heavier, louder, and slower than todays saws. However, they were built to last and could pull big bars day in and day out. Same of course goes for the big old American saws as already mentioned. I know an old salt who still runs the big Homelites on a daily basis doing tree removal and firewood processing. He's made of iron and as tough as those old saws. Sounds like your late father I'll bet!

 

[luvthetrobag]

Your father probably used 070s and 090s if he was logging big softwoods on the west coast. Might have used 050s, 051s, 075s, and 076s depending on how late in the 70s he bought saws.

They're all bigger, heavier, louder, and slower than todays saws. However, they were built to last and could pull big bars day in and day out. Same of course goes for the big old American saws as already mentioned. I know an old salt who still runs the big Homelites on a daily basis doing tree removal and firewood processing. He's made of iron and as tough as those old saws. Sounds like your late father I'll bet!

thanks, those numbers sound familiar.My dad was a great faller and definitly made of iron. He used to drop trees that other guys would have climbed. A perfect notch always. I guess when you have a forest to practice on you get pretty good at it. Planted alot after the logging industry. Felt pretty bad for slaying so many greats.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

Excellent way to honor and remember your father!!!