which stihl

[ehp]

I think we should let Gypo answer this one , the ladys just love him to death , well that is what he keeps telling everone

 

[Busy Beaver]

hello ehp I read some of his posts but not sure what hes all
about yet
I have been using the search featur and am decide
on a 346 now, just I need to learn to sharpen better
My father said if we do good this year with the livestock hell buy me a new chainsaw
I dont bother him to buy me much things but I will see and hope that he will.
Roxanne

 

[ehp]

Busy Beaver, I think it's is great your Dad is going to buy you a chainsaw and a 346 is a great choice, but i think you need to hook up with Gypo , he can tell you how to sharpen yoursaw over the internet better than i can , just like Doug said i just donot have the way with words like some of yous

 

[Busy Beaver]

Hello ehp usually a garage sharpens my chains but they dont
last long. Today I
found some wire and horse hair around the part where
the chain goes around under the cover. my brother said the brake was on till i saw all that wound round underneeth
So it will be needing a sharp edge soon.
Roxanne

 

[ehp]

Yep I would say if you hit wire , it needs to be sharpen, you need to learn yourself that way you can understand when it starts to get dull what to do plus you will not blow-up your saw as easy,
Gypo must be out looking for ladys , he would be a good guy for you to talk to but if not him then Glens would be my second choice but you never know maybe you might get some of the big guns to try and help you that live out your way , like Art or Tommy

 

[glens]

Originally posted by ehp
Jerod did a test this week in 42 inch oak , his 7900 with a 36 inch bar 8 tooth gear skip tooth square filed chain against there 066 with a 8 tooth gear 32 inch bar skip tooth square filed chain, Jerod ground both chains on his silvey, now the 7900 was ported and the 066 was not but the 7900 was ahead ever cut and not just by abit

Yeah, well what happens when he uses a 36" bar on the 066?  Using the shorter bar handicaps the 066 by several cutters in the wood at any given time.  And how about when using semi-skip or full complement?

Glen

 

[jokers]

Face it Glen, the 066 is a dog of a chainsaw! LOL!

I think that you are over analyzing this. I don`t think that anyone would disagree that in really big wood, there is no replacement for properly tuned displacement.

Russ

 

[wiley_p]

My point exactly, The other day I was running a modded 460, the other cutter was running a Spenske copy 660 both saws 32" bars, skip chain sharpened on a Silvey the 660 blasted thru the wood faster all day, Jason got 4 more trees on the ground from that alone.

 

[Marky Mark]

Busy Beaver, I think I can set you up with the 346xp. Give Harold Tudvet a call from Whitefish. He has 48 square in your area. When I spoke with Shirley his wife they are planning on selling off close to 20k head in the next few weeks. I am sure he can get your stock in his sale.

Harold also owns part of Glacier Bank so you'll be in good hands. If you need any help with your filing I will be out there next month hunting the Flatfish river bottoms for White Tails. If you want I could meet you at Syckes Dinner for .10 coffee and afternoon Cowboy Pie. Gale Stensved is the local stock buyer if you need his number PM and I will get you set up with a hoof price for the day.

 

[Marky Mark]

I do feel there is only one thing for Glen to do. Put your money where your mouth is. Buy all these saws, get them modded by some one who is competent enough and has a full understanding of these little gems. Test them all out and then get back to us. Until you have owned and formed a relationship with all these saws anyone can post what they feel or think.

I have owned plenty of saws both Stihl and Husky to say one is better than the other, one is stronger than the other is all BS. But until you own and run them all take a back seat with your input. Anyone can get a scale out and wieght a saw, when the saw is modded PROPERLY there are huge gains, I am not talking about opening the muffler and a little port tickle either. Plenty of members here feel if it's loud it's got to be good. Sorry but for the average woodtick that fine. Me I want the full montie and those days of me spending money for a muffler job and half azzed porting job are way behind me now.

Once I recieved the Ken Dunn 385 I started to understand more and more. While out west John and I ran some crazy saws to say the least. From conversing with Ed, Dennis and Tom there are gains to be had in many ways. It wasn't until I was shown what goes into these beasts is where it started to click. Hell Cahoons 460 ran as strong as my 066 that has a Walkers Muffler. But what do I know. Fooked to the top.

 

[glens]

Mark, your reading must be as messed up as your writing.  I understand what you're saying, but not why you're saying it to me specifically.

Glen

 

[Marky Mark]

Originally posted by glens
First Mark and now you, Ed.  I understand you guys talk a lot in private, and it seems to me just now that I'm coming up in the conversations.  On the one hand I don't give a rat's ass, but on the other, I don't want any of you guys to get the wrong impression of me but it seems that you have.

Glen

Glen I hate to break it to you but you have never come up in any of our conversations. I did make a comment on your post about the bar 36" bar cutters and all. Get the saws do the tests and come back to us plain and simple. Hell since you brought it up weigh them to what ever. Here's a little ditty, let's say we have 1 066 with a 24" bar all stock and a 22" log. If 2 different people run the saw will you get the same times per cut. Could a saw with a skip tooth chain cut the same as full chisel? maybe in the right hands. So until someone does all the testing it's all a guess.

Limpy cuts cool as a cucumber at his house, once he is in the spot light he's a different operator. SLOW

 

[MasterBlaster]

Roxanne, tell yur brothers to keep their dam hands off yur saw!

 

[a_lopa]

Originally posted by glens
All three of those saws weigh close enough to the same that I doubt you could discern a difference.  I'm going by what they actually weigh, not the published figures (hint: Stihls do weigh what the claim is).

Sticking with the Stihl choice as originally expressed, I don't have an opinion.  I don't have an 046 to compare to my 066 for normal average use.  I've got a 20" bar on an 044 and a 24" bar on the 066.

Glen

your missing out the 46m is the best saw on the market.

 

[bwalker]

days of me spending money for a muffler job and half azzed porting job are way behind me now.

LOL

 

[glens]

Originally posted by Marky Mark
Get the saws do the tests and come back to us plain and simple.

But Mark.  It sounds as if you're under the impression I think modding saws is a fruitless waste of time.  I don't recall ever making that statement or one similar, either intentionally or accidentally.  I do recall questioning the level of trade-off versus durability for these gains.  No question that good gains can be gotten.

If that's your point, I hope the statement answers it.  If that's not your point, then what is?

Glen

 

[glens]

Originally posted by aussie_lopa
your missing out the 46m is the best saw on the market.

I get to run a good example of one fairly often.

 

[dbabcock]

Busy Beaver, eh?
Roxanne...even better.

Busy Beaver is Glans.

 

[ehp]

i hope not, that cannot be true , all my dreams shattered again and here I was hoping I got to pull that wire out of her saw

 

[glens]

You're safe, Ed.  Assuming of course that dbabCock is referring to me there.  I can't be sure, though, and I'd hate to openly insult his supposed intelligence.

Glen