Which Chainsaw for Forestry

[adw]

You pensioners should out in the potting shed, or pottering around the garden, not playing with this quality low emission machinery, i have this vision of you being a short fat chap working in his "shed" bit like me really! i think your a dying breed Steve.

[Khriss]

21 hours ago, Baldbloke said:

I should add (like many have mentioned) that I too, am a fan of shorter bars. 18” being the longest

...me too- comes from having shorter legs k

[wyk]

On 15/12/2018 at 18:31, MattyF said:

Aye it seems a shame the big two don’t give a shit really who sells and repairs there saws and offers warranty .
My local husky dealer ... I’ve tried to stop using as it was just a joke really but a few weeks back desperate for 15liters of XP oil we go in , they inform us we don’t want that it’s too expensive to run in saws and they didn’t have it any way ... I’m not putting anything else in my 550’s and 560’s so head for the door and there walking out by the door was a 15litre container of XP oil ... begrudgingly I took it back to the counter to be charged full on whack for it... and that is the last time I set foot in there.
Then there is the stihl / husky dealer not far from you spud who could not even change a topend on a 3120.

I started repairing my own saws because, back when I actually had money, I went to the dealer and asked them could they fix such and such on my thingy mubob, and they basically told me it wasn't worth their while or mine. It was something simple, too. I went to the local independent saw shop in Willamina, OR on my way back after some of the other loggers told me where to go(though he did have a Stihl contract and dealt almost solely in Stihl saws), which has a super grumpy owner(or had, it looks like he's closed since). Anyways, I showed him my old 046, he took it, went out back in to the shop, and came back within 2 minutes with it repaired. That guy knew his stuff, and had ported two stroke bikes back in the day. He told me what he did, and how to fix it in the future, and then refused to take money from me. From then on I was only using him for my saw needs. He explained the local dealers sell lawn mowers. So they want their techs to be free to set up new equipment for sale and repair riding lawnmowers - they make hundreds and thousands on those two, so do not want to waste their tech's time repairing saws. Some of them have never had a saw apart.

Edited January 18, 2019 by wyk

[Alycidon]

On 08/12/2018 at 08:38, Rough Hewn said:

The 462 is underpowered for a 70cc saw.
It won't pull a 25" bar, where as a 440 would.
The 500i has a low chain speed in the wood 10krpm.
Yes they are both light, but they run 20" bars.
I run 18" bar on my 261.

Worked with nearly every modern husky and I can honestly say they are slightly faster than a stihl but they are unreliable.
I need a saw which works every time.
As for bar length slowing the speed of cut, it's almost negligible. About 1% slower per extra inch.

 I use a 462 with a 25 inch bar,  pulls it fine in my book.    Pulls a 20 better but so it should.

 

Agree with Husky unreliable comments,  I have a 560XP which has not been anywhere near as reliable as previous Husky saws.

 

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[Rough Hewn]

 I use a 462 with a 25 inch bar,  pulls it fine in my book.    Pulls a 20 better but so it should.
 
Agree with Husky unreliable comments,  I have a 560XP which has not been anywhere near as reliable as previous Husky saws.
 
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To be fair I've only cut 3 discos with one, on a 20"bar.
It was lightweight and fast,
I was wrongly informed that it would only take a 20" bar.
If I hadn't bought a 461 I'd probably get a 462.

The husky 346(I think) was a really reliable saw.(sometimes the only husky which worked[emoji12]).
560xp, hmmmm...
Get a yellow sticker for it(see spud)
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[struie]

On 08/12/2018 at 08:54, Stubby said:

This is interesting . As I said I have never tried one . ( have a spud ported 372xp for that size saw )  So all the hype about it is inaccurate ?  I am also in the light saw short bar camp for the reasons stated . Having said that if you put me in the woods today I would be fecked by mid day

haha,me to stubby,       2nd thoughts half ten tea.

[wyk]

Bars are like legs. You only just need to have enough to reach the ground.

Edited February 2, 2019 by wyk

[struie]

8 minutes ago, wyk said:

Bars are like legs. You only just need to have enough to reach the ground.

having a wee think,about back in the day, early seventies,you just got on with it with what you could afford. BUT THEN THE 266XP came along,those were the days,tonnage rose,think it went up to around 3ton a day,hahaha,brilliant saw but.

[spudulike]

On ‎16‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 20:05, adw said:

You pensioners should out in the potting shed, or pottering around the garden, not playing with this quality low emission machinery, i have this vision of you being a short fat chap working in his "shed" bit like me really! i think your a dying breed Steve.

I missed this.....potting shed......fair comment as I do like to do a bit of gardening but the wife always says "does it always have to involve a two stroke machine"

Pensioner - that is around 13 years away although I plan to start it much earlier than that.

Short fat......over 6' and 12.5 stone - sorry to shatter your illusion

Dying breed.......definitely, not many of us around now!

[MattyF]

having a wee think,about back in the day, early seventies,you just got on with it with what you could afford. BUT THEN THE 266XP came along,those were the days,tonnage rose,think it went up to around 3ton a day,hahaha,brilliant saw but.

Every new saw the tonnage goes up.. I’ve been a rack and a half ahead by the end of the day with a 560 then swap with cutting partner on a 357 and it about evens it self out by day two .. problem is with any thing that burns bright dies quick.
I would take a 562 any day over another saw for hand cutting.