Is milling hard on saws?

[topchippyles]

11 minutes ago, lux said:

Just by a bandsaw mill and not worry about it. Woodland mills seem a fair price and look half decent. Any chainsaw milling is slow.

 

9 minutes ago, Moose McAlpine said:

 

We have a Woodland at work and it's a nice piece of kit. Not run it myself yet but it cuts with a nice finish.

Limited to width on a bandsaw mill and paddy is looking for wide slabs he posted.Horses for courses as i was thinking on selling my logosol m7 as not really used it and will be getting a new bandsaw mill next year but chances are it will be needed at some point. 

[Moose McAlpine]

10 minutes ago, AHPP said:

I'd rather not have the 661 but swapping 25" and 36" bars on the 500 just isn't realistic (unless you're one of those mad Scandinavians who can change a bar in 4.3 seconds)

 

How long does it take you to change a bar and chain? 😕

 

It's not rocket surgery.

[Paddy1000111]

Well this is it, I would love to have a 881 a 661 and a 500i as I could use the 881 for big stuff and milling, the 661 for chunking down big bits and the 500 for anything over say 16-18" as the 261 isn't quick on bigger stuff. At the end of the day I don't do big chunking down on sticks often at all but I need a big saw for felling bigger stuff. If it means I get an 881 so I have the ability to fell bigger stuff (realistically 661 territory) and have the ability to mill with it I'm quids in. 

 

As @topchippyles said, not just is the stuff 1.4m by 3m but it's always in the middle of ButtF*** nowhere and on a hill or in a forest etc. It's going to be a pain in the ass to get out the forest as slabs let alone getting a bandsaw mill in there or something big enough to lift the log etc etc. Luckily the transport and logistics isn't my problem. They just need someone to fell timber and make it planks! Going by my log chart it's around 4274kg, can a bandsaw mill even handle that girth? (oi oi)

[lux]

You can’t cut 72” slabs with a woodlands.
Or carry it into the woods/Forest/through the kitchen etc.
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I’m not sure why or how you would go into a forest through the kitchen [emoji23]

They definitely have their place but they certainly ain’t quick [emoji38]

[Moose McAlpine]

11 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

Well this is it, I would love to have a 881 a 661 and a 500i as I could use the 881 for big stuff and milling, the 661 for chunking down big bits and the 500 for anything over say 16-18" as the 261 isn't quick on bigger stuff.

 

I don't really see the point in a 500i if you have a 661. It's the same price for 10cc less. I just think it's a bit of a novelty saw.

 

I'd personally go 261, 462, 661, 881 to cover all bases.

[Paddy1000111]

1 minute ago, Moose McAlpine said:

 

I don't really see the point in a 500i if you have a 661. It's the same price for 10cc less. I just think it's a bit of a novelty saw.

 

I'd personally go 261, 462, 661, 881 to cover all bases.

This is what I was saying a few posts back about the 500i vs the 661. Then again there's almost no difference between a 462 and a 500I bar a small upgrade. I would choose the 462 personally, same size bar rating but less weight. There's a big jump between the 661 and 881. In reality I need a saw that can handle big felling which would be the 661 but the 881 means milling so considering I'm not walking around forests doing felling it's no biggie having the additional weight. I'll just have to buy a 462 too, oh the horror  

[bigtreedon]

500i is no novelty saw! Just curious what do you do for a living are you a full time chainsaw user or a arm chair [emoji575] specialist [emoji848] i am a husqvarna man through and through im not some deluded stihl fan that just likes any stihl cos its a stihl either i actually bought a 500i recently because weight power cutting speed out the box unmatched! Yes I have numerous ported saws that cut faster have more power but they didn't start there life like that they had to have money spent on them to be modified to make them great saws the 5001 is great with out any mods

[Paddy1000111]

2 minutes ago, bigtreedon said:

500i is no novelty saw! Just curious what do you do for a living are you a full time chainsaw user or a arm chair specialist i am a husqvarna man through and through im not some deluded stihl fan that just likes any stihl cos its a stihl either i actually bought a 500i recently because weight power cutting speed out the box unmatched! Yes I have numerous ported saws that cut faster have more power but they didn't start there life like that they had to have money spent on them to be modified to make them great saws the 5001 is great with out any mods

Is this aimed at me or @Moose McAlpine 😂 Also, I've just seen a MS400? Am I an idiot or is this new?! 

[bigtreedon]

Is this aimed at me or @Moose McAlpine [emoji23] Also, I've just seen a MS400? Am I an idiot or is this new?! 

Did you call it a novelty saw ? Are you a arm chair specialist [emoji848]

[Paddy1000111]

I don't think a 500i is a gimmick but it just seems a little lost in the range? The 460 series is a tried and true series used by everyone from tree surgeons to the fire service. Given the 500i placement it doesn't make it sit well between the 661 and the 462. It just seems to fill a space that didn't need filling I guess? 

 

I wish I was an armchair specialist. My chair ain't got no arms! 😂