Hi lads, this is my first post so go easy on me, haha.
Right, I've inherited this Stihl 034 from my father, he doesn't use it anymore and it's been lying around for years not doing anything. I've had it serviced and she runs really well, but as you can see it looks to have the original bar on and the chain looks knackered (to me anyway).
I'll be using it for cutting fallen trees up in our woods on the farm to use in our log burner, my father will be showing me the ropes as he was a tree surgeon before giving it up 25 years ago when my grandfather retired from the farm - so I won't be a complete novice on my own in the woods. Will eventually graduate onto felling a few I should imagine.
My fathers got a newer Stihl that he uses but I'd like to use this older girl. So my questions are thus:
1) what variety of chain should I be using for fallen timber, it's mainly an Ash wood with a few other varieties in there too, I want as long a lasting edge as possible but I aren't shy at sharpening tools when they need it.
2) the saw is 1 year younger than me and father reckons he's never changed the bar, so it's 31 years old, should I replace this too? It's currently an 18" bar but some of the trees I'll be logging are probably 3' diameter, can I go upto a 22" on this machine?
3) any other tips or hints for tarting the old girl up would be much appreciated.
Kind regards
Tom
