Thread: Damn I just have to do this

ow dear hahaha, lets see how this one goes

Disclaimer: personally I don't have a preference either way, as long as it throws out the sawdust and I don't need to use a handsaw

Originally Posted by nifty

I am not doing this to cause a Ford/Holden argument but I feel I must share this…..
At the wood show in Perth last year the sawmill I work at obtained a Husqvarna 576xp in exchange for timber…. don't ask me how.
Disclaimer…. I have been a Stihl man since I was born, and a professional sawyer for a long time.
Do I wish to sing its praises…absolultey.!
I will not compare it to any saw i may or may not have used. But if I were in the market for a mid range saw that punches well above its weight, this is one to try and definitely consider

Nifty

Disclaimer: I have dealt with and worked with the "Other" chainsaw manufacturer all my life. But this one really, really impressed me

Nifty I own and use both the stated ones and another old brand and they are all OK, but i find better service and customer support here locally from the one you are talking about. Just my $0.20 worth.
rgds,
Crocy.

I totally agree with you Crocy,
When it comes to any machine, be it a car or a chainsaw, it's the after sales service that makes your decision.
In the wood world I am blessed that both major manufacturers have good agencies where I live. Along with that there is another "two stroke bandit" as I call them, that offers sensational service and price that does not stock either major brand but his prices on bars or chains are cheaper...lucky me.
I purely started this thread because of the sheer surprise I got by just looking at a machine and thinking OK I'll give you a run and see what you can do. And I end up using it and thinking "Crikey, you've got balls"
Its just a very satisfying feeling when you take a saw of about 66cc with a 24 inch bar on it, full chisel chain. And bury it into a Tuart log of decent size that's been down for 4 years and the saw has the bottom end in it to keep going hard. For guys on the East coast I would compare tart to being slightly harder than iron bark .
It really wouldn't matter if it were a small Makita saw I purchased from Bunnings, or the saw in question...It was just the element of surprise I got from the saw in question when I got to spend a week with it. It cut hard, it's fuel consumption was excellent. It just punched above its weight for my thinking.
Its not as if.... I'm in the market for a mid size saw. You get a log in front of you along with 6 different saws to play against each other, so I feel as if as someone lucky to play with timber and the toys we love on here, I should share what I can, and the 576 dead set impressed me.

Originally Posted by nifty

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Its just a very satisfying feeling when you take a saw of about 66cc with a 24 inch bar on it, full chisel chain. And bury it into a Tuart log of decent size that's been down for 4 years and the saw has the bottom end in it to keep going hard. For guys on the East coast I would compare tart to being slightly harder than iron bark .

While dry Tuart is hard, it has a Janka hardness of about 11 while Dry Ironbark has a hardness between 13 and 14 depending on which type. If it was on pure hardness 'd much rather be chainsaw milling dry Tuart than Ironbark. Tuart does however have two things that add to milling problems which in the ends often makes them a real mongrel to mill. One is the resinous junk that really gums up a chain so I find upping the aux oil on a chainsaw mill helps with this but of course this is not possible with the chainsaw alone. The other is that stressed Tuart trees - and, unless the come out of a suburban garden most of them are stressed these days, suck up silica like there's no tomorrow, and this knock the hell out of chains. A green tuart that is not water stressed and comes out of a garden is not that bad provided the oil is kept unto the bar. The main problem I find with Ironbark is the bark which can trap a lot of grit/sand but if that is removed it makes it slightly easier. Overall they'e both tough woods with issues.

What's you experience with the BS Nifty?

I don't think it's a Ford / Holden debate anymore so much as a Falcon / Commodore one: in different classes I think that one company or the other delivers an offering superior to the competition.Having said that, the only issue I have with the 395's we're running is that I didn't buy one sooner - far more power down low where it counts compared to its competition and it runs so smooth.