Thread: Which brand of chainsaw??

My vote is with Husky, but I've not had experience with any others although I have nothing but wonderful use from Harry the Husqvarna!!

Originally Posted by Old farmer

I would not vouch for this after reading the above but it works for us!.......putting a cup of metho into the jerrycan of petrol to stop it going off.

I heard that ethanol in petrol absorbed atmospheric water from the air in a sealed container this would not be a problem. But this maybe rubbish spread to stop alternative fuels. I have also heard off adding a cup of metho to petrol to absorb water in your carby.

STREWTH!!!
I should have known that I was opening a can of worns (Strictly two stroke) when I asked for info on the forum's choice of chain saws ,but the knowledge of some of you forumeers is nothing short of astounding, and your willingness to share it is admirable, and, I'm sure, appreciated by us lesser mortals.
Anyhow, I went on price (I'm mean) and bought a 45cc Echo.First saw that I've met with one of those priming bulb gizmos.Seems to do the job, but, as to longevity, it's anybody's guess.

To add a little levity to the topic, a favourite anecdote:
When I was a jackeroo, my boss came home with one of those yellow chain saws.Heavy, noisy, shook like a wet dog, and a real bastard to start.
I was terrified of the bloody thing!!
Was in the pub one week-end, chatting to one of the local cockies, and described the "Tool from Hell".
Old Yabbie took a pull on his smoke, a pull on his beer, and a deep breath.
" Son", he said, "one of them bloody saws MIGHT kill you, but one of them bloody axes WILL kill you."
I've used chain saws ever since, and I'm still alive. Can't say the same for Yabbie, though.

Originally Posted by Lignin

" Son", he said, "one of them bloody saws MIGHT kill you, but one of them bloody axes WILL kill you."

One of my lasting impressions of the many times I went falling with my dad was riding the steam train back to the mill with a faller holding a gaping wound in his stomach closed with his own hands. What happened was the faller was up on boards about 3 m of the ground falling a big karri tree. The wind shifted just as the tree was close to falling and sat back on the cut and jammed the saw. He should have just left if and a wind change would have pushed it over but this guy went and got some wedges and an axe. The idea is to wait for the wind to drop a bit and then pound the wedges in. Sure enough the wedges worked but as he was jumping off the boards he didn't throw the axe but hung onto it and landed with his gut on the axe. I was amazed at how little it bled and how matter of fact this guy was - he lived and under his doctors advice he would only show his scar for a beer.

Alcohol will bond with water and form a molecule, or possibly an emulsion - my chemistry is weak - which allows the combination to go into suspension in fuel and be carried away through the engine and expelled. Remember fuel is about .7 relative density so water sinks in it, acumulates in the bottoms of containers then gets sucked up in big gobs stalling your engine. It can also block the flow into a main jet if it's intake is at the bottom of the float bowl. I can not remember if alcohol is hydroscopic.

I have several chainsaws but my preferred are Stihl, Although Husky definately has a better air filtration system.
If you want something to last get a German made Stihl not the Brazilian, so basically MS380 and above ( not 390 though ) these are professional saws.
The Stihl will take more punishment than a Husky, I blew up a 395xp under the same conditions that I was also using 2 Stihl saws - score was Stihl 2 Husky 0.

If you are only going to use a saw for occaisional use then either saw will do the job.
Recently I have been blocking up 20 ton or more of Ironbark logs daily and use a 660 & 880 with short bars without any problems - to block up this quantity of logs the saws are working very hard.

A couple of pics of the logs - I just bought 200 tonne and turning them into firewood, unless I find some good ones to mill.

First pic shows a pile of abt 150 logs, second pic is abt 45 tonne & 2 days work cutting these logs 7/8 ths of the way through.

Laurie

you do realise you are blocking thusands of dolars worth of split posts daily.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

you do realise you are blocking thusands of dolars worth of split posts daily.

No I am blocking thusands of wollars in fireywood a day

just seams like a compleat wste to me. when u can get $13 each for split posts.

for each ton of blocks you could have 70-80 posts $900 worth.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

just seams like a compleat wste to me. when u can get $13 each for split posts.

for each ton of blocks you could have 70-80 posts $900 worth.

It's all relative Carl, If you were to slab and dress them and take them down to sydney you could probably do better than $900/ton.

the tiem and cost involved in that wouldnt make it worth wile. anyway those logs have huge hollowes in them. perfect for split posts.

if ya cant rip 200 posts out of them by lunch time there is sompthing rong

Originally Posted by weisyboy

the tiem and cost involved in that wouldnt make it worth wile. anyway those logs have huge hollowes in them. perfect for split posts.

if ya cant rip 200 posts out of them by lunch time there is sompthing rong

For me, posts are a bit like pens . . . . . . Yawn!
I guess it's the difference between a hobby and a living

Mmmmm its getting thick in here now, 200 seasoned ironbark posts before lunch ( if you started early the day before maybe!!! ) 75 posts to the tonne = 13 kg each, wouldn't want to lean on them. Why would sawchain lose money cutting maybe $1000 dollars worth of posts a day that he doesnt sell when he is probably doing close to $4000 a day with fire wood with winter approaching
regards inter

jsut asking why he wasnt using crap logs like the firewood boys round here do and let somone make sompting outout of the decent ones?

i got a deal with the a few of teh fire wood blokes up here. i go in and take the logs and they take the heads and buts and all my ofcuts. i can make at least triple what the firewood wold be worth by milling and selling the timber. and with hardwood logs becoming hard to get.