Chainsaws & loggers

[QRTRHRS]

Originally posted by daveshoe

I have a farm boss . OK for light duty, but you get what you pay for.

Sad is it not? Thirty years ago, as I said, I used to cut right of ways for road building. We used Stihl 031's and they would run and run. The area had been logged over so there was no need for big saws.



I read "Farm Boss" as to being appropiate for occasional use doing farm duty. A couple of trees now and then, top off a fence post or two. So much for that.

 

[John]

QRTRHRS, I used to have a Stihl 031 as well... a good reliable saw. Then I went to a Husqvarna 257... a good saw as well although, I did break a piston ring resulting in a top-end rebuild. One thing I did note though, the Huskies were superior at felling medium sized trees because having the saw's side facing up during the cuts would not plug up the intake (i. e. , air filter) with debris as was more commonplace with the homeowner sized Stihls .



While the 257 Husky was being rebuilt, I purchased a Stihl 044 with a 20" bar. What a revin' little bugger! That 044 is one awesome saw!



BTW, the 262XP Husqvarna mentioned in an earlier post was one bad saw! In fact, it was a production version of a "hot saw. "

 

[QRTRHRS]

I figured the Farm Boss would be about the right size for what I do. Other than an overgrown apple orchard, I don't have a tree much more than a foot thick.



I use it more for cutting off posts to make "H" braces for fencing.



I am going to be in the market for a gas powered hedge trimmer to trim back briars. I know the best thing to do with briars is to take the brush hog to them or rip them out with a backhoe or a dozer. However, I like to leave them for wildlife and to delineate the boundary lines. That leaves me with cutting them back on occasion.



Anyone got a make/model suggestion for a hedge trimmer?

 

[illflem]

QRTRHRS, I use a pto sickle bar mower that I converted to hydraulic drive and mounted in the front loader bucket. Another cylinder controls the angle of the cutter bar, it can go from 90° straight up to 90° down, trims up to 12 feet high and hedges at any angle. 7 foot cut in wood up to an inch in diameter. Works great unless the front tire goes in a hole then watch out. Sure beats a hedge trimmer.

 

[azcummins]

I am an arborist and I use saws every day. We have every stihl from a 009 to a 088. Our Huskies sit on the shelf every day. The 36 pro is a awsome saw. It will lug down and keep cutting, but if you ask me which saw I grab first it's usually the 26 pro with a 24" bar. I grab the 26 because it still has plenty of power and I can use it all day out of the bucket and on the ground without getting tired. The 36, 46, 88 will kick your but if you are using them all day long every day. But sometimes a big saw is what it takes to the big job done.



how big of wood are you dealing with?

 

[JTBMC]

Thier is only one chain saw, STHIL.

I use the 019 Pro up high and in fence rows, the 038 Magnum with a 30 inch bow for bucking and the 038 Magnum with a 20 inch bar for limbing and the 066 Magnum with a 36 inch bar, Sthil for felling. They all use the 3/8 rapid chissel chain and are are heavy 14 plus on the 038's and 16 plus for the 066, but they kick butt in hardwood and scream thru pine like it was hot butter.

TJ

 

[fbaurley]

I usually cut about 60 ricks of firewood a year, and fell about 10 hard wood trees in the 22 in breast height diameter for lumber, and other various trees for maintenace around the farm. I am not any professional logger, but have been using a chainsaw since i was in the sixth grade. thats also when I had my first and only saw accident (knock on wood), chainsaws can play heck with a pair of levis.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Originally posted by illflem

QRTRHRS, I use a pto sickle bar mower that I converted to hydraulic drive and mounted in the front loader bucket. Another cylinder controls the angle of the cutter bar, it can go from 90° straight up to 90° down, trims up to 12 feet high and hedges at any angle. 7 foot cut in wood up to an inch in diameter. Works great unless the front tire goes in a hole then watch out. Sure beats a hedge trimmer.

That's something I could use. Those briars grow unbelievably tall and bite like heck. I would have to add some more outlets for the cylinders.

 

[parcher]

For more chainsaw info than you can stand, go here:

http://arboristsite.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=9

 

[Koa Man]

As a tree service owner, we only use Stihls. MS200T (formerly 020T) for climbing and either the 039 or 066s for the bigger stuff. I have other models in between and also the 084, which I don't use much. The 066 has been "Walkerized" and now cuts much faster than the 084 and is much lighter. All the Stihls I buy are the ones made in Germany, which are their true professional models and very expensive. The little MS200T climbing saw is $460. 00. I don't care for Huskys, but they are a far better choice than all the other brands, except for Stihl, in my humble biased opinion.

 

[Un-Hemi]

Hope this works!



http://www.motosports-boise.com/rmd/download/ultimatechainsaw.asf



Enjoy!

 

[856.9]

I've seen more sthils used. I personally haven't used them, but my dad and all the loggers I know have sthils. They all used 084s for main saws. Had 09s before they were discontinued. Don't remeber too much though been away for a while.

 

[parcher]

The guy with the v-8 saw is "Rotax Robert" on www.arboristsite.com . The saw is handbuilt from a 215cuin alumium buick. It will go through 30" cottonwood in about . 7 sec. !