The chainsaw thread...

[Core Shot]

I think cordless is going to be corded to a backpack battery.

Oregon is coming out with blower, whacker, edger and hedger, all 120volt
https://opereviews.com/landscaping/s...eg120vx-edger/

59db blower is pretty cool.

For an electric chainsaw, the Oregon self sharpening is Only 100 bucks
https://www.oregonproducts.com/en/cs...insaw/p/570995

[Bruce Springskiin]

One of the places I want to use a battery powered chainsaw is on Christmas tree lots in the city. We regularly find ourselves on a Sunday morning wanting to run the saw, but dancing around the problem of the two-stoke waking up neighbors. We have tried corded saws, it think it was an echo and kept breaking, sawzalls blade kept binding. And ultimately always go back to our well used two-stoke. That was real bad the year the muffler broke off the motor. The sound was awesome bouncing off the buildings, but not every Brooklynlite enjoys an angry two-stroke. One year I had the chainsaw in the back seat of the while running deliveries not realizing how bad of a gas leak had developed. Ran up four flights of stairs with a Christmas Trees and just about passed out, bruised my ribs on a banister. So considering trying it out.
I feel that electric battery powered tools are here to stay, but like most electronics are fast developing. I am bouncing between a Makita because their electric motors have served me well for years, or the Stihl which has been making saws for years.


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[XXX-er]

why don't you just use a silky ^^

In the project "juveniles in the understorey" we killed 1135 spurce pine & balsam of under 4m in height using them little Fiskar hand saws with the retractable blades which are no where near as good as a silky, total maintence was clean pitch off the blades with alcohol ever so often

It was actulay 2270 cuts because in addition to cutting the tree down we took a disc off the bottom so somebody could count growth rings under a scope

[riser4]

self sharpening is

...blasphemy.

[riser4]

great saw ^^ but so far in about 3-4 years I have blown 2 oiler drives, its an easy fix with a cheap part that fits in a slot on the clutch to drive the oiler but it happens out on the job so saturday i ran 2 tanks with no oiler, slacked off the chain fairly loose drip whatever oil I could drip on the chain, far as i could tell no damage to bar or chain.

The oiler drive seems to be the weak link on the 261, I run it about 50 hrs a year, maybe I should be running a bigger saw but it cuts well/ is lightweight to pack/sips fuel, I think i might buy a spare piece and just replace it premptively every 2 years or so

All the guys i'm cutting with are running smaller pro saws


as for you folks considering electric saws, if you don't need a chainsaw why not consider a manual saw like a bow saw or a Silky, I know foregoing power tools ... thats just crazy talk

Because a chainsaw gets it done. Quickly.

[Bruce Springskiin]

Yeah the speed of the chain saw, we don’t have the time to hand cut. We do a bit with the hand saw when needed.
I have heard of stump rats poaching stumps for shakes off timber company land running the exhaust through a hose into a bucket of water, to make their saws quieter.


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[XXX-er]

must be a different level of activity in a Newyawk tree lot than I have ever seen

[Bruce Springskiin]

must be a different level of activity in a Newyawk tree lot than I have ever seen

We get swamped on the weekends, it is not uncommon on a Sunday morning to be shuffling trees between lots, trying to level out the stock for the day, and make it through the rest of the weekend. Starting around 6 am we have until about 10-11am to get 8 lots ready to go, then it is deliveries until 11-12 at night. By Sunday morning we are looking for taller trees to cull and make into whatever size we are running out of, usually 5-7’. Mid week we restock.
I think I am going to try one of the battery saws out around the yard this fall, and if it seems promising, and bring maybe it to the city. Might give us the early start we need to then switch over to the gas saws when people wake up. I’ll shoot some more feed back on how it hangs after running it a bit. Leaning towards the Stihl so I can use the same batteries across a few yard tools.

Oh and when cleaning or keeping pitch of hand saw blades we use spray on Pam. Removes the pitch and keeps it off.


- I am here for the stoke

[Gepeto]

I have heard of stump rats poaching stumps for shakes off timber company land running the exhaust through a hose into a bucket of water, to make their saws quieter

Holy shit, that's creative

[riser4]

We get swamped on the weekends, it is not uncommon on a Sunday morning to be shuffling trees between lots, trying to level out the stock for the day, and make it through the rest of the weekend. Starting around 6 am we have until about 10-11am to get 8 lots ready to go, then it is deliveries until 11-12 at night. By Sunday morning we are looking for taller trees to cull and make into whatever size we are running out of, usually 5-7’. Mid week we restock.
I think I am going to try one of the battery saws out around the yard this fall, and if it seems promising, and bring maybe it to the city. Might give us the early start we need to then switch over to the gas saws when people wake up. I’ll shoot some more feed back on how it hangs after running it a bit. Leaning towards the Stihl so I can use the same batteries across a few yard tools.

Oh and when cleaning or keeping pitch of hand saw blades we use spray on Pam. Removes the pitch and keeps it off.


- I am here for the stoke

I did a gig in '90 for this outfit from VT. I was on the 'shuffle crew' based at our distribution lot right off I95 in the North Bronx. Fun times.

[Timberridge]

I'd like to give an attaboy to my Husky 372XP. Fired up on the 5th-6th pull after a year of sitting unused and I cut up a huge red oak this weekend. Thing is smooth and quick. I don't like the smell of red oak so it's nice to be done with it quickly.

[Bruce Springskiin]

I did a gig in '90 for this outfit from VT. I was on the 'shuffle crew' based at our distribution lot right off I95 in the North Bronx. Fun times.

Was that Nash and crew?


- I am here for the stoke

[riser4]

Was that Nash and crew?


- I am here for the stoke

Ya.

[neufox47]

I have a dolmar 113, runs well, idles, but if I turn it 90 degrees clockwise it will bog out, then when I upright it, run like it is at partial throttle when I’m not touching the throttle for 5 seconds or so. Any thoughts?

[highangle]

You are running 40:1 mix, right? Fuel filter clean?

Have you checked your fuel hose and crankcase pressure, tank pressure?

[neufox47]

You are running 40:1 mix, right? Fuel filter clean?

Have you checked your fuel hose and crankcase pressure, tank pressure?

I’m using the premixed 40:1 gas from tractor supply. I haven’t checked anything yet, wasn’t sure where to start other than it seemed like a fuel issue so I thought carburetor. I just had it happen yesterday. It starts out fine then after about 10-15 seconds it bogged.

I have about a dozen Digger pines that vary from 24” to 12”, I cut the first one yesterday and it happened when cutting the tree down. Was fine when the saw is upright or turned 90 counterclockwise.

Man these digger pines make a mess and take forever to buck up. Only good for bonfire wood too.

[LHutz Esq]

I have a dolmar 113, runs well, idles, but if I turn it 90 degrees clockwise it will bog out, then when I upright it, run like it is at partial throttle when I’m not touching the throttle for 5 seconds or so. Any thoughts?

I don’t know that saw but it sounds like the vent/hose that lets air into the fuel tank may be the issue. This was a problem on some poulan saws the Ontario mnr gave us to use fighting fires over there - very frustrating


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[bodywhomper]

It sounds like it could be all three, fuel filter, hose from filter to carb, and the vent. I had similar issues with the older/abused saw that I bought. When idling as if at half throttle for several seconds, is the chain moving? What happens if you “blip” the throttle or open the throttle?

[neufox47]

It sounds like it could be all three, fuel filter, hose from filter to carb, and the vent. I had similar issues with the older/abused saw that I bought. When idling as if at half throttle for several seconds, is the chain moving? What happens if you “blip” the throttle or open the throttle?

Yes chain is moving, it bogs further if I hit the throttle right away, then after it settles down it will rev up from what I recall. Would have to do it again to be sure. Fuel vent seems like it would make sense.

[XXX-er]

Is the air filter clean ?

[neufox47]

Is the air filter clean ?

Yep.

[XXX-er]

Angle Parking's image ^^ of a hidden stash we been opening up and widening for a couple of years, it was a lot of saw work

[riser4]

Bump

[bodywhomper]

Fired up the ms361 that I brought back to life a while back. Hadn’t ran it since mid-spring. Ran great!Went through a couple of tanks of gas bucking oak, 12” diameter to a little bigger than the 24” bar. Realized that I am not strong enough to pick up a 16” length ~26” diameter round of dried blue oak. I’ll split the big rounds in half with the saw.

A friend helped me a bit. He shuffled between using my ms241 C-M and his ms251. I believe his saw is recently-ish tuned. In oak, the ms241 was cutting significantly better. I work to keep my chains sharp. I think he does similar, but not at the same frequency. He regularly cleans his air filter. I’m thinking the fancy carb helped a little and the sharper chain made the big difference.

[BCMtnHound]

Finally took the family to Alaska, a bit of a dream of my wife. Only made it to Hyder (heh) in the 2 weeks allotted, but only my little one was homesick after 10 days glamping. And my ‘97 038mag ran like a champ for clearing road and firewood gathering. 24” bar with a full house, and it ate the downed wood with gusto. Snapped a hole in the oil cap and had to get a replacement in Vanderhoof. Shop guy there grinned when I gave him the model, said even the Brazil-made ones run well to this day if properly maintained.

Sorry to not connect with you northern guys; out of service except for a day for laundry, and meeting with some old friends filled the spare time. But the good news is my island-raised lady loved the town and country. A promotional transfer back to Smithers is back on the table!