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Nice collection there Sir.

I have only one and it is a Stihl.
I use it when ever i get a chance and love to cut wood.

Chuck
 
Boy, do you ever have a strange fetish.:eek:

Try this one. they have some obsolete, and chainsaws I've never heard of before, come up for sale from time to time. And some HUGE chainsaws.

A fellow I used to work with, was into the old chainsaws also.

And yes, you do have a nice collection. Thanks for sharing with us.


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Love to cut wood with the 66 it's like music to my ears . Old Sea Bee
 
Every time I take my "OLD" Mc out to cut wood the Forest Service guys come a running to see what the heck is making all the noise.

It does sound like a Harley when I light it up !!
Forty five years old and "Old Yeller" is still ticking.
 
Stihl not running? Just kidding I was a professional logger full and part time between jobs. I use nothing but husqvarna professional chainsaws.
I collect the little Mac chainsaws with the 9" bars. There great to carry on a quad off road for downed trees. I like to run the 100cc husqvarna power heads with the 16"/18" bars with the larger .404" chain. I run the larger drive sprocket and plug the governor. I set the rakers at .090" for competing at the local fairs cutting 10" x 10" square pine timbers. My fastest cut was six cuts(slices) and boring two holes in 17.5 seconds.

The husqvarna saws are a high RPM saw so you need to keep the saw chain razor sharp. Time is money so cutting speed is the key.

One of my factors is to use the manufacturers two stroke oil. It's made to there specs for there saws. That's the key to the saws longevity.

I run the newer air forced intake saws now. We did some cutting at a local saw mill a while back and the owner called us the axe men of the northeast. When we worked we cut we had no time for talking. I put the 36" bar with the skip tooth chain and the smallest trees we cut were 50" in diameter. I been eyeing a new husqvarna 395xp (100cc) & 125cc husqvarna saw too. It's sounding like a dirt bike with handles.

Having the eager beaver Macs with the 9" bars(scary) the powers to be found out I had these powerful saws they asked me if I would cut there giant redwoods. Kidding.

National Timber Fellers Association, Always ask yourself is what I'm about to do safe?
 
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I'm a logging contractor and I just bought a 660 for one of my buckers. The guy is mid twenties and likes to fight MMA matches in his spare time. Last week it was hot an we were skidding into his deck with two Cat's, a D5H TSKII grapple skidder and a D5C. The sweat was just pouring out of the bucker so we took a little break for lunch.
He came over and said to the skidder operators to just keep'em coming, he liked it, that 660 was really cutting good and he would be in great shape for his next fight. Then he went over and sat in the shade, got a drink of water and started puking! Gotta love it!
That's what American workers used to be like. Can't find them anymore. I can remember bucking logs as a young man, never wanting the skidder to come in and me not to be done, racing all day long and counting the load bonus money every afternoon.
 
BigBill said:
Stihl not running? Just kidding I was a professional logger full and part time between jobs. I use nothing but husqvarna professional chainsaws.
I collect the little Mac chainsaws with the 9" bars. There great to carry on a quad off road for downed trees. I like to run the 100cc husqvarna power heads with the 16"/18" bars with the larger .404" chain. I run the larger drive sprocket and plug the governor. I set the rakers at .090" for competing at the local fairs cutting 10" x 10" square pine timbers. My fastest cut was six cuts(slices) and boring two holes in 17.5 seconds.

The husqvarna saws are a high RPM saw so you need to keep the saw chain razor sharp. Time is money so cutting speed is the key.

One of my factors is to use the manufacturers two stroke oil. It's made to there specs for there saws. That's the key to the saws longevity.

I run the newer air forced intake saws now. We did some cutting at a local saw mill a while back and the owner called us the axe men of the northeast. When we worked we cut we had no time for talking. I put the 36" bar with the skip tooth chain and the smallest trees we cut were 50" in diameter. I been eyeing a new husqvarna 395xp (100cc) & 125cc husqvarna saw too. It's sounding like a dirt bike with handles.

Having the eager beaver Macs with the 9" bars(scary) the powers to be found out I had these powerful saws they asked me if I would cut there giant redwoods. Kidding.

National Timber Fellers Association, Always ask yourself is what I'm about to do safe?
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Big Bill, we now have a great use foryour talents. Whats your turn around time? :)

I have a Craftsman, a Husquvarna and an echo pro arborist for the little stuff. The Craftsman is for clearing out brush in fence rows. The Husqy is for bigger stuff.

I used to have Stihl only. Good saws. I took my Dad's old Stihl and rebuilt it by finding NOS online. I advertised it and several collectors jumped all over it. One left work and brought the money over after the call. It was designed to be a chop saw and was a made in chain saw config for 2 years. I did not know until after it was sold that it was rare.

Cut lots of wood as a kid on the farm, sold firewood to pay for christmas early in my marriage. I had a firewood furnace for years. Yep I cut wood. Over that time Stihl never let me down.

Just remembered, Dad used to buy McCulloughs (SP). They would foul spark plugs like crazy. He kept a bag of used ones, cleaned them and usually they fouled out every weekend. So one hot day when I was 16 I got the desire to remove an oak stump from the yard./ I used the mac to get as close to the ground as possible. I then took a double bitted axe to chop a dish section to add fuel to burn the stump. Gee what a fool proof plan. I even move the Mac 15 feet away so it would not get hurt. The 2nd or 3rd chop was bad, hit an oak knot I guess, the axe took off out of my hands like a chopper blade. It hit the Mac gas tank and stuck like a movie shot. Oh my, I was now feeling the wrath of Dad after he got home from work. I pulled the axe, threw the old beat up Mac in the farm truck and flew to Western Auto. Yes flew. I bought some liquid steel, sand paper and a can of yellow that was a close match. At home I took a steel bar and knocked the cut back to or close to normal. All of this was done through the gas cap hole. I cleaned it sanded it and smoothed the liquid steel on. I let it dry in the sun, IT is getting close to time for Dad to get home.

The saw won't be used until fall if I'm lucky. I paint the tank let it dry and reassemble the saw. Put it in the barn and cross all my fingers.

Luck is an evil fellow. Dad wanted to cut fence posts that weekend. He pulled the saw out, gassed it up and kept staring at it, pretty new yellow paint job and all. He gave me several leering looks the evil luck lent him. Finally he shook his head. I guess he did not want to know. We cut posts and firewood until he traded it in on a Stihl.
 
Well I gotta tell ya about my first and only Stihl. I got a used 041 Farm Boss in 1979 to cut firewood. That beast would leave my arms numb so I scrounged an av mount and that softened the vibes. I cut oak tops for a year until it gave up the ghost when I started cutting hard maple. Bought a Husky and haven't looked back.
BigBill... You've got it. The 2100 XP's power did it for me through out the 80's. I ran my 262 XP for felling because 13,000 rpm made it
fast and light.
 
Only have one small one, got it as a gift. Don't use it all that often, but found out very quickly when you need a chainsaw, nothing else will do.
 
Don't collect chainsaws. Have at times said ugly things to them, usually while hanging in a tree pulling the cord trying to start one so I could do a take down, etc. Have seen a few people get bit by a chainsaw... sometimes tragically.

Used to use Homilite saws. Had a Super Wiz 66 ... 5hp. of gear drive happiness. Hang a six foot bar on that thing and every tree in the county shook down to it's roots. With a four foot bar it was not so hard to manage, used it up in trees when I needed something with some real juice to get through a tree trunk.

One thing I learned about chain saws... buy the brand for which you can readily find and buy parts and obtain service. Otherwise, don't buy it. I quit using Homilite when it became impossible to get sleeves and pistons, etc. for rebuilding. Will not buy or use a Craftsman. Had one... given to me by a customer who said he just didn't need it and that I could have it if I wanted it. I rapidly figured out that that particular saw was not anything I wanted on a job site where I actually want to get anything done. It was fine however on a rainy day when I wanted to sit in the sho and fiddle with something just to see how it worked... or didn't work.

Nowadays... I think a Husqvarna or Stihl are perhaps the best. The prices are... about what one would expect for well made tools. Always have extra chains that are already sharpened... keep them in ziplock bags coated with oil. Very much improved your ability to work. Much less wasted time fiddling. For trimming trees, etc., the powered pole saw is a real big help. Have used wooden pole saws with very good success, very useful on trees where weight is a problem. But the gas powered pole saw really saves a lot of extra climbing and unnecessary work. Wonderful idea. JMHO. Sincerely. brucev.
 
Serious amount of chainsaws there. :) Have fun!

I'm now on my second Stihl. I live out a ways in the boonies and we do some heating with wood. I also have a long nasty driveway and trees do get blown down in real bad weather and me and MR Chainsaw have to open it back up. The 21'' Stihls have never let me down. Starts at -20:D The one I now have is about 10 years old. I have to go 25 miles out of the way to get none E gas but to me it's worth it to keep all my 2 stroke toys and tools running.
 
That is one heck of a collection you got there, Sam!
IMHO, I've found that chainsaw brand popularity is regional depending upon dealerships, repair/maintenance/ parts.
I've run Stihl power saws for over 30 years in Florida. While on fire assignments out West, the U.S. Forest Service issued me Husqvarna power saws.
Both brands are excellent!
My personal saw for cutting firewood is a Stihl MS-360 and I use a Stihl 550 forestry clearing saw for brush cutting.
 
Cool collection! I only have two Stihls, an MS251 and an MS192T. Both fullfill my needs perfectly. Picked up the top handle saw a couple weeks ago, and I just love the thing! I couldn't see paying for the 201, given that I'm not a pro and don't really use them that much. And, the 192 weighs about 8 pounds with the 16" bar on it, gotta be about the lightest high quality saw on the market! I'm probably gonna get a 12" bar for it, any shorter and I'd be gettin' nervous. The 251 is plenty for anything I'm gonna do, not planning on dropping anything but some Alder, maybe a couple of the older small diameter trees around the house.
 
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