Hey Kraken i just seen yer thing that says Sthil chainsaws. What size do you got? I got a MS290 and its pretty cool. just bought it in December

 

Hey Redneck, I have an 046 magnum, 036 pro and ms360, 020t and ms200, and an 066 magnum. I own a tree co.

 

036 pro with 24 inch bar, 090 with 60 inch bar, 2 poulan 3400s another smaller poulan and a 90cc Dolmar on my sawmill. Love that 036

 

I have heard that Dolmars are nice but that 090 sounds sweet. My 066 has a 36" bar and it screams

 

I had an 090 long time ago an 066 replaced it looked at the 088 was only a couple hundred more at the time...

Kraken what part of CT are you in? I need saw logs.

 

Me and my cousin cut alot of firewood, and we got our Stihl and 2 Craftsmans 36cc with 16 inch bar. The Sthil has 56cc with a 18 inch bar. Do any of you guys have tips on keepin the chains sharp? We just buy those things at Wal Mart that you can put on a Dremel and sharpen with it.

 

Im in Southbury. Redneck, you have to keep them out of the dirt. Theres alot that can go on with a saw in terms of not cutting. #1. keep the chain at the correct tightness. If its to loose the chain will ride on the sides of the bar and create a lip or bur. That causes the chain to ride on an angle. If it gets bad you will only be able to cut about the height of the bar because the saw will cut real crooked. #2 when you sharpen a saw you must have both sides even in length, angle and height. If not then the saw will cut to the larger side because the teeth are not level they ramp up if one side is longer thats the side that will touch the wood first and pull the saw that way. #3 Sometimes the underside of the chain that rides on the rails will wear uneven hence making the saw cut crooked. Theres other things to I cant think of right now. Blu how do you like your 088?
I forgot. Redneck roll the logs before you cut because with logs on the ground sometimes rocks and mud get caked on the bottom and that will tear up your chain too. You should also learn how to sharpen with a file, the correct size file, its ten times better you really can get the radius good but dont go too deep or youll trash the chain. It took only a few minutes to learn how to file a chain but it has taken months to perfect it and years to truly master every nuance. I'm almost there.

 

Buy the lightest saw for what you are doing.. If the 20 will do your arms will thank you. I've got their farm boss can't remember the disp but it has been bulletproof. It gets heavy after a couple of hours.

When you sharpen with a rotary tool use light oil or water to keep the metal from overheating.

 

We have an 029C Farmboss. Its a great saw, runs great, starts on the first pull everytime.

We had some 090 and 088's at school for the Woodsman team, we used them for disc stack. They were mean saws and pretty heavy. I seem to recall the price on these running about $8,000. The only thing they had in common with a production saw was the bar.

 

i own a small tree service here in MN. my climbing saw is a Echo cs300 16" and my big saw is a Husquevarna 365 ( 65 cc. ) with a 24 inch bar, great saw as far as i can tell. i also have a 14 foot Stihl pole saw with a 14 inch bar? maybe its 12 inches... anyways... takes the work out of trimming trees. just firing it up and pull the throttle. cost me 500 bucks cash but it payed itself off in less than a week

 

Thats a big saw for a school team. Was it a high school. I thought there was an age limit for power tools. Here in Ct you can get an 088 for about $1200-$1500 with whatever size bar you want.

 

Stihl, the Farmboss is what I've got, very reliable, been ahppy doing my hurricane cleanup, would like to go up more in size, big trees take a while with the "Boss"

 

Any one out there looking to buy 1 saw should buy this. Either a 044 or 046 ( 046 for me ). If you want a saw that will do any thing that is the one. I have a 24 " bar on mine and it screams. On the rare occasion that you come across a tree thats over 36" ( for a homeowner) just cut all the way on one side as far as you can then get on the other side of the log and finish. Now who wants to do that with a very popular 18" to 24" tree size. Not me. I use my 046 for everything. I got used to my 036 pro but when I grabbed my 046 I said " oh, thats right, I remember you my good friend"

 

Once you use an 020T or ms200 or even (gasp) a husky 335xp you will never, ever, ever, never, ever, never, ever, never, ever, ( I could go on) use let alone buy a cs3000 or 3400 or whatever one they tried to upgrade with. Now with saying that let me say this. ThE Echo cs3000 and family is a very reliable saw. They start every time with minimal effort and last long. I remember the days when I started my tree co. I had a stihl 019 and liked it but then I tried a 335xp and that thing had a lot of power and speed and felt very nice but broke ALL THE TIME. Then one day when I was in a big maple with leaders bigger than my waist and limbs bigger than my legs and taking quite some time to cut with my 019 I said " screw it " came down and went to the toy store and bought ( on credit card because I didnt have $450 ) my first 020T. Climbed back up the tree and ripped into a 15" half cut limb that I cut the tip out before. It was about six feet long and had almost a 45 degree angle towards the sky. I drop cut that thing with no peeling of the bark. I looked at my new saw and said " Oh my gosh, where have you been all my life" That is the ultimate climbing saw. I still have it and it runs mint after 5 years. So much power. I dropped it 3 times well more like 1 and a half the other 1 and a half was not my fault. fixed a couple of things and its fine excropt for shutting it off the cut off doesnt work any more I have to choke it. If you get a different saw, namely the one I just raved about, you will cut the time in half,even more in big trees, the cs 3000 just cuts way, way too slow.

 

Kraken, this was a college team. We had competitions in the US and Canada, where they laughed at our saws.