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Post by mrfixit on Mar 12, 2010 16:14:23 GMT -4
one more safety hint or habit. when ever i'm moving more then one step, i snap the chain brake on. weather it's from tree to tree, or limbing. it only takes a second, and sure cuts the dangers when you get tangled and fall.. Good call. I had a near miss a few years ago when I failed to brake the chain. The saw had a poor clutch and tended to, over time, allow the chain to pick up speed while idling. The chain caught my pants above the kevlar while trying to climb over a brush pile. Cut my safety pants, my joggers, and my long johns near the top of my right leg, but never touched skin. Closest I've ever come to a cut.
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Post by theonlybull on Mar 12, 2010 18:16:01 GMT -4
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Post by ▲▲▲▲ on Mar 12, 2010 18:23:59 GMT -4
357XP, 365, 372XP were what I had we I was cutting.
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Post by mrfixit on Mar 12, 2010 19:04:00 GMT -4
Looks like the jack I use. It's an old bumper jack with an aluminum pipe above and below it, spiked at the very top. works like a charm! I have a husky 254XP and a 257XP. Great saws.
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Post by itsakeeper on Mar 12, 2010 19:39:46 GMT -4
had a Pioneer 1074 for years then a jonsenred and now switched over to Stihl - very happy compared to the old Pioneer without a chainbreak
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Post by theonlybull on Mar 12, 2010 19:51:52 GMT -4
we've got a pioneer partner 5000, great workin' saw. that's what i used b4 i bought my huskey. jonsered's are just rebranded huskey's. or were at one time.
stihl's are good, but i don't find them comfortable. i've ran quite a few and, though, i've never had a problem. i just don't like them..... kinda like the ford/chev thing lol
that's what ours is mrfixit, a ford bumper jack, with steel sq tube welded to it. we've sold a few over the years. we keep ours right on the skidder. i'll pull it off, and keep it with me, if dad's haulin' for me. sure saves the back.
another point, don't cut a tree, only to leave it standing, and go cut another.... stay well away if it won't fall... had to put a guy in a body bag for that one...... and tell his 18yo son that his father wasn't coming home.....
be safe out there guys......
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Post by Big G on Mar 12, 2010 20:04:02 GMT -4
Stihl MS250... oh, and I used to have a whip on it for 8' lengths until I figgured out that 3 lengths of the saw is 8'. Much better without.
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Post by mrfixit on Mar 12, 2010 20:37:29 GMT -4
heh, i finished reading the first part of the thread after i posted, theonlybill. missed your comment about the jack.
i guess great minds think alike!
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Post by 90bronco on Mar 12, 2010 20:45:15 GMT -4
Stihl 044
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Post by ▲▲▲▲ on Mar 12, 2010 20:45:30 GMT -4
I'll have to get a picture of mine but I have the identical McCullough as the one in this picture.
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Post by projectnightmare on Mar 12, 2010 20:56:18 GMT -4
There's lots of guys that run saws on this board, how about some things you've learned. Here's a tip for you. When cutting a horse's face out of a tree, stay away from the back hoofs because they will kick you.
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Post by theonlybull on Mar 12, 2010 21:13:03 GMT -4
;D There's lots of guys that run saws on this board, how about some things you've learned. Here's a tip for you. When cutting a horse's face out of a tree, stay away from the back hoofs because they will kick you. now did we learn this the hard way? i've got a couple old xl12 homelites that were my greatgrandfather's. i've been told he would fell the tree with the saw, and limb it with his double bit axe ;D
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Post by projectnightmare on Mar 12, 2010 21:41:39 GMT -4
now did we learn this the hard way? haha nope, totally made that up. it sounded like sage advice and crazy enough to be true. back on topic. I have a beat up makita 20" saw. inherited. yet to fire it up.
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Post by theonlybull on Mar 12, 2010 22:12:05 GMT -4
those makita's were made by sacs dolmar i think. pretty good saws. we've got one, but it's ungodly uncomfortable......
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Post by Big G on Mar 13, 2010 9:34:56 GMT -4
- sharpening in a vise gets the best results... I bought a small one you drive into a stump with a mini maul, works quite well felling lever; Got both these, and a pulp hook at a place on Windmill Rd... it's got oil tanks outside most of the time, looks like a house.... can't think of what it's called right now... but they have hard to find things like these.
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