chainsaw thread

[STEVEGODSEYJR]

Come on guys lets start a new thread with any pictures of the saws that were used to fall these monster trees!:usa Steve

 

[fyrwood guy]

ok, here i am in my younger years trying out a factory proto-type 3120 husqvarna.

 

[BDFT]

I've never been to NH but I bet there aren't too many trees like that there. That looks like west coast wood.

 

[fyrwood guy]

that it is,good eye. springfield,or. to be exact :notworthy

 

[fast_st]

Was at an antique engine show a few months back and an exhibitor had a car trailer, log down the middle with just about every odd kind of saw you might ever have seen.

I'd love to be back in time and help those guys felling the monsters with hand axes.

 

[tom trees]

nic pic old saw

 

[fast_st]

I should snaggle a picture, my pop has at least one 'Wright reciprocating saw' sort of a giant antique sawzall with a blade that eats my jeans anytime I brush past it.

 

[SE-Ia Cowman]

Not a real good picture of the saw but I was the one running it and I cant take pictures while sawing. This was a cotton wood the hoe bucket in the picture is a 48'' and my saw bar is a 36'' and I had to cut from both sides to get through it.

 

[Wolfcsm]

From an Arboristsite.com get together in Dec 2009.

Stihl 880 with 47 inch bar.




Lots of good chain saw info at: http://www.arboristsite.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

Hal

 

[stumpjumper83]

I'd love to be back in time and help those guys felling the monsters with hand axes.

It probably took several weeks to get one tree down, limed and ready to skid. Cutting off springboards and such. My great grandfathers helped cut some of the virgin hemlock and white pine off the slopes in potter co, pa, and from the stories past down I think im glad that Stihl decided to make an 880.

Cut a couple 2' ers and get in touch, if your serious I think I could find you a 4' white pine or hemlock to chop on.

 

[John C.]

I saw these at a logging museum down on the Columbia river way east of Vancouver, WA.

 

[BDFT]

The oldtimers used a crosscut saw to make one cut of the undercut and then chopped it out, then they used the crosscut for the back cut. After they got it on the ground they still had to buck it up into pieces they could yard. All with a crosscut and an axe.

 

[RonG]

Growing up on the farm we cut all of our wood with a buck saw and an axe.We burned firewood so that was a lot of cutting.We never had a chainsaw or any other kind of engine either.Ron G

 

[Wolfcsm]

Some good pictures:






Hal

 

[sandnsnow]

Around my property, you can still see the hugh stumps that have the notches cut in them from the spring boards. Some are almost rotted to nothing but still pretty neat. Some are 60" or better at the base.

 

[JTL]

I didnt get the chance to cut these monsters, but that is my old saw. 371 Husky with 32" bar. Sold it to a buddy last summer and he sent me the pics via cell phone.

 

[akroadrunner]

Don't need big saws where I live now, but I've got them anyway. Just sold a McCulloch 125 Super Pro. Still sitting on a Stihl 090, 076, 075, 056 Mag 2 (brand new BTW) an 051 that looks and runs like new. a Homelite 1130 G Super gear drive, and a Homelite 922 Bow saw, Stihl S 10, 041 Super, MS 440, 034, 026 (the little guy I pack on the 4 wheeler) 3 McCulloch Super Pro 850's, McCulloch 450, an old Mac 35. Sure I missed a few.

 

[Wolfcsm]

Had a great day Saturday with 20 other chain saw enthusiasts, up in Northeast Oklahoma. Had my 880, several 660/066 saws, lots and lots of other makes and models for all to see and try.

HAL

 

[fast_st]

Managed to score a demonstrator saw, Husky 395XP, guessing it had run a carbide bullet chain, seller guessed maybe 1 tank of gas, inside was squeaky clean. 80% off retail, swings a 34 inch bar and skip tooth chain. Good tool for the big jobs but the 136/268/272 get the most use.

 

[fyrwood guy]

Managed to score a demonstrator saw, Husky 395XP, guessing it had run a carbide bullet chain, seller guessed maybe 1 tank of gas, inside was squeaky clean. 80% off retail, swings a 34 inch bar and skip tooth chain. Good tool for the big jobs but the 136/268/272 get the most use.

you did good, take care of the 395 they are gettin' EXPENSIVE......you got a nice line up.