[TheForge] hydraulic chainsaws

[Charles Vincent]

Too bad your aborist friend has passed.   He would probably know a good chainsaw guy.  The carbs for these saws come pretty restricted nowadays due to noise and EPA restrictions.  Most pros I have talked to pay to have them opened up and tuned. Makes them developed more power, rev faster in the cut and start a lot easier.  Pole saws are a beating, I rent one when I rent a bucket.  Lifting them and the fact they don't have a gaff to lever the blade into the cut once you start sawing.

    I would find out who the pros are using to set up their saws in your area and pay the money to get yours set right.  He might also suggest an upgraded fuel line material that will hold up better.   It's not cheap, but you got to figure what those hours of cursing at your chainsaw are worth to you too.  It's why I swing an axe.  It's a zen thing now.

Charles

Charles

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> On Oct 21, 2016, at 7:37 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Charles
> 
> Yes, the MS440 is heavy. With the 24 inch bar it is just that much
> heavier. The poll saw is just cumbersome. the Chain & bar are 8 ft away even when
> at the shortest. Extend it to 11 ft and it becomes a battle of
> leverages.
> 
> I go through roughly 2 to 4 gallons of two-cycle gasoline mixture every fall.
> I have roughly 10 years worth of firewood in large logs at the west end
> of the property. My friend, an arborist, who has passed way, and I had a
> good arrangement. He cut down trees and brought them here. I make lots
> of firewood. he let the local churches know that those people who need
> firewood to stay warm during the winter and/or for cooking may come by
> and pick up a full cord of firewood. some people had no way to pick it
> up so he and i traded off dropping it off with our pickup trucks.
> 
> I am late this year getting the wood cut and split. been keeping the
> butchers a.k.a. doctors employed.
> 
> With the Hanjin bankruptcy throwing the shipping industry into disarray
> there is not much going on for me at the moment.
> 
>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2016, Charles Vincent wrote:
>> 
>> I have heard pretty good things about the MS440, other than it being
>> heavy.    And I use the premix fuel these days for my weed eater and
>> the chainsaw the once every other year I use it.    No ethanol, seals
>> tight in container, small quantity, no mixing and last me about a month
>> in the summer.   I just don't use power tools that much, I moved back
>> to muscle and it works fine for me.   The premix solved most of my two
>> stroke issues, so for me it's a bargain, all of my stuff starts on a
>> couple of pulls after following the instructions, so that is easily
>> worth $28 a year for me.   If I was running a saw all day long it
>> would be different, but then I wouldn't need it,  I would be going
>> through the gas fast enough to ensure it didn't pick up water, or go
>> bad.
>> 
>> Charles
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
> 
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> terry l. ridder ><>
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