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ProjectBazza said:
3"-6" forecast here this evening through tomorrow afternoon, thankfully all below freezing. I haven't had to use the 28" Toro 2-stage yet, which is odd, but I have to admit I wouldn't mind firing it up tomorrow.

Going into town to order-up my B'day present from my wife this afternoon, and I'm really looking forward to having a dedicated bucking (25" bar) saw here:

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Happy Birthday Bazza. Hope it's been a good one
 
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Morning guys.
Another mild day ahead.
When I said I retired 12 years ago yesterday that was my birthday present to myself.
Turn 76 today. The best birthday present I ever gave myself.
Have a wonderful day
 
Mark Wainwright said:
Morning guys.
Another mild day ahead.
When I said I retired 12 years ago yesterday that was my birthday present to myself.
Turn 76 today. The best birthday present I ever gave myself.
Have a wonderful day
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Well then, from one Capricorn to another:

Happy Birthday, and a (very belated!) Congratulations on your retirement!
 
69conv said:
Happy birthday Jim and Mark. Tell me about the saw, Jim!
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Well, we didn’t order it after all. Yet….

Backstory: We have a number of old and/or half-dead white oak trees (oak wilt) on our little 3 acres here, and even more windfalls, and I need (“want”, really) a 25" bucking saw to go with my Stihl MS 250 with 18” bar, as it just isn’t big enough to cut through the 24”-30” trunks.

After a lot of back and forth I decided to go with a “light commercial” saw (MS362) rather than a “large homeowner” saw (MS391) as the build construction is quite different. Sure, it’s about $225 more for the commercial saw, but I’d rather Go Big and not use all of it than “work” a homeowners saw….

But the MS362 is available either as a “standard” engine (plain old MS362), or with what Stihl calls an “M-Tronic carb”, model MS362-C, both sold for the same price. Essentially this “C” unit adds a different carb, and some sort of PC board, to monitor and control the air-fuel ratio, making for easier starts and what-not. Sounds good, right?

Except I’m Old School, and it occurred to me that if this thing broke down 5-10 years from now, would I be able to fix it myself, or would I have to take it in?

In the past 24 hours I’ve been going back and forth on this, but I think I’ve settled on the standard/base model, as, 1) I take care of my equipment, and 2) I like the idea of being able to fix things myself.

I have a couple days vacation this week, and I’ll get the order in on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Jim
 
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I can see why u are on the fence. I agree electronics have a limited lifespan. We have 10 acres that used to be farmland a couple decades ago so most of our trees aren't that big except for the older growth on the treeline. My Stihl has a neat choke mechanism where you push in a knob and turn it and it runs the choke for about a minute and you are good to go.
 
69conv said:
I can see why u are on the fence. I agree electronics have a limited lifespan. We have 10 acres that used to be farmland a couple decades ago so most of our trees aren't that big except for the older growth on the treeline. My Stihl has a neat choke mechanism where you push in a knob and turn it and it runs the choke for about a minute and you are good to go.
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Yeah, I'm not an early adopter on anything. I think this "C" carb thing has been out for 10 years or so, but still...what's the Long Term life expectancy of it?

Our property backs-up to an 18 acre horse ranch on one side, and a 10 acre field that used to be a llama ranch only 5-6 years ago on the other, from what we've been told. Our property must have been fenced-off many years ago, as we've found barbed wire on the ground around the perimeter, as well as buried in the middle of 18" trees that an old farmer/rancher must have used to keep his livestock inside Back in The Day. We've managed to find most of the barbed wire on the ground, thanks to our dogs punctured paws(!), and a metal detector I bought for my wife last year, but the wire buried in the trees has startled me a few times, as trees shouldn't spark when you cut them, right?

We have a tree service coming out sometime soon (next month or so) to fell 4 more dead trees that are uncomfortably close to, and even hanging over, the house, and we saved money by telling them we would do the clean-up and/or removal, thus not only giving both of us a good workout, but also justifying the purchase of my new saw! A "win-win", as far as I'm concerned!
 
ProjectBazza said:
Well, we didn’t order it after all. Yet….

Backstory: We have a number of old and/or half-dead white oak trees (oak wilt) on our little 3 acres here, and even more windfalls, and I need (“want”, really) a 25" bucking saw to go with my Stihl MS 250 with 18” bar, as it just isn’t big enough to cut through the 24”-30” trunks.

After a lot of back and forth I decided to go with a “light commercial” saw (MS362) rather than a “large homeowner” saw (MS391) as the build construction is quite different. Sure, it’s about $225 more for the commercial saw, but I’d rather Go Big and not use all of it than “work” a homeowners saw….

But the MS362 is available either as a “standard” engine (plain old MS362), or with what Stihl calls an “M-Tronic carb”, model MS362-C, both sold for the same price. Essentially this “C” unit adds a different carb, and some sort of PC board, to monitor and control the air-fuel ratio, making for easier starts and what-not. Sounds good, right?

Except I’m Old School, and it occurred to me that if this thing broke down 5-10 years from now, would I be able to fix it myself, or would I have to take it in?

In the past 24 hours I’ve been going back and forth on this, but I think I’ve settled on the standard/base model, as, 1) I take care of my equipment, and 2) I like the idea of being able to fix things myself.

I have a couple days vacation this week, and I’ll get the order in on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Jim
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We have a Shindaiwa that we bought new in 2006 or 2007, don't recall the model # at the moment, but it's been a damn good machine. We bought it when we had a piece of lakefront cottage property that we were intending to develop as a retirement home for ourselves. It was about 2 acres of solid bush and we worked that saw like a rented mule for 2 summers taking down trees as big as 26 inches in diameter with that little 16 inch saw. It has never failed to start or run perfectly, even though I admittedly have not done much maintenance on it. We also have an old Pioneer that my FIL bought in the 1970s. I have not been able to get it running lately, not sure what is wrong with it, haven't really looked that closely at it, but it was a good workhorse when we were clearing the property as well.
 
missing linc said:
We have a Shindaiwa that we bought new in 2006 or 2007, don't recall the model # at the moment, but it's been a damn good machine. We bought it when we had a piece of lakefront cottage property that we were intending to develop as a retirement home for ourselves. It was about 2 acres of solid bush and we worked that saw like a rented mule for 2 summers taking down trees as big as 26 inches in diameter with that little 16 inch saw. It has never failed to start or run perfectly, even though I admittedly have not done much maintenance on it. We also have an old Pioneer that my FIL bought in the 1970s. I have not been able to get it running lately, not sure what is wrong with it, haven't really looked that closely at it, but it was a good workhorse when we were clearing the property as well.
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Say what?

You guys use these to cut trees up there, Randy?

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:lol:
 
Good after noon guys and a happy birthday to Jim and Mark.
Had my kids here the last few days and now back to normal.
Well Abby Normal anyway...
 
https://www.harborfreight.com/electric-chainsaw-sharpener-63803.html

Got me one of these about a decade ago, slicker than cat shizz. Totally adjustable to whatever angle your saw requires, takes almost no time and I'm still on my first sharpening stone. Just cant use it in the field. I usually take an extra sharpened chain with me and sharpen what I need when the day is done.
 
69conv said:
https://www.harborfreight.com/electric-chainsaw-sharpener-63803.html

Got me one of these about a decade ago, slicker than cat shizz. Totally adjustable to whatever angle your saw requires, takes almost no time and I'm still on my first sharpening stone. Just cant use it in the field. I usually take an extra sharpened chain with me and sharpen what I need when the day is done.
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Gonna have to check into gettin' me one of them next time I get across the border, would pay for itself after 2 or 3 uses, thanks Wayne!
 
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