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Just got my 044 up & running again...new spark arresting screen and mounting bracket intact.
It fired up in about 4 pulls, yet sputters just a tad when it idles, BUT afterward it fired up on one pull the whole evening!
Black locust is one of my top 3 firewood's, check out how beautiful & tight the end grains are on this wood.
My others saws sometimes balked when tackling locust the 044 screamed through it like so much confetti!
Obviously, my 20' bar sprouted legs, so I slapped on an 18' bar and some RSC and let it rip...and rip it does!
I noodled about 8 sugar maple rounds, cut about 20 pieces of locust into firewood size chunks, and diced up some red oak as well.
This saw is beyond a beast and I understand why it has almost a cult following!
I thought my Sachs Dolmar 116si, my 034 Super, and the MS390 were stout saws...they pale in comparison to the 044!!:campeon:
BIG SHOUT OUT to Basher & lwhaples for some much needed parts...great guys indeed!:applaudit:
Same goes to David Young for a basket case 038 Mag that has me salivating like a curr in heat!!!:babeando:

BTW...I'll be ordering another bar for the 044, I've narrowed it to the a 20' Stihl Rolomatic ES LIGHT or 24' Sugihara??
What's you studs thoughts?
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How about some feedback on this portion?
BTW...I'll be ordering another bar for the 044, I've narrowed it to the a 20' Stihl Rolomatic ES LIGHT or 24' Sugihara??
 

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I've got a 20" on my 044 and it's great, a 24" sugi for it is high on my list though.
 

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Latest bad rap on black locust showed up at the local bar and grill. A guy asked me if locust was good firewood. I said, "Yes, but you have to let it dry about a year. When dry, practically nothing burns longer. It's as dense as oak. I consider it premium."

He said, "I have a large one that may have to come down. A neighbor told me that it was junk wood, soft as poplar, and didn't burn worth a hoot. "

I was astonished. How does garbage info. like that get around?
 

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Latest bad rap on black locust showed up at the local bar and grill. A guy asked me if locust was good firewood. I said, "Yes, but you have to let it dry about a year. When dry, practically nothing burns longer. It's as dense as oak. I consider it premium."

He said, "I have a large one that may have to come down. A neighbor told me that it was junk wood, soft as poplar, and didn't burn worth a hoot. "

I was astonished. How does garbage info. like that get around?
I bet his neighbor was attempting to fool him & was secretly salivating over his "Highly Valuable Black Locust Tree!":risas3:
 

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We also have some good sized honey locust trees here and there. Last spring one branch blew off from high up and that alone provided two truckloads of rounds that I processed and was able to burn this year, six months after splitting. Really good stuff.

Maybe danimal can send a living avatar to Omaha one of these days, wearing tight-fittin' jeans, of course. Mercy!
 
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