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My grandfather used to strain used oil through a cheese cloth “to catch any sh*t” and that’s all we used for bar oil. I don’t remember any adverse effects or oiler problems. We also ran 2 stroke oil of any flavour. outboard, snowmobile, whatever was on sale, again no issues that I remember...

Your work good or bad is your resume to the rest of the world, competitors and customers alike. I don’t care if you’re porting saws, plumbing houses, whatever. Do it right or not at all.

Picked up this round top 066 last night, mag rot in the case, seized up. Everything else looks in good shape and oem and is all there. Piston/ cylinder is soaking in penetrating oil to try and free it up. Might this be worth trying to get back into shape for a work saw? Likely depends on if the...

Mikes ported 3 saws for me, absolutely solid dude and I don’t have to learn/ deal with shipping, which is a plus for a simpleton like me. Not against doing buissness with folks south of the border just shipping cost/ conversion rates makes it prohibitive in my case sadly.

That is bad ass man. Stock 661 is what 7 and change hp? Be a great saw for those big twisted up sugar maples, I want one.

Where would a flat top 066/064 fall in the pecking order? Both 660’s I ran I thought were kind of dogs but they were pretty high hour. I’m mostly pleased with my 661, good oiler, good power, sh*t air filtration though, feels a bit too floppy for my liking but I’m used to rubber mount saws.

I stopped into a small Stihl dealer last year and he cut me a more than fair price on a 461R because he was tired of seeing it on the shelf said there was no interest in them. At a larger dealer where everyone who buys in bulk goes has 6 500i’s on the shelf, 2 661’s and only one 462. On a...

I am surprised I hardly see anyone run 462’s. $2-300 less and they struck me as a nice light saw. Maybe I’m missing something?

500i’s are absolutely king of the woods here. I would say 70% of the guys I talk to run them, the rest it’s pretty even between 592’s, 661’s and the old breed who still run 460/461. These are loggers, arborists and other commercial firewood guys. I do have a strong hankering for trying out a...

Got some cutting done Friday evening and Sunday on the log pile as the bush I’m in working in now is soup. You can see the change in colour from when I started on it, I would guess around 8 cord. Some of the nicest hard maple I’ve worked with in years.

I went through the exact same thing with my ms400, bought it, hated it. Ran it to get my moneys worth out of it and it’s really grown on me. Fantastic 20” bar firewood saw.

8mm European loads are pretty hot stuff especially compared to North American loadings. Love my 98 sporter and m48BO, especially with a pocket full of stripper clips.

I like the little Stihl ones, just gotta grind em down for 288’s I find. Terminal drivers with the pocket clip are good too, less likely (but not impossible) to get stabbed in the nuts or thigh by it.

Far from interesting but here’s a few I blasted down today. Bore cut most then steered a couple down I was worried about smashing up some beauty sugar maples. Lots of high stumps because it was all going for firewood until the property owner mentioned he had a mill. Fun day, have about 60...

I forgot all about stub hubs. My welder buddy is doing work on my 1 ton soon so I’ll throw my cart now in the bed and get him to weld new hangers and hubs as the wheels and bearings on it now are beat to death. Get some new boards from another buddy with a sawmill and I’ll be in tip top shape...