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Something I have noticed about cutting yaupon is that it makes a chain get loose faster than cutting actual trees do. It’s a hard and brittle type brush. Would a longer bar make that better, worse, or have no effect? I guess a longer bar would mean a bit less bending over to reach it.

I have a Stihl 046 that I use some. I had a 20” Stihl rollomatic bar on it. I misjudged a tree and got it pinched pretty bad the other day. I think the bar is messed up a bit. I am figuring I should get another. Curious what bar y’all would recommend for the 046. Would be on mostly post oak...

Here is a thought that’s been bouncing around my head. Curious about peoples opinions on it here. What do y’all think about picking up one of the Chinese clone 660’s just for chopping up felled logs? Obviously I like nicer saws, but talking about using this for nearly a sacrificial saw for...

I don’t think I was clear. I didn’t mean the 562 was as powerful or was close to the same size as the 046. I was trying to say ignoring those factors of size and power, the 562 seems to have closer to the refinement level of the 046 than newer Stihl saws in my hand.

So am I crazy to think the husky 562 is closer to the 046 than 500 when talking about overall feel when taking into consideration its physical size and power? The 562 is working great, I just can’t help but wonder if the Stihl 400 would feel like a more natural pairing with the 500.

The 046 feels a bit more “raw” to me than the 462 or 500 does. I didn’t know the why it was different really until reading this here. I don’t have any issue with how the 046 feels running, but the 462 and 500 do feel more refined in the hands somehow.

Little further back, get more sense of scale.

Hard to tell scale here, but that like is about 10’ tall or so. A fair bit of my work this weekend. 7 different trees stacked up in there. Still liking the carbide chain.

So I have been running the 500 all day with the carbide chain for felling and bucking up the logs. Been using the husky 562 for limbing and clearing brush to get to trees to cut down. The carbide may not be quite as fast as fresh steel chain, but it hasn’t slowed down yet. Steel would have not...

Y’all think the stock 500 will be good to pull 28” .404 through hardwood like this?

Probably around 2’ regularly. I have a big sweet gum I’m about to have to take down that’s a bit over 3’ and that’s not uncommon, but 2’ is something I would say is regular. These post oaks aren’t usually the biggest trees. I just have a bunch of them. They are all over these little tight, dry...

What would be some recommendations for a .404 setup on a 500? Kinda making me think I should’ve done a .404 set up 661 though

I’m to the east a bit. I have no shortage of standing dead timber I can cut and split. This stuff today was beyond where it should be for that. I do have a couple of nice red oaks that are a few months dead or in the process of dying I should drop and split.

Little further back picture with the fire going. I’m a bit over 6’ tall and that stack is taller than me. Scale is tough to capture.

What I ended with, with the husky and stihl