036 gets a rebuild

[Basher]

I agree 100%. A ported 036 imo is a 1 saw plan. Small enough to do light limbing and big enough to tackle felling and bucking. I’ve run this saw with a 28” bar noodling ash and it was great.

It sure could be a one saw only plan, the ported 036 is not far behind a stock 044. If I had not started out running 044`s before finding my 036 either saw could be my fav to run, once I ported my first couple 044`s they fit me so well I will stick with them for the rest of my cutting days.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

It sure could be a one saw only plan, the ported 036 is not far behind a stock 044. If I had not started out running 044`s before finding my 036 either saw could be my fav to run, once I ported my first couple 044`s they fit me so well I will stick with them for the rest of my cutting days.

If I could only keep 1 saw I’d have a hard time deciding between a ported 036 and my 044 hybrid.
I’m glad that’s not a decision I have to make. Lol

 

[Basher]

Ah, the hybrid, guess that`s why I kept two of them, certain jobs just require that bit more speed and power but not quite big enough to drag out the 064 or 066`s. I could let 7 of my 044`s go as long as I could keep one and a hybrid.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Here's my 036 that I built by upgrading an 034 with an 036 top end. No decomp valve, but I've never needed that.

I did add an outer bumper spike and some paint to spruce it up. This saw was in pieces and missing several when I got it. Runs fine today, and I have used it a lot.

 

[MustangMike]

My Nephew is a dyed in the wool Husky guy, but he tells me there are two saws that he will take if I ever want to get rid of them … My 10 mm 044 (and he remembers that from when I first got it an he was just a kid) and my MOFO 360 (even though he has a MOFO 262 that he loves).

When he runs those saws at family wood cutting get togethers they put smiles on his face!

 

[Wood Doctor]

Older saws that run well and are reliable are hard to part with. That includes this one, my two Stihl 028's, and my two 026 PRO's. It is down right hard for me to say good bye to an old soldier that still runs well and does the job.

 

[MustangMike]

I reluctantly sold a low hour MS440 that I put a new piston in, but with my 044, two ported 60 cc saws, and several Hybrids, there was just no place left for it in my lineup.

 

[Wood Doctor]

I reluctantly sold a low hour MS440 that I put a new piston in, but with my 044, two ported 60 cc saws, and several Hybrids, there was just no place left for it in my lineup.

I also did the same thing - rebuild an MS440 and sell it. That was a mistake because the 440 would easily pull a 25" bar and did not weigh much more than a 361. There have been many times when I needed that longer bar for big buck cuts. I then ended up going to an o64 or my MS660, and they seem to weigh a ton. The Makita 6401 and the Echo CS-670 filled in the gap, but that MS440 was a screamer.