CLEARCUT meets the 500i

[66Fleetside]

Does the 500 lack any sort of air injection into the filter area?

 

[CLEARCUT]

Does the 500 lack any sort of air injection into the filter area?

Yeah, no air injection.

 

[66Fleetside]

Yeah, no air injection.

I suspect this has been discussed in the previous 39 pages...but I’m too lazy to read them all.

Do you consider that a major issue? Must not be a fatal flaw if you can cut all day in burned timber.

 

[CLEARCUT]

I don't envy you being in the black. Got a pretty steady diet of it last spring, summer and fall. The 462 filter did great, the 572 not so much.
Let me know how the 500 filter does.
Mine hasn't gotten to play in the black stuff yet.

I mean, it’s the same material as any HD2 filter, so it filters fine IMO, but the pleats pack up rather quickly. I’m running the Outerwear pre-filter on it, and that helps a bit.

 

[CLEARCUT]

I suspect this has been discussed in the previous 39 pages...but I’m too lazy to read them all.

Do you consider that a major issue? Must not be a fatal flaw if you can cut all day in burned timber.

It would be nice, but it certainly works well enough as is. It certainly won’t hold me back from them.

 

[66Fleetside]

It would be nice, but it certainly works well enough as is. It certainly won’t hold me back from them.

Is it fair to say the 462 filter stays cleaner longer?

 

[CLEARCUT]

Is it fair to say the 462 filter stays cleaner longer?

Yes.

 

[CLEARCUT]

Here’s what the filter looks like after two full days of cutting. I did lightly tap it out after the end of the first day. We’ve had a few days of 65*F and sun, and the dust is already coming on strong in this soil. Combine that with the burnt bark, and it is fairly harsh air conditions for a saw. I do have two foam washers on there, and that seemed to help out a bit.

 

[Catman]

View attachment 285718 View attachment 285719 View attachment 285720 View attachment 285721 View attachment 285722 Here’s what the filter looks like after two full days of cutting. I did lightly tap it out after the end of the first day. We’ve had a few days of 65*F and sun, and the dust is already coming on strong in this soil. Combine that with the burnt bark, and it is fairly harsh air conditions for a saw. I do have two foam washers on there, and that seemed to help out a bit.

I guess my concern would be for your Lungs!

 

[Catman]

Coal miners never worried about the dust until they started dying from black lung disease.

 

[Catman]

Of course I say this as I smoke a cigar or two every day LOL

 

[Catman]

Of course I say this as I smoke a cigar or two every day LOL

 

[Thumper88]

Coal miners never worried about the dust until they started dying from black lung disease.

Of course I say this as I smoke a cigar or two every day LOL

Something’s gotta kill ya. Both my Grandpas retired out of the deep mines. Both of them smoked hand rolled cigarettes daily and chewed twist tobacco all their lives. They both lived into their 90’s. My first cousin who had the same set of grandparents was a marathon runner, excellent health, perfect diet, etc. Massive stroke killed him at 38 years old. Some times *s-word just happens lol

 

[Hinerman]

View attachment 285718 View attachment 285719 View attachment 285720 View attachment 285721 View attachment 285722 Here’s what the filter looks like after two full days of cutting. I did lightly tap it out after the end of the first day. We’ve had a few days of 65*F and sun, and the dust is already coming on strong in this soil. Combine that with the burnt bark, and it is fairly harsh air conditions for a saw. I do have two foam washers on there, and that seemed to help out a bit.

Will you clean that or just replace it? If you clean it, how? Compressed air or some other method?

 

[CLEARCUT]

View attachment 285718 View attachment 285719 View attachment 285720 View attachment 285721 View attachment 285722 Here’s what the filter looks like after two full days of cutting. I did lightly tap it out after the end of the first day. We’ve had a few days of 65*F and sun, and the dust is already coming on strong in this soil. Combine that with the burnt bark, and it is fairly harsh air conditions for a saw. I do have two foam washers on there, and that seemed to help out a bit.

I should add that these white filters kinda get stained black in this stuff no matter how much you clean them.

 

[CLEARCUT]

I guess my concern would be for your Lungs!

Yeah, it can’t be great for them.

 

[CLEARCUT]

Will you clean that or just replace it? If you clean it, how? Compressed air or some other method?

I have several spare filters. I replaced the one in the picture with a freshly cleaned one. I have been using air first, then I wash them with SuperClean and hot water. WAY more junk comes out of there than just using air.
I’ll keep the rotation of the filters up for a bit, then replace the whole set.

 

[huskihl]

I have several spare filters. I replaced the one in the picture with a freshly cleaned one. I have been using air first, then I wash them with SuperClean and hot water. WAY more junk comes out of there than just using air.
I’ll keep the rotation of the filters up for a bit, then replace the whole set.

Any more reports on the fuel mileage? Also curious as to if it got better after a certain break-in time? If so, do you think it was the bearings/piston/rings breaking in or did it act more like a factory preset that leaned out after a set number of tanks/hours?

 

[Infinitejest]

Just my personal opinion, but it seemed to break in like any other saw. The fuel economy isn't spectacular, but the ecu
( whatever you call it) crowds out a good portion of what would have been fuel tank.

For me the power to weight is obscenely good. Paid by the ton with that saw = $$ + less fatigue at the end of the week.

 

[CLEARCUT]

Any more reports on the fuel mileage? Also curious as to if it got better after a certain break-in time? If so, do you think it was the bearings/piston/rings breaking in or did it act more like a factory preset that leaned out after a set number of tanks/hours?

Like @Infinitejest said, I didn’t necessarily notice anything different than any other break-in. I mean, you always have that point a day or whatever into the break-in, when you can feel a saw pick-up, free-up, etc.
The first 500 I had at the beginning of this thread ran very rich from the start. The one I currently have ran from the get-go how I expect a good tune to be for the most part. I should add that my first 500 has been to the shop for a bunch of electrical issues. I dunno, just a side-note.
As far as fuel economy, I am plenty happy with it. The guy cutting next to me is running a 461, cutting at a similar pace in the same timber type, and we have similar fuel mileage. Although the 500 is definitely faster than his 461. But that’s another story.
It’s not a fuel sipper, but I would say it is fuel-efficient if that makes any sense. I feel like it is cutting plenty of wood for the fuel being used.