First Cut With 660

[Bostonstrongboy1965]

I agree with the comments above.
Bandsaw mills are ideal, but as prior comments have mentioned, they are expensive and in today's world, take forever to get. I ordered a Hudson 14 months ago and am still waiting.
Meant, trees are coming down and logs on the ground need to be harvested before they turn into firewood. Hence chainsaw milling is my go to!

 

[KS Plainsman]

I agree with the comments above.
Bandsaw mills are ideal, but as prior comments have mentioned, they are expensive and in today's world, take forever to get. I ordered a Hudson 14 months ago and am still waiting.
Meant, trees are coming down and logs on the ground need to be harvested before they turn into firewood. Hence chainsaw milling is my go to!

Didn't know what the state of the bandsaw mill industry was right now, but it doesn't surprise me there's a backlog with it as well. I ordered a 3120 and got it a week later. Bar and chain is on the way. So, availability was a non issue with it.

Ultimately, I'd like to have a large saw (I have that now) and alaskan mill, preferably a 5ft'er, right now I only have a 36" and then a bandsaw mill to go up to 2 foot. That will cover my bases well and still give me a large saw I can use elsewhere when needed.

 

[mainer_in_ak]

Put two years of milling 16 ft long spruce and alaskan birch with a 660. Its decent with spruce, but falls flat on its face in hardwoods, no low-end torque. Stingy oiler, and not worth the effort of upgrading to high output oiler. The plastic oiler gear is not very well protected from debris either.

An 881 has been marginally better, but still lacks low-end torque. THE milling saw, is an echo cs 1201. King of the .404....

 

[BlackCoffin]

880 needs some port work to really wake up. 661 I’ve found when ported runs stronger than a 660 in the same format when milling. Has a little more grunt.

 

[gurwald]

Milling some floorboards from a spruce I felled. Started with my mild ported 2100 but after some issues I gave up and used my stockish (bgd, mm) 394. The 2100 felt quite a bit stronger but with a stingy oiler and some small hickups the 394 had to do. The 394 oiled my 42" bar decent enough in 18" wood. The vinsch is a very nice add on imo.

 

[Semotony]

Maybe someday one will be in the cards, but chainsw milling is going to have to do for now. I'm trying to get a house and a shop built at the farm, so a bandsaw mill is low on the priority list. It would be cool though.

My previous neighbor milled about 90% of the lumber used to build his house. Trees came off the 108 acres he'd just bought. Pine ,he used and house is a beaut. Band sawed it. The trees taken off the property paid back 50% of the purchase price. The heirs dint know what was there.

 

[Semotony]

880 needs some port work to really wake up. 661 I’ve found when ported runs stronger than a 660 in the same format when milling. Has a little more grunt.

My 661 came ported, not broken in. Once it had 10 tanks thru it woke up after finishing the muf mod made it even better. 60" bar with square chisel sharpen well operates tossing chips up to 12 feet. I cut with the "top" of the bar where it's oiled which keeps chips away from my feet