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[Woodwackr]

Yeah probably could’ve used a piston. I ran some scotchbrite over the whole thing and slipped it into the bore. Under .003” clearance still using feeler gauges. Ring was at .015” end gap

Wow, so even the ring was salvaged.?
Amazing

 

[Mastermind]

Longest bar I ran on my 562s was a 28" and I was cutting primarily Lodgepole/Pondersoa Pine and Mountain Hemlock. They would strain at times with a 28" (semi-skip 33RSLK). Running a 32" daily on a 562 and making it work is impressive. It looks like to me someone more than got their money's worth out of that machine.

We run a 28 with full comp on Bubba's 562XP regularly. Even in hardwood it pulls it just fine. But I wouldn't even consider a 32" setup on it.

 

[huskihl]

Notice that I said "Might at most". You were the guy who needed to make that determination.

There’s a difference between “need” and “plenty good enough”. I’m not advocating for running scored pistons, especially if they are readily available to purchase new. This one falls in the “good enough” category

 

[huskihl]

Wow, so even the ring was salvaged.?
Amazing

The piston wasn’t scored. It had a few slight lines in it from dirt or that carbon on the bottom of the port. The ring was still shiny smooth. That tiny piece of plating likely wedged in the bottom of the ring so it lost compression

 

[Woodwackr]

The piston wasn’t scored. It had a few slight lines in it from dirt or that carbon on the bottom of the port. The ring was still shiny smooth. That tiny piece of plating likely wedged in the bottom of the ring so it lost compression

Tough little saw
What about what seemed like detonation on that one spot on the piston top?

 

[huskihl]

Tough little saw
What about what seemed like detonation on that one spot on the piston top?

Must’ve been in the carbon on top of the piston. Can still see machine lines all the way around the crown after I cleaned it off with red scotchbrite

 

[Jusgunn3]

That seems like a big bar for the saw but I am no pro, I run a 24” on my ported 359 mostly for reach, not buried. My 32” bar lives on my ported 390xp. Amazing work to salvage that bad boy!

 

[huskihl]

That seems like a big bar for the saw but I am no pro, I run a 24” on my ported 359 mostly for reach, not buried. My 32” bar lives on my ported 390xp. Amazing work to salvage that bad boy

This saw lived in northern Idaho falling primarily softer wood. I ran a 28 on it today buried in sugar maple and it actually did fine. Can’t dog in and pry on the WCS 3 points too hard though lol (at all)

 

[Woodwackr]

This saw lived in northern Idaho falling primarily softer wood. I ran a 28 on it today buried in sugar maple and it actually did fine. Can’t dog in and pry on the WCS 3 points too hard though lol (at all)

Idaho pine and Red Fir May be classified as ‘softwood’ but they are quite hard and dense. I’ve cut up some of the trees that Nate has felled for Tucker and both cut like hardwood, imo. I’m talking 24”+. They are extremely tight grained. These trees are nothing like the Pine and Fir in NorCal, with rings that are 1/2” wide at times, not even close.

 

[Jusgunn3]

This saw lived in northern Idaho falling primarily softer wood. I ran a 28 on it today buried in sugar maple and it actually did fine. Can’t dog in and pry on the WCS 3 points too hard though lol (at all)

That makes sense with running in soft wood, I am in oak country out here in California so I have to go easy as well haha. I have to sharpen a lot with all the old downed/dirty trees on my property, I am getting a little better…I think haha.

 

[huskihl]

Idaho pine and Red Fir May be classified as ‘softwood’ but they are quite hard and dense. I’ve cut up some of the trees that Nate has felled for Tucker and both cut like hardwood, imo. I’m talking 24”+. They are extremely tight grained. These trees are nothing like the Pine and Fir in NorCal, with rings that are 1/2” wide at times, not even close.

It must be some good stuff. I keep hearing how hard that stuff is as I’m running a 32 on a 372 buried in a sugar maple butt log. It’s different

 

[Woodwackr]

It must be some good stuff. I keep hearing how hard that stuff is as I’m running a 32 on a 372 buried in a sugar maple butt log. It’s different

Maple here, any of them, cut like butter in comparison.

 

[huskihl]

Maple here, any of them, cut like butter in comparison.

Yeah I think it’s called big tooth Maple out there. Not very hard. Like 700 on the Janka scale. Sugar maple here is about 1500 and gets closer to 2000 down towards the Stump once it’s a couple hundred years old

 

[Lions fan]

Yeah I think it’s called big tooth Maple out there. Not very hard. Like 700 on the Janka scale. Sugar maple here is about 1500 and gets closer to 2000 down towards the Stump once it’s a couple hundred years old

Big leaf, and if you've ever turned it on a lathe, it ain't *s-word compared to sugar maple.

 

[Joe Kidd]

We run a 28 with full comp on Bubba's 562XP regularly. Even in hardwood it pulls it just fine. But I wouldn't even consider a 32" setup on it.

Is that Denver Pyle runnin that XP?

 

[Woodpecker]

We run a 28 with full comp on Bubba's 562XP regularly. Even in hardwood it pulls it just fine. But I wouldn't even consider a 32" setup on it.

That seems like a big bar for the saw but I am no pro, I run a 24” on my ported 359 mostly for reach, not buried. My 32” bar lives on my ported 390xp. Amazing work to salvage that bad boy!

Here’s what this dumb knuckle dragging tree guy has observed over the last 3 decades of running saws. It often isn’t the power of the saw that limits the length of bar you can run in various trees. Obviously it will slow things down a bit. The limiting factor is the oiler. Even then all you’re really risking is the extra wear on the bar and chain.

 

[Mastermind]

It that Denver Pyle runnin that XP?

What in the cornbread hell is a Denver Pyle?

 

[hacskaroly]

What in the cornbread hell is a Denver Pyle?

I was wondering the same thing


Jesse Duke from the Duke's of Hazzard - and other roles

 

[Mastermind]

I was wondering the same thing

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Jesse Duke from the Duke's of Hazzard - and other roles

Well hell no he ain't running no saws. He died in 1997.

 

[dangerousatom]