Single_handed
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Hello,
I’m a greenhorn to the forum. I’m not a fan of general yard work, but I like 2 stroke engines, horse power and turning large pieces of wood into chips so chainsaws have always intrigued me. I inherited my first two saws a few years ago. A 2008 MS390 w/ 20” bar and a 2010 MS391 w/ 25” bar. They’re both pretty tired and didn’t run when I got them. But I rebuilt the carbs and cleaned them best I could.
Some family run a horse rescue of sorts and ran into personal issues so I offered to get firewood for them. Help with the chores. I’m also offering fuel wood to elderly and disabled Veterans locally as I am a Disabled Vet myself. I lost my right hand to an IED in Iraq.
I’ve been falling small-mid sized (by PNW standards Anyway) Jeffery and Ponderosa Pines near Reno, NV. I have dead/down permits so mostly beetle kill averaging 22” diameter and 75’ tall. The MS390/1 were having a heck of a time bucking these 22” diameter stems. Because of this and the desire to have a full wrap handle I purchased a new MS500i R last week. With a 28” ES bar. So much faster and easier for me to manipulate (I use 12” runners looped around the handle and slide my stump through to hold the saw in the safest manner available to me given my available “equipment”). Really wish my dealer would have had an ES LIGHT bar though and a full skip chain. Might have to scrape together the $$ to order one. Try to shave as much weight as I can as.
I’m looking for a solid saw builder. I’d like to get the saw ported and polished. Nothing super crazy like a race build. kind of a full “reliability/longevity build with the byproduct of more horsepower”. I ordered a WCS bark box, Al clutch cover (I’m a Gun mechanic/machinist so a billet cover was 100% mandatory for me ;-) lol.) and an air filter from max flow. I’d like to use a builder here on the left coast if at all possible. But it isn’t a deal breaker if I have to ship it across the continent. Money is a concern as all this fuelwood work is a charity of sorts and I live on my army pension/disability. The 500i covered most of a months pay, lol. I’m also looking to rebuild or replace the 390‘s. but the more I think about rebuilding the more I think I may just try to sell them for a few bucks and help buy a new backup/bucking saw since the timber i have available to me is a bit large for the 390’s. Would really like to get a husky 592xp or MS462. The stocker 500i bucks easily twice as fast as the 391. So I’d really like to have around 6hp in my back up saw. My Grandfather and Father were loggers and then ran Log trucks up and down the Oregon Coast in the 70’s and 80’s. Then moved to NV for the Gold Mines just before I was born. they taught me a lot about falling large trees, but being born and raised in NV it was mostly just fundamentals. I really enjoy falling trees. The bigger the better, even though I know loading and splitting it is going to be a bear. But listening to that 2 stroke sing, feeling the saw bite into the wood and lying a tree down in exactly the spot you wanted is right up there with a well executed long range rifle shot, which is my first true love and passion. I think I’d have enjoyed being a sawyer or arborist if I had my hand back. But, as my wife says. “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.”
Thank you in advance!
Respectfully,
Single_Handed
I’m a greenhorn to the forum. I’m not a fan of general yard work, but I like 2 stroke engines, horse power and turning large pieces of wood into chips so chainsaws have always intrigued me. I inherited my first two saws a few years ago. A 2008 MS390 w/ 20” bar and a 2010 MS391 w/ 25” bar. They’re both pretty tired and didn’t run when I got them. But I rebuilt the carbs and cleaned them best I could.
Some family run a horse rescue of sorts and ran into personal issues so I offered to get firewood for them. Help with the chores. I’m also offering fuel wood to elderly and disabled Veterans locally as I am a Disabled Vet myself. I lost my right hand to an IED in Iraq.
I’ve been falling small-mid sized (by PNW standards Anyway) Jeffery and Ponderosa Pines near Reno, NV. I have dead/down permits so mostly beetle kill averaging 22” diameter and 75’ tall. The MS390/1 were having a heck of a time bucking these 22” diameter stems. Because of this and the desire to have a full wrap handle I purchased a new MS500i R last week. With a 28” ES bar. So much faster and easier for me to manipulate (I use 12” runners looped around the handle and slide my stump through to hold the saw in the safest manner available to me given my available “equipment”). Really wish my dealer would have had an ES LIGHT bar though and a full skip chain. Might have to scrape together the $$ to order one. Try to shave as much weight as I can as.
I’m looking for a solid saw builder. I’d like to get the saw ported and polished. Nothing super crazy like a race build. kind of a full “reliability/longevity build with the byproduct of more horsepower”. I ordered a WCS bark box, Al clutch cover (I’m a Gun mechanic/machinist so a billet cover was 100% mandatory for me ;-) lol.) and an air filter from max flow. I’d like to use a builder here on the left coast if at all possible. But it isn’t a deal breaker if I have to ship it across the continent. Money is a concern as all this fuelwood work is a charity of sorts and I live on my army pension/disability. The 500i covered most of a months pay, lol. I’m also looking to rebuild or replace the 390‘s. but the more I think about rebuilding the more I think I may just try to sell them for a few bucks and help buy a new backup/bucking saw since the timber i have available to me is a bit large for the 390’s. Would really like to get a husky 592xp or MS462. The stocker 500i bucks easily twice as fast as the 391. So I’d really like to have around 6hp in my back up saw. My Grandfather and Father were loggers and then ran Log trucks up and down the Oregon Coast in the 70’s and 80’s. Then moved to NV for the Gold Mines just before I was born. they taught me a lot about falling large trees, but being born and raised in NV it was mostly just fundamentals. I really enjoy falling trees. The bigger the better, even though I know loading and splitting it is going to be a bear. But listening to that 2 stroke sing, feeling the saw bite into the wood and lying a tree down in exactly the spot you wanted is right up there with a well executed long range rifle shot, which is my first true love and passion. I think I’d have enjoyed being a sawyer or arborist if I had my hand back. But, as my wife says. “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.”
Thank you in advance!
Respectfully,
Single_Handed
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