Runnning a saw is FUN when…

[jcarlberg]

…the darn thing has power.

Bucked darn near a full cord this afternoon. Just yesterday finally got around to putting a 28 inch bar on the 390 XP. It was like a whole new world opened up. Not really huge wood but the saw was nicely balanced with the longer bar (originally came with a 20). Sure, the saw is heavier than (say) my MS 400, but it cuts so much faster that it’s basically a wash.

Anyway; just a nice afternoon in the woods. About 24 degrees; great for working!

 

[Woodwackr]

A 20” on a 390 would be good…with at least a 9t sprocket

 

[Sloughfoot]

…the darn thing has power.

Bucked darn near a full cord this afternoon. Just yesterday finally got around to putting a 28 inch bar on the 390 XP. It was like a whole new world opened up. Not really huge wood but the saw was nicely balanced with the longer bar (originally came with a 20). Sure, the saw is heavier than (say) my MS 400, but it cuts so much faster that it’s basically a wash.

Anyway; just a nice afternoon in the woods. About 24 degrees; great for working!

Big name brand saws come with bars two sizes too small and small off brand saws come with bars two sizes too big.
Silliness.

 

[IffykidMn]

…the darn thing has power.

Bucked darn near a full cord this afternoon. Just yesterday finally got around to putting a 28 inch bar on the 390 XP. It was like a whole new world opened up. Not really huge wood but the saw was nicely balanced with the longer bar (originally came with a 20). Sure, the saw is heavier than (say) my MS 400, but it cuts so much faster that it’s basically a wash.

Anyway; just a nice afternoon in the woods. About 24 degrees; great for working!

How does the weight difference feel around cord 5-6-7-?

 

[jcarlberg]

How does the weight difference feel around cord 5-6-7-?

I’ll let you know when I get there!

But early impressions are less overall work when cuts are quite a bit faster. JMHO of course!

 

[Outback]

I took a cord out of 1 tree in under an hour and a half including loading time and noodling the bottom quarter of the tree into quarters. Two ported 395's with 28" bars. It was a big doug fir, didn't take the top or the last bit of the bottom. I don't pick up saws that heavy if I can avoid it now. I had my sisters boyfriend to help load it, but I did all the cutting. The trip can be real quick if your young.

 

[IffykidMn]

I’ll let you know when I get there!

But early impressions are less overall work when cuts are quite a bit faster. JMHO of course!

I do not disagree for big wood I like a 90cc standing in one spot bucking all day but somewhere around tank 5-6-7 I am running out of steam and switching to a 70cc I can go a few tanks longer.

So I always questioned my choices of which saw actually cut more wood at the end of a long day of cutting.

 

[jcarlberg]

I do not disagree for big wood I like a 90cc standing in one spot bucking all day but somewhere around tank 5-6-7 I am running out of steam and switching to a 70cc I can go a few tanks longer.

So I always questioned my choices of which saw actually cut more wood at the end of a long day of cutting.

Usually if I work with my 50cc for a day I love it, or the 67cc for a day I love that one, etc etc etc

 

[Woodwater]

I always questioned my choices of which saw actually cut more wood at the end of a long day of cutting.

The one wich is ported.

 

[davidwyby]

I prefer to “stand up and buck” with a 90cc around 32” to reaching with a 70cc.

 

[jcarlberg]

I prefer to “stand up and buck” with a 90cc around 32” to reaching with a 70cc.

I still only know about 1% of what there is to know, but I keep learning. Totally agree; I am finding my first couple of days working with a 28 inch bar to be a totally different experience - less reaching, much more balanced saw, power to burn for what I am doing. Just this evening I started bucking the biggest tree I've ever cut (fallen green ash in our local forest). For around here, it's pretty big wood. So nice to be working with a properly set up saw, I just can't get over it. Best part is the tree has been laying for awhile so is dry & will be good to split and sell sooner than later.

 

[Jusgunn3]

I try to use the smallest saw I can for the job, so in smallish stuff the 346xp gets the work. That wears a 20” .325 bar with and pulls it with ease, the 359 wears a 24”. The 365sp wears a 28 and I have a 32” on my 390xp, it gets heavy after a while for me but it tears through the big wood. My 2100CD will wear a 36-44 for the big trees. All ported saws so they can handle the B/C being a little bigger than stock. Oh and they are all fun to run, except when the chain is dull!

 

[davidwyby]

I tend to run longer bars in smaller and softer wood and shorter in hard wood. I cut a large variety of sizes and hardnesses.

For example, 359, 24” for working small trees or firewood, but if I’m gonna bury 24” in dry hard eucalyptus or coast live oak, I use 70cc. Or the 359 buried I run 20”. 75-80cc I might fell and limb 32” softwood, buck logs to length, but 32” buried firewooding is 90cc.


Big Euc…395 36”/3120 42” square ground four oh four!

…but then I might run 42” 3/8” skip on the 395 felling.

 

[IffykidMn]

I do not disagree for big wood I like a 90cc standing in one spot bucking all day but somewhere around tank 5-6-7 I am running out of steam and switching to a 70cc I can go a few tanks longer.

I prefer to “stand up and buck” with a 90cc around 32” to reaching with a 70cc.

might be true at 6ft?, if you stood 5-7" would you still want a 32" for the ground reach?