Saw displacement classes

[Catfishclark89]

Just seen a YT post from a feller that built a couple saws and took to Spartansburg to race. The classes were as follows; 3.2ci and under, 4.0ci and under, 4.7ci and under, 5.5ci and under, and 5.5ci and over. Are these the new classes everyone is going to? I always thought it was 3, 4, 5, 6 etc.. Anyone have any insight on this?

 

[Ketchup]

There’s no real consensus. Some races break the classes differently to include saw models that don’t get close to the even cube numbers. Some really popular saws like ms461, 661, 390xp, 288xp, 372xp don’t.
The cant and log sizes may be strange as well.

 

[huskihl]

The oddballs outside of the 3, 4, 5, 6 ci classes became popular for firewood saws in trying to get popular models into the upper limit of a class.

Can’t make a 460 beat a 7900? Just make a class that goes up to 77 cc lol

 

[Wilhelm]

The oddballs outside of the 3, 4, 5, 6 ci classes became popular for firewood saws in trying to get popular models into the upper limit of a class.

Can’t make a 460 beat a 7900? Just make a class that goes up to 77 cc lol

A 7300/7310 would still beat that 460.
There is something magical within them that just makes them run exceptionally well.

 

[Jake Dykstra]

The oddballs outside of the 3, 4, 5, 6 ci classes became popular for firewood saws in trying to get popular models into the upper limit of a class.

Can’t make a 460 beat a 7900? Just make a class that goes up to 77 cc lol

The oddballs outside of the 3, 4, 5, 6 ci classes became popular for firewood saws in trying to get popular models into the upper limit of a class.

Can’t make a 460 beat a 7900? Just make a class that goes up to 77 cc lol

For an experienced builder such as yourself beating up on bigger saws is probably easy. Lackeys like me not so much.
I think having classes that help get more saws (especially the very popular models) into the race is a good thing.
Of course having the classic 3456 classes should not go away.
But anything thats gets more people racing just means thats more people that will lose to better builders like yourself and that means more customers!

 

[huskihl]

For an experienced builder such as yourself beating up on bigger saws is probably easy. Lackeys like me not so much.
I think having classes that help get more saws (especially the very popular models) into the race is a good thing.
Of course having the classic 3456 classes should not go away.
But anything thats gets more people racing just means thats more people that will lose to better builders like yourself and that means more customers!

Yep I understand that. I laughed at it when I said it earlier, but it was still real. Usually the firewood classes go every 10 cc just to change it up