Stihl 036/044 Hybrid Build

[J_M____]

Have a specific one in mind? I possibly might be able to dig one up.

The doc is sending me one, thanks for the offer.
Hopefully it will be here by Friday so I can work on it this weekend

 

[mikerudder]

The doc is sending me one, thanks for the offer.
Hopefully it will be here by Friday so I can work on it this weekend

Copy that. I think I have one with a fresh rebuild kit in it. Good luck and can't wait to see that thing running!

 

[J_M____]

Got a replacement carb and it’s running nicely.
Don’t have a tach so I don’t know what it’s spinning up to but it sure does like to rev!

Will do more shake down at the CT GTG next weekend

 

[Heffalump]

 

[blsnelling]

We needs a video!

 

[drf256]

It's strong. I ran it.

 

[J_M____]

I haven’t had a chance it use it much since the gtg. Should have dropped it off with mustang mike to bring it to the ny gtg. I think I put 4 tanks through it at the gtg and it kept getting stronger as it broke in.

 

[Heffalump]

Until the video shows up, you're just catfishing us....

 

[TreeLife]

Until the video shows up, you're just catfishing us....

Yuuuuuut! The people demand a video! Lol

 

[J_M____]

Tornado came through and took down 30+ trees at a friends house. Finally had a chance to make a vid. 26” diameter red oak
Saw had 20” bar and off the shelf 3/8 lgx chain

 

[blsnelling]

Sounds good. Looks like some really dense wood. Do you feel it has the power of a built 044/440?

 

[RI Chevy]

Cool build. Held nice RPMs throughout the cut.

 

[huskyboy]

Tornado came through and took down 30+ trees at a friends house. Finally had a chance to make a vid. 26” diameter red oak
Saw had 20” bar and off the shelf 3/8 lgx chain

Runs good, but fatten the L a tad and good to go

 

[RI Chevy]

Did sound a little lean with higher than normal idle.

 

[huskyboy]

Did sound a little lean with higher than normal idle.

After a long cut you’ll know if the L is lean by listening to the idle. If it sounds like it did in the video above, it’s lean.

 

[RI Chevy]

Yup. Good point.

 

[huskyboy]

Yup. Good point.

The H sounded perfect in the video and I’d leave that alone, but I would fatten L about 1/8 - 1/4 turn.

 

[J_M____]

I have had to richen it twice in the first few tanks as it was breaking in at the GTG. Just 1/8 turn or so on both the low and high, Definitely feels stronger than it first did. It might need to be tweaked a bit again. It keeps up with my stock 044. Much stronger than my ported 036. The guy from the tree company that was cutting there was pretty surprised when I was cutting through some of this dense oak faster than he was. That’s including cutting from both sides of the log, he was using a 32” bar on a husky 395 and wasn’t cutting as quick in one pass( he seems to like running some dull chains I guess)

 

[huskihl]

Sounded to me like it was just idling a little bit high. It wasn't pinging after the long cut

 

[huskyboy]

I have had to richen it twice in the first few tanks as it was breaking in at the GTG. Just 1/8 turn or so on both the low and high, Definitely feels stronger than it first did. It might need to be tweaked a bit again. It keeps up with my stock 044. Much stronger than my ported 036. The guy from the tree company that was cutting there was pretty surprised when I was cutting through some of this dense oak faster than he was. That’s including cutting from both sides of the log, he was using a 32” bar on a husky 395 and wasn’t cutting as quick in one pass( he seems to like running some dull chains I guess)

It’s amazing how fubared some of the tree guys saws are. You’d think they’d take a little more pride in there equipment. I guess if the workers don’t pay for it... they don’t care about it.