Super excited just sent my first saw to be ported!

[CoreyB]

Despite my advice on a first ported saw to be the saw you use most often, many of us who have many saws ported & stock all kinda have an itch deep inside to one day own a MMWS395xp. Holding onto that thing would be like swinging on a palm tree in a storm.

Well I have never had the chance to swing from a palm tree ..... yet
But I will give full report on what it is like to hold on to a MMWS395XP .

 

[CoreyB]

What bar and chain combos would you guys use. I am already invested in a 36" 3/8 .063 ( for milling)thought about getting a 24" and a 28" for any other need I would use it for. Felling and bucking + 24" oak and hickory. (Not a ton around)

 

[Mastermind]

Well I have never had the chance to swing from a palm tree ..... yet
But I will give full report on what it is like to hold on to a MMWS395XP .

It arrived today......with coffee in the box.

 

[Mastermind]

I have used up to a 42" on a 395.

 

[Wilhelm]

It arrived today......with coffee in the box.

@CoreyB , You better watch out when that 395 comes back - it'll be stuffed with bananas on caffeine!

 

[T.Roller]

I have used up to a 42" on a 395.

That's the biggest I've run on mine too. Runs it with an 8 pin with no problem. Would like to see how long of a bar it will run.

 

[Onan18]

I have used up to a 42" on a 395.

I like the way they balance with a standard weight 24" - 28" personally. Aren't they a little nose heavy with the 42? .404?

 

[mdavlee]

60" would probably be the limit. Guy from Mississippi used to mill with a 60" on a 394.

 

[Ryan Browne]

What bar and chain combos would you guys use. I am already invested in a 36" 3/8 .063 ( for milling)thought about getting a 24" and a 28" for any other need I would use it for. Felling and bucking + 24" oak and hickory. (Not a ton around)

As I mentioned, I've never run a 395, but I will say that I don't have much love for a 24" bar. I'm 6'2", and a 24" bar doesn't reach the ground unless i bend over, and it's quite a bit heavier and clumsier than a 20" bar. A 28", though doesn't seem much heavier than the 24", and reaches all the way to the ground, so it can cut back on the hunching over. I don't know how tall you are Corey, but if it were my saw, I'd probably keep a 36" on a nail in the garage for when you need it, and put a 28" on it for working in the woods.

 

[RI Chevy]

As a Stihl guy, I must admit that these 395's ported intrigue me. Both of the above saws look very strong! Real nice saws.
I am sure you will be happy with it Corey.

 

[Mastermind]

Aren't they a little nose heavy with the 42? .404?

Sure they are. 3/8

 

[jakethesnake]

Sure they are. 3/8

Rotten pine log ?

 

[Wolverine]

I can't wait to hear the adjectives used to describe this saw when it comes back Great choice, these fuggers rip!

 

[CoreyB]

@CoreyB , You better watch out when that 395 comes back - it'll be stuffed with bananas on caffeine!

Well that is the plan. Lol stuffed with bananas is the old. The new recipes are coffee infused bananas with coffee snobs coffee of course! Lol

 

[RI Chevy]

Its gonna run like a raped ape. Lol

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[PA Dan]

I've had mine almost 6 years. Still my favorite saw I've ever ran

I ran this one and it's by far my favorite Husky! What an awesome saw!

 

[PA Dan]

As a Stihl guy, I must admit that these 395's ported intrigue me. Both of the above saws look very strong! Real nice saws.
I am sure you will be happy with it Corey.

Right there with you! I ran T rollers at the PA gtg! Sick!

 

[T.Roller]

I like the way they balance with a standard weight 24" - 28" personally. Aren't they a little nose heavy with the 42? .404?

24" or 28" I'm going with a smaller saw for sure. 36" is nose heavy but hell man its a 36" lol. It's not like you're limbing with it

 

[T.Roller]

I ran this one and it's by far my favorite Husky! What an awesome saw!

It sure is. @Mastermind does one hell of a job on them

 

[Onan18]

24" or 28" I'm going with a smaller saw for sure. 36" is nose heavy but hell man its a 36" lol. It's not like you're limbing with it

I agree wholeheartedly, I was just saying what I liked on them for balance if falling and bucking all day unless you NEED a longer bar. And I also agree about grabbing a smaller saw for a shorter bar, that is why I love my low top 288 with a 24".