Chainsaws and those who use them

[Tubby’s Canteen]

The first saw my Dad had was a Canadian built Precision with an 18" bow. It was big, awkward, slow and heavy, weighed about 40lbs. Manual oiler, pull rope you carried in your pocket. About the only good thing about it was for bucking on a yard. Set the damn thing on the ground and let it cut down through.
That one lasted only a few years and we went to McCulloch d44s and d55s for felling. I ran an old model 47 for yard bucking. That one was gear driven so there was a transmission that took oil. Manual bar oiler. Big and slow but it would cut. Pretty good yard saw at that time.(1950s).

The furthest back I’ve dealt with is 162s and that speaks more to their longevity then my age. Father started on xl12 homelites and progressed from there.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

That 670 is beautiful!

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

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266xp I picked up todayView attachment 676410View attachment 676411

 

[Sarg]

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As I remember lots of parts interchangeable with the Husky 266, I had both for a while, the Johnny wasn’t as reliable as a professional saw !

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

As I remember lots of parts interchangeable with the Husky 266, I had both for a while, the Johnny wasn’t as reliable as a professional saw !

It depends some parts are 266 some are 162se some are stand alone jonsered.

 

[Jim Golden]

I could only afford one, so have a Stihl MS361 with a 20" bar. One of the contractors working for me that cut trees a lot used one and swore by it. Dad has one of those, and a smaller Stihl.... He uses the smaller one 95% of the time but then gets the heavier one out now and then. I could only get one, so got the heavier one. On paper, there are only a few pounds difference between them....but the heavier one seems to feel MUCH heavier after a couple hours than the 3 lbs lighter one. I forget the model....MS299 or something. A buddy of mine has some old Homelite's where the power head is the size of a 12hp Briggs and Straton. He has one that is a two man saw and the bar is about 8' long. Some fool has to hold the idler bearing thing on the end of the bar while the other guy runs the power head. We don't have trees that big where I live....guess he got it as a collector

 

[Jim Golden]

Anyone ever run a gear driven chainsaw? I haven't but wanted to borrow one from a friend a long time ago.
Anyone ever use a turning hook? I have my grandfather's. Sure saves the back sometimes.

My dad bought a turning hook after he hurt his back one time trying to roll a big log over. I think Husky made it. It sure helps!

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

My dad bought a turning hook after he hurt his back one time trying to roll a big log over. I think Husky made it. It sure helps!

Is this what you guys call a turning hook?

 

[Dirtdart]

The Stihl 251C with the "easy start" is not heavy duty but allows me to fire up with very little range of motion and strength. On the occasion I pinch the bar on the gas burner the EGO 18" battery will extract it so that I can stay in the air and keep cutting.
The last gallon of chain and bar oil I bought had red die in it which makes it so much easier to see the oil spitting that I will never use any that doesn't have it.

 

[Ravensview]

Tubbys Canteen, I’ve always known that as a peavy, use mine quite a bit

 

[Jim Golden]

Is this what you guys call a turning hook? View attachment 676415

Yup, that's it!

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Yup, that's it!

We call them a peavey on the east coast of Canada

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

The Stihl 251C with the "easy start" is not heavy duty but allows me to fire up with very little range of motion and strength. On the occasion I pinch the bar on the gas burner the EGO 18" battery will extract it so that I can stay in the air and keep cutting.
The last gallon of chain and bar oil I bought had red die in it which makes it so much easier to see the oil spitting that I will never use any that doesn't have it.

That lift looks like it would be an impressive deer stand

 

[Longwalker]

Peavey in Central and Western Canada too.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I mix 40:1 in the winter an 32:1 in the spring 32 helps with the flies , foul the odd plug but what is the cost of the plug as compared to a ring and jug

still calls for 50:1 and their premix is 50:1.

do you think they your saws burn up at the 50:1? just curious, i have had great luck with 50:1 mix with my stihls, am i missing something

The EPA says 50-1 I don’t think it’s enough. The reason I used 37-1 is because thats what putting 3 quarts of gas to a gallon mix gives you.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Peavey in Central and Western Canada too.

Peaveys have the spear point, Can’t hooks have a cleat.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

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I’ve got cant hooks but there short handled and used to turn logs on a saw carriage. Never seen one with a two handed handle.

 

[steve white]

Agreed, my comment about estate sales was more about hand tools such as vintage craftsman wrenches.

Couple of years ago I went to the local tractor dealership that is an echo dealer and bought a 590, 4920, 310 and the extendable pole saw.

Told the sales men, I’ll take all 4 saws on the condition that your mechanic fills them with fuel and bar oil and gets them started for the first time…. Done deal!

I’ve also learned the benefit of ethanol free gasoline in small engines.

+1 on the ethanol free--and you don't have to buy it in those expensive little cans anymore. More and more stations have a pump. Buckees does and some 7/11 as well, especially near the lakes.

 

[steve white]

I’ve got cant hooks but there short handled and used to turn logs on a saw carriage. Never seen one with a two handed handle.View attachment 676441

Mine is longer than your peevee. Grandpa and GGP used to load logs onto wagons by using turning hooks to roll them up planks. One man on each end, taking turns holding/turning sequentially. They cleared land with axes and crosscut saws in winter when you couldn't farm. Charged $2.50 an acre. Ran out of work before too many years and would move.