Thread: show us your chainsaws

If it's really good nick maybe a little more? Just be aware with the old saws hard gaskets and fuel lines. It's a pain in the arse having to change out the soft goods, hoses boots and gaskets because they've swollen and split...

Originally Posted by No.3

If it's really good nick maybe a little more? Just be aware with the old saws hard gaskets and fuel lines. It's a pain in the arse having to change out the soft goods, hoses boots and gaskets because they've swollen and split...

Obviously the value to me may be less than those who don’t have a pile of 024’s already.


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well its a bit like 2nd had rifles....a good one is still in compitition with the cheapest brand new one... so go to mitre 10 and find something similar size,then buy the stihl and be happy.

Originally Posted by MSL

Obviously the value to me may be less than those who don’t have a pile of 024’s already.


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"A pile of 024's..." Yeah, ok - times like this I realise that maybe I don't have a problem after all haha. I swing between my usual two saws and anything up to 6 or 7 of various types that I get as play saws to fix up. I def don't have a pile of anything saw related except maybe bars and chains!!!

Originally Posted by No.3

"A pile of 024's..." Yeah, ok - times like this I realise that maybe I don't have a problem after all haha. I swing between my usual two saws and anything up to 6 or 7 of various types that I get as play saws to fix up. I def don't have a pile of anything saw related except maybe bars and chains!!!

To be fair, I dug the 024 stuff out of my fathers shed. I always have the 046 and 881 with me, then add a husky 550 or shindaiwa 362 when required.


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Has that 56” even been on a saw since I made a loop for it?


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Originally Posted by MSL

Has that 56” even been on a saw since I made a loop for it?


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Yep, dealt to some massive poplars and now back down to the tiny 36"
Going to have a play with that chain slabbing a couple of tops.


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One of the coolest "chainsaw things" I've seen . . . . Paul Wilson (or was it Adams) of Jacob's River, South Westland . . . A heck of a good bushman/businessman, and one of the largest girthed blokes you'd ever meet!

But could he run a saw. Mid 1980s as I recall. My Dad wanted some Totara slabs for tables, Paul said he knew where there a big downed log, and he was surely right, it was at least 6' diameter, maybe 7' Paul cut perfect 2.5" thick x 12' long slabs off it at full width after opening it out. Perfectly even and flat just like they'd come off a mill, all done with a bar of about 40 or maybe 42 cutting from both sides. I got an end off o e slab and still have the coffee table I made from it.

Paul had at that time recently supplied the massive Totara beams that were carved for the meeting house in Te Papa. You'd have to go a long way to meet a prouder, more generous and Maori man of absolute integrity

One of the coolest "chainsaw things" I've seen . . . . Paul Wilson (or was it Adams) of Jacob's River, South Westland . . . A heck of a good bushman/businessman, and one of the largest girthed blokes you'd ever meet!

But could he run a saw. Mid 1980s as I recall. My Dad wanted some Totara slabs for tables, Paul said he knew where there a big downed log, and he was surely right, it was at least 6' diameter, maybe 7' Paul cut perfect 2.5" thick x 12' long slabs off it at full width after opening it out. Perfectly even and flat just like they'd come off a mill, all done with a bar of about 40 or maybe 42 cutting from both sides. I got an end off o e slab and still have the coffee table I made from it.

Paul had at that time recently supplied the massive Totara beams that were carved for the meeting house in Te Papa. You'd have to go a long way to meet a prouder, more generous and Maori man of absolute integrity

The 046/MS460 is a good size, I have a lot more respect for them after doing the rebuild on the squashed one I got. I like the design more than the 044/MS440 as it doesn't have the sleeve/collar on the clutch side that the seal runs on - this can give issues I hear and I had one come through that leaked between the collar and crank shaft. Not enough to damage anything but enough to make it not tuneable.

My usual 'big' saw is a MS361, which is for what I need pretty much perfectly sized. I don't need much over a 22" bar, that goes through just about everything I have on hand even if I have to go from both sides. I can see the attraction in the 046/881 combo though, makes a lot of sense. Better than trying to do everything with a MS660, lugging one of those around all day when you don't have to would get ordinary fairly quickly. The 046 is a lot more handy and that much easier to swing and a little cheaper to feed...

Would be my favourite size too as an all round saw. Done literally thousands of hours waste thinning on 044/440/441/462. Perfect power to weight ratio I reckon, and they’re reliable as. Will grab the 441 for firewood over my 660/661 these days, unless logs are big and need ripped. Found this freshly traded 440 at stihl shop a couple years back, absolutely mint, couldn’t leave it sitting there




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Had my two petrol saws out over the last couple of days doing some firewood. Shed is nearly full again.

Yeah I have a similar split for me usual two saws except MS361 and MS260, with an 044 'slant fin/10mm pin/red lever' (whatever you want to call it) as the big one I have hanging around at the mo. The 361 was brand new German assembled when I got it, nice saw and only really just starting to work at full go now (taken a while to break in). The 260 is ex a yard contractor and used hard on everything including palm and punga, very hard on saws those palm fibres. Done a lot of work and a little chewed out around the clutch area on the crankcase, but cannot fault how it runs! Only thing I don't like on it is the non-adjustable oil pump driven directly off the crankshaft. I've got my eye out for a non-running 026 Pro or 260C with the adjustable pump kit in it... The 044 is the granddaddy of the bunch, rode hard put away wet looking saw but mint where it matters and runs like a beast. I was thinking about tidying it up, but it runs so well I'm really hesitant to touch it.

Bought this last week as a stand in while saw is being seen too. Done a few branches and a couple stays/stay holes.






Sounds like a kids toy but done the job so far. Its no Sthil but for $250 u get what u pay for….It’s gonna have to cos now have have to make a decision to repair or replace other saw…..


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

Bought this last week as a stand in while saw is being seen too. Done a few branches and a couple stays/stay holes.






Sounds like a kids toy but done the job so far. Its no Sthil but for $250 u get what u pay for….It’s gonna have to cos now have have to make a decision to repair or replace other saw…..


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