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Thread: show us your chainsaws

  1. 20-05-2023, 10:09 AM #496
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    Quote Originally Posted by TeRei View Post
    The 540XP is very very hard to beat.
    The top handle or rear handle ?

    Or the elec ?

    They make three model of 540 now
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
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  3. 20-05-2023, 02:42 PM #497
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    Quote Originally Posted by WaikatoBushman View Post
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    I had to start fresh after a devasting house fire took everything from me last year, @Matt308 ended up with the 500i, I hope it's still going hard if your reading this mate!
    @WaikatoBushman that 500i cuts like a demon, it’s ruined me haha no tree is too big, I just cut them all up
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  4. 20-05-2023, 02:54 PM #498
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
    The top handle or rear handle ?

    Or the elec ?

    They make three model of 540 now
    Humble folk have the top handle.
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  5. 20-05-2023, 03:21 PM #499
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    I have a T435 here

    Quite good saws but a rear handle is better for firewood
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  6. 21-05-2023, 05:50 PM #500
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    I've used top handles, do their job but don't feel as nice and balanced in the cut as the normal saw designs. That Stihl model that came out with the chain brake activated by releasing the rear handle was weird as well.
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  7. 21-05-2023, 06:52 PM #501
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
    I have a T435 here

    Quite good saws but a rear handle is better for firewood
    Miles and miles of tracks. Never missed a beat. Easily the best saw I have ever had.
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  8. 21-05-2023, 07:00 PM #502
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    Quote Originally Posted by TeRei View Post
    Miles and miles of tracks. Never missed a beat. Easily the best saw I have ever had.
    muffler modded mine straight out as the original was shockingly restrictive

    16inch bar and full chisel chain

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  9. 21-05-2023, 08:01 PM #503
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
    muffler modded mine straight out as the original was shockingly restrictive

    16inch bar and full chisel chain

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    You've been watching too many buckin billy ray videos!
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    Come on guys you do not need big saws
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    That's gonna take more then one tank of gas
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    Chain, bar, saw...
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    On the other hand it is a Stihl so it's probably going to be trying to start while it's lying in state...
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  14. 22-05-2023, 11:36 PM #508
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
    muffler modded mine straight out as the original was shockingly restrictive

    16inch bar and full chisel chain

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    Ours has cut some big wood. Mods like that are beyond me. Skill set.
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  15. 23-05-2023, 09:00 AM #509
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    If your only doing vertical cutting consider removing the dogs

    They only slow the cut as they hang up or force a bar angle change

    You still need a oil tank protector/slider, made an alloy one here

    You get another 2 inches of usable bar too

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    Keep ‘em sharp so you can throw the axe away

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  16. 23-05-2023, 09:08 AM #510
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    Thats a very bashed-in looking muffler 7mmsaum!
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