Thread: show us your chainsaws

Been getting some big Kanuka that has come down the river after the Cyclone. One of the few benefits of the storm, worth grabbing it wile its there. The silt is not nice on the chain of my Stihl 461 but have a few old chains to use, needs sharpening/touching up every half a tank



Splits so nicely too, counting the rings the bigger stuff is 100 years old.

Nice, I mean such a waste haha...

Originally Posted by No.3

Nice, I mean such a waste haha...

Yea it is a waste for firewood but no one else will do much with it. Some nice pieces would be good for sawn timber but not sure how you would get on with the silt/cracking.

Had cause to use my small saw today - wee Stihl electric

Quiet, easy, one-handed no problem

A good option to have

Nice to see the Shindaiwa. Have a couple of.mates with them, great saws.

A bit of an update, last year I was running a 572 but also went and bought a 592 which is a totally different beast being slightly heavier but also more powerful even by the sound of it when you fire her up.

Since then, it's been running sweet where I even bought a 32-inch bar for some of the bigger logs I deal to.

Just the other month I bought another 572 which was going cheap which I run with a 20-inch bar.

After doing 15 cube of Mac and slabbing a bit as well some old man pine beckoned. It looked big standing up but it seems even bigger lying down. We have our work cut out for us getting this split. Not the prettiest stump but it was 1.5 m in diameter.
We counted the rings and got to 119 before we lost track about half an inch from the bark.

in that last photo,it looks like husky is laying down dead and is it a stihl I see up higher waiting patiently to continue with the work LOL

Yes the huskies resting, it's limbed most of the head already. Stuff waving a 12 kg one around for that job.

Just put a west coast saw exhaust on my 500i, sounds all so good! Haha

a bark box for boxing bark!!!!

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I stick with the classics. Haven't had a chance to break in the new piston due to slipped discs... The old man stepped in and bought me a load of wood for next year, we usually go get a tree together around this time of year.

Forgive me father for I have sinned. My dad made me do it. Used a orange saw last week.....and worse still it was electric!!!!! Stuff that I said and dug out his old ms160? Wee Stihl...much betterer. Was rather impressed as he neglects his gear but she ran like a dream and made short work of whatever I asked once I had given chain a wee tickle up. And yes I did shower after using the "spawn of the devil" orange thing.