Tree guy dropped off a couple more truck loads of logs including a few of the big ones. Got my Husky 372 XP XTorq running - and I'm quite sure I have no idea how to tune the high end by ear - but I think it's rich enough for now. (Thanks to mdavlee for the needle presets). Not sure if the plug tells me much but I pulled it to see anyway. I can say this - if/when the 461 comes out with M-Tronic, I had better not visit my Stihl dealer ever again. I like the 372 size/power and with the refinements of a Stihl it would be impossible to resist. I also took a pic of my first half cord cut/split/stacked. It reminds me of the first dollar earned they frame at a small business. There will be many many more of these.
Sweet deal all around man! I love the dollar bill reference! This was my first stack.. I'll never forget it.
I just bought a new 461 Friday a week ago, so sure as chit Stihl will introduce a 462 Mtronic next week! I don't care I'll buy it too! I've not used the new 461 much, just enough to know it will be my " go to" saw for everything except the really big stuff. I've a new 660 for that.
Hot dog! Those look like great saw logs. Brings back some good memories when I was making lumber. What's the deal on the Mtronic?
They say the Mtronic is a pretty good system. I'm not proficient at carb tuning but maybe that will change when my new fast tach arrives. My boss still can't understand why these didn't end up at a sawmill. I see his point.
most mills won't touch logs that big, and if they are yard trees they shy away even more so. rounds like that are "fun" to work up - in that they make a pile of splits fast
Im not ruling out anything, but having gone over the stihl and husky i find the stihl to have better attrntion to detail. The fact that the clutch cover nuts are retained is one example. Worth the big bucks, i cant say for sure but they are nicer all around.
Not in my day! I loved sawing logs like that but no, we did not take yard trees or trees from fencerows.
Dang! Oak logs that nice dropped for free! Killer score!! I love working up oak rounds that size - so many splits and lots of nice big rectangles to pack the stove - love it! Tuning by ear take a bit of practice - I'm pretty good now but prefer to tune with my tach - getting a good tune with the tach also trains your ear so you are more likely to notice issues when using the saw. Cheers!
Not free. What you see here is less than half of what I paid $500 total. I was able to hear the difference between two and four stroking i think. It helps when the saw is bar deep into the face of a log, i think the sound reflects back better. I perceive the four stroking as a buzz sound and two stroking sounds like a smooth whine. My L adjust is rich I think, and the H is slightly rich. At full speed it buzzes under light load and goes smooth when its heavier into the cut. The tach says it tops out around 13k free.
