Let's See Your Chainsaws

[jar944]

I hear really good things about the Dolmar made Makitas, but I haven't ever run one.

Happend to see this in my YouTube feed this morning. They generally don't oil much over 28" without a oiler mod.

 

[Kent_B]

Stihl MS-291, there's an 034AV here, too

 

[Greeny]

14” bar, uses no gas, this thing is a beast!
Uses cooking oil or used motor oil for the chain, so it costs virtually nothing to operate.
Best use to date was dragging it 30’ or so up an oak tree with a pair of ropes to “remotely” drop the limbs from one side of the tree.
Fun times.

 

[mikeinri]

I have one of those, Remington brand. I've used it from a bucket lift several times, I love how light it is.

I can't wrap my head around what you're saying with two ropes and "remote control" cutting?????

Mike

 

[Greeny]

I can't wrap my head around what you're saying with two ropes and "remote control" cutting?????

Mike

This ought to be fun.

The light nylon line with a socket on the end is thrown about 300 times until it ends up where I want it. Then I use it to pull two ropes up and over the limb and back to the ground. One rope is the green one shown here attached to the chainsaw mount. That green one levers the chain saw into the branch. The other rope is attached to the black rope loop that is screwed to the board behind the chainsaw bar. That one is used to pull everything up to the branch and keep the hinged mount tight against the branch.

There's a zip tie that gets moved up and secures the trigger "on". The saw is secured to the hinged mount with screws and plumbers tape. It's plugged in to an extension cord that is NOT plugged in.
Everything is pulled up to the branch and then carefully wiggled around until the little shelf on the bottom of the chainsaw mount is snugged up against the underside of the branch. Now, when you pull the green rope, the saw levers up, the bar rotates down and contacts the branch. I was careful to pull the saw up on the left side of the branch, so the saw would still be safe in the tree when the branch is cut and falls.
The extension cord and ropes are long enough that everyone is safely out of reach of the falling branch.
Now the extension cord is plugged in "remotely", the saw comes to life, and I steadily pull the green rope until the chain contacts the branch and quickly cuts through it. Finally, everything is lowered back to the ground and it starts all over again on the next branch.
The branch used for demonstration purposes here was actually cut out of a tall oak with this set up.

 

[itsnoyfb]

Amazing ingenuity.

 

[Ton ton]

This ought to be fun.

The light nylon line with a socket on the end is thrown about 300 times until it ends up where I want it. Then I use it to pull two ropes up and over the limb and back to the ground. One rope is the green one shown here attached to the chainsaw mount. That green one levers the chain saw into the branch. The other rope is attached to the black rope loop that is screwed to the board behind the chainsaw bar. That one is used to pull everything up to the branch and keep the hinged mount tight against the branch.

There's a zip tie that gets moved up and secures the trigger "on". The saw is secured to the hinged mount with screws and plumbers tape. It's plugged in to an extension cord that is NOT plugged in.
Everything is pulled up to the branch and then carefully wiggled around until the little shelf on the bottom of the chainsaw mount is snugged up against the underside of the branch. Now, when you pull the green rope, the saw levers up, the bar rotates down and contacts the branch. I was careful to pull the saw up on the left side of the branch, so the saw would still be safe in the tree when the branch is cut and falls.
The extension cord and ropes are long enough that everyone is safely out of reach of the falling branch.
Now the extension cord is plugged in "remotely", the saw comes to life, and I steadily pull the green rope until the chain contacts the branch and quickly cuts through it. Finally, everything is lowered back to the ground and it starts all over again on the next branch.
The branch used for demonstration purposes here was actually cut out of a tall oak with this set up.

Thank you for the explanation.

 

[iamhomeless]

Ms290, ms028, msa120, and an fs90 with a pole saw head.

Had a nice size branch come down on the edge of the property in the wind storm last night, and fall across the neighbors driveway.

Fs90 got the brush cleared without having to climb in the middle of everything.

Need to do some carb work on the two big saws, the 028 doesn't like to start when it's cold and the 290 doesn't like to run idle after it gets hot, so they are quite the pair.

 

[mervyn]

Craftsman battery. Whopping 12 inch bar. Does what I ask of it. I like it.

 

[Rickntenn]

These work for anything I need to cut .

 

[mikeinri]

This ought to be fun.

The light nylon line with a socket on the end is thrown about 300 times until it ends up where I want it. Then I use it to pull two ropes up and over the limb and back to the ground. One rope is the green one shown here attached to the chainsaw mount. That green one levers the chain saw into the branch. The other rope is attached to the black rope loop that is screwed to the board behind the chainsaw bar. That one is used to pull everything up to the branch and keep the hinged mount tight against the branch.

There's a zip tie that gets moved up and secures the trigger "on". The saw is secured to the hinged mount with screws and plumbers tape. It's plugged in to an extension cord that is NOT plugged in.
Everything is pulled up to the branch and then carefully wiggled around until the little shelf on the bottom of the chainsaw mount is snugged up against the underside of the branch. Now, when you pull the green rope, the saw levers up, the bar rotates down and contacts the branch. I was careful to pull the saw up on the left side of the branch, so the saw would still be safe in the tree when the branch is cut and falls.
The extension cord and ropes are long enough that everyone is safely out of reach of the falling branch.
Now the extension cord is plugged in "remotely", the saw comes to life, and I steadily pull the green rope until the chain contacts the branch and quickly cuts through it. Finally, everything is lowered back to the ground and it starts all over again on the next branch.
The branch used for demonstration purposes here was actually cut out of a tall oak with this set up.

This could save me a TON of money!

I'm not following how the black ropes get around the branch to hold that in place.

Mike

 

[dchawk81]

My beast. It's surprisingly useful. It came in a case with a electric shears, a battery, AC/battery adapter, and misc for $90. The shears are also insanely good. Way more clamping force than I could ever produce with my hands.

 

[Greeny]

This could save me a TON of money!

I'm not following how the black ropes get around the branch to hold that in place.

Mike

There's a rope tied to the black loop. Using the loop helps keep the assembly from twisting. The rope/black loop is pulled over the branch and lifts the chainsaw into place, and tension on it keeps it tight against the branch.

 

[mikeinri]

Not seeing a video link, @Greeny...

Mike

 

[mikeinri]

My beast. It's surprisingly useful. It came in a case with a electric shears, a battery, AC/battery adapter, and misc for $90. The shears are also insanely good. Way more clamping force than I could ever produce with my hands.

What make / model is that?

Mike

 

[dchawk81]

What make / model is that?

Mike

None.

Just a cheap import from Amazon.

 

[Greeny]

Not seeing a video link, @Greeny...

Mike

It's a 3GP file and I can't figure out how to convert it or upload it.
It doesn't show anything except the branch falling, you can't see any of the saw or hinge details in use.

 

[Indexmill]

This ought to be fun.

The light nylon line with a socket on the end is thrown about 300 times until it ends up where I want it. Then I use it to pull two ropes up and over the limb and back to the ground. One rope is the green one shown here attached to the chainsaw mount. That green one levers the chain saw into the branch. The other rope is attached to the black rope loop that is screwed to the board behind the chainsaw bar. That one is used to pull everything up to the branch and keep the hinged mount tight against the branch.

There's a zip tie that gets moved up and secures the trigger "on". The saw is secured to the hinged mount with screws and plumbers tape. It's plugged in to an extension cord that is NOT plugged in.
Everything is pulled up to the branch and then carefully wiggled around until the little shelf on the bottom of the chainsaw mount is snugged up against the underside of the branch. Now, when you pull the green rope, the saw levers up, the bar rotates down and contacts the branch. I was careful to pull the saw up on the left side of the branch, so the saw would still be safe in the tree when the branch is cut and falls.
The extension cord and ropes are long enough that everyone is safely out of reach of the falling branch.
Now the extension cord is plugged in "remotely", the saw comes to life, and I steadily pull the green rope until the chain contacts the branch and quickly cuts through it. Finally, everything is lowered back to the ground and it starts all over again on the next branch.
The branch used for demonstration purposes here was actually cut out of a tall oak with this set up.

Ingenious? Yes. ******* crazy? Yes.

 

[mikeinri]

Why? I doubt it's unsafe. Everything is tied to the tree, and he's plenty far away before starting the saw.

Probably spends an insane amount of time setting up for each cut, though.

Mike

 

[Greeny]

This does take a long time to set up for an actual cut that takes a minute. But it was a solution to my one problem tree. It was a large oak that had split at a fork, leaving the tree fully weighted on one side, lined up to smash a maple I wanted to protect. This let me remove the limbs from the ground, and then safely cut the tree down without having it twist or fall weird.

 

[mikeinri]

Oh, NOW I get it, that picture helped a LOT!!!

When I looked at the pics of it on the bench, with the branch in its jaws, I thought it was meant to sit on top of the branch.

My solution is to rent a lift, which really only makes sense if you have a lot of trees to drop. Well, renting a lift to trim/drop one large tree is still less expensive than hiring it out, but I'm super-cheap and want to maximize the time I'm paying to have the machine!

Mike

 

[Greeny]

I don't know if this will work, got a couple of vids uploaded to an album here, still can't figure out how to add to a post.

High limb.mp4

www.garagejournal.com

Limb drop.mp4

www.garagejournal.com

 

[Camerl2009]

Bought this one Saturday runs unlike it’s older twin I have. Don’t mind the basement moving stuff around so I can set up my small engine repair/sharpening/wood working space.

 

[Camerl2009]

Here some of the other saws in the horde. There’s a poulan and poulan built jonsered and a grey market that was my first saw not pictured. The pioneer 1100 holiday is one of 2 parts saws that I’m building 1 turd saw out of. And my other 08s that I can’t figure out just keeps pouring fuel out of the carb. Forgot to add the pioneer 1074 there’s probably a couple I’m missing but their all over the place right now.

 

[duneslider]

I had the opportunity to use the Husqvarna 530iPT5 pole saw this last weekend, it was nothing short of amazing. I was blown away by how well it cut. If I had trees tall enough to justify a pole saw I would totally get one. The battery lasted way longer than I expected too.

 

[bulletpruf]

Here some of the other saws in the horde. There’s a poulan and poulan built jonsered and a grey market that was my first saw not pictured. The pioneer 1100 holiday is one of 2 parts saws that I’m building 1 turd saw out of. And my other 08s that I can’t figure out just keeps pouring fuel out of the carb. Forgot to add the pioneer 1074 there’s probably a couple I’m missing but their all over the place right now.

What Jonsereds? I collect the older ones - mostly silver top stuff - 110/111/111S, 80, 62/621, etc - but also the older ones - XF (world's most beautiful chainsaw), XA diesel, XB, XD, XH, etc.

 

[Camerl2009]

It’s a

What Jonsereds? I collect the older ones - mostly silver top stuff - 110/111/111S, 80, 62/621, etc - but also the older ones - XF (world's most beautiful chainsaw), XA diesel, XB, XD, XH, etc.

it’s a 2000’s model made by poulan. cheap homeowner saw that I found one day collecting scrap metal with a case extra chains ect just had to clean the moose hair out of it. I brought it home put gas in it and off she ran loaned it to a neghibor and the plastic around the clutch melted to it so now I’m looking for a winch that the motor burned out of to turn it into a chainsaw winch.

 

[RivennHewn]

More of a user, less of a collector here.

Still using my dad’s old Stihl 032 AV from the mid 70’s.

 

[Camerl2009]

More of a user, less of a collector here.

Still using my dad’s old Stihl 032 AV from the mid 70’s.

Old stihls are hard to beat I like the 08s bit heavy but great firewood and lots of parts available.

 

[Ton ton]

I am slowly gathering a collection of chainsaws, and like my vise addiction, or my hammer addiction, or my gun addiction, I have become obsessed with looking at them, learning about them, repairing them, and searching local ads for them, etc. And when you have lots of them, you also have to store them. Last night I upgraded my saw tree because of my recent yard sale scores on chainsaws.

*I have posted this on another forum, so if you have already seen it, we apparently share a common interest as well*

So this is what I am currently working with. It has 14 saws in it currently, with room for 1 more.
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I did a search and have seen lots of threads on chainsaws, but nothing about showing off your chainsaws, so let's see them.

Is your chainsaw tree bolted to the floor? Pardon the ignorant question.

 

[freudianfloyd]

Is your chainsaw tree bolted to the floor? Pardon the ignorant question.

It was not. I have since upgraded as the tree took up alot of space, but it was just attached to a big metal plate that sat on the ground.

 

[Ton ton]

It was not. I have since upgraded as the tree took up alot of space, but it was just attached to a big metal plate that sat on the ground.

Thank you. I was thinking about copying your idea but I am a bit concerned about it toppling. But I only have 3 saws so I could make a much shorter tree.

 

[Camerl2009]

Thank you. I was thinking about copying your idea but I am a bit concerned about it toppling. But I only have 3 saws so I could make a much shorter tree.

3 so far

 

[RivennHewn]

My other saw is a Milwaukee cordless. It stays at the sawmill for misc limbing and trimming to length.

It’s quiet, so it helps keep the peace with the neighbors, as a lot of times I’m prepping logs in the evenings.

Here it is getting a little love.

 

[bulletpruf]

My other saw is a Milwaukee cordless. It stays at the sawmill for misc limbing and trimming to length.

It’s quiet, so it helps keep the peace with the neighbors, as a lot of times I’m prepping logs in the evenings.

Here it is getting a little love.

Yep, that's all the saw most homeowners need. My problem is whether to buy an M18 Milwaukee to match a dozen or so M18 tools or buy a Stihl to match a few dozen Stihl chainsaws. I'll likely get the Stihl, but they're much more expensive.

 

[bulletpruf]

Thank you. I was thinking about copying your idea but I am a bit concerned about it toppling. But I only have 3 saws so I could make a much shorter tree.

When we got to Italy in 2015 for a 3 year tour, I had 2 saws, both later model Poulan homeowner grade stuff. I ended up pulling one off the shelf to give it a tuneup and fuel line change, and in doing some research, I realized that my saw was inferior to a professional saw. I also realized that folks actually collect and restore vintage saws. From there, I realized that the dollar was very strong against the euro, and that vintage pro saws were really inexpensive in Germany and Sweden. We ended up bringing back over 100 chainsaws to the states at the end of my 3 year tour, and I sold a bunch more before we left.

Anyway, you'll figure out soon enough that saws tend to multiply.

 

[Camerl2009]

I started off with 1 Chinese grey market saw that I bought at princess auto for $65 at one of their warehouse sales. I found the jonsered(built by poulan) scrapping was sitting in the garbage on top of a chair in its case with 3 extra chains. Then I went down the vintage rabbit hole I have lost count of.

 

[bulletpruf]

Finally found an inexpensive ($400) Stihl 064AV. Bought it to fill the gap between my 044 (71cc) and 075 (111cc). Will probably keep it mostly stock, but with a muffler mod and maybe a base gasket delete. It'll wear a 28" bar most of the time, but I have a 36" bar if needed.

 

[threewood]

MS 271 bought back around 2003, cut many a cord of oak and poplar with it for firewood. Also a MS660 that I got for free. Owner was throwing it away because it stopped running. It needed a new crank/rod as the rod bearings were cooked so I bought an oem crank and got it up and running.

 

[bulletpruf]

A free 660? You ****!!!

I got a pretty good deal on a complete, but disassembled 066 in about 6 years ago for $150. Just needed a few minor parts to complete.