Had To Laugh....

There has been a couple discussion about saws lately, and I just thought this was rather comical.

I blew the tip out of one of my bars yesterday, and when I went into town last night, I made it to the local Husky / saw shop before 5. Well, I walk in there, and there is an older guy, 50's maybe, looking at the rack of chain saw bars. He grabs a 20" off the shelf, and asks Jason (owner) to hold it there with his saw, to see if it is long enough that he can cut, while standing up, without bending over! The kicker, it was!

He then looks up and sees me, and said, "woha! you got a bar long enough for him??" We all laughed, and I told him, in all seriousness, a 32" touches the ground just right!!!

I do run a 32" on one of my 288XP's, and I have a 28" / full comp (fassssst) on the wound up 288XP. 254 has a 24", 141 has a 16". The Stihl (ya.... I own one of those....) has a 28" on it as well I think... I don't use it much, but, it came from a special friend, and it needs to stay here with the rest of the herd! Sure don't fit in though!!

Hey Bryce! Quite a few years ago I picked up a Mc Culloch model 1000 on fleabay. That is six HP 100cc. Came with a 3 1/2 foot bar running 404 chisel chain. What a monster. Look her up on "Chainsaw Collectors Corner" web site. Any saw you can think of is on there with a boat load of information. That big baby now has a 4 footer with the roller tip. A tree removal crew came to the folks farm one day and gave my dad TWO truck loads of logs. Cheeper than going to a disposal yard. I think there were eleven of them. Huge silver maples from 18 inches up to two logs that were, well when I stuck the bar through them there was about 3 inches sticking out the other side. Took me two days to cut them all up. What gets me is the past few years the new Stills and others don't run like any of my saws. Mine run in the 11,ooo area MAX. Those things are up in the 13,000 range PLUS! As you said wayyyyyy fast. Good to see you in Chaps! Have fun.

Older guy? 50"s??? When do we drop the "er"????? LOL

If you don't want to end up in a few years not being able to understand much in a movie get doubled up on ear protection.

You should take the "er" as a compliment. When they just start calling you old, is when you should worry.

(quoted from post at 13:17:51 08/05/16) Older guy? 50"s??? When do we drop the "er"????? LOL

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A mere 'youngster'. :wink:

What? I'll 2nd the hearing protection and a pair of safety glasses. After you spend 15 minutes trying to flush a wood chip out of your eye you will never cut without them.

I'm 7 feet tall and run a 20" bar on my MS440. It's the only bar size I've had on there and I've gone through a few of them in 11 years as my only saw. I don't know what length of bar it would take to keep me from having to bend over, but I think I'd rather have the lighter weight. We don't have many trees that are over 40", and the few we have I don't plan to cut down so it has worked for me so far.
Zach

At 57, I sure don't think I'm old.

But there's days when my knees, back, hip,shoulders, the heart stents, my kids and the cute tellers at the bank disagree with me ( you know what the tellers are thinking cause of the "Mr."s and "sir"s)

Oh well

Fred

Nice looking pile of wood! I'm one of those old(er) guys too. I have to agree with the other guys about hearing and eye protection. When I first started working in the woods, I was a landing chaser. I went from that to falling and then skidding logs, but I would still help out on the landing once in a while if needed. I never wore ear plugs, because its a dangerous job and I wanted to be able to hear the Cats, skidders and loaders working around me. I have terrible hearing now, and I wore hearing protection on every other job I did, so I have to attribute most of my hearing loss to running chain saws. A friend that used to fall timber with me picked up a piece of a knot with his saw chain and stuck it in his eye. He still has his eyesight, thanks to a cornea transplant. Glad to see that you're wearing chaps, but wear your hearing and eye protection too!
I don't log anymore, but I cut quite a bit of firewood. I'm 5'8". The saw that I run the most is a Husky 55 with a 20" bar. I have to bend over a little, but its light. The saw that fits me the best is my Stihl 044 with a 30" bar. I guess it depends on what you are used to, the length of your arms, height of boot heels, etc. I also have a Husky 2100 with a 40" bar, left over from my logging days. I use it once in a while to cut a big tree. When I can't start it anymore, I'll know that I've gone from older to old!

Looks like you guys are having fun, always liked using saws. I only spent five years in the woods dropping trees and delivering the resulting firewood. My first saw was a Johnsered 910E that I bought new in 1980 with a 28 inch bar. I'm 6'4" and the bar would reach the ground and the saw balanced nicely, I could handle it quickly in any position. When it quit running in 2006 I replaced it with a new Johnsered with a 32" bar, the new saw is lighter and the bar makes it front heavy, awkward to carry and slow to maneuver. The saw was ordered and not picked up by someone and I got a deal on the price, after about a week I decided I would like a shorter bar to balance this new saw better. After looking at the price of new bars, the 32 is still on it but I don't use it much now. As others have said, hearing and eye protection are necessary if you want to hear and see when you are older. I bought a helmet with screen front and ear muffs when I bought the saw, it paid for itself. My father cut trees for logs and firewood over 60 years without hearing and eye protection, started with crosscut saw, ax and a horse to pull the logs to the landing. Had very little hearing left and a few near misses with his eyes.

Whaaaaat? ringing in the ears isn't all that bad. I just wish it wasn't constantly the same note :lol:

There is a reason for safety glasses and hearing protection in that work. Hearing loss is a slow erosion of the bones in the ear. If you ever break a chain and get wapped over the head you know why people wear hard hats even if nobody is above. safety Nazi stuff but important. Your halfway there now with gloves and apron.

(quoted from post at 11:20:10 08/06/16) There is a reason for safety glasses and hearing protection in that work. Hearing loss is a slow erosion of the bones in the ear. If you ever break a chain and get wapped over the head you know why people wear hard hats even if nobody is above. safety Nazi stuff but important. Your halfway there now with gloves and apron.

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im older too.run a husky 55 and last year i bought the littlest sthil they build.wish id bought it long ago.my husky is just fine but trimming the 55 is overkill and wears me down.that stihl is a fine lite weight saw for lite work