Finally !

The Sugihara bar has arrived ! These things can be like Hen's teeth to get at times . The 460 will be happy now .
I know ..... pics or it never happened . They'll show up soon . Right now it's crap outside ,and I've been visited by Mr. flu.

Along with a temperature?

You betcha. Nothing really high ,maybe pushing 100 . That and I feel like my joints are being broken .

Hoping you feel better soon, Nixon. Looking forward to some pics and a full field report as soon as you get better, bud!

Should be going out in about an hour . Not feeling exactly like the top of the world , but a lot better than a day ago .
Even going to use a new rm chain !

Well, I believe I'll keep the 460. For a new saw running a tad rich ,she's got a lot of power . I didn't have anything large to bury the bar in close at hand ,but what I was cutting was frozen . I did lean on it fairly hard,and it took a lot of force to get a significant rpm drop. Once broken in , I'm sure it will out perform the 044 and 372 by a good bit . Can't wait to see what it does with rs chain in clean wood .I'm also curious to see what it's like running an 8 pin once it gets a few more tanks fed to it.
Only cut three bucket loads ,as I'm not 100% and that's when bad things happen .
Pics to follow shortly

Here they are!

And a few more