Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Rex said:I have 35 acres of woods and I would like to take advantage of some of the trees that fall or are blown over. I have two large Hemlocks that just fell over and will completely go to waste as I will not cut them up for firewood. They are quit a ways back in the woods so chunking them in 8,10, or12 foot lengths and bringing them out of the woods is probably out of the question. I also have a red maple down that has a good strait section. I’ll use the maple for firewood if I don’t make boards out of it. Probably cut it up and drag it out in early march on my snowmobile. My land has Oak, white pine, red pine, hemlock,some ash, maple mostly red, and a lot of Beach plus some other odds and ends. At this point I just want to save some of the stuff that is falling down on its own.
My chainsaw has 56.5 cc how much better would I need for a chainsaw mill?
Rex said:How about just cutting pine and no hardwood? The miny mill looks like it would be fun. How big a log could it cut? 12inch? Could I use it to square a bigger tree? Say like 18 inch? 12 inch bourds would be great but some of logs would be bigger to start with. My Father has an old Poulan that he dosin't use anymore i'll check the cc on that also.
Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Lol @ expenditures. Ain't that the way it works?zapny said:Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Rex, I did some Hemlock this year with the Stihl 660. With the help of Smokin and others things went pretty good except for spending more money then I expected.
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Danno77 said:Lol @ expenditures. Ain't that the way it works?zapny said:Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Rex, I did some Hemlock this year with the Stihl 660. With the help of Smokin and others things went pretty good except for spending more money then I expected.
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smokinjay said:Danno77 said:Lol @ expenditures. Ain't that the way it works?zapny said:Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Rex, I did some Hemlock this year with the Stihl 660. With the help of Smokin and others things went pretty good except for spending more money then I expected.
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Zaps a perfectionist! Nope
Could have layed-up a little cheaper..... YES
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Danno77 said:Someday I hope to get around to milling with my Super 250. It's an older saw that runs slow and loud, but I think it should be pretty capable and is only 84ccs.
zapny said:smokinjay said:Danno77 said:Lol @ expenditures. Ain't that the way it works?zapny said:Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Rex, I did some Hemlock this year with the Stihl 660. With the help of Smokin and others things went pretty good except for spending more money then I expected.
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Zaps a perfectionist! Nope
Could have layed-up a little cheaper..... YES
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:lol: Join the club.....
Without looking at specs this saw is 8k rpm IIRC. I can tell you a few more things that just never fail to surprise me when I pick it up to use it (especially after having used the 028 as my primary)Thistle said:Danno77 said:Someday I hope to get around to milling with my Super 250. It's an older saw that runs slow and loud, but I think it should be pretty capable and is only 84ccs.
That'd be a good set-up. Those old big saws didnt have the speed (unless modified like lots of the SP125's were) - back until they switched to an hourly wage,fallers were paid on how many thousand board feet they cut in a day's time.Called 'busheling', it wasnt unusual for a 2 man team to get 100,000 bd ft in 6-8 hrs,when dealing with the MASSIVE old-growth. In the early 1960's 1 man could bring home $300/wk after taxes,huge money compared to most other blue collar trades at the time.
What they lacked in RPMs they made up for it in immense low end torque.
zapny said:smokinjay said:Danno77 said:Lol @ expenditures. Ain't that the way it works?zapny said:Rex said:Is a stihl 029 super a good enough chainsaw to use with a chainsaw mill/Alaskan mill?
Rex, I did some Hemlock this year with the Stihl 660. With the help of Smokin and others things went pretty good except for spending more money then I expected.
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Zaps a perfectionist! Nope
Could have layed-up a little cheaper..... YES
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Dont get me wrong, I am Green with envy! Only thing worse would have been the M-7........... ;-) But my logs would never fit on one Thank God! :lol:
Danno77 said:If you said you have those two logs and that is all you'd ever use it for, then I'd say to give it a try. Like jay said, give it frequent breaks, saws like this shouldn't be run full throttle through a 15 minute cut.
I just can't see this being a good saw for what you are intending to do with it. I am with Jay that a 90cc+ is probably the way to go. You mig be able to get away with 80cc-ish, but not any smaller than that, especially if you are into hardwoods.
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