Aftermarket Mufflers

[firecracker_77]

Baileys online sells a muffler that I think is better than the stock ones. Anyone ever swap them out? The mufflers are $30 a piece. They also sell chain in 100' spools for $3 a foot. How do you make it work for you though? Do you have to have a special link to connect the chain to itself?

 

[clemsonfor]

Yea there special links that you beat togeatjer. There is a tool to break them too. Look online you will see them. But unless your like Scotty or someone who has a gazillion bars and burns up the chain its not worth the time. I'm a forester and deal with loggers almost every day. I have only seen one in my 7 or so years that was even set up to make loops. Most just buy it at the shop just like us.

And for the mufflers I saw them last night while getting an order together. For the mine they it. There several on eBay cheaper than those and similar as well.

 

[mikey517]

I bought the Non-CAT muffler for my Husky 353. Looked and felt exactly like the OEM CAT, was an easy direct swap, and does the job.

 

[firecracker_77]

Yea there special links that you beat togeatjer. There is a tool to break them too. Look online you will see them. But unless your like Scotty or someone who has a gazillion bars and burns up the chain its not worth the time. I'm a forester and deal with loggers almost every day. I have only seen one in my 7 or so years that was even set up to make loops. Most just buy it at the shop just like us.

And for the mufflers I saw them last night while getting an order together. For the mine they it. There several on eBay cheaper than those and similar as well.

Thanks...just curious.

 

[TreePointer]

As mentioned, you need a breaker, spinner, and consumables (chain, tie straps, rivets). Add in time and labor and it's easier for most to get premade loops.

 

[ScotO]

local shop makes 'em for around the same price/slightly cheaper than you can get on fleabay......they'll also shorten or replace mashed-up links in your used chains for a reasonable cost too...

Listen, I cut a TON of trees in a year, and I just buy loops or have the local shop make 'em in a pinch......like Treepointer said, a lot of expensive tools to make a chain here and there, it just ain't worth the initial cost (unless you are making and selling a TON of 'em).

 

[jeff_t]

I know TWO guys with the tools. One's father was a partner in an equipment dealership, and the other was given a bunch of chain loops that were the proper pitch and guage, but too long. I have trashed a 28" loop or two , so I picked up a few tie straps and presets. I go grab a six pack and come home with a 20" skip loop . I don't think I'd ever buy a spool, though. Maybe if somebody was dumping them sooooper cheap.

I'd run that new saw as is for a while and not worry about the muffler. When you get over the wow factor and get bored with it, then start to play.

 

[firecracker_77]

Makes sense. Just looking and curious. Baileys has an interesting catalog.

 

[TreePointer]

Makes sense. Just looking and curious. Baileys has an interesting catalog.

Yes, just looking at that catalog is very dangerous.

 

[firecracker_77]

Yes, just looking at that catalog is very dangerous.

Hahaha...I was envisioning myself wearing their $200 logger boots. Way over the top

 

[MasterMech]

Im a big fan of the dual port mufflers available for the 70cc+ Stihls. But iirc testing wasn't showing gains anywhere near what was being seen on saws like the 440 or 460. Seems the newer Stihls (461 was tested on a dyno) were breathing just fine through factory mufflers and were needing muffler mods only after porting.

The nice part about firecracker's 441 is that swapping to a DP muffler is just a bolt on deal. The carburetor will adjust to the muffler all by itself.

 

[clemsonfor]

Hahaha...I was envisioning myself wearing their $200 logger boots. Way over the top

Those are cheap, look up Nicks or Whites custom boots

 

[firecracker_77]

Those are cheap, look up Nicks or Whites custom boots

No...I just meant over the top for what I would need. I'm sure there's better gear out there.

I know this guy on Youtube....Wranglerstar...had a review of some expensive fire resistant boots for fighting forest fires

 

[clemsonfor]

Yep whites and Nick's are custom boots that western loggers and firefighters buy. You measure and trace your foot. They were around $500 8 yrs ago depending upon options u get. There also rebuildable.