August Hunicke Videos

Cottonwood is a factor, I suspect. It swells a lot.


My new rear-handled, battery Husky seems to be a bit more susceptible to stalling with a bit of binding.


I'll run mine looser. Thanks Mick.
 
treebilly said:
PPS. Chipper food is what I really think of those overpriced saws. Not removal worthy yet. Back to the drawing board boys
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Neither is the T150, but I still love mine.

We bought an akku saw to keep next to the chipper, it is really great for that.
Then Richard used it to repollard a few linden and fell in love with it, so yesterday we bought the one August is showing.
Got a " death by 1000 cuts" beech prune this saturday, be a good chance for him to try it out.

Gotta say, the lack of noise is great.
 
On a proper prune (though they’re few and far between for me these days) I like that they’re always on and off, so you move around the tree not having to either decide to start the saw and leave it running.

I like it in hedge lowering for the lack of fumes in a confined space (ie a hedge) and they’re less dangerous to one hand.
 
Mick! said:
On a proper prune (though they?re few and far between for me these days) I like that they?re always on and off, so you move around the tree not having to either decide to start the saw and leave it running.

I like it in hedge lowering for the lack of fumes in a confined space (ie a hedge) and they?re less dangerous to one hand.
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Good point about fumes in tight places




Weve begun to use our akku Stihl on the ground for chipper. I like it for that.


Aug
 
that lil echo was really ripping. Have you tried the bigger top handle echo, 355 I think it is? Jed says they rage.
 
I love how they turned out. I’ve never owned a saw that has had much more than a muffler mod and timing advance. Is it worth it? I just blew up my 046, believe I bought it in 98’. Is that worth fixing with a mod?? I really don’t know. I just know your 200’s out cut most of my stock mid size saws.
 
treebilly said:
I love how they turned out. I?ve never owned a saw that has had much more than a muffler mod and timing advance. Is it worth it? I just blew up my 046, believe I bought it in 98?. Is that worth fixing with a mod?? I really don?t know. I just know your 200?s out cut most of my stock mid size saws.
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All my saws are ported now

beware, once you start it?s hard to stop.
Besides, what do you have to lose..
 
Very true. It’s blown now. Doesn’t owe me a thing. I can replace it for a little under a grand with a new 461. I don’t know what the complete rebuild would be with mods. Still trying to do that homework. The thing with porting is that there has to be a trade off. Kinda like tweeking the injection pump and turbo on a diesel pick up. Ya get more power but lose engine life.
 
treebilly said:
Very true. It?s blown now. Doesn?t owe me a thing. I can replace it for a little under a grand with a new 461. I don?t know what the complete rebuild would be with mods. Still trying to do that homework. The thing with porting is that there has to be a trade off. Kinda like tweeking the injection pump and turbo on a diesel pick up. Ya get more power but lose engine life.
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I think a lot of these saws and diesel trucks for that matter come from the factory detuned and I dont believe thats the recipe for long engine life.

What ratio and oil did you run through you blown saw?
Most saw nerds run a bit richer than the 50:1 stihl recommends.

My trade off is that I use 32:1 schaeffer 2 stroke oil.
The richer mix helps keep the bearings and bottom end well lubed.

I run woods port saws that pull soo much harder and smoother and not a race saw that needs to be rebuilt after every race...
I dont go for a leaned out cant racer..

The builder I use is Tree Monkey and hes in Wisconsin and his saws are insane.. legendary.
My 066, 461 and my 261 and even my 201tc are ported to a greater or lesser extent. The bigger saws are monsters. The smaller saws are dream machines.
 
cory said:
that lil echo was really ripping. Have you tried the bigger top handle echo, 355 I think it is? Jed says they rage.
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Cory the 355 (modded, minde you!) is worth it's weight in gold, but the oilers tend to burn-out pretty quick. This'll piss a lot of guys (me among them) right off, so... maybe best to grab an extra oiler from the dealer.

Haven't tried the new little saw yet, but I predict that August actually WILL be using that saw increasingly on all his big removals despide the inclination not to that he expressed in the vid.

I've got a dear friend who SWEARS by modded 193's. So much so that (and almost all he does is big removals) he sold my new friend his barely used 200t for $500.00. Everybody though he was insane. He won't even go back to a regular sized top-handle and swears that his 193 will hang with a 200t anyways.
 
Rich, the trade-off seems to be higher emissions and louder when you have a ported saw.
Saw actually runs cooler and lasts longer when they have work done, I believe. I'm no saw guru, though.
 
I have a 046 that I have been using since the mid 90s. Modified, 210 pounds of compression. I had a stock saw that was newer than that wore out and this one still goes.


Aug
 
Showing the mundane. Such a boring tedious job. Pruning just makes a boring video. Sorry not my favorite:P.

So August would you recommend a new saw and having it tweaked or rebuilding my 20 year old 046? It didn?t explode or lock up. Lost compression is what it seems like. I haven?t had time to tear it open yet
 
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