Added two new Orange tools recently!!

BloomingtonMike · Jul 22, 2006

Both Stihl though - FS250 Brushcutter and MS260 Pro Chainsaw.

Posting here to get ideas on the best way to transport them on the 3320. May just build a wooden platform for the carry all. Guess there is always the bucket approach.

Anyone else get creative to carry out tools that do not fit in a work box?

gizmo · Jul 23, 2006

I have that FS250 myself. It is seriously a powerful cutter. I had to go out and buy safety gear after I got my lip busted open from a small pebble. Also have a MS460 chain saw. I usually just carry them in the bucket.

Funny story. I was out gitten-er-done one Saturday and forgot about the chain saw in the bucket, picked up a load of debris and then dumped it on the trash pile. Out rolls my 460 completely engulfed in dust, sand, and rocks. No lasting harm done, just felt really stupid.

rockyridgefarm · Jul 25, 2006

I have an 026Pro thgat I have abused for years. I LOVE it. I am currently milling lumber with it and very happy.

One caution about bucket transport. It HAS happened where a user forget about the tools up there and used the bucket for some rediculous use like scooping up rocks (what do people think that thing is FOR anyway?)

So, while I usually stash mine in the bucket, I think will get a rear or side carrier for mine!

Have fun, that Stihl stuff is great.

BloomingtonMike · Jul 28, 2006

What mill are you using with your 026 pro?? What size bar????

rockyridgefarm · Jul 28, 2006

To star, I got a Logosol Timberjig. It is one of those that bolt on the saw and then it quides the saw through the log. I wanted to see if milling was at all practical before sinking real change into it. My first project was a picket fence. It went really well, and I am quite pleased. I hope to get their full mill and make my own barn.

I just used a 16" bar, as the saw is supposed to be too small for this. It never missed a beat. Of course, I am only milling small diameter logs, so that really helps..

I mostly have been cuttiing sassafras. I really like working with it. I used it because my goatvermin killed a bunch of them. It turns out that sassafras is a highly rot resistant wood, besides....