Echo vs Husqvarna

[Industrial Toys]

People that are **** about how perfect their wood looks kill me.

It is a pain to get a piece of wood to the stove and find that you just can get it in though. Those people with the perfect wood must have a real problem on their hands when they get to the end of the log and have a big decision to make about how to cut the last piece. Two pieces too small or one rignt and one one wrong?

On Topic. Used my Echo saw a bit lately. Can't say anything bad about it. Seems to drink a lot of bar oil though, but pleased to see no puddle under saw yet unlike all my Stihl saws.

 

[goeduck]

Those people with the perfect wood must have a real problem on their hands when they get to the end of the log and have a big decision to make about how to cut the last piece.

About 3 cuts before the end I eyeball where I am going to end up and go up or down a few inches on each remaining piece so I do not end up with a few inches left over. But there are always times when you get scraps. I just toss the scraps on top of the woodpile so it does not mess the stack up. It all burns.

 

[Oldpath05]

Could you repeat that?

I would but I forgot what I said and I cant stand people that repeat themselves...........

 

[Oldpath05]

About 3 cuts before the end I eyeball where I am going to end up and go up or down a few inches on each remaining piece so I do not end up with a few inches left over. But there are always times when you get scraps. I just toss the scraps on top of the woodpile so it does not mess the stack up. It all burns.

Me to, your hired.......................

 

[Oldpath05]

("People that are **** about how perfect their wood looks kill me.")

I like to report a crime, I just killed Industrial Toys, but it was pure accidental. There I was trying to keep my firewood in a uniformed-ish size length and he got all bent out a shape, well one thing led to another and now he's gone to that great firewood pile in the sky. But I still have my firewood cut-rite because I wont stop using Cut-Rite firewood measuring guide, this is based on a true story, the names were change to protect the innocent if there is any....................
Cut Rite

 

[Industrial Toys]

Why not one of those HUGE vernier calipers? Might as well be accurate.

I do like the gauge idea. I have a bunch of old M style AIr fittings I might try and use, with some fiberglass rod or discarded trucker antennas.

 

[4570Man]

I think most of us that don’t care have a big enough stove to burn most anything. If you had a little stove which I really don’t understand why you’d buy in the first place than precise cut wood would be a lot more important.

 

[Industrial Toys]

One of my joys is getting what I call Firewood for immediate consumption. Deadfall, or standing barkless dead, usually ELM cut into three foot pieces, dumped on the front porch and burned in the large fireplace, with glass doors and a heatalator. Nothing like feeling and seeing ones efforts of the day, and not bothering with dinky wood or splitting. Then you put on a "night clunker', something you can barely lift to keep the fire going til morning.

 

[Oldpath05]

It's not just the little stove that takes a 20" long, so called little stick, it's the hassle of stacking firewood so the stacked pile wont fall over because of uneven wood, stacking 15 to 24" wood is more of a pain then stacking uniform length wood, that's in the stacking firewood rule book page 4, paragraph 2.................

 

[Jstpssng]

I think most of us that don稚 care have a big enough stove to burn most anything. If you had a little stove which I really don稚 understand why you壇 buy in the first place than precise cut wood would be a lot more important.

I have a small stove because I don't need a big one. I like to cut my wood 12 " so that it will go in endwise.

 

[4570Man]

I have a small stove because I don't need a big one. I like to cut my wood 12 " so that it will go in endwise.

It takes a lot more work to cut a cord of 12” wood vs 20” wood.

 

[Jstpssng]

It takes a lot more work to cut a cord of 12” wood vs 20” wood.

Yes, it does. Yet I prefer to burn that length.

 

[Oldpath05]

It takes a lot more work to cut a cord of 12” wood vs 20” wood.

For me loading 5"x 5"X 16" wood in a hot stove is lot easier then loading a 5"x 5"X 20" wood in a hot stove, but on my 2-3" wood its easier to pick off ground when I cut it 20-22" and still loads easy in hot stove, also I get a hot stove when I'm burning wood..............

 

[Molalla1]

Yes, it does. Yet I prefer to burn that length.

Yes 18" here :confused3: works out just as good as a 20" only not as heavy , , ,

 

[goeduck]

If I want to get accurate, my thump tip to big finger tip length is 9 inches. Two of those makes 18 inches which is my ideal length

I just figured out why I have a 1 inch variation. I measured myself and it was 9-1/2 inches. Most things get smaller as you age. Not that I care, 19 inches burns just as good as 18 inches.

 

[s219]

I got in the habit of bucking log sections into 48" years ago, measured with a Spencer tape. Back then I had a B2920 with a 50" bucket. Yes I felt silly measuring firewood logs, but I felt dumb when I overshot 50" and couldn't fit in the bucket. Back then I would skid 1-2 long logs behind the tractor and put 1-2 short logs in the bucket.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
My father was the same way, although we used a 4 foot stick. From loading two tiers of 4 foot onto the truck, to stacking the woodpile, he wanted them uniform so that they fit well. We used to cut it stove length on a cordwood saw and he had the measurements for 12, 16, and 24 inches marked on the saw table.

 

[Oldpath05]

I got in the habit of bucking log sections into 48" years ago, measured with a Spencer tape. Back then I had a B2920 with a 50" bucket. Yes I felt silly measuring firewood logs, but I felt dumb when I overshot 50" and couldn't fit in the bucket. Back then I would skid 1-2 long logs behind the tractor and put 1-2 short logs in the bucket.

Guessing 50" on firewood is ok and great if one is able to do it, but guessing 50" on pallet pulpwood could be costly..........

 

[buckeyefarmer]

if only it came in a right handed crank.

 

[STERLING351]

I have several saws. My first saw was a Echo cs-400 and it is still a great saw it starts easily and works great on small stuff. I later bought a Husqvarna 440 which was good for about 5 months then I started having all kinds if hot start issues which I have not gotten completely straighten out because they come and go. I replaced that with a 455 Rancher and it has been a great saw no complaints other that it has screws to hold on the top cover instead of latches. My new favorite saw is my 372XP all I can saw is its amazing, always starts on 2-4 pulls and runs like a beast.

My father was a big Stihl man but it seems he spends more time fixing his 2 Stihls more than they run now days with the ethanol fuels.

In my opinion of Echo is that I was actually surprised by how well the little saw works. I hate the on/off switch. But love how easy it starts even after letting it sit for months some times. The Husqvarna 440 in my opinion is a waste of money, I liked it at first but now can not get the thing to run right.