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Originally Posted by Ekka  And here she is: Thankyou Windthrown.
I dont quite get what that handle is all about or how it benefits but I'll have to change it out and the big dogs go for little dogs. |
Always good to have differing opinions.
In the US Forest Service SOP for all felling is that "full wrap" handle, with the other "3/4 wrap" just for bucking. It doesn't allow for as close of flush cutting of stumps, but it allow the saw to be used differently, especially able to hold the saw horizontally for the face cut, on the slope for the second kerf of the face cut, and then horizontally on the other side (180 degrees over) for the back cut from the same side of the tree. As well, if a double cut is necessary due to a bar being too short, it can be easier. Agreed, that is extra weight in a tree.
Going away from the big dogs, too. I wish I could get the big dog for the MS 361. I tried modifying the larger 440 size dogs, but the bottom spike broke off over time where I had to cut out a very small piece to make it fit the molding on the powerhead of the 361.
I've used most of the newer stihl saws, lots of time doing fuel reduction (cutting like mad all day on the ground, felling and bucking) and the new anti-vibe on the MS 192t 200t 361 and 441 is a savior for my wrist tendonitis. For me, a bit heavier on wrists that don't hurt works. Feel fortunate that the vibration doesn't effect you, or at least yet. The loggers up here when they used to use hardbody saws, before anti-vibe generation 1, would get what they called white fingers. The hard bodies vibration destroyed their nerves or something like it.
I should feel lucky that the saws are relatively cheap in the US. that's a good realization, even though they're still not pocket change.
Thanks for all the work on the site!!