husky 181 or the 365 for doing small slabs.

[LandfillLumber]

Hello, i was wondering if either of these saws will do some slabbing,nothing giant but 14-18" would be nice.I have found good info. on the husky 181 and found it 80 cc's but can't find the 365 cc's???I found one of each of these saws for sale near me,and just want to know if they are big enough.Thank you,Victor

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

And welcome to the forum Victor   ;D ;D 8)
The 181 would do the best job in my opinon I havent slabed with anything less than 95cc and a 3120 dose a nice job as i had on on my carriage based csm but you wouldnt want to be using anything that big on an alskan type mill unless your in large logs 28"+ and sawing beams and slabs as cutting across the grain is alot harder on any saw  ;)

Reguards Chris

[rebocardo]

If you are using a 365 with 28 bar and low pro ripping chain on a chainsaw mill, it will handle 14-16" white oak fine. It will handle 18" pine fine. I know, I used mine for that. In the hardwoods using the 365, anything approaching 18" will bog the saw.