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unless a monkey is twisting the screwdriver.......
I guess I like old technology that still works. I have a 39 9N ford that will brushhog fields all day on a 7-gal tank of gas, and what's in the toolbox/lunchbox will fix almost all that can go wrong. Paid $1200 for that in 1988, came with: tire chains, scraper blade, 2-bottom plow, lift bucket, 3-ph attachments. Still + ground 6V that starts in Oo F winter and plows the driveway.A new 90cc saw costs near that, and won't last near as long.
a woods ported 362 will out cut either the 460 or 461/462
a woods ported 362 will out cut either the 460 or 461/462 up to the 24 inch bar limit in big hardwood . So get a 461 and have some one good port that, you will leave the 660 in the truck or use it to buck logs up and the 461 has a carb on it
a ported 362 will out cut a stock 460/461/462 in hardwood pretty easy , I log and cut mainly bigger hardwood , 24 inch up to 36 inch is pretty common , on some jobs we get in the 48 inch range in oak and some maple . You have to see how your oiler works as that is the biggest draw back with the smaller cc saws and longer bars . My 562 husky likes 22 inch if Im cutting white oak which seems to be the hardest wood on bar oil, red maple or softer woods you can run a longer bar with no trouble . . 362 makes a good strong woodsport saw . Saw makes good torque which you need to cut hardwood , A woods ported 361 is faster in smaller wood but not in bigger wood . I cut for over 2 years with just a 562 in big hardwood , I figured I cut about 2.5 million feet with that saw and I just built myself another 562 with heated handles . 562 is not the fastest saw I own but sure is a lot lighter to carry on 45 degree slopes . I got a new 362 mtronic but have not ported it yet . I got to keep a few saws quiet as my landings sometimes are near houses and I do not want to pith any one close off with the noise , we ran a test using a 28 inch bar on all 3 saws , a 395, a 372 xt and the older 562 in red oak that the bar would just makes it threw, 395 was the fastest but just by a touch over the 562 , the 372 was a long long ways behind
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