Funny how people think what is a fast saw. Dad had a tree fall across his lane and needed help cutting it up. I took one of my 562xp saws to his house. He told me it was a fast cutting saw. So I guess my 562 is dad approved. Enjoy The Journey - Cheers
Actually, the 312O is a weird saw. A prehistoric saw. It will never get a modern upgrade and has been for long non available in Europe. I'm not a pro and don't know a lot about felling but I've never seen (well, on RU-vid 😊 ) any lumberjack use a 3120, even for felling huge trees in Western Canada. They use a 592. Not sure if a 3120 is a good buy. It's only 11% more powerful than a modern, auto-tuned and fuel efficient 592 but 40% heavier !!
LoL Chris. My wife asked me the same thing last year when I found a used 461 at a pawn shop. Told her yes as I am cutting more and don't want to wear out 1 saw and I csn cycle between them both
2:37 I have 3 Stihl MS880s and one 088.😇 I don't actually NEED any of those behemoths, but they are fun machines as a hobby or occasional forestry work.😅😇 Greetings from Finland.🇫🇮🌲🌲
Neat video. The D-shaped starter handles usually are provided on the fire department roof saws so you don‘t have to take gloves off to start them. In my research if you run a decent oil minimum 40:1 on the 5 series and then gut the muffler after warranty you‘ll get good life out of them. Just listening to that 562 you can hear how restricted the exhaust is.
Great video. I like the comparisons. You could set that 5’bar on top of the wood pile, start her up and let it cut to the bottom. Quick bunch of rounds cut. 🤭🤭
Todays pointless info. Outside north America they sell a 560xp Same saw as a 562 but a small bar mount pattern. . But they did sell a very small number of Johnson-reds in north America that are the equivalent of a 560 . I think you'd get more use out of the old 3120 with a 32" bar. Probably get it just about under 30lbs with a light bar. But the reality is, its a darn big saw. And a 90cc saw works just as good on a 32" and far far lighter. 0.01c
@InTheWoodyard I packed 50 gal of fuel home. I scaled 200lbs lighter with the fuel then the wood. And the wood took up half the space the fuel did. Didn't really want to miss the opportunity to save about $2 a gal. It also allowed me to run the round trip from Wyoming to Indiana back to Wyoming on $3.45 E0 91
Hey Chris if you are up late reading the comments you might be able to see the northern lights if you stick your head out the window. We were able to see them in southern Ontario.
I'd be running a good oil @32:1 if I were you, especially in the 5 series. I've always ran a good clean burning oil at 32:1 from the advice of my saw guy, who knows a thing or two.
@@InTheWoodyard The manufacturers know. It's the EPA that has their hands tied. Ask Scott about the bearing failures on the 5 series. He knows. Any good saw builder knows. Just tryin' to help ya out. Anyone that's been running saws for awhile has noticed that the motors are using less fuel and as a result oil now than they did back in the 90's. Strato charging makes it even worse as those motors likely are less lubricated at 32:1 than an older saw was running 50:1. Less fuel used = less oil for the same amount of work being done. From the builder who ported my saws. "I have several ported 5 series saws on a tree crew in Montana that have over 1000 hours on them running a heavier oil ratio and they’re fine. In fact, out of several hundred 5 series that I have ported, I have never had one come back for bearing issues. And that is because you guys are all running more oil". 50:1 is for emissions, not for saw longevity, period.
Nice video guys. Because you can is good enough for me. I’m intrigued with the 562 xp mk2. Time will tell if they got things improved enough to help the 562 series regain its status (l hope so as it might be the perfect saw for “older operators”). GNI
That is one ...some others are that ....they give more than they take, do the right thing even when no one is watching, put others before themselves, sacrifice there time talent and money to help others, do more than is expected of them, don't give up at the first sign of difficulty, tell the truth, defend the weak, offer a hand instead of asking for help....
@@InTheWoodyard Very good and so true, thank you for reminding me of the positive and not just the funny. That is what I like about your channel, you do all those things, and you have a great bunch of friends and all of you set a good example for the rest of us.
That cap you said wasnt original is the original if its 20yo saw, you can put your scrench around it aswell just not the screwdriver part of it, you use the big socket for that.
Chris, I think you took what Kenny said to the next level, you no longer have a weenie saw(s). 😂 Can not wait to see the video on Bert’s channel. Awesome video.
The big saws save on gym membership, it took me a few weeks before I was able to run the 592 for 8 tanks of gas in a day bucking large logs but I am getting old as well. One tank of gas in the 088 42" b&c is more than I want for a day I wonder if the 3120s are any lighter than the old Stihl?🤔 1%💩😁
i have like a 2 year old but made in 2020 or 21 . i think its a hybrid to the 562 mark2. its a great saw, but doesnt really like frozen logs. i suspect that the chain speed is so high , it doesnt drop into the kerf fast enough. making it feels like its not cutting right. thats when you switch over to a stihl or a bigger saw with lower chain rpm. i really want to try the 572 .i'm about sold on switching brands completely. on a tornado clean up, we were running the 562 against a 362 stihl and the husky was out running the stihl, in warm wood.
looking at the front of the tooth, are they the same style, each type has a little different cut, some have a rounded side cut and others are 90° to the top
@@cobra-mn745 I tried the husky chain. I think it was c83. I switched everything over to the Stihl yellow link 3/8 . Which is square not rounded sides. 🍎 To 🍏
