I bought one new in 79 and it was 80cc and in 80 I bought a new 44cc ! Great saws and reliable the 80 cc saw never missed a days work !! The 44 cc missed several days over a starting issue !! From the saw shop I used to go to , first thing I learned on any chainsaw and remover the flame arrestor like you did, with a good light look into the cylinder
..I clicked on this video as soon as I saw the 77!..I had a 77 several years ago, got it from the scrap yard of all places..no bar or chain. Got it running with a carb kit and a fuel line, put a used 24" bar and chain on it I had, and man, it really ripped!..much more than I expected..just no anti-vibe, but that's O.K...I used it as a firewood saw for a couple years, then it developed a rattle..still ran good..then, one day it just stopped mid-cut..took the P&C off and discovered the big end rod bearing had let go..so into a box it went. Miraculously, the P&C were still o.k., just needed a new crank..over the years, I've picked up 2 or 3 more 77 carcasses with good compression..maybe this video will give me the motivation to finally get around to getting a running 77 put together again :)..BTW, the easiest way to spot a 77 from a 65 is the spark plug sticking out the top of the 77-it's hid under the cover on a 65...I've seen lots of 65's over the years, and have several non-running 65's..I've been told a 65 and 77 bottom end, including crank, are the same as a 77, so maybe you could just swap the complete bottom end/housing from from one of those 65's to fix the 77..one thing I have noticed, though, is all 77's I have encountered have electronic ignition, and most 65's seem to have points..I would check for that if you do the swap, although you could likely change out the ignition as well..I would use as late-model 65 as I could find as the donor saw..as a final note, I always wondered why so many more people opted to buy the 65 over the 77, given that you have much more power with basically the same size/weight saw..was it that everybody was too cheap to pony up the extra $ to step up to the 77?..seems like it would have been very worthwhile, to me...I wonder the same thing when I see all the old 61's around and so few 66's and 266's..again, same basic saw, with much more power....
First chainsaw I purchased was "Husqvarna 65" made in Germany... single ring on piston.... started my own firewood business in 1980....yet cut & sold firewood on the side before then.... weekends & nights & days when I had a chance, even holidays....cut 100's of cords, yrs. & yrs.& yrs.... even did tree work with it....it's what made me buy Husqvarna saws everytime I needed a saw....smaller ones & larger ones....they all have proven to be simular as the first one, in late 70's or early 80's...shop full of them now at 72 yrs. old
Nicely done! I loved the aerial shot when the tree fell too! I use my old 038 MAG II. It works well with a 24 " bar and chain. No Compression release like the new ones either. hard to start if it's below 20 degrees.
in old yougoslavia you had the same saw but it was called tomos 770. It was made by licence of husqvarna L77. I recently got one and it is a beast. Just need new dog for it but was thinking of putting 2 dogs because why not. But the issue is that I have to make them myself as you can't buy them basically
It must take forever to film your videos!! It's so nice to see all the different angles you capture!! I love watching someone tackle something like this & make it work well - such an accomplishment!! Great job - always!! You placed that tree perfectly 🌟 God bless you and your family!! Ooops, commented too quickly - your son is so precious. Thanks for sharing 💞
@@falllineridge I enjoy watching you in God's natural world and the talent and skills he gave you. You are very welcome. Thank you for sharing with me what I wish I could do. And I loved how excited your son was with his toy box. That was plain joy.
I have my father's Husqvarna 77 that he bought new in 1977. I'm needing a coil and can't find. One from a L65 will work. Any ideas on where I may find one? No it's not for sale 😊 Everyone asks.
Next time, before you take a hammer to the metal, heat it up a little with a blow torch. It doesn't need a whole lot of heat, maybe a few hundred degrees, but you'll be a whole lot less likely to end up with a metal stress crack. Just an fyi, great video, God Bless you and yours.
Besides being into saws- you are a great videographer! Nice shots, great editing, interesting composition of shots and content. I think your video was great as much for your technical skills with the camera and editing software as for your vision of composition and content. Thanks for posting.
I bought a new Husky l 77 in about 1975. They were a good saw. After a few months I traded it for a new Husky 1100. That 1100 was a wildcat. The best balanced and powerful saw I ever ran.
@@logdog8920 : the cylinder has some fins missing at the top , otherwise i might have tried to get it running . someone was using it to power an alaska mill at some point but gave it to me knowing im into saws . i have a bigger husky for bucking big stuff , so i didnt really bother with it .
Wish I kept all the old Huskies that I used when I worked at the sawmill. The new ones are nice by the old ones were like holding a dirt bike. A lot of power.
I just can't get over how much you remind me of my dad. He could fix anything. He always said a new chain never cut worth a damn. He always sharpen his by hand. Most of the cutting we did was for fire wood. He would cut some timber to make into lumber. He didn't have a sawmill so it was a lot more difficult. He would go to a mill that was close to us and purchase a ton of their drops for almost nothing. It was amazing how he would make such fine lumber out of their scraps. He did a lot of cabinet work on the side. I know he made some really nice ones, costumed made for people who had older farm houses. Generally things weren't square but when he finished a kitchen or bath, it looked better than any store bought cabinets. I do love your videos. At my age all I have are memories. I think of all the hours I spent with my dad from little up. We were great friends. He was a great dad. I tried to be a great dad to my kids. My son tells me I was far better than his friends fathers were. I saw your son, never leave him out. The things you do with him even little, he will carry with him the rest of his life. Yes, I fell asleep many times in the truck.
My daddy was the same. , he could fix anything even if he didn't have the parts he would always make it work. O and I swear he could catch fish out of a mud puddle and shoot big bucks in his sleep. It's like trophy animals and fish wanted him to get them. Im happy if I get a squirrel
Nice one Wes! That looks like a good old Husky! As an amateur occasional user of Chainsaws (I've got 6, Gasoline & electric!) I find the usual thing that gives trouble first is the Oil feed system to the bar. Be great if you could do a video on fixing issues with that. Stay safe & well! 👍👍
Gotta admit that I’m not a big husky fan, but I absolutely love the sound of that saw. Looks like it might not be the fastest, but sometimes it’s not always about speed. Nice saw man
Theyre a lazy but authortive saw. Loads of torque but sadly not a whole pile of chain speed. Think they maxed out at 8000 rpm under no load and lug down to 5000 to 6000 when under load. These and the 65's had a great exhaust note
How much is one of those worth? I'm in my 70s and I have an SS77 that I bought new from a dealer in 1982. Can't start it since my shoulder replacements in 2010.
I have a L65 myself purchased new some 40 years ago, still runs like new, very powerful saw. Replaced fuel line, bar, pull rope, etc. Occasionally check the spark arrestor screen in the muffler muffler, and the bottom of the saw, the screen for the chain oiler. Great saw.
Living in Sweden and only about 15 miles from the original Husqvarna factory I'm clearly biased towards the huskies. But one major difference I always struggle to understand is the difference in bar length used in USA vs around here, you guys always use much longer bars, why?
Its probably because of there bigger trees. Also there logging methods are a bit different to what we have around these parts of the world. Ppl here choose a lighter saw for the speed but compromise on the power of the saw and par length. You can cut big trees down with a shorter par also if you need to but for the most part a 18 inch will do for northern EU.
@@ferdinandmeyer8354 Americans buck a lot. There you save your back, We don't do that here. Just fell, cut logs to length and limb. Machines do the rest.
@@alvar891 I'm mostly a hobby logger and I'm perfectly happy with a 16" bar on my huskie. It's probably just my imagination - but I feel a little safer with a shorter bar.
Put that ole gal on stump duty right away. As usual, you had to freshen up the chain afterwards. Nice old saw. Sounded a bit rich which is how I run most of my saws. Burning up a vintage saw running it too lean will leave a scar that’s hard to get over.
I heated my house with hardwood for 10yrs, back in Indiana 75-85, cut and split by hand, had an Echo VL-452, hell of a saw, never failed! tks and best 2u
I have manged to destroy all my Oregon chains before their time but, they seem to cut alright. Picked up some EXL chains for the 572xp. I am curious to see how they compare to the Husqvarna C85 chains.
Great video! I have owned and run Stihl saws for over forty years, but on a whim about 2 years ago I bought a Husqvarna 565 with 20" bar. Because I liked it so much I now own several Husky's and love them. They just plain rip! I might have to look for a vintage Husky after watching this. I also have a Wood-mizer sawmill, LT40 super with 42hp Kubota diesel.
I prefer the 2 series Huskies. I also have a couple 61s . 1 is great. also my 268xp is a pretty good saw. I just picked up a knock off 288 xp. Seems ok too
..I think around 1985 or so was the last the 65 and 77 was built..and you will love the 24" bar on that 77..it will pull it with no problem, and a 24" balances out real nice on those saws.. :)
When I was a kid my father used to cut pulpwood and ply logs. Every little community in west central Georgia had a pulpwood yard and ply logs went to GP in Durand. He used Poulan 54’s until he was finally talked into trying a Husky 77. Good grief what great saws those Huskys were. We actually survived using bow saws too.
About 12 years back, had a hurricane that blew a big white oak across my driveway. The next day a guy drove up with a trailer and wanted to bid on removing the tree. I said no thanks, I have a chainsaw and will start on it this afternoon. He was disappointed, so asked me what saw I had. I said a Poulan, and he laughed. He said it would take me a week with a Poulan, and pulled his Stihl out of the truck. We had been leaning on a big broken limb, maybe 12-13", and he said "watch this. I said OK, let me get my saw and I'll time us. Well, I beat him by 2 seconds. I had just tuned and sharpened my saw, so I wasn't too surprised.
those 77s were some good saws. dad cut pulpwood and sawlogs with the 77s in the 70s and early 80s sometime they did put chain breaks on them --i would guess around 79-80 . i can recall running those some those myself . they were reliable, had gobs of torque. seems like most of them had the 24" bar and would pull it with ease even through tough hard-wood. they slowly replaces the stihl 041 supers on the logging job IIRC.
I bought my first Husqvarna l65 back in 77, landed a big tree on it in 79 then bought another one, had that one until 85 then traded up for another number Husqvarna. Now I have 2019 550xp, pound for pound it will out cut my old l65 with half the weight and I sure do prefer the modern chain brake..... I thought you had a pto winch......
Is stihl doing the 4 cycle shit on chainsaws? All of my stihl saws are older so they are pure 2 stroke and they rock! But I have a stihl polesaw which is a 4 cycle, I hate. I had a husqvarna 77 like this in the video with a bow on it, blew up after using someone elses gas, couldn't get parts for it.
Sometimes I think you are from 1950s Oregon logging family. You cut the mouth, started and checked the hinge, corrected, wedged, and finished it over. Unlike the deep woods, you trimmed the stump flush like proper in a small family wood lot so it wont be a trip hazard or foul a small skidder tractor. Great job!!!!
I like this video. Well done sir. Saw sounds great for being 40 years old. Now I'm inspired to dig out a couple of the old timers, like yours, I'm my collection, and disassemble them and perk up the ports a bit with the grinders, and make them snort again!
