Beetle-Kill said:Zap, I am soooooo jealous. Can't wait to see the pics. once you get the mill, and put it to work. Seriously, very nice. Congrats!
zapny said:Stopped by our local shop (Woodchop Shop) and bought this 660 for milling and cutting, it sounded real impressive when they started it up at the shop before I took it home.
Zap
wkpoor said:A muffler mod really wakes those 660s up. Arborisite has probably a million threads devoted to it. There is a guy, Brad Snelling, that is a big Stihl guy and has a real nice running 660. I think he ports them too. He is easy to find on arborist. Congrats on a nice saw
OK if you think this is all crap. How far are you from Martinsville IN. I can give you a name and number if you want to run some modded saws.smokinjay said:wkpoor said:A muffler mod really wakes those 660s up. Arborisite has probably a million threads devoted to it. There is a guy, Brad Snelling, that is a big Stihl guy and has a real nice running 660. I think he ports them too. He is easy to find on arborist. Congrats on a nice saw
Brand new 660 1200.00 saw Come on now....Your drinking to much Kool-aid. lol J/k
RNLA said:Out here in WA. this is STIHL country... hahaha. Really though the local shop does modify the 660s right out of the box, port, muffler, ETC. about $200.00 for the full package. I have run both stock and fully modified. There is a huge difference. :gulp: Nice saw by the way ZAP!
wkpoor said:OK if you think this is all crap. How far are you from Martinsville IN. I can give you a name and number if you want to run some modded saws.smokinjay said:wkpoor said:A muffler mod really wakes those 660s up. Arborisite has probably a million threads devoted to it. There is a guy, Brad Snelling, that is a big Stihl guy and has a real nice running 660. I think he ports them too. He is easy to find on arborist. Congrats on a nice saw
Brand new 660 1200.00 saw Come on now....Your drinking to much Kool-aid. lol J/k
I probably wouldn't do it for 20% either myself. Thats reason my 681 is still stock except for muffler mod. But every saw is different on how they take to a mod and different builders can get different results from different saws. My little 346 is 40% faster and its tame compared to what they are putting out today. After owning one I wouldn't have a stock 45-60cc saw. With all that said if you were to run a Snelling 660 I'll bet you would want yours done.smokinjay said:wkpoor said:OK if you think this is all crap. How far are you from Martinsville IN. I can give you a name and number if you want to run some modded saws.smokinjay said:wkpoor said:A muffler mod really wakes those 660s up. Arborisite has probably a million threads devoted to it. There is a guy, Brad Snelling, that is a big Stihl guy and has a real nice running 660. I think he ports them too. He is easy to find on arborist. Congrats on a nice saw
Brand new 660 1200.00 saw Come on now....Your drinking to much Kool-aid. lol J/k
LOL I have some myself.......Martinsville about an hour sometimes less. And I was just kidding "J/K". The kool-aid remark is more for the Brad Snelling comment I do my own saws, and have my own shop. Biggest thing on any saw is the Chain. Stock saw can beat the best of modded. saws if the chain is done right. Now put both together and You Have A Winner!
With all that said a great modd. is maybe 20 percent over stock....And what you pay for that 20 percent is through the nose.
wkpoor said:I probably wouldn't do it for 20% either myself. Thats reason my 681 is still stock except for muffler mod. But every saw is different on how they take to a mod and different builders can get different results from different saws. My little 346 is 40% faster and its tame compared to what they are putting out today. After owning one I wouldn't have a stock 45-60cc saw. With all that said if you were to run a Snelling 660 I'll bet you would want yours done.smokinjay said:wkpoor said:OK if you think this is all crap. How far are you from Martinsville IN. I can give you a name and number if you want to run some modded saws.smokinjay said:wkpoor said:A muffler mod really wakes those 660s up. Arborisite has probably a million threads devoted to it. There is a guy, Brad Snelling, that is a big Stihl guy and has a real nice running 660. I think he ports them too. He is easy to find on arborist. Congrats on a nice saw
Brand new 660 1200.00 saw Come on now....Your drinking to much Kool-aid. lol J/k
LOL I have some myself.......Martinsville about an hour sometimes less. And I was just kidding "J/K". The kool-aid remark is more for the Brad Snelling comment I do my own saws, and have my own shop. Biggest thing on any saw is the Chain. Stock saw can beat the best of modded. saws if the chain is done right. Now put both together and You Have A Winner!
With all that said a great modd. is maybe 20 percent over stock....And what you pay for that 20 percent is through the nose.
wkpoor said:I hear the 460 is the better deal too. Kinda like I would much rather have a 372, 7900, or 681 over the 395. You reach a point where the weight overcomes the need for power unless your just bucking logs. I don't mind the 395 if I'm bucking cause the weight of the saw is mostly on the wood.
GolfandWoodNut said:Enjoy the saw Zap, I was milling with mine today. I used the Bobcat to lift the log on top of two big rounds and it makes it really nice to work at table height. I will provide pictures soon. I need to get to work on my barn so I am going to back burner milling for awhile. I have several logs that are going to have to wait. Summer is too short around here to get work done. Finally going to warm up this week.
Still working on the cherry. I have alot of white oak waiting. Not any pine here.zapny said:GolfandWoodNut said:Enjoy the saw Zap, I was milling with mine today. I used the Bobcat to lift the log on top of two big rounds and it makes it really nice to work at table height. I will provide pictures soon. I need to get to work on my barn so I am going to back burner milling for awhile. I have several logs that are going to have to wait. Summer is too short around here to get work done. Finally going to warm up this week.
GolfandWoodNut what type of wood did you mill today? I just used the 660 on the downed Sugar Maple with the 18 inch bar (made quick work of that sugar maple) Sunday I'll use it on some Cherry which should be nice then some day during this week I'll grab another Beech with the 660.
Zap
zapny said:GolfandWoodNut said:Enjoy the saw Zap, I was milling with mine today. I used the Bobcat to lift the log on top of two big rounds and it makes it really nice to work at table height. I will provide pictures soon. I need to get to work on my barn so I am going to back burner milling for awhile. I have several logs that are going to have to wait. Summer is too short around here to get work done. Finally going to warm up this week.
GolfandWoodNut what type of wood did you mill today? I just used the 660 on the downed Sugar Maple with the 18 inch bar (made quick work of that sugar maple) Sunday I'll use it on some Cherry which should be nice then some day during this week I'll grab another Beech with the 660.
Zap
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