Chain saw Mods?

[T-Dozzer]

Lol...  good grief.

[Special T]

And I'm sure everyone always follows the speed limit also... lol the only good thing is there is no real way to enforce this crap.

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[jay.sharkbait]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

[Knocker of rocks]

https://www.epa.gov/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines/regulations-emissions-small-equipment-tools

Looks like most of is applicable to manufacturers and parts suppliers. I can’t find the part where it says what the “or else” is in relation to modifications by end users. I can see why shops are leery of doing such tasks.

[T-Dozzer]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

This just in- a multi agency federal task force conduct a late night search warrant on the residence of Jay sharkbait for possible saw altercations. 

[Bob33]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

This just in- a multi agency federal task force conduct a late night search warrant on the residence of Jay sharkbait for possible saw altercations. 

Altercations? Who assaulted whom?

[T-Dozzer]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

This just in- a multi agency federal task force conduct a late night search warrant on the residence of Jay sharkbait for possible saw altercations. 

Altercations? Who assaulted whom?


** alterations** now they can get me on the saw and a typo.

[Bob33]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

This just in- a multi agency federal task force conduct a late night search warrant on the residence of Jay sharkbait for possible saw altercations. 

Altercations? Who assaulted whom?


** alterations** now they can get me on the saw and a typo.

The typo police are the wurst.

[jay.sharkbait]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

This just in- a multi agency federal task force conduct a late night search warrant on the residence of Jay sharkbait for possible saw altercations. 

Never

They'll roll me up at a 7-11 buying beer and pepperoni sticks.....


#theyknowhowioperate

[Thehowler]

This threads to funny, Hiding my chainsaws now.

[timberfaller]

  as long as it meets USFS regulations, a chain saw can be used in the forest OR it was that way the last time I was out there!

Spark arrested, fire extinguisher, #2 shovel.

Newer saws are already "revved up",  if you are going to mill with a saw you'll need low end torque(pulling wood power).

Madsen's   was the last place I knew of that hopped up saws. 

Good luck!

[j_h_nimrod]

HD air filter setup, DP muffler and tune. That’s the most bang for your buck. After that your cost/gain ratio falls off. 046 is a great saw but your still going to be limited on your log size for milling 24” or so? Granberg chain makes a nice smooth cut but it’s expensive and takes time to sharpen. Baileys ripping chain doesn’t provide as smooth of cut but cuts fast,sharpens fast and fairly cheap. I’m selling a 288xp (good milling saw) pm me if interested. Make sure you turn your bar oil output up when milling.

Yeah, air in/out was pretty much all Im after. Along with a compression check etc...
The saw came with a 32" bar, but I planned on using around a 25" bar for milling. I'll probably just go with the 30" alaskan mill.
Learning as I go...

I used a pretty stock 046 with 32” bar for years and had good luck milling.  I would recommend going with the 36” mill frame though, I always found bigger wood I wanted to cut and the longer mill runs fine with shorter bars.

If you leave your bucking spikes on the saw about the biggest wood you will be able to cut with a 25” bar is 18”, you lose about 4” for the front and another 2-3” at the rear. Removing the spikes will gain you ~1.5”.

Keep an eye on your bar rails and invest in a rail dresser or learn to clean them up with a file. Milling is rough on a bar and has a tendency to start making your rails wear unevenly and then your cuts go to crap and it is a fight. Also a small burr on the edge of the rail can almost stop your progress and make you pissed until you figure out that little burr is catching wood in the kerf.

It is a lot of fun, good luck!

[T-Dozzer]

I knew I would lose some bar length, but though it was closer to 2".
Great info, thank you.

[Alchase]

Remove head gasket and just go with Dirko. Lightly port intake and exhaust and gut muffler.

And run the shortest bar possible.

The EPA would lose their minds if they knew what I've done to my car.

This just in- a multi agency federal task force conduct a late night search warrant on the residence of Jay sharkbait for possible saw altercations. 

Never

They'll roll me up at a 7-11 buying beer and pepperoni sticks.....


#theyknowhowioperate

Man, I am jonesing for a Oh Boy Oberto beef stick, can't find them here in OKC

 

[j_h_nimrod]

I knew I would lose some bar length, but though it was closer to 2".
Great info, thank you.

I just went and measured mine, 36” bar on a 660 with spikes in place and I am at 28” cut width.