Reply With QuoteGood buy Col.
BTW, the Shinny box is the same as the Husky box (only the name and colour is different) and IIRC will fit up to a 375XP, but won't fit the Dolmar/Makitas from the PS6400 up
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Have been a huge fan of Shindaiwa products for years now, owning quite a few. The latest purchase was a 360 chainsaw.
Was walking past the local cash converters and found a hardly used version and snapped it up for $190. Filter was still wedding dress white. Now the 360 is not available here anymore, but would compare to the 377, although the later is a pro saw.
I took it to Sundown where it got some unofficial use, but gave it a real workout today.
Now in the past I have had an 024 and 066 Stihl, the good ones, not the crap you buy today, so the 024 is what I am comparing it to. These little suckers rev, and come standard with Oregon bars and chains. Mine has an Oregon Dual Guard 16" sprocket nose bar with a 91sg(now superseeded) 3/8"th pitch guage, .025" depth and 5/16"th file size. 30 degree angle and horizontal to sharpen.
It has a nice alloy wrap handle and is light and easy to use. Chain just bogs, not powerfull enough to kick and easy to use in the tree although the 357 would be a whole lot better being a proper top handle arborists saw. I feel the 360 would be better suited to a 14" bar. In saying this though, I managed to drop a 24" rock hard tree today, just took a little bit more time.
Up on the roof first, and took off all the greenery, then into the tree to take out all the sticks. 400kg of brush off to the dump. Then dropped all the limbs back to the trunk, and chopped for firewood. It was time to drop the main trunk. Not alot of room, but fell dead on target, missing the fence and sewarage pipe. No bounce, where it lays is where it dropped.
Don't care what brand of saw you have, get yourself one of these. Will take up to a 488P and 20" blade. Holds all your goodies as well such as bar oil, files, precision guides, depth guages, owners manual, stump vice and with the little saws you could squeeze in some earmuffs, gloves and front only chaps. You can even drop the bar and store inside if you want.
CC
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Good buy Col.
BTW, the Shinny box is the same as the Husky box (only the name and colour is different) and IIRC will fit up to a 375XP, but won't fit the Dolmar/Makitas from the PS6400 up
Swaggie
SubscriberCol i have the 352 and they still bog down under load, i'm thinking it may be suited to a 14" bar also, i had a couple of dramas with mine, turns out they aren't very flexable fuel wise, also the filters clog very easy.
The mixture has to be spot on or it will foul the plug or won't run, especially if you run a rich mixture, apparently it's to do with the new pollution carburettors that they use.
Mine is running well again, i just need to service it a little more frequent.
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hey CC where did you get the carry box, i currently strap mine to the roofrack, need a beter set up for the high country
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The Mower Place Capalaba. $61. Most places should have a version of it. The stihl ones have gone a new fashioned rounded design. Hard to pack.
The Shinnie distributer is at Narangba, handier to you. If they sell direct?
CC
Thats a great buy CC, and they are a good little saw.
The boxes are great and I would recomend the box like you have over the Shinne shaped box or the Sthil shaped box as they are much easier to pack in and they seal very well I have found in the past.
Most of the Shinne stuff will run at mixtures up to 40:1 but no richer than that as the carbi cant be adjusted to suit....easilly but they last very well at 50:1 and are very easy to re-ring and all come with a chrome bore so you will destroy the piston before you damage the bore.
Those domestic models do have a much smaller air filter and make sure you keep the foam filter clean and lightly oiled as the inner filter is not really up to it.
If it doesnt have the foam filter your shinne dealer should be able to get one for you.
Im using more and more of the Oregon stuff these days as Ive found the Sthil bars no longer have a lube hole in the sprocket nose bars and the Oregon ones do and I can buy a 20' roll of chain for the price of 2 24" loops of Sthil chain.
When I priced up stuff for Rangiemans Sthil saw I was able to get the bar and spur and half a chain for the price of the Sthil bar but im still not sold on the chains stayiung as sharp for as long as the Sthil chain but I just take extra loops out with me (or the boys do) and sharpen them when I get back to the shed.
Swaggie
SubscriberThe boxes are great and I would recomend the box like you have over the Shinne shaped box or the Sthil shaped box as they are much easier to pack in and they seal very well I have found in the past.
if you look close you'll see its a Shinne box
CC i have the 577 shinne and its been a great saw
only problem being the big saws dont fit into the shinne box
they will if you force the catches closed ...........
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Yup.Originally Posted by hiline
if you look close you'll see its a Shinne box
CC i have the 577 shinne and its been a great saw
only problem being the big saws dont fit into the shinne box
they will if you force the catches closed ...........
A 357, 377, 488P, 577P and 757P are all on the wish list. Bullets had a 488 with him at Sundown. He works with saws all day long, and Shindaiwa gave them to him to try. They are NOT giving them back I was told. Unlike some other well known brand that was mentioned they were given and sent back.
I'm very happy with it.
CC
Maybe I didnt explain myself properly.
if you look close you'll see its a Shinne box
CC i have the 577 shinne and its been a great saw
only problem being the big saws dont fit into the shinne box
they will if you force the catches closed ...........
There are the shaped boxes, which are the shape of the saw, Rangieman has one for his Sthil and Shindiawa made a similar one to that, and then there are the Shindiawa boxes like Col has.
Im saying that the one like Col has is the better of the 2 types but I can see where it was difficult to understand what I was woffling on about.
There is a box for the 577 but it is the shaped type box, my old boss has one for his.
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SubscriberWhat are the pricesof these saws and what would be an appropriate model for a bit of domestic use and taking on 4wd trips (would have come in handy up at Kilkivan the other day I can tell you!).
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