I run a 661c with a 32" bar for just about all the logging/tree work i do, then a tree service was doing some work on a lot we are logging ( they were cutting a few hanging over the house) and they had a 500 i with a 36" light bar and when i picked it up i was amazed how little it weighed, like a feather compared too my 661c and i got a few cuts in on some oak and it felt nice, gonna get one soon for sure
I haven’t used it a full day yet, but I would imagine that the fatigue would be less than a full day with the 661. I love my big saws though. Thanks for watching
Before those 500's were available in the USA, a local high production hardwood logger, was given one of those to test out for a few months. Stihl wanted him to keep track of the gas he ran through it. He would run it for a month or 2, then send it back to the factory to check over/tear down. After each inspection they would send it back for more running. In the end Stihl gave him the saw for testing it for them.
Surely you didn't.... should have watched my vids!!! I have one....Not a fan of them. 462c is just as powerful with much less weight. That new 592xp coming out is going to be the king of saws. Hopefully you will like the 500. One of my guys loves mine. They are good saws, just not my cup of tea.
@@hoskinslogging9858 I'm a 20 inch bar guy... those 500s like a long bar they have a lot of torque. If I ran a 24 or 28 inch bar I would run mine a lot more. I like a lighter saw with the 20 inch bars that's the only reason I am not crazy about mine. The 500 is a good hardwood saw too and here lately I have been in set out white pine a lot so I have been using smaller saws from 572, 462, all the way down to a 550xp mark 2. I was being sarcastic in my first post when I said surely not...lol. Those 500s are good saws.
@@timberslasher4899 I went and looked up your channel. And found out that I’d already watched the video of you and your 500. But it had been like 5 months or so and I’d forgot about it. Haha
Those been showing up in my area. They cut northeast hardwood just fine..I have a 661c so now probably gotta have a 500i..I run husqvarna & STIHL bot have there stong points..
Yeah I was impressed with the 500 in the hardwood. I don’t think it has the torque to rip through the wood when you push it like the 661’s do. Love the saw though.
@@hoskinslogging9858 i know how that goes. I do run the bigger saw on big hard maple..that stuff is miserable in winter..our markets on maple go up in winter so we cut most then..like cutting stone..
Those 500's R a kick butt saw. I kinda wanted one of those, but none around available at the time. So I bought a 572 Husky autotune. They were a bit cheaper and a real good saw 2.
Yeah I haven’t seen many here. I was surprised when we walked in the store and they had a few. Decided to grab one since pro saws are so scarce right now
I was calling for a few weeks before I got my hands on one - and I only got it because one of the employees was a friend and grabbed it for me. I was on a “wait list” but never got called.
Great saw probably lighter than 661? Have you ever noticed if I accidentally tip the dirt how quick it Dulles but if the ground is froze hard not so much?
Yeah I seen that cotton top I also have a 500 two of them actually with just the BarkBox amazing I also have two other 500s one from Canada and one from Oregon they are both souped up they are amazing I'll put a 36 inch bar on those and they rip like no other great saw
@@hoskinslogging9858, When I was learning I cut a big dead Elm. When it started to go I just took a few steps back and to the left. A limb up high caught another trees limb and broke off coming straight down. Hit me right at the front of the helmet and slid down my face. Would have knocked me cold! If I cut a standing tree now I move away like you guys do. I won’t even tell you about the other two times, maybe on another post. Once without a helmet and an electric pruner, ouch 🤕
Just curious as to why u guys cut your timber down the hill instead of pulling it around the hill? I’ve cut here in southern wv for about 20 years now and I know that sometimes a tree will break lose and go straight down the hill.. I always ask my dozer man where he’s gonna set the out, then cut them the opposite way so he can get them by the butt and once again sometimes that doesn’t work but about 90 percent of the time it will work.. like at the beginning of the video those little maples could have been cut right out in the road making it easy on the cutter so he doesn’t have to go over the hill to top them and the dozer man could have probably just pushed them in the set out hole without even hooking a cable… now don’t think I’m saying I’m better at anything or saying u done something wrong or bad, I’m simply a logger asking a question.. because u didn’t even try to cut them around the hill u cut them straight down the hill and I was just wondering why u would do that? But u do a fine job and keep doing what u do, please wear a hard hat, it’s a life saver
I’m still learning. I’m not the best and pulling hard on trees with the hinge. Dads mush better than I am at that. We cut in sweeps around the hill. We will usually cut a tank of gas then top. I don’t like the tops of my trees lying on the butts of others. But yes, those maples could have probably been pulled around the hill so that the tops would have been closer to the road. I just didn’t do it. Like I said. I’m still green. And I am wearing a hard hat in this one for once lol. Thanks for watching buddy
You are doing fine, I wasn’t talking down about your cutting in anyway what so ever,.. this day and time u can’t even find a timber cutter,it’s almost a thing of the past.. once u learn to pull ur timber around the hill instead of cutting it down the hill it will be so much easier on u.. but u do a fine job and try to remember your hard hat..and once again not trying to tell u that u are doing something wrong, but I like for my logging brothers to stay alive, be safe and I’ll keep watching your videos
Don't be worried about going little deeper with your undercuts and always make sure u clean out any duchmens in the undercut also always make sure u give yourself enough holding wood as well. 1 it helps with being able to aim an steering it 2 should u need to use your wedges it gives u enough wood to work with to get a good lift and 3 it allows the tree to leave the stomp Cleanly less'ens the chance of it snapping and coming back at you or shooting chunks of tree every where.
@@hoskinslogging9858 yes sir. No problems at all. The first one has over 2 million feet under her belt with zero failures. We take good care of our saws. Routine maintenance, only pure gas, no ethanol amd only the commercial stihl mixing oil. We also add 6 ozs of marvel mystery oil to 5 gals of gas
I wanna try huskys 2 new ones…592 and 582 I believe…I have the older 394 a new 395 and my old 288 on the Alaskan mill atm..man dial that 288 in right you talk about a hard cuttin machine…I just cuts
Ive seen some people sayn good some sayn bad i trust u an ur dada opinion if its worth a flip or not so glad u got 1 lol. Like with the blue saw i know weither or not it'll hold up where an wit what we cut.
Time will tell. I asked the dealer I got it from if he had seen any problems out of them. He said nothing worth mentioning. So I’m thinking it’ll be pretty good. Dad and I talked about it, and out biggest concern is the bushings wearing out prematurely compared the the 661’s
@@hoskinslogging9858 ive heard that about em but not from everbody or Alotta people. What length bar u pulln i do know most that have been mentioning it run longer bars.
@@justinweaver8787 20 inch. I was watching another video that did a comparison between the 500 and 661. Sawing through red oak. Like a .10 second difference in them. Said the 500 had the rpm’s to keep up with the 661 as long as it had a 20 inch bar.
661 has more torque for sure. 500 decent but the 462 is really hard to beat IMO. My 500 starts like shit. I have to hit the primer a million fn times a day.
I’m impressed with it. Power is good. And it’s noticeably lighter than the 661. All around, it’s a good saw. Doesn’t have the torque to get down and pull wood like the 661 does though.
I run a 661c with a 32" bar for just about all the logging/tree work i do, then a tree service was doing some work on a lot we are logging ( they were cutting a few hanging over the house) and they had a 500 i with a 36" light bar and when i picked it up i was amazed how little it weighed, like a feather compared too my 661c and i got a few cuts in on some oak and it felt nice, gonna get one soon for sure
I haven’t used it a full day yet, but I would imagine that the fatigue would be less than a full day with the 661. I love my big saws though. Thanks for watching
@@hoskinslogging9858 that's for sure once you run a big saw you get used to that power and always want to run it Lol
Before those 500's were available in the USA, a local high production hardwood logger, was given one of those to test out for a few months. Stihl wanted him to keep track of the gas he ran through it. He would run it for a month or 2, then send it back to the factory to check over/tear down. After each inspection they would send it back for more running. In the end Stihl gave him the saw for testing it for them.
Haha that’s awesome
Surely you didn't.... should have watched my vids!!! I have one....Not a fan of them. 462c is just as powerful with much less weight. That new 592xp coming out is going to be the king of saws. Hopefully you will like the 500. One of my guys loves mine. They are good saws, just not my cup of tea.
I’ll sub to your channel right now so I don’t miss anything else. Didn’t know you made videos. Thanks buddy
@@hoskinslogging9858 I'm a 20 inch bar guy... those 500s like a long bar they have a lot of torque. If I ran a 24 or 28 inch bar I would run mine a lot more. I like a lighter saw with the 20 inch bars that's the only reason I am not crazy about mine. The 500 is a good hardwood saw too and here lately I have been in set out white pine a lot so I have been using smaller saws from 572, 462, all the way down to a 550xp mark 2. I was being sarcastic in my first post when I said surely not...lol.
Those 500s are good saws.
@@timberslasher4899 I went and looked up your channel. And found out that I’d already watched the video of you and your 500. But it had been like 5 months or so and I’d forgot about it. Haha
Those been showing up in my area. They cut northeast hardwood just fine..I have a 661c so now probably gotta have a 500i..I run husqvarna & STIHL bot have there stong points..
Yeah I was impressed with the 500 in the hardwood. I don’t think it has the torque to rip through the wood when you push it like the 661’s do. Love the saw though.
@@hoskinslogging9858 i know how that goes. I do run the bigger saw on big hard maple..that stuff is miserable in winter..our markets on maple go up in winter so we cut most then..like cutting stone..
Those 500's R a kick butt saw. I kinda wanted one of those, but none around available at the time. So I bought a 572 Husky autotune. They were a bit cheaper and a real good saw 2.
Yeah I haven’t seen many here. I was surprised when we walked in the store and they had a few. Decided to grab one since pro saws are so scarce right now
I was calling for a few weeks before I got my hands on one - and I only got it because one of the employees was a friend and grabbed it for me. I was on a “wait list” but never got called.
Yeah I’m excited to get back to work tomorrow and use it some more
@@hoskinslogging9858 Right on
Great saw probably lighter than 661? Have you ever noticed if I accidentally tip the dirt how quick it Dulles but if the ground is froze hard not so much?
Cotontop3 has a 500 an he got a barkbox from west coast saw, man that saw sounds wicked, thanks for sharing
I’m looking in to those bark boxes right now. Might get one
@@hoskinslogging9858 that 500 will sound mean with one
Yeah I seen that cotton top I also have a 500 two of them actually with just the BarkBox amazing I also have two other 500s one from Canada and one from Oregon they are both souped up they are amazing I'll put a 36 inch bar on those and they rip like no other great saw
@@br-dj2ti awesome
@@derrickpettit3489 thank u
I like how you guys get away from the fall!
Yeah you have to get away from that stump. Thanks for watching
@@hoskinslogging9858,
When I was learning I cut a big dead Elm. When it started to go I just took a few steps back and to the left. A limb up high caught another trees limb and broke off coming straight down. Hit me right at the front of the helmet and slid down my face. Would have knocked me cold! If I cut a standing tree now I move away like you guys do.
I won’t even tell you about the other two times, maybe on another post. Once without a helmet and an electric pruner, ouch 🤕
@@oldmanfred8676 lucky you walked away sounds like. I haven’t been hit yet and don’t want to
@@hoskinslogging9858,
Keep runnin’ Brother!
To Paraphrase, Run Forrest, Run!
Have u noticed if u accidentally tip the dirt how quick it Dulles but if the ground is froze hard not so much?
I got 2 and j love em man there a helluava saw
like your videos shows real logging without all the drama like alot of them
Thanks buddy. Drama will get you someone killed in this line of work. We try to stay drama free. I used to hate axemen for that reason.
I like the starting method of the 500i!! But I'm stuck on the 462
Love my 462. But the 500 takes my cake!
we have a 500 there good saws
Just curious as to why u guys cut your timber down the hill instead of pulling it around the hill? I’ve cut here in southern wv for about 20 years now and I know that sometimes a tree will break lose and go straight down the hill.. I always ask my dozer man where he’s gonna set the out, then cut them the opposite way so he can get them by the butt and once again sometimes that doesn’t work but about 90 percent of the time it will work.. like at the beginning of the video those little maples could have been cut right out in the road making it easy on the cutter so he doesn’t have to go over the hill to top them and the dozer man could have probably just pushed them in the set out hole without even hooking a cable… now don’t think I’m saying I’m better at anything or saying u done something wrong or bad, I’m simply a logger asking a question.. because u didn’t even try to cut them around the hill u cut them straight down the hill and I was just wondering why u would do that? But u do a fine job and keep doing what u do, please wear a hard hat, it’s a life saver
I’m still learning. I’m not the best and pulling hard on trees with the hinge. Dads mush better than I am at that. We cut in sweeps around the hill. We will usually cut a tank of gas then top. I don’t like the tops of my trees lying on the butts of others. But yes, those maples could have probably been pulled around the hill so that the tops would have been closer to the road. I just didn’t do it. Like I said. I’m still green. And I am wearing a hard hat in this one for once lol. Thanks for watching buddy
You are doing fine, I wasn’t talking down about your cutting in anyway what so ever,.. this day and time u can’t even find a timber cutter,it’s almost a thing of the past.. once u learn to pull ur timber around the hill instead of cutting it down the hill it will be so much easier on u.. but u do a fine job and try to remember your hard hat..and once again not trying to tell u that u are doing something wrong, but I like for my logging brothers to stay alive, be safe and I’ll keep watching your videos
Thanks man. Yeah I’ve got in the habit of wearing my hard hat last couple weeks. I’ve gotten used to it
U will get use to it and won’t cut without one
Don't be worried about going little deeper with your undercuts and always make sure u clean out any duchmens in the undercut also always make sure u give yourself enough holding wood as well.
1 it helps with being able to aim an steering it 2 should u need to use your wedges it gives u enough wood to work with to get a good lift and 3 it allows the tree to leave the stomp Cleanly less'ens the chance of it snapping and coming back at you or shooting chunks of tree every where.
We run 500i s. They have been great for us we run 28" bars and cut alot of big oak. Their torque is constant
Are they holding up well for you guys
@@hoskinslogging9858 yes sir. No problems at all. The first one has over 2 million feet under her belt with zero failures. We take good care of our saws. Routine maintenance, only pure gas, no ethanol amd only the commercial stihl mixing oil. We also add 6 ozs of marvel mystery oil to 5 gals of gas
Sounds like you’ve put it through it’s paces. That’s awesome
@@hoskinslogging9858 we work em hard and they've done us good
@@scotgarland7526,
How did you decide on the Marvel Mystery Oil?
Is that only a 20 inch bar I thought they came with a 24
I’d say it’s optional
I wanna try huskys 2 new ones…592 and 582 I believe…I have the older 394 a new 395 and my old 288 on the Alaskan mill atm..man dial that 288 in right you talk about a hard cuttin machine…I just cuts
I’d like to lay my hands on a couple of your saws. They sound awesome
@@hoskinslogging9858 you’d really like em I promise..used em hard
Ive seen some people sayn good some sayn bad i trust u an ur dada opinion if its worth a flip or not so glad u got 1 lol. Like with the blue saw i know weither or not it'll hold up where an wit what we cut.
Time will tell. I asked the dealer I got it from if he had seen any problems out of them. He said nothing worth mentioning. So I’m thinking it’ll be pretty good. Dad and I talked about it, and out biggest concern is the bushings wearing out prematurely compared the the 661’s
@@hoskinslogging9858 ive heard that about em but not from everbody or Alotta people. What length bar u pulln i do know most that have been mentioning it run longer bars.
@@justinweaver8787 20 inch. I was watching another video that did a comparison between the 500 and 661. Sawing through red oak. Like a .10 second difference in them. Said the 500 had the rpm’s to keep up with the 661 as long as it had a 20 inch bar.
@@hoskinslogging9858 it sounds like its screamin wit the 20 for sure. Have a good week buddy .
You too bud
I run 461 and 661. How does it compare to them? Been thinking about buying 1 but not sure yet. Still trying to get a feel on them. Thanks
The speed in the cut is fast. I have an older 461,It will out cut it. I cuts close to the 661’s. And weighs less. It’s a nice saw. So far that is
Ok. Thanks. I may buy 1 in the future. I like the 046 and 461 I have
They say that the new 462 will out cut the 500. I don’t know though
661 has more torque for sure. 500 decent but the 462 is really hard to beat IMO. My 500 starts like shit. I have to hit the primer a million fn times a day.
@@stevenwescott1422 yeah I’ve heard the 462’s are nice
Look at you and pop's getting injected!!! Will just increase the production on an already kick ass set-up. Be good
Haha. “Me and pops getting injected” would have been an awesome title. Thanks for watching buddy.
@@hoskinslogging9858 a little 500 I VACCINATION!! he's going to try and steal it from you now 🤣 take care. Be safe
He stole it in the video! Haha. I couldn’t even catch him he was running from tree to tree so fast
@@hoskinslogging9858 I SAW that 🤣 leaving your hands!!! Haha ,You guy's are a great team. I enjoy it. See you on the next one.
Thanks bud
Was that place you all was logging in Terryvillie ky
Nah this is in owsley county.
Your close to beattyville ky
@@danieltackett1614 yep
Maybe when you have free time I can come and run saws with you
Maybe. We’ll see buddy
I want one so bad how do you like it
I’m impressed with it. Power is good. And it’s noticeably lighter than the 661. All around, it’s a good saw. Doesn’t have the torque to get down and pull wood like the 661 does though.
No hard hat no safety glasses no nothing come on now guys