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It comes and goes lol thank you and have a good weekend yourself

Thanks for watching

Probably full comp. Still not a 100% though. Semi is a little nicer to grind but hard to beat how smooth and fast full comp is

If they do I haven't seen it 😂

Haha not even. I get lazy and like junk food 🤣 but thanks lol

Most are hourly around here

It's a good saw. Over priced though. It's got good power to weight ratio. But you can get a 661 for less money. But I still like it

Thanks. I appreciate it

Very hard. That fine dust gets into everything eventually. Yes you have to change your filter much more. When I run the max flow filters I usually run them a week in good conditions and in the burn I can only get about 2 days before it starts to plug up

I think so. But the pondo's look pretty similar at this size, I still have a hard time telling them apart till they get bigger haha

@@kodeebarber I'm going with Jeffery because of the elevation.

This was no place for a skidder lol it's a lot steeper then the video shows. Cat was bunching for 2 skidders. Steep as shit and a long ass skid

Almost could have. There's was an inch or 2 on the ground the next morning lol

Yes it is. I like the rumble the straight shot gives them

Hey thanks man I appreciate it. 661 is one of my favorite saws. A real work horse

Oh yeah, honestly over priced. They are like 70 bucks more then a 661 around here. But I still like them even though they are so expensive haha

Thank you sir. Flat rakers won't really make it grabby but it does make it a little rough cutting. Angle them smoothes it out a lot. The only thing that can make it too grabby is having the rakers too low and/or making the tooth angles to aggressive

@@kodeebarber Bingo! First time I’ve heard about the tooth angle being an issue! Is too aggressive having the top of the tooth (top cutting edge) more straight across versus swept back at an angle? Thank you! This is huge for me!

@@kcf955 the straighter the top angle the less aggressive it is. Generally matching it with the angle line that's on the chain is usually pretty good. Make it a little straighter if you're in hard wood

@@kodeebarber Perfect, THANK YOU! Stay safe and keep the videos coming....

@@kcf955 no worries. Anytime. Thank you

Yeah I could see that in hard wood. Wouldn't get anything done around here with a 25 though. If you can stand to run a 32 on them then they are perfect for softwood cutting

@@kodeebarber I drop 4 footers often with a 25 just double cutting the face.

@@fellowbrotherinwar it's all about production here. Not saying you can't do it but takes way to long

If your chain is sharp they are actually pretty good on gas. But it's gotta be sharp sharp. The second it gets even a tiny wood dull they just suck the gas down.

I just had my Walkerized OE 372 blow a crank bearing(40:1 red armor from new) and take out the case. Honestly not happy with the saw from day one, peaky power and no torque. I take my ported 462 over it any day

@@RI-td3gv how much run time? And is that the older non xtorq?

@@kodeebarber yup older non xt. Not sure on hours but its done 6-10 cords of firewood for the last 10 years. Definitely not a production saw

@@RI-td3gv that's surprising it blew. Always heard they were pretty tough and didn't have lower end issues till the XT model

From everything I've seen the 500i is one of the less problematic saws out there. I've had more problems from other all other saws I have then my 500i. I don't run bark box anymore. I've got Egan straight shot on all mine, it's only a problem if you've got your face directly over the port. Never had a issue with that myself

@@kodeebarber Thank you for your thoughtfulness of your reply’s. It’s DEFINITELY something to think about.

@@ToddAdams1234 no problem. I try and help when I can

When I ran my buddies 500 next to my 462 with all the west coast shit both pullin 32” bars and chains off the same grinder I didn’t think it was all that much better for the price honestly lol

@@joemyers4037 it really isn't lol the 462 is lighter and I think it's a touch snappier as well. You can get a 462 and get it ported and be the same or cheaper then a 500. 500 has a touch more power and feels a little tougher to me

Honestly it's not worth the money but I still like it lol

Should grind it's own chain, fuel, and oil itself for the price! Our local farm and ranch store was having a sale when I bought mine so we got almost 300 bucks worth of clothing free for the listed price of the saw, still too damn much though

For real though. They are about a joke. Everything you said and you throw your chain twice and the cover is broke

It's one of my favorite saws. It's definitely over priced but I still like it. Best advice I can say is don't compare it to anything else cause it runs a lot different lol

great saw enjoy

That is true everytime lol

Over 6k

Thank you

Well they have Oregon on sale right now but no I've been going away from Stihl the last year or so and I'm finally down to the last of my stihl chain

I haven't had any issues that were due to to saw being faulty

Hey thanks for watching

Yeah this is Cal pines up by alturas

Stihl quality has gone down. I liked running Stihl cause it holds an edge better. But over the last couple years the quality has been awful. It stretches so bad you have to tighten it after every tree. And it will have random hard spots in the chain to the point where I can barely grind through it. Oregon chain is smoother and faster cutting and has been cheaper generally then stihl