Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Is CLT a game changer for construction and forestry? 2 months ago
Generally speaking, we’ve seen in a trend where the forest industry has made big bucks on paper for the crapper while timber has been step-motherly cut in bulk, with numbers in the red. We have brought this up o […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Comparison – Husqvarna 550XP Mk II VS MS 261 from Stihl 2 months, 1 week ago
Few with an interest in chainsaws can have missed that Husqvarna released a new 50cc in the professional market segment, at the start of 2019. The name is Husqvarna 550XP Mark II and it’s reaching stores right n […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Picco ⅜ chain on a Stihl MS 500i – cutting capacity? 3 months ago
As you may know we have spent quite a lot of time in the forest this winter testing out new chainsaws. Right now we are doing a long-term test on the new Stihl MS 500i, the 80cc chainsaw with fuel injection along […]
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Fredrik Reuter replied to the topic The end of the 390 XP 395 XP and 3120 XP in the forum Chainsaws 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you, interesting to read.
What will come then? Is it only in Europe or does it also affect US/CAN?
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Fredrik Reuter replied to the topic The end of the 390 XP 395 XP and 3120 XP in the forum Chainsaws 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Sorry to here that. Do you have any links regarding the emission and Husqvarna?
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Husqvarna launches 550XP Mark II 4 months ago
Today Husqvarna launches new chainsaws. One of them is 550XP Mark II (Mark Two). This new chainsaw is an 2019 revised version of the popular 550XP that is built on the same philosofy as the bigger Husqvarna […]
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Fredrik Reuter commented on the post, Stihl MS 500i – Test of the first chainsaw with fuel injection 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you Willard!
I agree with you and that is one of the main purposes of these short tests – lets run the saw as long as we can and before sending it back, check how it looks, both in and out.
We could be better in explaining that along with the fact that this is a new saw that has not been run in fully. Most likely it will perform better…[Read more]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Stihl MS 500i – Test of the first chainsaw with fuel injection 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Forestry.com has tested the brand new Stihl MS 500i, the new 80cc chainsaw from the factory in Waiblingen in Germany. The only question is – where to begin?
Do you start with the fact that MS 500i is the very f […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Sampo is serious in the forest launching 3 brand new machines 8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Finnish manufacturer Sampo Rosenlew may be most famous manufacturing combined harvesters for agriculture. They have, however, produced forest machines for many years as well but the company has not focused so […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Bison Active Frame, new forwarder from Ponsse 8 months, 4 weeks ago
One of the biggest release at the upcoming forestry fair FinnMetko will be the new Bison forwarder from Ponsse. As you may have noticed, Ponsse goes retro and re-using old machine model names like no other. First […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Ponsse relaunches the Cobra harvester 8 months, 4 weeks ago
The Finnish forest machine manufacturer Ponsse is launching a brand new forestry harvester named Cobra. First glance at this new forest machine will be at the Finnish forestry fair FinnMetko this week.
Quite […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, John Deere Launching 910G, Replacing The Old 810 11 months, 1 week ago
A new small forwarder from John Deere is coming. 910G is the model name and it will be replacing the trusty 810 in performing thinning projects in the forest. With this, an era comes to an end. Read on to learn […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Ponsse – the forest machine, the company and the new factory 1 year ago
During our trip to Finland we had an entire day in and outside the Ponsse factory in Vieremä in central Finland. It was a highly interesting and lovely day, and below you can read all about our thoughts on the […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Valtra 4-series tractors in the forest 1 year ago
Why are Valtra tractors so popular in forestry, and why has that always been the case? These are questions a lot of people may have asked themselves throughout the years.
Torbjörn and I visited the Valtra […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, A visit at the first Komatsu 901XC in Sweden 1 year, 1 month ago
We’ve visited the very first Komatsu 901XC in Sweden, the 8WD 901 from Komatsu. It has made its way to Ludvigssons Skogsentreprenad AB, in a town called Simlångsdalen on the west coast. The company works almost ex […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, John Deere 1170G 8WD goes Gray with IBC and ADC 1 year, 1 month ago
Since their FMG time in Filipstad in Värmland, Sweden, John Deere Forestry has always had a way of introducing new models by adding them to their old trusted 1270. This was also the case some three years ago, […]
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Alstor 8×8, the company & the machine 1 year, 2 months ago
Forestry.com has visited Alstor in Dingle, Sweden, a company that, among other things, is manufacturing the popular mini-forwarder Alstor. We received a history lesson, a visit to their factory and the opportunity […]
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Fredrik Reuter commented on the post, Review and Test of the New MS 462 Chainsaw 1 year, 5 months ago
Thank you Willard!
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, Review and Test of the New MS 462 Chainsaw 1 year, 6 months ago
The 70cc chainsaw segment is on fire! Both Stihl and Husqvarna is now shipping out one new chainsaw each in MS 462 for Stihl and 572XP for Husqvarna. These new chainsaws are going to ramp up the whole segment but […]
Very nice well done video. The aerial drone shot was great!
First faller with the 462 needed to do some work on his chain. It was sharp enough but just needed better depth gauge or cutter side plate settings.
The second tree felled by what looks like a pro who cuts wood daily for a living was smooth operating the 462, used his helmet screen and had a good cutting properly set chain on the saw.
The C85 chain sounds interesting and I hope we get them in Canada soon.-
Thank you Willard!
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Fredrik Reuter wrote a new post, EU & US Emission Standards For Diesel Engines In Forest Machines 1 year, 6 months ago
If you’d like to know more about such mysteries as Stage IIIB, IT4 and Final Tier 4, that is, the emission standards for diesel engines (in this case for forest machines) then read on!
This article is intended a […]
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Very nice video guys, very impressive saw.
So with 20 tanks run through the 500i which is roughly three 7 hour logging days…the video shows how dirty it was cutting spruce.
Of course spruce or other softwood is messy with sap and lots of dust and after 3 straight days without cleaning maintenance it will be very dirty.
But normally a logger would clean it and air filter included after a 7 hour day. This would prevent fine wood dust from working past the over dirty air filter into the intake as the video showed.
So it’s very important to understand this problem.
Thank you Willard!
I agree with you and that is one of the main purposes of these short tests – lets run the saw as long as we can and before sending it back, check how it looks, both in and out.
We could be better in explaining that along with the fact that this is a new saw that has not been run in fully. Most likely it will perform better and better after each re-fuel, maybe for as long as up to like 50 re-fuels.
We have to remember that fuel injected chainsaw
development goes all the way back to 1949 at Rasmus Wiig’s small Oslo factory “Norsk Sagbladd Fabrikk” with his 8.5kg semi diesel Comet Model A chainsaw.
Hi Fredrik,
thanks for the review, I’m going down town Tuesday after this so called easter break, to ask for one!
Dude!! It’s 80 cc NOT 80 cubic inches! No chainsaw typically available is measured in ci or cubic inches. 80 ci is 1311 cc. Double that and you pretty much have the same ‘cube’ capacity of a 5 cylinder Volvo. Now I know modern chainsaws are pretty potent but do you really think 2 of these MS 500i’s have as much ‘cubes’ (cubic inches or cubic centimetres) as a classic 5 cylinder Volvo?
Thank you again for the vision
kind regards
KKurt