FIREWOOD FOR DAYS!. 500i has competition.

[@BenQuast-f3q]

Hi, I’m 13 years old. I love your videos button and I’ve been watching them for over six years. I have always wanted to have an ax and power saw in my hand since I was a little boy I have bought several vintage axhead and I hung them. I have a double bit from the beginning of the logging age in the United States from 1873. I put handles and sharpened all of them because I started watching you. You inspired me buckin and I love your energy that you bring in all your videos. It’s so kind and warming.

[@Hamimus]

You're a badass little man 😎

[@BenQuast-f3q]

@ thanks dude

[@BenQuast-f3q]

@ I guess I just love doing what Buck does that’s me. I’m the kid that wears jeans, leather boots and leather suspenders literally

[@PaulCarrick-cu5sk]

Keep at it young man , you’re never to young or too old to learn this stuff , I learned to climb trees with spurs at 66 years old by watching buckin billy ray ! Hi from the Scottish border in the UK !!

[@oshea2300]

That's good kid. Keep doing what you're doing and don't do drugs. I was a junkie God saved my soul and changed my heart when I was in jail through a Baptist preacher that preached the gospel. The gospel is Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, and that he was buried and rose again the third day according to the scriptures. He shed his blood to pay for our sins so we could spend eternity in heaven with God. Eternity in heaven is a free gift.. and we receive it by trusting Jesus Christ finished work on the cross to get us to heaven. We receive his righteousness apply to our account because in order to get to heaven you need perfect righteousness. Your good works can't get you there, your baptism can't get you there, your church membership can't get you there it's all in Jesus Christ alone. If you want to trust Jesus Christ as your savior, call on him to forgive you for your sins and save your soul.

[@lyndseymarieburke1834]

Hi Billy Ray I’m a 67 year old women and cut about 45 cord a year. I cut it from the standing tree to stack dryer and ready to burn. It is a wonderful and joyful way for me to get a workout and I love doing it. I live in the Northern part of New Hampshire USA and have 567 acres of land I heat my home with wood and love every minute of it. I have bough some shirts from you and will be ordering again 😊 I 😅 have Dolmar 6800 saw and a Stihl 500i ported also a Stihl MS 261 CM 22:37 that is ported and Husky 592XP that is ported my favorite is the 550i and the the Stihl 261

[@michaelwhorley1573]

Wow! U r tougher than most the guys I know, including myself! True definition of work hard!

[@stihlnz]

@lyndseymarieburke1834. I'm a 65 year old guy that cuts almost 100 cord ..have all the saws 460s,660,500i,880s ... do you think porting is important ? have been advised against it if I'm just poring fuel into my saws cutting firewood ?? Have West Coast saws barker boxes /filters ..run square ground chain ..my saws are pretty darn sharp. What do you think.

[@lyndseymarieburke1834]

@@stihlnz Porting the saw gives you a large difference in power. I will always port some of them and the Stihl MS 261 C has so much more power and my go to saw most of the time. It is not to heavy and lots of power after porting 👍🏼

[@lyndseymarieburke1834]

@@michaelwhorley1573 Thank You Michael.

[@w6qd]

I have a similar hung-up pine, about 50-feet tall on my property. Over the years I've been go through my mind on how to cut it down. I was going to try to cut it down exactly as Buckin' did in this video. After watching Buckin' perform his work, I'm leaving the tree alone. I don't have the expertise to do this safely. Respect Buckin'.

[@Naslms06]

Hey BBRS! My brother from another mother! Thanks for your advice a month ago or so about the 592XP vs 500i. Turns out, I purchased the 592XPG with heated grips and 36” bar . Bucking anywhere from 30” to my largest 63” in diameter. This saw is awesome! More power is great to have in these large timbers. Each 16” slab weighs anywhere from 300-500 lbs easy and takes two guys to stand one slab up. I don’t know if there’s any easier way to cut these up once laid down on its side but I have to quaternary them to process them into firewood. Your skills impress me more and more each video! Legend! My friend! Cheers.

[@mendonesiac]

Nice saw! The groves of smaller trees out here in coastal northern California are often so dense they lean on their neighbors until you take chunks out of the base... dangerous work indeed

[@Shane_Reynolds85]

Cleaning hangers and snags are scary business! As Buckin says often; have an escape route off the stump and ALWAYS Look Up!

[@cuttnhorse2013]

Buckin, the 86 is a beast for sure, but your filing don’t hurt it either! You know as better than me, a good sharp chain can make most good saws look good! Been with you for awhile, stay safe as always, Ronnie East,Tennessee

[@EricChmelarsky]

Your chains are always spot on. No vibration, no chatter. I believe that 86'er is the ultimate sleeper saw. Ive run a ported 390, so the 86' er has got to be just awesome. You say, "tune the chain to the amount of power you have available at your fingertip."

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Very true

[@scottwilson4396]

Love the content and feed back and the man behind the saws ❤😊 It has been a great learning experience getting the opportunity to build for you and having the support and guiding hand of the Goat “Iron Horse “

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

@@scottwilson4396 love ❤️ ya Scotty

[@Alexhulk]

Funny that you said that Buckin In my life I saw my dad for only 8 months... The message that I remember from him was. "Every action got a reaction" And you just said that ❤

[@brotherflipper]

Dahm buckin i was just about to go away and buy myself a 372xp and my friends told me to buy a 500i and you come up in my feed with this!! 😂 Going to start my business around these parts as there is noone to do it! Thanks for the videos over the years and knowledge past our ways! ❤

[@nerdsunscripted624]

This saw is a good bit heavier than a 500i, like 2 pounds or more. If you use it a lot, you’ll appreciate the weight savings. Buckin is just old school and tries to find any alternative to something with fuel injection. Which is totally fine! But if you just want to use a saw a lot, 500i’s weight is a wonderful benefit of a really powerful saw

[@bobbrooks266]

The master showing us how he does it.. Can't ever see enough of Billy. Glad I've been around since the beginning been a honour and privileged. Regards to you all from across the pond

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Helll BobinSki

[@bobbyscott8024]

Hey Buckin', you can definitely hear and ''see'' the response from the trigger after she's warmed up! That's a sweet saw!

[@SebFournier-w9s]

Start following you this summer by searching video to arborist tree. And i cant stop watching you since then. Deep deep message in that one. I try to help my comunity buy charging a fraction of the real price. Because its my second job for now. Im a machinist by trade but how now's someday i might be a wood guy. Since im could remember i cut wood with my dad, oncle, and grand-pa. They were my model but you one of them now billy. Thnks.

[@bigmoustacheal3295]

Nice cutter! Looks like the hardest part of running that saw is pulling the trigger! Very nice to see! Thanks man!

[@michaelwhorley1573]

I took a tree down, just like that 2 days ago. Only because u taught me how to! Thank you BBR. U are one of my idols. Work hard be honest.

[@The_Wiry_Woodchuck]

I’m back in the bush in north/central Ontario and we got hit on the May long weekend in 2022 by a huge Derecho that took out hundreds of kilometres. Houses were lost, boats were smashed. I have never seen soo many massive maple and oaks fall to the ground and get just mangled and twisted all together from this storm. Or so many trees hung up amongst each other. It was a giant mess. Had some pretty hairy days in the bush cuttin’ and tips from Buckin’ helped save the day a few times. Thanks for all your wisdom sir. Happy and safe cuttin’ everyone!

[@chrisbrusasco6935]

Long time Stihl operator, love em for sure but have recently started using a ported 372 and 385. Have to say they are beasts. Comfortable to use, easy to work on and responsive to port work. They are my go to now, thank you Buckin for your influence and sharing your expertise.

[@itllkeal]

That saw is a beast to be doing what he was doing. I am impressed with the way it handled the weight of the rounds laying back on it, and it just pulled through it like nothing. It put me in the mind of a 395 watching it cut. Nice one, Buckin.

[@academicmailbox7798]

Donnie Walker has an episode where he re-builds the chassis of a 372 saw (in which he explained he once had to rebuild no less than two hundred of those as part of a tool recall). There's a rubber O-ring that sits behind a sleeve on top of which the worm gear for the oil pump sits on the clutch and sprocket side of the case. And my 372 was probably one of the last un-used 'off the shelf' tools of that kind, that were still lying around available. Well Donnie explained how the O-ring designed to prevent some air from getting into the cylinder bottom end through the ball bearings was even omitted on some of the last few builds of that model, when they off-shored the assembly of them. And I reckon I ran into that myself with this new 372, that I managed to push a little bit over several months of time recently. All in all, there's a real place for this type of saw in anyone's line up. I'll definitely be looking to the 572 next, as I've found this winter my five series tools have all held up. Whilst I'm sourcing repair parts for everything else. On the bar length thing, oh heck, I had to get my 15-inch bar 550 XP out to finish something this afternoon (the 372 was sucking excess oxygen from somewhere and it began to race). And as much as I like those little 'weaker' 50cc tools for certain things in tree work, . . for purposes of 'tidy up' of lumber after laying down a quantity of timber, one needs something with a longer bar that doesn't weigh a tonne. And yeah, the numbers 562 did come into my mind as well. Much to think about, but I've found that an Oregon 24-inch Powercut and the 372 or 365 are a very good combination (it's not like I don't own a selection of different 24 inch bars at this stage, but something about the Powercut on a 70cc saw works for me). Strangely, on 85cc or over I don't like the light 24 inch bar as much (and on the bigger saws, if one goes lightweight on the bar, it's maybe no harm to go out to 28 or 32 inch). When I use a bigger saw at 24 inch bar length, I don't find those light Oregon bars suit as well. But down at 70cc tools, the 24 inch light Oregon bar to me works.

[@academicmailbox7798]

One thing I will add about big 85 to 90cc tools and 24 inch bars. I used a .325 inch raker gauge and set my 3/8 inch semi- chisel chain to the softwood setting of a .325 inch gauge. So that's fine and well, soft Poplar logs etc. That's until one comes to some gravel, dirt in logs (strangely I learned a use for a cant hook, breaking bar tool as an improvised 'tree bark spade', . . . I must really set about making myself a proper 'bark spade' by taking an actual spade and re-shaping it for the purpose). One doesn't have some raker protection for those cutters, and suddenly you've a lot of re-file work to do. Counter to that, as long as I made use of my bark spade at all, I noticed for that wood with reduced raker setting, it extends one's fuel lifetime. To where one can rip up another 8 to 10 foot log on the same tank of fuel, half ways (one and a half logs per tank). And that's for 5 minutes worth of raker setting accuracy. No doubt though, consistent raker setting buys one more run time. It just means though, that implements such as bark spades do become necessary. But it's not a bad compromise. I'd rather have to do a little more bark cleaning, and save a chunk on fuel.

[@academicmailbox7798]

There is a longer length of cant hook, breaking bar (I carry the shorter version with me, as I had decided that I wasn't ever going to get into timber large enough to require a full size cant hook tool). But I will say, if one doesn't want to bend down and still be able to clean bark, . . the longer breaker bar is the way to go.

[@academicmailbox7798]

Can one use a smaller, short handled axe to clean bark off of lumber? Perhaps. Would I use a carpentry saw to hammer a nail with? I'll attempt to use Buck'in's own logic against him here. Stand up and use a long breaking bar, to deal with dirty timber bark. Is my best hunch. And then enjoy more benefits of one's effective, efficient chain raker customization.

[@johnjay5143]

Isaac Newton's law of physics, to every action there's an equal and opposite reaction . And that's a real good thing to know in whatever you happen to do that requires force . Cutting that tree in a video or two back, a dozen cuts that weren't for a rookie . Beautiful work as always Buckin'. :)

[@dannyrowe5850]

Who do you think your kidding when you say "Im not doing this for fun" with a saw that stout and a chain that sharp , your smiling ear to ear. always enjoy the content

[@joelmurray844]

Love this guy he is such an encourager and teacher! Yall should go check out his hoodies! His black " get the gullet" version is amazing!

[@chrismiller4015]

Hey buckin that was a nasty Ole snag that didn't want to go lol.

[@cliffjenkins6419]

Buckin, that saw and chain combo is unbelievably fast in the cut. I remember the Ironhorse 86, another brilliant saw from a great great saw builder. Good to know there are guys like those doing such good work and the saws last as well. Amazing! Loved this video, and the wife was away so I listened to it up LOUD! Bit like Zepplin,better with volume. Cheers from HB N Z

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Right on

[@ATGSAWMILL]

A good strong saw and good filed chain you can’t beat that feeling when you’re in the cut!

[@ctglockguy743]

That's a crazy fast cutting saw!!!

[@PeterEndelt]

Back in the danger zone with Billy 😄👍 Maybe you could do some easy Christmas tree cutting later 😄 Like butter 👍

[@LumberLineFarmingCountry]

Love this video. Good place to learn while being entertained! Hello from KY

[@chrismiller4015]

Those are some beautiful sounding saws!! Love the pipes on em

[@edwardpriestley2747]

That saw is unreal so much power keep up the good work Buckin thanks!!!

[@KevinsDisobedience]

That thing is nuts. I don’t need another saw. But there’s something about that old chassis that makes me nostalgic. Suits you.

[@mtmskogserviceas7704]

Lovely to see you on the powersaw my friend. The knowledge on how you should cut are so natural. Thx for sharing all your knowledge. It means alot. And as many say you do make a change for just sending good message and so forth. Over 500 K says alot of your channel. Cool. I just love it how you keep on making videos. Love from Norway. Mort

[@ardianblakaj]

Man that saw is amazing it just calms my soul watching your videos and watching you getting covered in wood chips almost feels illegal how sharp it is 😂

[@fabzacres-blackcat]

I like both STIHL and Husqvarna. They both do the job well. It seem the Husqvarna use considerably LESS fuel in accomplishing the same tasks tho…. Especially when zipped and piped 😊

[@tylerbaumbaugh6287]

Stop it Buckin. Your just trying to get husky to send you another saw... Lol. Just kidding, but im rolling with the Stihl.

[@RonP-ut3cr]

After Husqvarna laid off thousands and close down plants to move for cheaper labor, I love my 500I, had Donnie sprinkle a little magic powder on it and it’ll bury you in chips. Love your show, Just about the time I think I got it all together. You show me a better way.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Just different friend it’s in yer humility that allows learning and sharing it . Glad yer here

[@JeffPeickert]

Love the sound of a saw screaming through wood.

[@PapaRyans]

It's like cutting in butter ❤❤❤

[@mattw5729]

Absolutely amazing, thank you Sir!

[@axesandthings483]

Old Buckin' scrambles pretty good for an old guy! 🙂

[@woofy548]

That fuel injection on the 500i is pretty dang sweet though. I own both of these saws, and always seem to grab the 500i first. It just just feels nicer in the hand.

[@foxlake6750]

The 500i has slightly less power, I wouldn’t call the 592 a killer

[@NorthWestFishing1416]

Wow buckin that saw is on a whole other level you know I don’t think anything can beat that saw I really don’t think anything can and I’ve been watching you for many years run some really nice saw and that thing is a beast. I think it is appropriate to name it the 500 I eater. 😮😊 nothing looks fun as heck to run..

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

She’s fun

[@johnkenny2210]

Morning Buckin 👍🌳🪵🪓✊️ top saw top show Johno Australia 🇦🇺 👍

[@BenQuast-f3q]

The 500i is a workhorse

[@Cotton-Eye-Joe]

Don't ruffle my feathers Billy Ray, I have never been flooded or pull started with the switch off says the 500i

[@BADBOYM109R]

That saw is sweet lots of power. Like the 500I eats

[@michaelnewman-ds3fr]

That’s a fine saw it looks like a blast to run

[@hippopotaman075]

Good stuff Buckin, you make the risky stuff look easy, but don't forget its called risky for a reason. Kevin from Australia. I'd love to see that chain on the 500i, that could be worth another video. ☺️🌏

[@MollyDrennan]

I would have got that first tree standing perfectly vertical and walked away. Good job

[@gavinelliot3564]

Husky rules corncob.T800Aust

[@evettathompson9701]

500i all day

[@johnnyshell2839]

Sorry Billy. Im a Stihl man. I do love your videos. You and treeson. West Coast saw. Stihl has always been more reliable and a proven champ in wood. Not knocking a husky but, they only do good til they get some work in. Then they become temperamental. No use for a saw that gets air sensitive after noon.

[@jamiedalluge9472]

Looks like some great rounds for getting the axes out to get some swinging in

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Happy holidays

[@stephenreiner1523]

Looking at the backdrop it almost seems surreal, like a painting. That saw is eating that wood alive.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

@@stephenreiner1523 hehe 🙃

[@davidmuntz1186]

Buckin that Ford looks good!

[@GlynnRussell-ew3pp]

Love those iron horse saws !!!

[@petrisomax8090]

🚑Du bist total verrückt, und ich liebe das. 🤪Vermutlich weil ich auch so wahnsinnig bin.📿⛑ Viele Grüße aus Bayern

[@justinferrill8583]

Chain so sharp it’ll give you split vision!!

[@geronimome4153]

I watching out of the woods video. He just got a new 500i and he said he loves how it cuts.he was out helping people with downed trees from the hurricane helene.

[@Timberjack.loggers]

Some big blocks saw has some snap

[@telekaster19991]

That saw sounds like a 500R dirt bike!

[@iffykidmn8170]

Nah! more irritating like a rap😂py 125.

[@LE_GRATIN]

Woaw, this tuned big husky eat wood really much faster than my 50cc stock saw. heavy but effiency! ( with the right operator i think 😉😅)

[@toddpacheco4748]

Buckin,shaclank,shaclank 👍😮😊❤

[@BarryThacker-t5l]

In a dangerous situation i like a saw with a long bar.

[@MisterTwister88]

On the eighth day, god created Husqvarna

[@terrystotzheim9719]

Plus that saw doesn't have that annoying sound like its bouncing off the rev limiter all the time!!!! Great saw!!!!

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Yes sir

[@_Boregard_Rippy_]

.. was juss lookin' at a 500i new on the shelf it was north of $1,600 USD ..!.. wondered bout that ..!!.. top of the Sthil line in stock ..!

[@SteveLynd]

Buckin I feel like you have a couple pioneers and a couple old macs that would be just as fast as any of this new stuff but I understand we have to go to the new stuff because it's getting hard to find parts for our old saws

[@BGWenterprises]

Yep, ill stay with original edition 372s. just as long as i can find parts to keep the museum pieces running, and not be shelf queens.

[@daveinla7666]

1:54 oik! that’ll ruin your day in a hurry

[@wilfordharju528]

Keep at it brother

[@toadonshroom]

love Husqvarna!

[@daviddenyer756]

Now that’s sharp !

[@floydwilliams3321]

Nice saw Friend ❤️❤️

[@patrick97nz73]

Awesome vid awesome saw Buckin

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

Kool

[@critterg8493]

Buckins in the bite hard

[@brianpatrick678]

I’ve had quite a few leaners that did the same exact thing that first tree did for you

[@michaelskelton1279]

Thats 90cc saw, You can hear that much, probably like 91, 94cc sounds about right and ported. WOW LETS HOPE SHE CUTTS😮

[@scottwilson4396]

The 86r builds are 86cc , 55m bore . Achieved through several sketchy processes that one learns to love and fear lol … standard 372 length crank . This one has an hd6 carb which would be stock to the oe 372 . The second one i built for BBR has a 395 carb , larger lower transfers and a few degrees shorter blowdown and 40 psi more static comp . Carb matching is a work in progress still for me … drill bits are being played with currently on 3rd and 4th builds

[@davidvankainen6711]

​@@scottwilson4396would you get to the same place performance starting with a 385xp or where would it take ya to?

[@Magoot2456]

​@@scottwilson4396I love those Frankenstein builds! Some young dude on KZbin (I forget his name unfortunately) is/was building a pioneer p40/42 or something with a OE 372 top end...love that kind of stuff!!!!

[@Fparrish]

@@scottwilson4396hey Scott, you still building 86ers? Got a 372 that I’d love to get built up

[@scottwilson4396]

@@Magoot2456 it is so much fun trying things where they don’t belong sometimes it works awesome haha

[@scottjohnson1766]

I sure would like that saw

[@davidvankainen6711]

Dont worry, nserec! The landowner has a pickeroon. Besides, me thinks Buckin might have another wood splitting axe video coming out, lol.

[@_plinse]

8:20 This is why I have my Dolmar 7900, Solo 681 and I am waiting for a ported 681 to arrive 😂 Another 500I Eater 😂

[@BenQuast-f3q]

And you NEED TO POST MORE AXE VIDEOS PLEASE THEY ARE MY FAVORITE BUT I ALSO LOVE THE POWER SAWS

[@DanDito-k8t]

Just like I always said driving a dirt bike through wood sharp chain

[@emveee11]

Scotty DOES know .. !

[@cletusschaub4398]

Hay Billy Ray I have a tractor to pull them down we have a lot of leaners out in our woods so know where you come from thanks for your efforts and great vidios

[@RayPanek-o7x]

Gettin the gullet will set yer saw free!

[@rickcoleman8903]

Sure like watching someone else cutting wood rather than myself.

[@yenerm114]

💪🏼💪🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@jamiedalluge9472]

I wld gladly take this saw over a 500i without question

[@joematthews214]

Were do I get a pair of suspenders like yours and I love the videos

[@shannonjanes2434]

I curious about what if any changes you make to your saws when you come to the states. Elevation difference must be an issue!

[@johnkozubal7044]

Hi buckin I’ve been watching your videos for a good while now and I seen you have quite a few older saws I have a old homelite XL with a 20 inch bar watching your videos made me dig it out of the shed and get it running again. I was also wondering I see you cutting a lot of pine and some maple trees for firewood is there a real big difference from the hard wood oak trees well actually any hard wood trees we have here in Pennsylvania to the trees in your location?

[@pilkpulk8284]

Hi buckin, i hope you doing well....love ya brother.

[@OkanganMadViking250]

holy smokes where yah have been pilk pulk and how yah been.

[@pilkpulk8284]

@OkanganMadViking250 hi my friend. I have a hard time over here ....half a year back i lost my brother and now my mother is dying of cancer also... I hope you doing well,

[@OkanganMadViking250]

@pilkpulk8284 omg I im sorry to hear that 🫂 hopefully the new year is a better one for you.

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

@@pilkpulk8284 hello PP. live hands us nothing we can’t handle

[@d.ahwooomazenkas8075]

AHWOOOO GET ONE 👍

[@JohnBrunner-ym6qj]

How much can you get on a tank with the 86er is it better than the 500 I love this stuff

[@JohnBrunner-ym6qj]

That thing is just a dream to watch cut thank you

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

@@JohnBrunner-ym6qj oh Jonny twice as long

[@BuckinBillyRaySmith]

@@JohnBrunner-ym6qj 500 is a pig

[@JohnBrunner-ym6qj]

@ wow what an amazing machine and that pipe on it music to my ears

[@jakerowton379]

That exhaust? Must be custom built huh? Would love to find a muffler upgrade for a 395

[@alr818]

Nice video! But out of curiosity do you not see the need for safety glasses or shield?

[@Alexhulk]

Real❤

[@markroberts1733]

Stihl rule