Stihl 500i cutting Doug Fir with 36" bar

this was from when my 500 was new and still stock

[@jeffmartinez8720]

Awesome job wish I could still be falling timber. I fell timber for 40 years loved everyday.

[@kodeebarber]

Must have been doing something right to make it that long. Not to many make it that long, that's very impressive

[@jeffmartinez8720]

@@kodeebarber I was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia that's why I had to stop. My father was killed on one of our logging jobs in 2005.

[@kodeebarber]

@@jeffmartinez8720 sorry to hear that. My grandpa has a tumor that took his hearing and he lost most of his balance as a result, otherwise I have no doubt he'd still be falling Timber as well. He tells me how much he misses it every time I see him

[@user-su7md8lt8s]

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[@user-su7md8lt8s]

Como prez

[@heavysnow8616]

Hats off to you guys! An extremely dangerous job requiring knowledge, skill, strength and balls of steel. I learn so much watching, thanks for taking the time to show the saw and your skill. God Bless and be safe!

[@kodeebarber]

Same to you and thank you!

[@user-su7md8lt8s]

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[@stumpshot70]

I'm rebuilding all my old MS660's with 56mm pistons...so far they're shredding. Good job man. Looks like where I live in Nevada City area of California.

[@kodeebarber]

Right on. I still have my first 660 that I broke in falling with. I'd like to restore it this year just for sentimental value. This is around McCloud CA

[@andrewmia1263]

The man and the super powerful machine. Thanks guys.

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@CabinRidge]

Great work 👍 got my 500i on order with Eagan air filter and west coasts suspension !

[@kodeebarber]

The new Egan filter should be pretty decent. He resigned it to fit under the stock cover with air all around. I definitely like having the upgraded suspension on the 500. It's convenient getting it from WCS but if you don't want to pay 50 dollars for it you can get the parts from a Stihl dealer for like 15ish

[@NuDig55]

@@kodeebarber Awesome content...keep em comin'! I recently picked up a 500i and am interested in the WCS feller's suspension kit. You mentioned that I can purchase from the Stihl dealer. Do you have the part numbers?

[@proforest3631]

Zdravím z České republiky, Perfektně provedená práce, krásné dřevo. Ať se daří.

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@JohnnyIDive37]

NIce one, that 500 is sounding healthy

[@kodeebarber]

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

[@craigmike3592]

Sweet good job tree is down and your walking away another day at the office

[@kodeebarber]

Yes sir. Thank you

[@shallinegentle5200]

Io

[@shallinegentle5200]

Sat. By1o0 gulm. Ronald gentle. 1ooo. Alex.

[@ishure8849]

G'day KB, nice job lovely stick 👍🇦🇺.

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@AStanton1966]

When you see one of those Humbug face cuts, you know the guy means business.

[@kodeebarber]

Try to always mean business and sometimes I get lucky lol

[@AStanton1966]

@@kodeebarber You know, I used to have a plumber that always was fond of saying, "sometimes you get lucky."

[@kodeebarber]

@@AStanton1966 luck is always a good thing to have on your side

[@AStanton1966]

@@kodeebarber The first time I saw that style face cut was on the cable show The Axmen. I always try for it. You did masterpiece!

[@kodeebarber]

@@AStanton1966 common here on the west coast so that way the butt of the log is flush so there's less waisted wood on the log side

[@joshsweet5373]

Congratulations you have my dream job.

[@kodeebarber]

Yeah I understand that. I've gotten pretty lucky in life to get to do this

[@Foley347]

Well done! Beautiful!

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you. I appreciate it

[@muhammadhariez7696]

Amazing...great work👍👍👍

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you I appreciate it

[@Huntoutdoors]

That 500 rips man nice cuts

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you. Yeah it's probably my favorite saw I've ran. I can't wait for them to have more in stock around here so I can get another one

[@darrelljohnson4658]

Nice work good job sawrus

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@wildlifev.h.countryvscruis7697]

Awesome video, a Master of his craft @work, skill set 12out 10

[@kodeebarber]

Eh I don't know about all that, lots of room for improvement lol but thanks for watching

[@wildlifev.h.countryvscruis7697]

G’day Kodee, I enjoyed your commitment to dropping the tree, hence the master comment, lol then watched yourself Anton nd Cody fell the 7ft redwood, again skill set old school, hitting the initial mark, I’ve not dropped anything that large and couldn’t !!!, Love the videos mate

[@kodeebarber]

@@wildlifev.h.countryvscruis7697 sounds like you're referring to guilty of treason video. That is a good video but it's not me lol

[@wildlifev.h.countryvscruis7697]

Whoop, yeah that’s the one, my bad, apologies bud, 🤣 🙌anyways both good vids regardless

[@kodeebarber]

@@wildlifev.h.countryvscruis7697 hahaha no worries buddy. Lots of chainsaw videos out there. Easy to get them mixed up lol

[@limestonecowboy9219]

Man that 500i sounds freaking healthy. 🧐

[@kodeebarber]

Yes it does. The straight shot gives them a nice growl

[@valqueenofValhalla]

Nice job bud I too cut trees for a living and that’s was rather nicely done, I’m not gunna say that you need this do that cause I hate when people who have no idea how to do what we do tell us how to do our work. Keep it up 👍 brother

[@kodeebarber]

Doesn't bother me at all haha people are all entitled to their and can say what they want don't affect me at all. Besides I always try to make sure they have something to bitch about hahah stay safe out there

[@valqueenofValhalla]

@@kodeebarber you too

[@JRMny-nl4ut]

Nice

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@Doofsquad]

A+ man, those saws are mean!

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you. Yes they are. They are pretty pumped up from the factory

[@somkid641]

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[@Angak47]

Great job

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@davidwinn9465]

Made it look easy.

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you. The easier the better lol

[@SUROBLEDEKchannel]

Good job 👍

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@cpdoasis]

Got my sub 💪🏽

[@kodeebarber]

Right on, thank you

[@redman715]

You’re a pro!

[@kodeebarber]

I'm just trying to be, thank you

[@rogerford4427]

Nice job. 🤙

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@McTree2013]

I’m going to be getting a 500i this weekend. have you had any issues with the filtration system?

[@RomeKG471]

Thats some nice timber. Good job.

[@kodeebarber]

We get lucky with some nice stuff every now and then. Thank you

[@DuniaKayu533]

good job mr

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@SnowIsMyTerrain]

What mods have you done on yours? I've got the maxflow filter and a barkbox sitting on my desk here.

[@kodeebarber]

This video is from when it was still stock. This is what I had done to it. Exhaust opened up, added port on the muffler, bark box, max flow, and it's been ported and the base gasket deleted.

[@andrewhumphreys3911]

Good effort

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@andrewketchum5098]

Nice shot

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@ericrayblankenship5018]

Great job !! Sure u took extra time for the video we both know that's a 4 to 5 min tree lol !

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you. I never try to show my best on video, people would bet bored if there wasn't something to bitch about lol

[@adi7795]

Hi what are you thinking from the 500i?

[@robertnemeth9945]

Good job :)

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@skynet0813]

500i 🔥🔥

[@kodeebarber]

Probably my favorite saw I've ever ran

[@skynet0813]

@@kodeebarber saving for one now.

[@ArkiRompas]

Nice 👍

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@loghog4392]

Nice to see some green wood being cut. I've had waaaaaay more fire salvage over the last 10 years than green. Sucks. I've always run the West Coast Saws big dawgs on my 500 and I've cracked 2 clutch covers. Never liked those covers because a thrown chain would usually squeeze between the cover and the end of the crank forcing the bar nuts to be loosened or even removed to put the chain back on. I just put one of the beautiful milled billet WCS covers on but haven't thrown a chain yet. There is more space so a chain should be able to just be rolled back on. Now if someone would come up with a solution for the self destructing vibro-matic shrouds on these saws (661's too). What a joke. 3 days maximum and the plastic pins disintegrate. Do they even test these saws before they release them on the market?

[@kodeebarber]

Yeah every year it's more and more fire salvage. I'm not a fan of stihls stock dogs, I run aftermarket on all my saws. The 500 side cover is an absolute joke. Throw your chain more then once and the side cover is toast. I've only thrown it once with the WCS cover and theres plenty of room to slide the chain back on

[@kodeebarber]

And yes I agree the new top covers are garbage on the new saws. All the testing is in Germany where they run short bars. Not knocking them by any means they just don't have as hard of conditions as we do in western North America

[@Morpheen999]

Yes Stihl's biggest issue is they don't do Research and Development in North America.. So every time a new saw comes out it takes 2 years for more updates to fix all the Issue's that come up in NA

[@kereatifkaryaimajinasimesin]

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[@peterlarsson7032]

nice

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@fiercestcalmivebeenin9937]

That 500, sorta strange, luv it. .. NARROW POWER BAND! .. I wonder if the BC Fallers are using it?

[@kodeebarber]

Check out Donny Walker. He's in Canada. Said all the fallers that tried them have loved them up there. It's a very narrow power band on these things

[@luigipiu9851]

Granndi bel lavoro

[@maxchainsawchannel7832]

Nice bro.. 👍👍🤝🤝

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks buddy

[@stokesjo82]

Epic

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for checking it out

[@pavelkysa9907]

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[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@adecalungmilenial8047]

Good

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@johnc9738]

What mods has the saw had who ported it if it's been ported and does it have different suspension

[@kodeebarber]

In this video it's stock besides the Egan Straight Shot and WCS suspension set

[@johnc9738]

Thankyou

[@patbrowning6675]

Nice, no wood pulled on that one!

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching

[@retiredwelder1971]

That ain’t a stock one lol. Stock 500 I is nutless and horrible on fuel. Glad you got it built well. Looks like a beast now!!

[@kodeebarber]

This video is actually when it was stock lol this was a couple days after I bought it

[@retiredwelder1971]

@@kodeebarber well you got lucky. We had a hard time with a stock 500i with a 32 inch bar full house in hard wood. And she sucked the fuel hard

[@kodeebarber]

@@retiredwelder1971 I could see that in hard wood. They don't have any bottom end stock. Gotta keep the rpm up on them

[@sandrareynen1409]

Break it in with a 28 and when the sound changes and you will notice a difference if you just put a barkbox on it will cut great that what my dealer told me I did that and he was right then I went bigger bar it cuts great hard wood

[@kodeebarber]

@@sandrareynen1409 mine has had a 36" on it for probably 99% of it's life

[@lumberjaxe8910]

Well executed, interesting seeing the bore cut. i have to wear ear plugs and muffs for the 500i - certainly screams. 121 db nearly up there with a jet engine. Do you have the oil feed on factory setting?.

[@kodeebarber]

Yeah they get loud when the exhaust gets opened up. I talked the dowel pin in on the oiler and then turned it all the way up

[@lumberjaxe8910]

@@kodeebarber Ok thanks, if you ever find the time would be great to see a tutorial video on talking down the dowel pin to increase oil feed, doesnt seem to be much on YT and am sure many people are researching this. Was using my 36 inch bar slabbing up Iron bark in Australia, extremely dense wood, and is savage on the cutting teeth, find myself sharpening every 15 minutes 100 strokes on each tooth, and the bar gets extremely hot also. Thanks for taking the time to reply..

[@kodeebarber]

@@lumberjaxe8910 no problem. It's actually very easy to do. Just look at the oil adjuster and you can see the pin that limits it. I used a small punch but anything that's small enough to fit down there will work. Then take a hammer and very gently tap it into the case until you have an full travel with the adjustment. You can almost just push the pin in as well, it should go fairly easy

[@lumberjaxe8910]

@@kodeebarber Thank you that's very kind of you.

[@armontomana79]

🙏👍👍

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@gayle4804]

That was one extra big tree

[@kodeebarber]

It was a decent one on this job

[@purnomojembrang9224]

Master hebat

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching the video

[@user-zv4wr4fj1o]

Nice！！！

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you

[@user-zv4wr4fj1o]

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[@outfitr9703]

Why did you cut some of the hinge wood in the center?

[@kodeebarber]

Makes it easier to wedge and helps prevent Barber chairing.

[@UmbertoDamario-tz5wc]

E Fenomenale

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@woodhunter2580]

that's great, friend, where are you from? Greetings from me at Good work and be careful.

[@kodeebarber]

From northern California. Greetings to you as well

[@woodhunter2580]

@@kodeebarber thanks mister for confirmation to me,

[@kodeebarber]

@@woodhunter2580 hey thank you for watching and commenting

[@luxusvogelhaus6551]

Er muss Achtung baum fällt rufen 😂

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@emeraldstevens8922]

Damn that took long LoL

[@kodeebarber]

Yeah they aren't too fast when they aren't broke in lol and it's stock with a little to big of a bar

[@ocanylobo348]

Yo creo que desperdiciáis mucha madera, por que no cortas por la base?..💪

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@ocanylobo348]

@@kodeebarber Pero sigues sin contestarme, por que no cortas por la base? Tu forma de huir del árbol cuando lo cortas me dice que eres una persona muy insegura de lo que haces, eso no es bueno, por que no miras unos vídeos de los Indonesios con árboles del grosor del tuyo?…… Saludos💪👎🏻

[@kodeebarber]

@@ocanylobo348 sorry don't understand you

[@an2thea514]

@@ocanylobo348 loggers are running away from the tree when it falls since the dawn of time. It's the indonesians that do it wrong.

[@jamieyeomans3803]

awesome job a little to shy on holding wood for my liking but you know what your doing

[@kodeebarber]

Yeah these Doug fir have to be just about cut off or they pull a bunch of wood. Super stringy

[@Usaha_bersama_Channel]

luar biasa saudarakuh salam kenal dari indonesia

[@kodeebarber]

Hey greetings to you as well. Thanks for watching

[@AnacesardaLuz26daLuz77]

César 🧔🏻🎂🥳🎉

[@marcusvaldez633]

Nice no splinters boom shakalaka

[@kodeebarber]

That's what I shoot for. Thank you

[@woodfarmer8413]

I would think at 36” that’s pretty much the max for the 500.

[@kodeebarber]

For a stock one for sure. Have heard of guys running 42s on hopped up ones. 36 is a little big for a stock one in tougher timber. It has a hard time in Doug fir but will chew through cedar and sugar pine pretty easy with a 36"

[@vfoutlaw]

Hey fellas, I'm I'm Australia. I frequently run a 42' bar on my 500 and cut aussie hardwood. I have all the WCS accessories including the intake and exhaust but it's not ported. The WCS stuff adds a little extra power but the other day I cross cut a 40' stump with a 42' bar, full comp chain and an 8T sprocket. It tore through it. (I do run 98octane fuel, some say it adds power while some say it doesn't matter) Honestly boy I don't use my 066 anymore, I don't need to. 500s can turn big bars. I'm seeing more and more guys realising they can

[@Whateva67]

@@vfoutlawwhat was the biggest bar you ever run on your 066? My old 066 cuts like a demon with a 36” but I bought a new Cannon 32” and I run that one mostly. Hello from British Columbia

[@MrPummi88]

Seltsamer Fallkerb, und die Bruchleiste sieht sehr klein aus!

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@an2thea514]

Humboldt cut. Häufig in den USA zu sehen, bei uns ganz selten.

[@viorelscrob6391]

Where is this?

[@kodeebarber]

Near McCloud CA

[@viorelscrob6391]

@@kodeebarber But what country?

[@donaldatkinson7937]

@@viorelscrob6391 USA

[@viorelscrob6391]

@@donaldatkinson7937 Ah ok

[@oldtimerf7602]

Well done, not a single tail pulled out of the butt. Seeing a fan of 2 foot tails being pulled out of the butt of those huge western softwood always bugs the hell out of me.

[@kodeebarber]

Thank you. Sometimes I don't get as lucky and get some stump pull. But I try and bore the heart out and keep em cut up to avoid pull

[@flazsko7187]

en francais ?

[@nikoimanuel4154]

Kayu apa itu

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@fridaybillions901]

can I join you guys

[@kodeebarber]

That's not up to me. I'm just an employee

[@fridaybillions901]

Please help me

[@efrainestradachalinosombra9659]

To much time walking around am still a rocky oh Loring but we never lorn at all I still would have cut that tree on half time the it took him

[@kodeebarber]

Hey thanks for watching. Would love to see some of your work!

[@bangthem1858]

Cruise control

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@ggcutter4098]

404 or 3/8 chain

[@kodeebarber]

3/8

[@ggcutter4098]

@@kodeebarber nice i always got pinched with 3/8 , been running 404 square ground and im sure you do too

[@kodeebarber]

@@ggcutter4098 I have only run 3/8s. Never tried 404. It's not very common around here anymore. All the loggers and fallers run 3/8s

[@ggcutter4098]

@@kodeebarber better chain speed , with full skip i always like that wider kerf though , happy cutting

[@kodeebarber]

@@ggcutter4098 same to you sir

[@zeljkosimonic7608]

I panj 50cm ...

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@kathyl4217]

You are pushing it with a 36 “ bar it is a only a 4.8 cubic inch are use the 32 but are used full skip chisel chain if you want to go and cut big timber you need at least 661 with a 36 inch bar

[@marcfallanmedard5813]

Didiakripui

[@kodeebarber]

Thanks for watching

[@PavolFilek]

long bar, underpowered saw, thin hinge, all bad.

[@nickmarti3707]

You should get more time on that saw before you start making videos.

[@TiN.420]

Why you cutting down a blue mark tree

[@kodeebarber]

Because the blue mark trees are the ones we're supposed to cut

[@TiN.420]

Where iam from we don't just the orange

[@kodeebarber]

@@TiN.420 depends on the land owner. Most mark in blue around here. I've also cut orange and red. Usually white is the leave mark around here

[@AnacesardaLuz26daLuz77]

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