I enjoy watching that guy run a saw. It is a joy to watch him having that much fun. I'm unfortunately just going to run my stock 500I for now. I will eventually get a saw from ripsaw. Keep doing what you're doing brother.
I consider myself a “Stihl Guy” but I bought a new Husky 372 partially by recommendation from Buckin’. Nothing wrong with a “Husky Guy” appreciating a good Stihl saw especially one that was hot rodded by the fine folks at Ripsaw. Keep up the good work, be safe, and have fun!
Those rip saw 500s are amazing, I build saws for big hardwood and watching that saw rip into that maple was amazing, it’s rare to see built saws in hardwood like that, it’s just hard on equipment and everything, and amazing video as always Tinman
That’s what I was taking away from this video… those ripsaw 500’s don’t run like any other 500 … I don’t know what exactly they did to turn them up into that monster torque beast in that video but they definitely have a fantastic recipe’s and I’m guessing it’s a good 30% stronger then stock maybe???? Our 462 spanked a 500 and it wouldn’t keep up with that RipSaw version…. Love to see the Dyno Joe results of those head to head with stock!!!
I ran a new stock 500i at the Canadian Vintage Chainsaw Hoarders Get Together this past year - Impressive!! I can only imagine what it is like ported. One won't be in my cards any time soon, but I did build a killer ported MS440/460 hybrid that pulls harder than a stock 500i. It is my new favourite saw - and I am a Husqvarna man at heart. It is noticeably lighter and pulls harder than my ported big bore 372 - just an absolute joy of a saw to run. Love your videos - you have been an inspiration to me. Thanks brother!!
@conormichael7964 thx! I forgot about that.. it's been years since I went through this detail. Definitely an excellent addition for groundwork, I love full wrap. I just didn't get the chance in like 20yrs bc right b4 there's a chance -- sth else takes away the funds 🙈🥵
That’s exactly what I was thinking but I’ll never knock the Ripsaw guys or anyone willing & able to pay the price for a great saw. It’s business, and they provide a great product that people are obviously willing to pay for. All thumbs up for Ripsaw.
Being from Pennsylvania I’m no stranger to hardwoods. I love my echos. I typically cut shag hickory when it’s available but settle for ash. Red oaks stupid easy to split with axes but I hate burning it. I don’t like wood piles so I cut standing dead and it takes too long to dry. I tried the long bar game but it kills my back. It’s a catch 22 for me. A big heavy powerful saw cuts faster thru our wood but a lighter saw is easier on the body. That XL You built would be a perfect saw. A light weight screaming 50cc with a 20” bar is home
It’s definitely not a regular stock 500i that is looking so badazz and super strong in the video and I’d love to see how much better that RipSaw’s 500 runs next to the factory version…. Would love to know just for the shits and giggles what they cut out of the squish band on their version because it’s looking absolutely strong with the bar buried and laying into her pretty good it’s just blasting through the wood!!! I’d love to have a RipSaw’s 500i LMFFAO
I am envious. I live in the deep South, too hot for me. My family is from Maine and I prefer the cold. My wife said if I move to Maine it will be alone. So, I guess I will be looking for a smaller house.
My buddy is trying to get me to pull the trigger and get a 500 but for now my 400c is doing an excellent job bucking logs. Maybe one day. Thanks, Tinman
Rip saw is amazing but the price is high and the wait is 16 to 20 weeks. I know they're very busy, cuz. They're stuff is amazing. That's almost 5 months, and they're charged in $600. More than what the saw is. Most guys who do work to saw as charge for 450 at the most. But they are great, I'll give them that.
Never understood why people didn't like the 500i . I absolutely love mine. It's reliable, powerful, and feels awesome in the hands. All I have is a bark box on mine, and some bigger Dawgs. It's always my first saw I grab.
That was a maple stump Buckin was gnawing at. That stump had to be sitting at least a couple years. The same in a red oak he would have been throwing sparks.
The Bunyan footage is great, at the time I was doing a few things so now I can take the time to watch some good stuff and in my memories remember some of it live. Take care my friend 🙏♥️
lemme 🛑 for a moment to *appreciate* the boss letting the beast cooldown for the right count of seconds in idle to let the whole guts of it get enough 2T mix lube *back* to all the moving parts inside the crank-case 🔥 Hard-hats off right here to the MAN , huge respect! You don't see that every day 🙌🏽🔥
I’ve got two 441’s here and I found a case half for the pto side of one…. Looks like the chain ground into the case after several derailing’s or something crazy outside the brake has been rashed through and made a hole…. I hated how high rpm’s these will twist 14.200 area and I used the 52mm BigBore Farmertec topend on my last one and I was able to get a long exhaust duration and totally changed it up and it’s pulling like the 462 and 13,500 all day? I am also going to check out the timing numbers with a 372xtorqer piston swap??? The wider and taller cutouts look like they might help move more fuel charge but I’m still trying to get my head around this design…. Cut my fresh air intake area into a pocket and then into my intake port like a BellHopper Xtorq so they can get a good amount more torque from the additional fuel charge??? I’m just putting these back together with a minimum of work and mostly want to get a little better air boost and fuel charge mixture into the intake face cut so it’s just tossing a little bit more oil and fuel and not straight air on the face of the crazy hot piston??? This is a extremely confusing design of a engine design or I’m just not really understanding what is really happening with the Xtorq engine design??? They are crazy to be dumping air into the cylinder with no fuel mixture and then it’s mixing up maybe in your combustion chamber and “Bang!” Fires!!! 14k!!! It’s just crazy lean ??? Scary lean???? 50:1 would be 85:1??? LMFFAO dead in a couple years lean???
Hey tinman, do you know if you still have to use the heat shield and or gasket once you put a pipe on it? I think it will cool significantly better once the shield is gone. Curious what buckins black 500 has. Thx in advance buddy!
Tinman are Ripsaw changing our the OEM piston. I saw a video about how the OEM pistons are very irregular in shape especially the skirt, from one to another. A bit of a worry? What's your thoughts on the stock pistons..?
I have a Ripsaw 500i. Just wondering if buckin had the stock filter or a max flo on it. I bought the max flo for mine but it just makes an oily mess if ya ask me .
@@conormichael7964your supposed to use 2 ounces and squuese ot around and squeeze it out its ok to have extra it will drip down and out..always better to have more than the amount you said its not enough..i am tree service run those Westcoast and max flows on my 462,500i 661 xcrtra,they work ten times better than stock..with muffler box they open rite up ..and its big difference..plus filter lasts for days of cutting fulltime nothing gets in.but you gotta put plenty of oil on them..just blow the outside and around it off ..except the maxflow just leave it until you change it..the Westcoast 462 filter setup is hands down best filter made .the hose clamp allows absolutely NOTHING IN..NOTHING 😮.a better set up foŕthe 500i is gordys velocity stack its only 36 bucks and it has hose clamp ..far superior to maxflow however you cant run them in the rain like max flow because cover wont go on..but it is better..wish i had them 30 years ago..tinman sell your old saws get 500i but if you do better get bigger gas can ..i run 40to1 vp and maximum k2. The 500i eats a tank in 5 minutes
Husqvarna for the win. Ask any mechanic (not a dealer,.) In the believe it or not category, a Stihl rep once told me one-on-one, "our warranty is only as good as your dealer." My dealer was a piece of shit.
hey tinman cool video i consider myself a husky guy but i also own some smaller stihls which run great the main problem with these new saws is the price for your average hard working man i have alot of friends that would like to buy a 372 like i run now compare that price to one of these 500i these prices are insane
Hey Tinman, I have 2 questions. 1. Do you know if you can big bore a husky 51? 2. Do you know if you can get a full wrap handle or does it need to be fabricated? Thanks for your time
Hey I think the top end for a 55 is the one you're after. You generally won't find a full wrap for any 50cc class saw, the only 50cc class saw I know of that had a full wrap is a 357xp.
Can someone tell me, how that pipe works?🤔 Is it just "straight" pipe, or is there some inside "trickery"?🤔 It sure looks nice!😎 Greetings from Finland.🇫🇮🌲🌲🌲
My only complaint about the Ripsaw 500i is that it shoots TOO MUCH saw chips TO Fast!! I feel like I’m walking in deep snow there’s so much saw dust!!! They need to put a chip collector chute on the backside!!! It’s a joke, take it easy!
Tinman, I really loved this channel when you were porting saws that no one else would… old iron with character. Now it’s all repeat content of BBR, and iron horse. Please go back to your roots and bring that unique content that made you popular.
Completely agree with you. No disrespect to tinman but starting to to sound like he’s looking for sponsors and the content is slipping. Don’t get me wrong love watching his content but please go back to porting and building.
Did anyone take into consideration of the pipe.. it’s proven that header pipe will make most saws come alive- Tinman you port…. You know you could make one come alive too😊
I love saws too . And if I was a faller, there's no doubt I would be getting one from Ripsaw . I've been looking at these, but there's no way I could do 2300 dollars for one as I couldn't justify the cost for fire wood and occasional falling . lol But I "wood" if I could . lol
buckin is having a blast , so nice to see you guys having a great time all of you deserve it , good video
I enjoy watching that guy run a saw. It is a joy to watch him having that much fun. I'm unfortunately just going to run my stock 500I for now. I will eventually get a saw from ripsaw. Keep doing what you're doing brother.
What do you mean unfortunately! Im here with a ms 251 and can only dream of 500i
I consider myself a “Stihl Guy” but I bought a new Husky 372 partially by recommendation from Buckin’. Nothing wrong with a “Husky Guy” appreciating a good Stihl saw especially one that was hot rodded by the fine folks at Ripsaw.
Keep up the good work, be safe, and have fun!
Those rip saw 500s are amazing, I build saws for big hardwood and watching that saw rip into that maple was amazing, it’s rare to see built saws in hardwood like that, it’s just hard on equipment and everything, and amazing video as always Tinman
Yeah man my words exactly. I was very very impressed
That’s what I was taking away from this video… those ripsaw 500’s don’t run like any other 500 … I don’t know what exactly they did to turn them up into that monster torque beast in that video but they definitely have a fantastic recipe’s and I’m guessing it’s a good 30% stronger then stock maybe???? Our 462 spanked a 500 and it wouldn’t keep up with that RipSaw version…. Love to see the Dyno Joe results of those head to head with stock!!!
I ran a new stock 500i at the Canadian Vintage Chainsaw Hoarders Get Together this past year - Impressive!! I can only imagine what it is like ported.
One won't be in my cards any time soon, but I did build a killer ported MS440/460 hybrid that pulls harder than a stock 500i. It is my new favourite saw - and I am a Husqvarna man at heart. It is noticeably lighter and pulls harder than my ported big bore 372 - just an absolute joy of a saw to run.
Love your videos - you have been an inspiration to me. Thanks brother!!
Ripsaw ports them brand new if you send it in for 500.00 plus tax and shipping to and from the shop
Stihl 462- 13.2lbs
Stihl 462R- 13.9lbs
Stihl 500i- 13.9lbs
Stihl 500iR- 14.2lbs
Husqvarna 372xp- 14.6lbs
Husqvarna 572xp- 14.5lbs
Says it all.. hope you're good buddy.
pardon my French, remind me what the "R" add-ons are?
@@generaldistrust R is a full wrap and larger dogs from the factory
@conormichael7964 thx! I forgot about that.. it's been years since I went through this detail. Definitely an excellent addition for groundwork, I love full wrap. I just didn't get the chance in like 20yrs bc right b4 there's a chance -- sth else takes away the funds 🙈🥵
I love power saws, but, I have reduced the number I have since closing my business. Now I’m doing only firewood, I have 4 saws…Great video Tinman👍
This 500i bug seems pretty contagious 🤣🤣 by the time i can afford one theyll be vintage🤙🤙 much respect
That’s exactly what I was thinking but I’ll never knock the Ripsaw guys or anyone willing & able to pay the price for a great saw. It’s business, and they provide a great product that people are obviously willing to pay for. All thumbs up for Ripsaw.
@@timg9448 no doubt! i'm not knocking them at all, if I had the money I'd pay it hands down. Its worth what they're charging im sure of that🤙🤙🤙
Being from Pennsylvania I’m no stranger to hardwoods. I love my echos. I typically cut shag hickory when it’s available but settle for ash. Red oaks stupid easy to split with axes but I hate burning it. I don’t like wood piles so I cut standing dead and it takes too long to dry. I tried the long bar game but it kills my back. It’s a catch 22 for me. A big heavy powerful saw cuts faster thru our wood but a lighter saw is easier on the body. That XL You built would be a perfect saw. A light weight screaming 50cc with a 20” bar is home
Just got my 500i R ported ! Can’t wait to get it back into wood again !
Great video… nice looking toque and love that blue plaid jacket lol
Too funny
After selling a few saws I've finally bought a500i for my channel.. can't wait to see one on yours TinMan! Have a great day.
It’s definitely not a regular stock 500i that is looking so badazz and super strong in the video and I’d love to see how much better that RipSaw’s 500 runs next to the factory version…. Would love to know just for the shits and giggles what they cut out of the squish band on their version because it’s looking absolutely strong with the bar buried and laying into her pretty good it’s just blasting through the wood!!! I’d love to have a RipSaw’s 500i LMFFAO
I am envious. I live in the deep South, too hot for me. My family is from Maine and I prefer the cold. My wife said if I move to Maine it will be alone. So, I guess I will be looking for a smaller house.
My buddy is trying to get me to pull the trigger and get a 500 but for now my 400c is doing an excellent job bucking logs. Maybe one day. Thanks, Tinman
Rip saw is amazing but the price is high and the wait is 16 to 20 weeks. I know they're very busy, cuz. They're stuff is amazing. That's almost 5 months, and they're charged in $600. More than what the saw is. Most guys who do work to saw as charge for 450 at the most. But they are great, I'll give them that.
Never understood why people didn't like the 500i . I absolutely love mine. It's reliable, powerful, and feels awesome in the hands. All I have is a bark box on mine, and some bigger Dawgs. It's always my first saw I grab.
Because the husky 572 is better
Gotta get your money back out of the saw them saws are $1700.00 before tax new in the stores Round here
Buckin hates to love that saw hahah God bless him
Maybe , in that order .
Sorry I haven't watched your channel it's been a good 3 months but now I'm back and really enjoy your videos 👌
Just got a mint 036 for my stable of saws. The guy I bought it from also watches tinman videos... pretty cool!
That was a maple stump Buckin was gnawing at. That stump had to be sitting at least a couple years. The same in a red oak he would have been throwing sparks.
The Bunyan footage is great, at the time I was doing a few things so now I can take the time to watch some good stuff and in my memories remember some of it live. Take care my friend 🙏♥️
Powersaw fun never gets old 👍
lemme 🛑 for a moment to *appreciate* the boss letting the beast cooldown for the right count of seconds in idle to let the whole guts of it get enough 2T mix lube *back* to all the moving parts inside the crank-case 🔥 Hard-hats off right here to the MAN , huge respect! You don't see that every day 🙌🏽🔥
I’ve got two 441’s here and I found a case half for the pto side of one…. Looks like the chain ground into the case after several derailing’s or something crazy outside the brake has been rashed through and made a hole…. I hated how high rpm’s these will twist 14.200 area and I used the 52mm BigBore Farmertec topend on my last one and I was able to get a long exhaust duration and totally changed it up and it’s pulling like the 462 and 13,500 all day? I am also going to check out the timing numbers with a 372xtorqer piston swap??? The wider and taller cutouts look like they might help move more fuel charge but I’m still trying to get my head around this design…. Cut my fresh air intake area into a pocket and then into my intake port like a BellHopper Xtorq so they can get a good amount more torque from the additional fuel charge??? I’m just putting these back together with a minimum of work and mostly want to get a little better air boost and fuel charge mixture into the intake face cut so it’s just tossing a little bit more oil and fuel and not straight air on the face of the crazy hot piston??? This is a extremely confusing design of a engine design or I’m just not really understanding what is really happening with the Xtorq engine design??? They are crazy to be dumping air into the cylinder with no fuel mixture and then it’s mixing up maybe in your combustion chamber and “Bang!” Fires!!! 14k!!! It’s just crazy lean ??? Scary lean???? 50:1 would be 85:1??? LMFFAO dead in a couple years lean???
Hey tinman, do you know if you still have to use the heat shield and or gasket once you put a pipe on it? I think it will cool significantly better once the shield is gone. Curious what buckins black 500 has. Thx in advance buddy!
Almost 50k subs Tinman! What a milestone!
Mr Bucking should have brought one of his amazing axe’s and took some swings at that hardwood
He had one of his new axes there brother.
I really enjoy your videos, thanks
Tinman are Ripsaw changing our the OEM piston.
I saw a video about how the OEM pistons
are very irregular in shape especially the skirt, from one to another.
A bit of a worry?
What's your thoughts on the stock pistons..?
Rainy an cold here 2 sir hope all is well i supposed 2 have a 400c done up from ripsaw.
Husky guy all the way for me....just say'en. Nothing against Stihl at all, just personal preference. TC Mahalo Tinman 🤙🤙🤙
I have a stock 500i what’s so special about the ripsaw I know it’s been turned up, but what kind of modifications
Husky should make a mid 80 cc saw fuel injection model sort of surprised they haven’t already
The 500 is in a class of its own I’m sure it’s real nasty
that thing rips so much
Got two Ripsaw 500is, best saws ever. Also, two Ripsaw MS261C-Ms
Thats sick
I have a Ripsaw 500i. Just wondering if buckin had the stock filter or a max flo on it. I bought the max flo for mine but it just makes an oily mess if ya ask me .
No idea we never put a wrench on the saws here
@tinmanssaws okay. Thanks buddy!
@@hdhhc5555 if your using a max flow for the 500i, I put about a table spoon and a half of oil in a plastic bag and use that
@conormichael7964 I bought the fab 1 spray stuff. Not sure if it's good for 2 strokes or not.
@@conormichael7964your supposed to use 2 ounces and squuese ot around and squeeze it out its ok to have extra it will drip down and out..always better to have more than the amount you said its not enough..i am tree service run those Westcoast and max flows on my 462,500i 661 xcrtra,they work ten times better than stock..with muffler box they open rite up ..and its big difference..plus filter lasts for days of cutting fulltime nothing gets in.but you gotta put plenty of oil on them..just blow the outside and around it off ..except the maxflow just leave it until you change it..the Westcoast 462 filter setup is hands down best filter made .the hose clamp allows absolutely NOTHING IN..NOTHING 😮.a better set up foŕthe 500i is gordys velocity stack its only 36 bucks and it has hose clamp ..far superior to maxflow however you cant run them in the rain like max flow because cover wont go on..but it is better..wish i had them 30 years ago..tinman sell your old saws get 500i but if you do better get bigger gas can ..i run 40to1 vp and maximum k2. The 500i eats a tank in 5 minutes
yes ripsaw definitely knows what they are doing.
Do they address the "sawdust getting to the inside of the air filter" issue?
I put a k&n on one saw… and a max flo on the other… no issues
Husqvarna for the win. Ask any mechanic (not a dealer,.)
In the believe it or not category, a Stihl rep once told me one-on-one, "our warranty is only as good as your dealer." My dealer was a piece of shit.
i had my first try on a 500i stock and its fastgrunty im impressed its really good
The 500 is strong!
Hey, I got a husqvarna xtough lite bar. Was just wondering if I have to run the x cut chain? Or can run oregon exl?
Definitely can run any " make " chain .
Yep like stated above any chain with the same pitch, gauge and drive links will work.
@@tinmanssaws 👍. Have you run husky's x cut chain? If so, what did you think of it?
hi.have you heard anything from mr ironhorse,how is he doing.praying everything is ok with him.
Yes sir I spoke with him last week.
ok.
I want one!
I like interesting information and work advice on 1990’s golden era Husqvarna personally!
Can i send my 500i to ripsaw?
Or do you have to buy the saw ready to go?
If I can send mine in, what would it cost to do? Thanks!
hey tinman cool video i consider myself a husky guy but i also own some smaller stihls which run great the main problem with these new saws is the price for your average hard working man i have alot of friends that would like to buy a 372 like i run now compare that price to one of these 500i these prices are insane
Inflation will only get worse, get it while it's still cheap.
Hey Tinman, I have 2 questions. 1. Do you know if you can big bore a husky 51? 2. Do you know if you can get a full wrap handle or does it need to be fabricated? Thanks for your time
Hey I think the top end for a 55 is the one you're after.
You generally won't find a full wrap for any 50cc class saw, the only 50cc class saw I know of that had a full wrap is a 357xp.
Might buy an 042 av wht do you think?
Can someone tell me, how that pipe works?🤔 Is it just "straight" pipe, or is there some inside "trickery"?🤔 It sure looks nice!😎
Greetings from Finland.🇫🇮🌲🌲🌲
Tinman I just came across your channel, do you have a website and do you used saws?
Hey Jesse welcome.
No website as of yet. If you have any questions about saws my email is on my about page
My only complaint about the Ripsaw 500i is that it shoots TOO MUCH saw chips TO Fast!! I feel like I’m walking in deep snow there’s so much saw dust!!! They need to put a chip collector chute on the backside!!! It’s a joke, take it easy!
Hi Tinman, have you had your hands on a ripsaw 572?
Not yet
Been missing Tinman time.😢😢
Do you port out saws. I want one done up ,
Qué hermosa
Tinman there’s no doubt about what the five hundred I from ripsaw can do I’m sure Buckin will help you get one ☝️ 😮😊❤👍
At $3000 plus canadian ill pass got to cut allot of wood to justify the cost All be its quite the saw
Can you set up a crowd funding account? I’m sure a bunch of people would bend over backward to help you
Tinman, I really loved this channel when you were porting saws that no one else would… old iron with character. Now it’s all repeat content of BBR, and iron horse. Please go back to your roots and bring that unique content that made you popular.
Still waiting on that hot p41 build..
totally agree@@codyroger9581
Yeah it makes my breasts ache to
Completely agree with you. No disrespect to tinman but starting to to sound like he’s looking for sponsors and the content is slipping. Don’t get me wrong love watching his content but please go back to porting and building.
Facts
Best power to weight ratio of any saw you can get
Hopefully Santa comes early to you this year😁
Cheers lota fullas just didnt like this saw. But for the wieght love em. Stihl dont always get em right. Thanx
I like the 500i, and I'm a husky man lol
I love my 500i mate
Did anyone take into consideration of the pipe.. it’s proven that header pipe will make most saws come alive- Tinman you port…. You know you could make one come alive too😊
Who is makin these sweet Header Pipes
The World does need more Ripsaws ported chainsaws
Nice saw! Filtration is not good! Once up grade that, the saw is bad ass.
I did give Rip Saw a call and they didn’t call me back I was going to order a RS 500i
Its a sweet saw
Bro there not bad stock sharp n patience.
Try some locust or Osage orange
Those 500i's are beauties 👍😎 rip'n hard
there every were here in nz but the loggers prefer the 661
If I didn't already own a 460 I would be buying a 500i for sure
I love saws too . And if I was a faller, there's no doubt I would be getting one from Ripsaw . I've been looking at these, but there's no way I could do 2300 dollars for one as I couldn't justify the cost for fire wood and occasional falling . lol But I "wood" if I could . lol
Buckin Billy Bo Diddley
19:37 nice face cut.... lol lol
I never noticed lol
I want one too! Can’t justify, but I really want one 😂. Guilty of Treeson got one that was “ tweaked “ and it Really Rips😊
Its a shame the husky 572 smokes it! Buckin already proved it
Got rid of my 572 after less than a month.
I dono I just don't like the fact you have to plug it into a laptop for various reasons
😊👍
Rip saw is good however 6 month lead time forget that
Hows the tinman family
Doing great mr Steele!!!
👍
Rip saw
He said 500i
ECM
So let's go home chuck away your husqvarna and get a500i lol
Na I like my huskies lol