Well I finally got to put a little real time on my 026.
Myself & 9 other guys from our church flew 300 air miles to a remote bible camp on the Yukon River to help them get their winter firewood supply.
They go through about 140 cords a year & had had maybe 5 cords in camp.
We split up into 2 crews. The team I was on had 3 guys cutting & 2 guys stacking most of the time, & we wre working the hilsides cutting dead spruce. A BIG tree here is 20" on the but, but most of those are only about 30-40' tall with limbs like a porcupine clear to the ground. Some of the smaller syuff had a little height to it (growing in better places) but even those were about 50' max to a 3" top. In about 4 days of cutting we figured we cut & stacked about 35 cord (we felt that was a very conservative figure, it could quite posibly be 40+). The other crew figured they did about the same in green birch. The dry spruce & wet birch mixed together make a fire that will last & has some heat.
Back to the 026.
I was very happy with the saw. It's been running a little rich on the top & I've left it that way, but may lean it a tad. Just guessing but I think I'm getting 11,000-11,500 on the top end. Blubbers till you get the bar deep in some solid wood & then cleans up & pulls nice.
Was running 3/8 full comp chisel filed round.
Only complaints: Aircleaner (summer felt version) needed constant cleaning (about every other tank of fuel). The fuel tank is WAY too small!! I'm not used to fueling so often.
I have never run this small a saw for any length of time, but I really like the power to weight ratio.
Overall, I REALLY like this saw!