Thread: Best chainsaw.

Originally Posted by big_foot

Either I'm missing something or the general population is seriously diluded.

Ive seen 395xp Husky's at 6 months old with torn air filters, broken air filter cover clips, split fuel tanks, broken mount springs, broken clutch springs, blowen out mufflers, broken choke handles, throttle cable issues and the list goes on. On top of that they are heavy and un-ergonomic and a prick to start.

My 660 thats seen 4 years of punishing labour has had a set of mounts, a carb kit and a pull cord!

Thats fuckin it Im issuing a challenge, anyone in the bop wanna put their money where their mouth is and stump up with a 395 for a race?

i would race you bro but i only own Stihl's

Originally Posted by TeRei

Got 2 both Husky. 53 and 62 cc. My chainsaw man wants to buy back my 53 as he says its one of the best ever he has come across. Real difference in your chain performance i.e. chisel or semi chisel. Helps if you properly sharpen. Some make a real dogs breakfast out of this important task. Best example is the skid site with people getting their load of wood for the winter. Some very angry people gloating as you slay the logs with ease. LOL.

Your chainsaw man can't be a true sawer of wood. The best Husky ever made is the 55. My bank details on request...

Originally Posted by ebf

When you say guides, do you mean the rakers, the part of the chain that determines how much of the tooth is engaged ?

If that is what you are gringing down, and boring with the tip, you might want to make friend with a good vascular surgeon...

Knew a gynaecologist who owned a Poulan 36cc once. Does that count?

My first saw was an old pioneer 11-30 it was a nice old saw to use, when that shit itself I had a brand new 30cc dolmar to keep me going I sold that even though it was a bloody good saw and got a stihl 034 (my first stihl) off trademe for $200 bore was buggered, did some research and bought an after market 036 piston and cylinder (034 and 036 share same crankcase, piston stroke etc) polished all the casting marks off the ports, got a brand new muffler in from the states that was dual ported for it and it used to win bets when people reckoned it could not handle a 24 inch bar so the 18 used to come off and the 24 went on wished I never got rid of that saw it was a beast for a small saw, only husky I owned was a brand new 375Xp and my hands used to be numb after using it everytime it used to leak bar oil all over the place so assholed it then went to a stihl 460. My vote will always go to Stihl

The best I had is the the one I've just sold, and gone to GAS! Ya!

Got a Jonsered 2055 turbo. Found it in the shed in pieces of my house when i bought it. went to the tip shop and got a 16 inch bar. new chain. $60 total.. Its got way more torque then the father in laws stihl. Heated handle too. pretty flash

It's a Poulan Ed, Oldies will remember.

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

It's a Poulan Ed, Oldies will remember.

Yep, love my Poulan, Bought it at Placemakers 8 years ago ...

My Grandad had a Poulan and a Stihl too back in the 70's and 80's ...

You could poul and poul my poulan and it still wouldn't start.

Originally Posted by Spook

You could poul and poul my poulan and it still wouldn't start.

Care of my Stihl

So Stihl is the clear winner here.

I have never been payed to use a saw directly, but have used many saws of varying brands fairly extensively.

What do I own?



Your gonna laugh.



The first saw I "owned" was a 32cc "Tallon tough tools" 32cc saw.after using all sorts of saws, sizes and brands this for home firewood at a 150 bucks may even have been less.

Its no secret I have some kind of obsessive compulsive thing with anything that is sharp and anything that runs on fuel, it can always go better!

The original 16? Inch bar and chain did a tank of fuel at 20 to1 and super hard work to run it in then it all came to bits.

Full strip and porting and custom but still "sociable" exhaust and 4 inches extra bar and it would CONSISTANLY out cut the old mans 40 something husky.

Due to mostly running the next pitch down chain I suspect.
(and possibly my obsession with things that are sharp, I would never sharpen on site I would take three chains and change if necessary) on pine logs off the ground(full bar but only one cut) the difference was very noticeable.

Not a standard saw against a standard saw and if I had to hang onto one all day every day it would be a husky or stihl but it does show what can be done with very limited cash.

That saw eventually died because the baker light block to carby thing I had ported eventually cracked, motor still good after getting close to hundreds of cords of firewood mostly native hard woods and a fair bit of blind cutting.

I got another the same but 34 cc and left it standard apart from bar and tuning, both of em the primer bulb has perished.

They both cut way out if proportion(with a bit of fettling) for there size and dollars.

You wou;d be a mug to buy one for commercial use, they vibrate like hell and need fuel up every 20min. But geese you can make em cut like fu^k!


When I was a young fella my high school sweethearts old man was a fairly legendary chainsaw racer, showed me a carb off a 40cc saw that was way bigger than my 125 motorcroser.

8 seconds for an engine(two races) and 40 hours into sharpening a chain ,Fastidious.

I always take down drags to suit the engine and wood being cut, lower drags for hard wood modded engine, standard drag height can be to much for softwoods, low torque big bar .

If you really want to cut wood its a science(sharpening)

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

You have to pronounce it right though GA. Those old timer americans on the add had it right.
It's a Poolan Ed!!!
And I'm not that old either.

You mean this one


This bugger can open my beers any day and he uses a stihl to do it

The exhausts on that thing are classic

I agree with VC here - it doesn't really matter what brand you have, it's more important that you look after what you've got and get it working to it's best potential

Out of curiosity, do any of you guys use those 12v chainsaw sharpeners or do most of yas file by hand?

Hand file only