Thread: show us your chainsaws

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

I have read a fair bit about them on over seas forums.
It's a bit like how I like my rifle cartridges, if you want 3006 performance out of a 308 buy a 3006.
I'm a the same with my saws, if stihl wanted to make them go harder for that Cc I will leave it to them.
I really worry about longevity with any thing that is over speced from after factory.
I suppose it's my grown conservatism from been a young fella that used to want things to go harder and faster.
Eg my hillman hunter with all the fruit on the motor that then threw a leg out of bed when I wound it up to 114mph.
It's taken me 40 yrs to learn moderation!

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Given that a professional saw needs to run hard for 9-10 months, 5 days a week doing 10 hour days before it needs a piston and rings, and be consigned to the role of a back up saw by a hard as nails faller, its easy to see why a saw that can handle that work profile, can have a shit ton more boogie squeezed out of it by a committed small motor guru. Trouble is, can it still hold together for that same work profile? I personally doubt it.