Thread: show us your chainsaws

All ready to run - warmed up for a difficult job on Tuesday . . .



I always try and buy the best tool for the job . . . Being lectured by a "brand snob" usually tells me the guy doesn't know as much as he thinks he does - be it rifles, saws, tractors you name it! Besides "best for the job" considerations service support etc is also important.

So:

Stihl MS200 Battery saw 12" bar - used nearly everyday for fencing, I run 3 batteries, the petrol saws haven't been riding on the truck for at least 5 years now. Magnificent tool, about equivalent to a good 40cc petrol saw.

Echo 45cc - I got this secondhand and did 10 years of firewood (about 30-40 cubes per year) with it. The chain brake mechanism failed so it couldn't follow me into the fencing business but it still utterly reliable and gets a run when a cattlebeast needs cut down.

Makita DCS 4300 - man I've cut a lot of box stay mortises with this saw, a lot of smaller tree work, and firewood for 7 or 8 years.

Husky 365 Special - new addition to the pack, I needed a grunty 20" to do a particular job cutting a lot of tree roots (the last and most difficult of which I tackle on Tuesday) and I didn't want to be constantly sharpening a 30" bar. Got a dammed near new professional grade saw for $550 via FB.

Husky 181 SE. 30" bar. Got this 10 years ago cause we occasionally have bigger trees to deal with. A old rebuilt bush saw, but man is this one snotty, working with a mobile mill guy he kept asking me to do this and do that with it. I thought he was taking the pics until we both got going at the same time . . . . and the 181 was finishing its bucking cuts well ahead of his modern Stihl 066 or something like that. "Start it like ya stole it" though or it'll tear your arm off and you'll think someone hit your hand with a hammer!