Thread: What saw to buy??

A very small Stihl (Serious)!.

I was seriously looking at the reciprocating saws and battery powered chainsaws after my last leatherwood encounter. If I was staying here for longer I think I would buy one and do some track work.

Originally Posted by Dorkus

I was seriously looking at the reciprocating saws and battery powered chainsaws after my last leatherwood encounter. If I was staying here for longer I think I would buy one and do some track work.

One word.......Soft it’s only a little bit of leatherwood

They way I look at it is, I look after some poorly funded DOC tracks for the benefit of the general public, then always seem to get lost .5km off the track and need to periodically cut my way to a bivi camp with the help of my mate Stihl!

Originally Posted by Fireflite

A very small Stihl (Serious)!.

If you are meaning mine - it cuts Kanuka/Manuka up to 10 inch not problem - pine 12-14 inches
As I said its a saw that runs when you pull the trigger - with the petro 035 and 031 I have - the bastards keep you working as they keep running and you feel you must keep working
Maybe you will understand better on day in the future
Also very good around the renovating/building site (landscaping more so) cuts a very fine cut - near as good as a Skilly

Originally Posted by Sarvo

If you are meaning mine - it cuts Kanuka/Manuka up to 10 inch not problem - pine 12-14 inches
As I said its a saw that runs when you pull the trigger - with the petro 035 and 031 I have - the bastards keep you working as they keep running and you feel you must keep working
Maybe you will understand better on day in the future
Also very good around the renovating/building site (landscaping more so) cuts a very fine cut - near as good as a Skilly

Serious means I seriously use one!!!!!

Originally Posted by Fireflite

Serious means I seriously use one!!!!!

OK - sorry
Perfect for clearing tracks - how your chain last.
They don't like touching nails ah
You have a spare Batt - what size are you using (think I have the biggest ??

Chains, I get them off Aliexpress for $50 for 5 posted so I don't sharpen them, just bury them when they are buggered!
No nails, barbed wire etc where I go just bush!
021 Stihl, the battery is 1l of 91 octane!

Originally Posted by Fireflite

Chains, I get them off Aliexpress for $50 for 5 posted so I don't sharpen them, just bury them when they are buggered!
No nails, barbed wire etc where I go just bush!
021 Stihl, the battery is 1l of 91 octane!

I’m about as good at sharpening my chainsaw as I am at sharpening my knife, bloody hopeless. I think I will stick with the Armstrong folding saw.
I do like the way you think with the chainsaw, but seriously there would be house sized clearings everywhere if I took one with me.

For hand jobs, one of these is brilliant, beats a "normal" pruning saw and has 3 blades in the handle one for wood, steel and bone.... and you can remove them if you dont want the extra weight.
https://www.amazon.com/EKA-Viking-Co.../dp/B00PUFW4WW

I got one a few years ago from reloaders in Ak.

Originally Posted by Fireflite

A very small Stihl (Serious)!.

Just got the Stihl mailer, theres a pruning folder in there

Silky F180 bought from Levin Timbersaws - recommended

timbersaws have a good range.

have a couple of bahcos, lasted well. they cut both ways

Silky F180 for me, it is one of the most used tool in my kit and use it more than my knife.. I saw antlers off, skull mounts, open briskets up, trees and branches on walking tracks and 4x4 tracks, cut wood at huts. Go through 2 or 3 blades a year

Used a Silky 180 for a while, and was most impressed with it but thought there had to be something even better so tried a Silky Gomboy....it has a longer thinner kerf blade that cut wonderfully as long as it was used properly. I managed to break two blades in short order by pushing, so gave up and went back to the more forgiving F180......plus its lighter!