Ok you guys lets hear what you favorite chainsaw is and any interesting quips to go with it.

My current one is a Stihl 036 pro and I like it ok. I had an 090 with a 5 ft bar that was great for freaking out flatlanders but I never really used it.

 

I have an 028. Looking at getting an 036 last spring. I could also use some leather pant covers sometimes. I've skipped the saw off my legs a few times. Glad I wear Carharts.

My roomate had a tree come back on his bar one time and bend it. Tree fell across the access road and with a busted saw there is no way to cut it. Fell between trees on each side so you can't drag it out. Had to axe it in two to get out. Kind of funny.

Cutting some redwoods Willow? Thats quite a bar. Hope you have some kids to file that chain. We run 20-24.

 

Well, some of you saw this last fall.....But I just cant turn down a chance to show off my old saw.

 

Nice saw Tellico Racing! Anyways, all I use at my dad's business for cutting down trees are STIHL's. We use MS200 for up in the bucket truck and climbing. 026 for cutting up brush and small wood. 046 Magnum's for the bigger wood. and 066 for the biggest wood. What saw anyone needs depends on what they are using it for. Here's an interesting story. It was getting close to winter time and my dad needed a couple bigger saws (preferably 066). But since work was slowing down money wasnt coming in so he went and bought to 039 for 500 bucks a piece Canadian. Note: Just to let you know, even number saws are the professional grade (026, 036, etc.) and the odd numbers and consumer grade (039, etc.). So we ended up putting a 4 foot bar on a 039! I was actually surprised what this thing could cut through. SO if you need a saw and won't be using it all the time a consumer grade Stihl will work fine. We ended up using those 039s for about 4 years then sold them for about 100 bucks each! So just to let you know, STIHL rocks.

-Matt

By the way, I would recommend to anyone who does any amount of cutting to where the proper safety gear. Up here in Ontario, Canada it is law for an worker of a company to wear some type of chainsaw protection for your legs. I would invest in a pair of chainsaw chaps that go on over your pants. Trust me, they could save yer legs, or your life!

Hey Willowbilly3, we also had a 090. Pretty sweet saw. My dad bought it long time ago and it never had a chainbreak or guard on it so the Ministry of Labour told him to park it. Too bad. I got a power trip carrying that thing around in front of the girls when I was 12!

 

I happen to use a Husqvarna 350 for cutting. I go thru about 5-6 cords of wood a year for heating and other than going thru chains a little quicker than most, it's a great saw. Nice and light which is nice when cuting all day long.

 

I recently flew to Chesterfield, VA. to help relatives cut and clear dozens of hurricane downed timber. My brother in law bought a brand new Stihl 20" bar Farm Boss chainsaw that I used for 3 days straight. The saw worked flawlessly and we went threw 2 chains (sharpening). When I buy another saw, I will look real hard at Stihl!

 

I've just got a little cheap Polan saw that I got at Walmart. Bought it when I moved out to my mother's farm. It did fine for light duty use cutting down a few small trees and trimming some others. I did find out that saws don't much care for dirt and it's not a good idea to try to cut the tree level with the ground. At least in my limited experiance. I went through a couple of chains real fast before I figured that out.

 

Bad things happen!


I have a Stihl 026, 036 boss with a 24" bar. I love Stihl's, only saw I'll buy.

 

I guess you would say that I am a glutton for punishment. I have a little Poulan 25 and a big Eager Beaver McCulloch. The poulan is easy to crank and the parts are cheap. The Big Mac is as hard to crank as the old International trucks back in the late-60's, but it can cut a good sized tree. I just saw logs for firewood and clean fence rows - no heavy duty stuff. My brother has a Stihl 028 (I think) and it is a sweet machine. Might get one one day.

 

I have a Husky 365 with a 28 inch bar. I just finished cutting up a 54 inch wide tree. The bigger pieces, I had to cut in 1/2 to fit them in my 1971 F-100 ....

I fit a 31 inch piece of trunk into the F-100! I think I have pictues of that load still in my camera. Best investment for the truck: 2,000 pound winch in the bed

I use a Poulan 2375 18" for smaller stuff and a 14" electric for turning it into firewood. The smaller saws are much less likely to whip the smaller branches back at you while cutting them up. Plus, much safer to use bucking the trees.

 

My grandfather's farm was heated with wood. No kidding, the woodshed was almost as big as the house. We used a McCullough, and when that got worn down (we cut mostly hickory, elm, maple, and oaks), we bought a Poulan. Man, what a piece of crap. Never did want to start. We used a cousin's Stihl, and never looked back. They're the best, IMHO.

Now that I live in the city, I keep an 025C for general purposes. When I bought my house, it looked like the Blair Witch Project in my back yard. The previous owners never did anything, and that saw paid for itself very quickly. It's still overkill for most of what I end up doing with it, but using it reminds me of the days we'd spend every fall weekend cutting wood for my grandpa.

 

My Husky359 helped clear an nice view of the VT hills at my parent's cabin last year.
http://home.villagephotos.com/2003-2...temp/husky.jpg
It don't look that new anymore! Unfortunatley I never got to drive this... but it was cool as hell to watch!http://home.villagephotos.com/2003-2...mp/skidder.mpg

 

My favorite saw is my neighbors. Dunno what kind it is. All it costs me is a walk next door and a thanks!

 

Stihl and husky are the best no doubt. I have a smaller poulan for abusing and stuff that is too small for my 036. I like the antikickback chain if I am sticking the bar srtaight in. It is the yellow pro model but I don't remember the model number. I also have a 90cc Dolmar on my saw mill but I have never got to use it yet. The Granburg mill has a 50 inch bar. I also have an old Poulan 3400 that has been a tough old saw. I have cut well over 100 cords of Birch with it. It has always been a little hard starting. I also had an M80 Jonsered for several years and it was a great saw.
When I first started running a chainsaw in the woods, I cut almost all the way through my cutting chaps right on my thigh. It would have went to the bone had I not been wearing them.

 

i'm running a 257 husky, i love that saw, i'll never buy anything but husky... i've used stihl over the years, but i didn't like them.... they worked fine, but felt akward to me.

when i bought the husky i was cutting 5-6 cords/day + 700-800 board feet of logs. ( all 8' wood was piled by hand too)

now all it cuts is 13-17 cord of firewood ( ash and birtch) per year.