View Poll Results: favorite chain saw?
Husqvarna
35
32.71%
Stihl
44
41.12%
Jonsered
2
1.87%
Poulan
10
9.35%
Homelite
6
5.61%
Echo
3
2.80%
Craftsmen
4
3.74%
other
3
2.80%
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 796
Likes: 1
From: KCMO
Originally Posted by redneckfarmer
i got 2 craftsmans and 1 sthil. like em all alot, but for the price you pay for the craftsmans and thier durability, i would take a craftsman over a stihl.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 183
Likes: 4
From: Indiana
My dad has a craftsman and the first year after he bought it, it ran great. now it wants to rpm wants to race. We haven't disassembled the carb yet, because when we need to cut wood, we just grab the husky and the homelite 
Freshman User
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 25
Likes: 0
From: Arlington, Wa.
Originally Posted by Black1
We used McCullough's back in the day - like 30+ years ago. Back when the grab bar was bare bar and there wasn't any handguard-style chain brakes.
It was from the late 50's or early 60's. Hell of a saw! Too bad. Off to the metal scrap bin it went.
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 11,314
Likes: 4
30 year old homelite - had fireboxes for 10 years of it's life and it's never done anything but cut and get new chains....
and I NEVER maintain it like I should
and I NEVER maintain it like I should
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Post Fiend
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 5,330
Likes: 17
From: Dryden, ON, Canada
My personal prefrence is a Husky, just cuz that's what dad used professionally, I'm very familiar with them, and I like the revs.... Dad's saw of prefrence for the majority of the woods back home was the 242, which later got replaced by the 246, because it has enough power for it's size, it's not a big heavy saw and has lots of speed for limbing(14,500 rpm for the 246, 15,000 for the 242, stock of course...)
I've worked on lots of Stihls and Josenreds(used to be a small engine mech.) Stihl's seem to be a good saw(it's what we use at work.)
Josenreds seem to have lots of isolator issues(saw ends up loose), even when it's the same saw as a Husky, the springs lose tension, while the rubbers Husky used work until they fail. Haven't had much experience with the new Huskys.
I've worked on lots of Stihls and Josenreds(used to be a small engine mech.) Stihl's seem to be a good saw(it's what we use at work.)
Josenreds seem to have lots of isolator issues(saw ends up loose), even when it's the same saw as a Husky, the springs lose tension, while the rubbers Husky used work until they fail. Haven't had much experience with the new Huskys.
Elder User
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 834
Likes: 0
From: Germany
I vote for other. I use an electric Chain saw made by "Bosch"
Hey, have you ever seen a motorcycle powered by 24 "Sachs Dollmar" Chain saw engines?
It' made for a competion between this motorcycle and a Porsche.
Long story short..the roots of this story is a comic book....
Jens
Hey, have you ever seen a motorcycle powered by 24 "Sachs Dollmar" Chain saw engines?
It' made for a competion between this motorcycle and a Porsche.
Long story short..the roots of this story is a comic book....
Jens
