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any woodcutters here?
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i do cut some firewood, didnt this yr was to lazy i actually bought a rick had it delivered and stacked. but i do have a chain saw a poulan saw with 18 in bar biggest piece of crap ever made takes 15-20 mins to warm up (cut/bog , cut bog, cut bog cut bog) dont know if i got a bad one or the carb needs rebuilt buts its a hunk of junk. still kick my self for not spending the extra hundred and getting the husky, if your getting another buy a husky again or an echo or another name brand, now i will say i do cut mostly hardwood
ie, redoak, whiteoak or hickory, and it sure gets dull fast so ive learned to sharpen it and make sure to keep the chain oil full , but if your chains dull just get another chain or do like me and teach your self to sharpen it. hope this helps some
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I know because he told us all here many times.
Then he goes for a quick 800 mile bike ride. All uphill, before he hits the slopes in the afternoon to show all the punters how to ski.
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Previously, I was using 2 Homelite Super XL's with 20" bars. I had those Homelites since 1986 and used the living hell out of them. They were great saws and served me well. I ran 'em both to their graves and then they were both stolen from me about a year and a half ago. I don't feel so bad because they were both shot, but wouldn't mind filling the POS that took 'em with lots of lead.
The Dolmar that ehr400 mentioned is what I see alot of the tree cutting services running these days. Whatever that means. I have not used one myself.
Homelite saws are now crap. Stay away from them. My father has two of them from the early to mid eighties and they are great saws that cut well and refuse to die. The new ones are NOT the same quality. Nothing but problems and cheaply built with crappy materials. IMHO
I pick up the Stihl every time, and let my helper use the Husky.
I let my g/f run the 372xp with a 20" bar and she handles it no problem.
Pit Row
Try a Husky out they are very good saws. I have owned over 30 stihls in the last 10 years. I don't have a issue with them , I would buy one tomorrow, the Husky just performs a little better.
I have had my Stihl for 10 or so years now. Cuts 2-4 cords a year, minor tree trimming around the house. Either I am not cutting enough wood or the product lasts.
What is high elevation? I cut wood above the 8000 foot level. No issues.
Around here the city, county, state, forest service and myself all use Stihl.
ehr400, you must be doing something wrong if you have went through 30 Stihl's in 10 years.
The local dealer gave me a 2 year labor warrantee....I took that as he is pretty confident in his product.
In 10 months, it hasn't been to the shop.
I cut 50-70 CORDS per year. So if you can find me a Stihl or Husky that will cut that much year after year I will buy it. I have big saws for felling trees and small ones for being up 75'. My realtives in the U.P. all run Husky's for their logging company. So do most of the other loggers up there, guess what there are more Husky dealers around in that area.
Again I am just saying you see more Stihls because of the dealer network. I think Dolmar is one of the best saws out there, unfortunatly there are no dealers close to me. Plus having Stihl team up with John Deere dealers carrying their product was ingenious IMHO.
We have Stihl Farm Boss's - think it's the 290. 18 inchers
STIHLs forever. The only STIHL product that ever failed us was the 4 stroke
weed-whipper we bought a couple years back. Oddly, it still REQUIRED mixed-
gas. Worked good for the first year...
We have many STIHL products that we've used routinely and been in service
for 12 years plus....very good quality.
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