Chainsaws

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Originally Posted by dlatn

Buy an axe-"kelly" if you can find one-and enrol in a Tafe course to learn how to use it. Regular use of an axe will provide you with exercise, lower your cholesterol, increase you fitness, in turn lowering the time it takes you to complete a marathon, not contribute to global warming. axes are easier to maintain, safer, quicker to get started, dont require separate fuel/oil to be carried, wont make your mother in law in the back seat high on petrol fumes, can be used to take the head off of wildlife if your hungry, can be used to put star pickets in the ground, tighten fence wires, cut wires, be used as a shovel to dig for water/witchetty grubs, are quieter, make you a faster spin bowler. There are many other advantages of an axe , however i fully recommend a chainsaw because it should go with your electric winch, sat nav, camping trailer and foldout stove. as an added advantage, having a chainsaw will be useful when the bloke next to you at the caravan park pulls out his 13 inch stihl. you wont look like a weiner.

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Best I leave my Husky 120cc with the 4 foot bar home next time I go camping!!!!
WOULD HATE TO MAKE A CAMPER WITH A 13 INCH STIHL LOOK A DILL:D:D:D:D:D
And I love the smell of synthetic 2 stroke oil I burn in it.
Yet to invest in Sat Nav,Electric winch,and fold out stove.
3/4 thru building the big off-road trailer,which will Im afraid will double as a camper trailer!!!!!
ENJOY
Andrew

Couldn't be bothered reading all the replies but at work we have 2 x Stihl 46, 1 x Stihl 26, 1 x Stihl 88, for a change we just bought a Husky 095. Personally I love the Stihls, we give them an absolute hiding at work and they just keep on going and going. I cant stand the Husky as it just seems really flimsy. I reckon the Stihl 046 is the best chainsaws we have.
Shano

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Originally Posted by numpty

So what does the RFS use these days Mar Tyn.

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Currently Stihl. but I suspect it's whatever is 'on contract'

I've got a Stihl 034


Martyn

Hey Shano
Will have to give you a play with my Husky XP120 with the 4 foot bar.AWSOME BEAST!!!!! You will love it.
They will run up to a 7 foot bar!!!!!
Andrew

Good advice mcrover! I have 2 That I use irregularly in my job. One a Husky 142 that works fine (2yrs old) and a Sthil HT (extendable pole) that cuts brilliantly but falls apart! Recently I bought some shindawa gear which perform exceptionally well - I'd look at them 1st

learnt in my mid teens with an ex logging chainsaw...... still reckon anything small is lethal in anything but a professionals hands

did a course about 6 years ago, learnt a lot that i'd never known, and corrected a lot of bad habits...... was also the only person other than the instructor using a 066 stihl...... the rest had much smaller ones

but anyway, personally, i'd go for stihl or husqvarna with a preference for stihls

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Originally Posted by Sprint

learnt in my mid teens with an ex logging chainsaw...... still reckon anything small is lethal in anything but a professionals hands

did a course about 6 years ago, learnt a lot that i'd never known, and corrected a lot of bad habits...... was also the only person other than the instructor using a 066 stihl...... the rest had much smaller ones

but anyway, personally, i'd go for stihl or husqvarna with a preference for stihls

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I got an 066:D was going to buy an 088 but when a hardly used 66 came up for 450 beer tickets I couldn;t refuse:eek: nearly a 2k saw:cool:

Considering I started this thread in May I'll 'fess up to what I bought;

Now, I will only use it for pruning and some tree branch lopping around home but the main reason I wanted it was for camping as my skills with an axe are non existent so I ended up buying a 14" Dolmar, so far it has been good but then it is less than a year old.

Unless you're plannig to use it regularly, go for the money, when they're new they're always good and relaible.
My Mak gets a few hours workout around the house 2 or 3 times a year. But most of the blokes I know who have a chainsaws have to look for an excuse to use them, and then it's once a year if they're lucky. Their machines are like new and, as you'd expect from a brand new saw, they do the job brilliantly everytime.

They frighten me - that's why I sold the one I did have.