Thread: Chainsaws

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

Originally Posted by numpty

So what does the RFS use these days Mar Tyn.

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

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

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

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.