Thread: Makita Chainsaws....

Where's your sense of adventure RC, couple of saws half a dozen batteries on rotation, 17 hours or so should see you with enough would for a night or 2...

Seriously though dad has a makita saw up the farm he has had for years, good saw he recons, it seems to get more use than his Farm Boss for everyday cutting for the fire, his tip has always been "a saw is only as good as its blade" get rid of the factory one supplied and by a decent one and keep it sharp, less stress on the saw that way.

saws dont have blades, they have bars and chains. Most good saws come with fairly decent chain, all be it saftey chain (which I dont like)

You could easly ask the shop to set it up with good oregon, calton or sthil chain.

The current Dolmar saws are very good, easily as good quality wise as any Husky or Stihl.

If you are buying 50cc and up you should be getting into pro saw catagory. just find out what Dolmar saw it is under the blue and black.

I imported a Dolmar 5100s for a mate and it was/is a sweet little saw. In that size I have the Husky 346xp and both are equal in every way.

IMO only use non ethonal fuel, very good quality 2t air cooled oil, never leave fuel in the saw for more than 2 weeks unused.

Carry at least 1 spare chain (dull chains kill saws) and id even buy a little chainsaw grease gun that does the sproket tip on bar and the drum bearing on crank end.

Originally Posted by rovercare

I'm not skeptical of cutting up a bit of wood for a widdle camp fire, I'm talking cutting up 20 metres of wood to heat a house

20m3... do you leave windows open???

Makita Chainsaw

Originally Posted by uninformed

20m3... do you leave windows open???

Live in Victoria, climate is slightly different here

A mate of mine use to have a mower / chainsaw shop. Use to sell Olemac and Solo chainsaws. Then just before he shut up shop he was selling Makita, and bought a 70cc saw for himself. His advice to me was - they make a couple of smaller "chinese" saws which you need to avoid. The 70cc and up are an all aluminium case, and have a decompression switch for easier starting and a few other unique features. This will be my next saw purchase, they appear to be of very good value.

Originally Posted by rovercare

Live in Victoria, climate is slightly different here

Likewise mate..

Originally Posted by crash

A mate of mine use to have a mower / chainsaw shop. Use to sell Olemac and Solo chainsaws. Then just before he shut up shop he was selling Makita, and bought a 70cc saw for himself. His advice to me was - they make a couple of smaller "chinese" saws which you need to avoid. The 70cc and up are an all aluminium case, and have a decompression switch for easier starting and a few other unique features. This will be my next saw purchase, they appear to be of very good value.

Thats why I like the Makita's, nothing against Stihl/Husqvarna but price wise in comparison the Makita's appear to be better value for money (unless you import Stihl/Husqvarna from the US.)

If the Makita (petrol not electric) chainsaw that I end up getting is made in Germany by Dolmar then that is good enough for me.

I am not going to start off with the biggest chainsaw you can get though

One other question, when it comes to Bar Oil, Is there much difference in Bar Oil?

Do I seriously need to stick to Makita Chainsaw Bar oil or is any Stihl/Husqvarna Oil okay to use?


Col