I gave the old Canadien 24" bar saw away years ago and replaced it with an 08S, which for us non super human types is without doubt the best saw Stihl has ever made (fighting words I know), but IMO probably the best mid size chainsaw ever built. I also use a 009L which is a superb 16" arborist type saw, beautifully balanced and a joy to use on small to mid size stuff. Unfortunately it now languishes in the corner with the 08 as I now use my battery saw for just about everything now.
The battery saw I'm referring to is an AEG 58 volt 16" saw as sold by Bunnings. I tossed the standard chain replacing it with a carbide tipped one and don't know why I didn't make the change 20 years ago. It's brilliant. I do a lot of traveling up north cutting real hardwood for the fire, not the soft southern 'hardwoods' but mulga / desert oak etc and reckon I cut about 30 metres or so before it needed a 'lick'. Wasn't cheap to buy at $120 or so but worth every penny in time, effort and output. Eats the local southern hardwoods for breakfast. Completely reduced a 50' X 18" dia stringybark to 18" lengths using 2 1/2 batterys yesterday, a very capable chainsaw
Deano
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