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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Just get more batteries. We have a collection of Ryobi tools, batteries and chargers.
    The little electric chainsaw is like a circular saw with a long blade. Surprisingly effective with a sharp chain.
    When i say electric, its 240v. Old and cheap GMC, but seems to work ok.

    Used a mates Stihl cordless, very impressed, but a few more dollars than i really want to spend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by INter674 View Post

    We do firewood too and use a MS 661 25" bar on everything..big heavy saw you say..yes but it cuts waay faster so your not fighting it all day long. After 30 years of woodcutting.. going from Farm Boss to 036 (really good..get one 2nd hand if you can) to 064s (best saw ever made) am a fan of big Stihl saws😎
    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

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    Replacing the stay on a gatepost today, took the load of the wires with a hand winch to a suitably located tree, removed the old stay and fitted the new one. I had to slightly modify the socket in the side of the post to suit the new stay, using the chainsaw. Got a little close to one of the wires, and was astounded at how easily it cut the wire!

    I haven't resharpened it since this, but I will be interested to see if there is any tooth damage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Replacing the stay on a gatepost today, took the load of the wires with a hand winch to a suitably located tree, removed the old stay and fitted the new one. I had to slightly modify the socket in the side of the post to suit the new stay, using the chainsaw. Got a little close to one of the wires, and was astounded at how easily it cut the wire!

    I haven't resharpened it since this, but I will be interested to see if there is any tooth damage.
    ...there will be😞

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeanoH View Post
    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

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    Wow..that's impressive cutting with the AEG...might have to give one a go ...120 bucks..wow🤤

    PS how'd u find the carbide chains?

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    Find a used pro saw. Life is so much better with a saw that always works and works well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by INter674 View Post
    ...there will be😞
    Sharpened it this morning. Two teeth slightly chipped, ground out in about 20s each.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick1970 View Post
    Local husky guy steered me away from their small saws, and said go look at the ms170/180 STIHL s.
    A couple of years ago my small McCulloch (while the company is now owned by Husqvarna company they were selling the base model for cheap as a Bunnings special for a while) had died during the warranty period so I received a full refund and I went off to buy a Stihl Mini Boss MS170 < MS 170 - STIHL MS 170 Mini Boss™ Chainsaw > and came home with a Husqvarna instead. I'm not sure which Husky I got though I believe it to be a 135 - looking at their website they seem to have increased their small offerings substantially since. At the time the Stihl was $250.00 regular price and the cheapest entry level Husky was $449.00. When I went shopping Husky had a sale on reducing the difference down to only $50.00 which bought a few more cc's (maybe 8cm3 or so), 2" longer bar, and, importantly according to an independent small engine repairer that worked on these, a repairable carby where the Stihl is apparently a sealed unit and throw away - and the total package only added 0.7kg in weight.
    It's been used fairly heavily over the past few years s (think it still has the original spark plug in even). The only issue I've had is with the chain tensioner but I actually damaged this sometime ago when I did a stupid cut on a limb up high clearing a track - it still works and is on my one day job list to fix properly...
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    Used the little Ryobi 10 inch to cut up a surplus treated post today to make a post for a fence. It looks like a toy, but it whizzed through it no worries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Red90 View Post
    Find a used pro saw. Life is so much better with a saw that always works and works well.
    Have to agree with that 😉

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