What's your primary and secondary Chain Saw(s)?

[ATL Lawn]

What's your primary and secondary Chain Saw(s)?

we dont do major tree work, but on some small clean ups, and storm season clean up we get quite active...


i got a Husqvarna 460 (24"), and a Husqvarna 340 (16") as backup..
2yrs old, so far so good.. no probs..

just wondering what ya'll use...

[Jay74]

Stihl MS 260 18" and a Stihl MS 192t 14".

[smcunningham]

stihl 044 primary
echo cs440 secondary

[SproulsMowingService]

Stihl MS310
Stihl MS170

[saw man]

Husky 338XPT
Dolmar PS-5100PS

I can do almost anything with these 2 saws!

[HS Football Rules]

Growing up in the pacific northwest, my cousins would always
talk trash about saws...at that time (mid-70's) McCulloch
was still around but fading, if you could get your hands on a
"Mac 125" you treated it better than your truck! or girlfriend !

I always liked husky for power/large diameter cutting
and stihl for everyday cutting.

What was true then is still true today....Husky and Stihl dominate
Echo and Jonsered are distant seconds.

[topsites]

I've been using two Stihl 210's for some time (actually one is the old 021), it was and dare say still is the starter's saw of choice:
Powerful enough to tackle most anything, yet light enough so it does not to fly in your face when the chain catches.
Can be used one-handed, but it has too much power at WOT for this should it kick back.
Since it's not my main line of work, a lot of times they only get used maybe a dozen times a year.

I do think I'll want to upgrade to a 270 or thereabouts one day thou, you get so used to the 210 it eventually doesn't feel like much, but I've cut down some mean trees with those 210's, used it mostly for cleanup after Hurricane Isabelle.

[AL Inc]

My Stihl 025 and my Echo cs440 get the most use. Most of our chain saw work is small trees, clearing brush, storm clean-up, and the occasional RR tie wall. I also have a Husky 365 for big stuff.

[razor1]

I only have one for occasional use and it's a Stihl. :weightlifter:

[lawnmaniac883]

Stihl MS361 dont need anything else.

[TN Property Services]

Stihl MS-361 with 20" and 24" bars for the big stuff
Stihl MS-180 with 14" bar for firewood and limb work

[lawnspecialties]

Stihl MS-250 primary
John Deere P.O.S. secondary

[slawn]

Stihl MS-361 primary
Johnsred 535 secondary

[mverick]

Husky 346xp 16in top chain speed saw made. 14,000rpm out of the factory

Husky 2100 32in Oldy but a goody.

Both modded,

[44DCNF]

Stihl 026pro
Stihl 020T

[J&R Landscaping]

Husqvarna 350 18"
Husqvarna 338xpt 14"

[joshco84]

i love shindiawa 757's for a main or big saw, and the stihl 440's are nice too. for smaller i like shindiawa, jonsered, or sax dolmar. i personally dont care for husque saws, but i have never used a big one just the smaller "firewood" style saws.

josh

[mverick]

i love shindiawa 757's for a main or big saw, and the stihl 440's are nice too. for smaller i like shindiawa, jonsered, or sax dolmar. i personally dont care for husque saws, but i have never used a big one just the smaller "firewood" style saws.

josh

Try a 346xp. I've tried the other xp's and they've all been winners. Now, the ones you buy at Lowe's or Home Depot.:rolleyes:

[DiyDave]

Just bought a MS200T last week for cutting notches into logs that are too big for my sawmill-a little powerhouse! I have 2 290's and an old 021, don't have any problems, except when I forget, and leave old gas in them!:waving:

[J&T Kiev]

Stihl MS 290 with a 20 inch bar, another is fitted a 16 inch bar. The 290's are a top notch, dependable, powerhouse saw.

[Nosmo]

Stihl MS250-C only. No longer cut enough to need a backup.

[Lazer_Z]

Stihl MS260PRO 20"
Stihl 025 18"

Rob

[PHS]

Josh,

i personally dont care for husque saws, but i have never used a big one just the smaller "firewood" style saws.

FWIW, I think the Huskies are better in the bigger sizes. I haven't used the very newest models because I don't do tree work anymore but I have older 288XP 32" and an ancient 2101 46" bar that run like a top. They are slower but torquey. In the newer ones the 372, 385 are great and the 3120 is a warhorse.

[lawnprosteveo]

Echo CS330-T has been a reliable/inexpensive little saw...probably not for major stuff...but for the cleanup stuff I do its been great.

[ATL Lawn]

whats the best place to buy cheap blades?

[Sammy]

Stihl ....... The One.

[Pave_A_Lot]

Echo cs360T for a "AIR" saw Echo CS306 for a "GROUND" saw

[TPLawnPro]

Husqvarna 365
Husqvarna 575XP
Stihl HT-101 (Pole Pruner)