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02-07-09, 05:55 PM
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Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
Has anyone been using this c/saw for for topping?
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02-07-09, 06:02 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
Topping ? How dare you use such a word on here.........Oh and yes, I have one as a backup to my 200 and think it's great for 'toppin'
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02-07-09, 06:07 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
brilliant saw cheap and bullit proof not heavy on a harness either.
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02-07-09, 06:58 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
Prefer the 180 as it is slightly more powerfull, the same weight as the 170 and almost the same price second hand! Only con, if something goes wrong, there a pig to work on!
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02-07-09, 08:48 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
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02-07-09, 08:52 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
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02-07-09, 09:21 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
piece of junk!
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02-07-09, 09:31 PM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
ms 170 does what it says on the tin, & then some, they keep going, vibrate a bit.
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03-07-09, 03:18 AM
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03-07-09, 08:17 AM
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Re: Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?
got one three years ago to bring a dirty(full of old wire etc) overgrown hedge back down to 4 feet,hawthorn holly dead/live elm,oak ,et all. left some of the nicer specimens with just a crown lift,all on a steep bank into a deep ditch(running). thought it might kill the saw ,but hey no great loss. it got dropped,dunked, hit untold metal and now is comissioned for roots and anything you are shy of with pro saw. apart from that thin guage chain (cutters prone to deforming under duress) , it deffies all concerted attempts to do it in, deffo get another!
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