Chainsaws.

[Nikk]

Hi Nikk the newbie here out of shear curiosity how do you decide on what chainsaw to use on a job ? And which would you buy?

 

Don't worry as a newbie I ain't buying!!

Cheers Nick.

[Steve Bullman]

You just take at least 6 saws everywhere with you and use whichever you fancy at the time

 

 

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[Higgs89]

Buy them all and decide each day which one to use 👍

[Cuttup]

Apart from the excellent advice already offered...I use the lightest possible saw that is big enough for the task. Husqvarnas all the way for me, but whatever brand you use , similar principles apply. 15" softwood? a 346 is fine. 15" hardwood I'd go a 365. If you're regularly getting into bigger stuff like hardwood firewood >20" I would consider getting something with more power. You learn when a saw is struggling so why push a wee saw to its limits? I also recommend using the shortest bar as is sensible. I never run the max size bar for a given saw as default, only when totally necessary e.g. a massive tree, I've got a 36" bar which goes on the 395, but then I'm straight back to something more sensible like 24 at soonest opportunity.

[peatff]

You just take at least 6 saws everywhere with you and use whichever you fancy at the time

 

 

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I've only got 5 Better start looking round. What's the difference between a CS-352ES and a CS-361WES apart from about £50 For me these days it's the lightest thing that will do the job as well

[Cuttup]

Meant to say...if you're only getting one saw, I would go medium range around 50-60cc, you can get throufggh a lot with that and its not too cumbersome. German or Swedish, whatever floats your logs.

[danp89zz]

Meant to say...if you're only getting one saw, I would go medium range around 50-60cc, you can get throufggh a lot with that and its not too cumbersome. German or Swedish, whatever floats your logs.

 

That's good advise . Id be tempted to go for 70cc if you are cutting hardwoods a majority of the time though.

 

I love my 372xp

[Cuttup]

With you all the way 372 is alegend

[Stubby]

As said the lightest one that can do the job . Having said That , there is no law against having as many saws as you want ..........Start at around 50cc and work your way up to 60c , through to 70cc then on to 85/90c and up to the 3120/880 territory . You wont go wrong there ......

Edited July 8, 2017 by Stubby

[Ironbark]

Having said there is no law against having as many saws as you want ..........

 

This was precisely the attitude that got me into BIG trouble with the mrs.