Need a 2nd, bigger more powerful Saw, 20" +

[Ratman]

I'm a bit surprised you are being advised to go for such large saws. I'm 20 years out of date and the only modern saws I have used are Husqvarne 545 and 395 and Stihl 261. Back in the day I used a 60cc saw and 18" bar and 3/8 chain for most things and it came out last week to get some firewood from a failed beech pollard, it cut out these:
 

 and it was only pieces over 30" diameter the 395 was used for, >80% of the work done with the 25 year old saw.
 
Now it just might be the modern saws are much lighter but I wouldn't carry a Stihl 044 around all day back then but was happy to do so with the Husqvarna 262.
 

Never mind your wood stumps OSM, show us ya tractor [emoji6]

[openspaceman]

Just now, Ratman said:

Never mind your wood stumps OSM, show us ya tractor

Which one??

 

I'll probably  not as they are now terribly tatty, that one was the one that has been looked after for the last few (is it 5) years by @farmer rod

[Ratman]

Which one?[emoji846]
 
I'll probably  not as they are now terribly tatty, that one was the one that has been looked after for the last few (is it 5) years by [mention=30499]farmer rod[/mention]

Get em posted, OSM tatty or not tatty, thats what its all about, last tractor we had before we left farm was a DB996 and up until a few yrs ago when dad got ill we still had a MFTE20 1952 yr i think it was, all original apart from seat that i had to weld as it rotted in the centre outwards, i played “chase the worm” with it, looking back i should of plated over it with a circular piece, but hey ho! ?‍♂️ there is a thread for arb tractors, post em on there [emoji106] kinda took this thread sideways.... sorry guys, my fault [emoji119]

[billpierce]

https://www.worldofpower.co.uk/makita-ea7300p45e-73cc-petrol-18-45cm-professional-chainsaw.html
 
I will very likely order one shortly. I had one of it's predecessors when I had the sawmill. Very fast and powerful saws, and they give away nothing to their Stihl and Husqvarna counterparts, yet they are £350 cheaper.

The 79cc is the one Jonathan . Same weight more punch. Like a 440 vs 460

[Big J]

6 minutes ago, billpierce said:

13 hours ago, Big J said:

https://www.worldofpower.co.uk/makita-ea7300p45e-73cc-petrol-18-45cm-professional-chainsaw.html
 
I will very likely order one shortly. I had one of it's predecessors when I had the sawmill. Very fast and powerful saws, and they give away nothing to their Stihl and Husqvarna counterparts, yet they are £350 cheaper.

The 79cc is the one Jonathan . Same weight more punch. Like a 440 vs 460

It is a lovely saw, and I used to have two but they stayed with my old business.

 

These days, I take the view that if I'm on the saws cutting, I'm doing something wrong as I ought to be sat on my forwarder watching my ass grow and exhausting my pointing finger ?

 

As such, the slightly more gutless model will do if it's £100 cheaper

[DCS6800i]

11 minutes ago, billpierce said:

13 hours ago, Big J said:

https://www.worldofpower.co.uk/makita-ea7300p45e-73cc-petrol-18-45cm-professional-chainsaw.html
 
I will very likely order one shortly. I had one of it's predecessors when I had the sawmill. Very fast and powerful saws, and they give away nothing to their Stihl and Husqvarna counterparts, yet they are £350 cheaper.

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The 79cc is the one Jonathan . Same weight more punch. Like a 440 vs 460

The 7300/7301 is more of a like-for-like rival for the 462 though.

 

The 7901/7900 is a great saw and is, or at least was, best in its class for power-weight. But it doesn't fall into the £500-£600 price range, being roughly £100 dearer than the 73cc version.

[DCS6800i]

Ofcourse, if you were to buy this 7900 you've got yourself an absolute bargain 

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232929269200

 

 

That is not my saw.

[woodwizzard]

https://www.radmoretucker.co.uk/shop/garden-machinery/chainsaws-tree-care/petrol-chainsaws/makita-ea7300p45e-petrol-chainsaw-18/

 

https://www.radmoretucker.co.uk/shop/garden-machinery/chainsaws-tree-care/petrol-chainsaws/makita-ea7900p45e-petrol-chainsaw-18/

 

Only £20 difference.

[Big J]

51 minutes ago, woodwizzard said:

https://www.radmoretucker.co.uk/shop/garden-machinery/chainsaws-tree-care/petrol-chainsaws/makita-ea7300p45e-petrol-chainsaw-18/

 

https://www.radmoretucker.co.uk/shop/garden-machinery/chainsaws-tree-care/petrol-chainsaws/makita-ea7900p45e-petrol-chainsaw-18/

 

Only £20 difference.

Well found. I'll give that some thought.

[DCS6800i]

Very good find ?

I couldn't see anything below £630