New saw 45-50cc - which one?

[Conner]

Have a 044 and Makita ep5000 50cc oh and a ms181 always reach for the Makita as better antivibe and enough power. Had it burried full bar 18” in hawthorn and pulled fine as a fire wood saw would not look past it.

[Stere]

 5600 is marketed as a  "farmer" or semi pro model compared to  5000 so prob some differences in build......

 

EDIT Not mag case

Edited September 7, 2020 by Stere

[shavey]

20 hours ago, Jd44027 said:

That interesting, did have a brief look at the makita EA5600 

Makita EA5600F45DN Petrol Chainsaw 18″

WWW.RADMORETUCKER.CO.UK

 

Obvs this is a bit higher again in terms of power/cc - anyone been using this & have some feedback @shavey I guess you've had a lot of experience with the makita/dolmar range - would there be any particular models youd recommend based on what I was looking for?

 

 If  you  where thinking of going away from the stihl / husky option I would opt for the Makita ea-4300 or Dolmar ps-420 hands down 

the ea-550 and ps-550 are nice saws and develop a lot of power and are physically 

bigger than the 40cc saws 

 

the ea-4300 has been a great value for money saw and has plenty of power 

and there’s plenty in reserve if you want too dig deeper

[Jd44027]

1 hour ago, shavey said:

 If  you  where thinking of going away from the stihl / husky option I would opt for the Makita ea-4300 or Dolmar ps-420 hands down 

the ea-550 and ps-550 are nice saws and develop a lot of power and are physically 

bigger than the 40cc saws 

 

the ea-4300 has been a great value for money saw and has plenty of power 

and there’s plenty in reserve if you want too dig deeper

Ok thanks Shavey, that's interesting - definitely worth bearing in mind should I ever require another saw.

Don't make me regret buying the 261..........

[Jd44027]

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Edited September 7, 2020 by Jd44027

[gary112]

10 hours ago, Jd44027 said:

Ok thanks Shavey, that's interesting - definitely worth bearing in mind should I ever require another saw.

Don't make me regret buying the 261..........

i had a makita 4300 off Andrew(shavey) and its a great little saw and he’s a top man to deal with,nice to use and powerful little saw 

[shavey]

6 hours ago, Jd44027 said:

Ok thanks Shavey, that's interesting - definitely worth bearing in mind should I ever require another saw.

Don't make me regret buying the 261..........

 

no you won’t regret buying that model  well liked by many

[shavey]

4 hours ago, gary112 said:

i had a makita 4300 off Andrew(shavey) and its a great little saw and he’s a top man to deal with,nice to use and powerful little saw 

Thanks Gary happy your getting on with it ok 

[gary112]

Just now, shavey said:

Thanks Gary happy your getting on with it ok 

Love it,great little saw cant wait to get hedging with it

[shavey]

10 hours ago, Stere said:

 5600 is marketed as a  "farmer" or semi pro model compared to  5000 so prob some differences in build......

 

EDIT Not mag case

Yes there a Totaly  new design they’ve gone down the strato design