cheap 40-50cc saw

[polish pete]

 Hi everyone,

 I'm looking to buy a general groundie, small felling saw that my subbies can use. I'm fed up with one of the guys coming with another ebay saw that takes him half an hour to start just to blow up after a couple of hours. Something hard to break and easy to fix. It would be nice if it was Stihl or Husky so I can maybe use bars, chains from my usual saws but I'm open to any suggestions- Echo, Makita. Something around 40,50cc good enough to fell 15" trees and cross cut.

 cheers

 

 Peter

[woodwizzard]

Makita/Dolmar EA5000 would suit your needs. Nice basic and robust saw, love mine for those qualities. Has done a lot of hard work with no complaints.

[drinksloe]

U can get those wee stihls pretty cheap 170s or 180s, most of the local fencers round here abuse the hell out of them and they keep on going.

Be a bit small to run a 15" bar but runs 13 no probs, esp if just occasional use.

I have a wee ms230 and it's a great wee felling saw for steep bankings and smaller timber, a fill lasts for ages

[trigger_andy]

I agree with Woodwizzard. The Makita/Dolmar saws are great. Mine came with an 18" bar as standard and also two Oregon Chains all for £250 delivered from Amazon.de Might be worth keeping an eye out for another deal from them? 

 

https://www.amazon.de/Makita-Benzin-Kettensäge-38-kW-EA4300F38C/dp/B009NZQTH6/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&crid=2E6F97ZC1MQ5H&dchild=1&keywords=makita+ea4300f38c&qid=1603554549&sprefix=makita+ea4300f%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1

[gary112]

9 hours ago, polish pete said:

 Hi everyone,

 I'm looking to buy a general groundie, small felling saw that my subbies can use. I'm fed up with one of the guys coming with another ebay saw that takes him half an hour to start just to blow up after a couple of hours. Something hard to break and easy to fix. It would be nice if it was Stihl or Husky so I can maybe use bars, chains from my usual saws but I'm open to any suggestions- Echo, Makita. Something around 40,50cc good enough to fell 15" trees and cross cut.

 cheers

 

 Peter

Had this off Andrew at AJS saws and axes,great little saw its an EA4300 and got loads of power for a little saw

[trigger_andy]

3 minutes ago, gary112 said:

Had this off Andrew at AJS saws and axes,great little saw its an EA4300 and got loads of power for a little saw

Thats what I have, It really picks up after the muffler mod. 

[gary112]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Thats what I have, It really picks up after the muffler mod. 

?Lot of grunt for a little saw

[harvey b davison]

Agree, the ea4300 is a cracking little saw. I might invest in the ea5000 next year.

[Dan Maynard]

Dolmar/Makita use Husky small bar mount so you would swap bars with a 550.

[polish pete]

16 hours ago, drinksloe said:

U can get those wee stihls pretty cheap 170s or 180s, most of the local fencers round here abuse the hell out of them and they keep on going.

Be a bit small to run a 15" bar but runs 13 no probs, esp if just occasional use.

I have a wee ms230 and it's a great wee felling saw for steep bankings and smaller timber, a fill lasts for ages

I have 170 for coppicing,  nice and light but not enough for felling small stuff. I'll look at 230!