Medium harvesting saw recommendation

[doobin]

What do echo have around that size? Loving my cs501sx today. 

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, doobin said:

What do echo have around that size? Loving my cs501sx today. 

Cs590 ?

[gary112]

4 hours ago, DocMustard said:

It is a decision, based on prices I've seen vs my budget, between the Makita EA610045PD (seen at £498) or Husqvarna 555 (seen at £507). 

If your interested in the Dolmar/Makita 6100 have a chat with Shavey on here,top bloke to deal with

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@shavey

[Dan Maynard]

That one looks to be a bitsa .  It has the starter pull cover from the original plain old 365 , the dark grey top cover clips from the 365 special . ( The original 365 clips were orange . ) It is not an Xtorque model though .

Personally I think you'd be mad to buy a 365 or 372 from eBay, chance that the whole saw is genuine Husqvarna is pretty low given how many copy parts are around and how cheap they are.

[shavey]

11 hours ago, DocMustard said:

It is a decision, based on prices I've seen vs my budget, between the Makita EA610045PD (seen at £498) or Husqvarna 555 (seen at £507). 

You got a choice of two good saws there and as @Stubby says the echo cs-590 timber wolf is a good saw I’ve had one of those as welll

 

another one worth considering is the Makita ea-5600 a very reliable strong saw with excellent AV and cheap as well 

Edited July 8, 2021 by shavey

[harvey b davison]

You got a choice of two good saws there needs as @Stubby says the echo cs-590 timber wolf is a good saw I’ve had of those as welll
 
another one worth considering is the Makita ea-5600 a very reliable strong saw with excellent AV and cheap as well 

Is there much difference between the ea6100 and the ea5600@shavey

[spuddog0507]

10 hours ago, DocMustard said:

It is a decision, based on prices I've seen vs my budget, between the Makita EA610045PD (seen at £498) or Husqvarna 555 (seen at £507). 

Personally i would not be letting money be the dictator on this subject, from my own personal expierance on this over a few decades now buying saws, 

today i all ways buy from my local dealer as when something goes wrong with the saw it all ways gets sorted in a very reasonable time, i learnt this many moons ago when i bought a saw from away and took it to my local dealer to get it sorted under warranty and it went in the que and was near on 4 wks before it was fixed and back with me, check what parts back up is like ? Stihl and Husky should be fine but i believe Echo is not good and as for Makita i would not have a clue, buy the best saw you can and look after it and it will be fine, have you considered any thing that is used ?? as you may get a bigger saw for your money,,,,

[roys]

I have the Makita EA6100P, fab saw, use it for what you are describing in your opening post.

Bought it 3 or 4 years ago after asking on here for recommendations and not regretted it.

[DocMustard]

Morning all, thanks again for the additional information, some really good advice and tips to take on board.