First Chainsaw

[spudulike]

If you don't know too much about saws and the things some less scrupulous sellers may do to sell them then purchase new. The sort of things I am talking about is using cheap non OEM parts such as carbs, coils and cylinders so they can turn a profit.

If you are purchasing from a known contact you trust, perhaps a larger arb company that replace kit every two years then you may get yourself a decent deal.

Assuming you are after a single ground saw that can cut the mustard then the 550xp MK2 or MS261 mtronic are both decent saws and have both been around a long time.

 

[Mike Hill]

What are you goung to be using it for?

 

DIY around your garden and allotment or clear felling Old Growth?

 

 

[parkertrees]

Don't buy used off eBay, 50% chance its stolen and 50% chance its not got much life left in it. 

 

People don't sell good stuff

[Stubby]

Ok . I am going to go in with my usual coment . Buy the best pro saw you can afford in the size apropriate to the job in hand . I will get lots of decent from some quaters ( He is a novice ! he should not have a fast cutting saw etc etc ) That is all bollox . As far as I am concerned the faster it cuts the safer it is . If you buy some home owner / semi pro saw and you have got  "a bit  about you " you will soon wish you had a better / faster saw . 

[markieg31]

Depending how frequently it is being used i all ways recommend to my customers to purchase battery. Put it away, no carb problems. Press the button and off it goes. Not the sort of thing you are going to be logging 20inch and over stems with. 

Agreed with a comment about het the best you can afford. On the contrary I have a friend who buys the Hyundai saws, "so cheap, any problems bin it and purchase another!"

[TurtleWoods72]

The fact that the OP hasn’t clarified what they need / want the saw for makes this exercise somewhat academic. Someone suggested he was forging a career as a tree surgeon and had been trained and was looking for work. The same person suggested that if his first job was as a ‘groundie’ he’d be provided a saw by his employer. 
 

If it turns out he’s decided to go self employed and trim a few trees / do some landscaping or firewood, whatever, then a different story. So far he’s been recommended everything from over £600 pro saws to a £189 31cc Echo.

 

Until the OP explains more what his/her needs are this thread will be an exercise in futility.

 

 

[Oldfeller]

13 minutes ago, TurtleWoods72 said:

The fact that the OP hasn’t clarified what they need / want the saw for makes this exercise somewhat academic. Someone suggested he was forging a career as a tree surgeon and had been trained and was looking for work. The same person suggested that if his first job was as a ‘groundie’ he’d be provided a saw by his employer. 
 

If it turns out he’s decided to go self employed and trim a few trees / do some landscaping or firewood, whatever, then a different story. So far he’s been recommended everything from over £600 pro saws to a £189 31cc Echo.

 

Until the OP explains more what his/her needs are this thread will be an exercise in futility.

 

 

and quite likely never be heard from again, like many of these posts,  but ya gotta admit, sometimes it can be quite entertaining.

perhaps its another  a Russian bot!

[TurtleWoods72]

12 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

and quite likely never be heard from again, like many of these posts,  but ya gotta admit, sometimes it can be quite entertaining.

perhaps its another  a Russian bot!

In that case he/she needs a Druzhba Model 4a 😄

[kram]

To add to the futility,

 

I'd suggest starting with a cheap ones, they are not bad, you need to learn maintence, and its useful to have saws of different sizes.

 

Lidl 53cc 18" for £60

Farmertec G2511 25cc Echo clone for £90

G111 020T clone for £230

G372XP or G660 clone with 20-28" for £300

 

£680 is not much more than your budget but would set you up for most work.

 

My list is pretty similar to the above except I have a genuine Echo 2511 as well as the clone, a genuine 020T, and a Mcculloch cs340(Husky 235 but black). Also a battery Makita UC002.

 

 

I'd avoid used, they are all battered or stolen.

 

[Oldfeller]

23 minutes ago, kram said:

 

 

 

 

I'd avoid used, they are all battered or stolen.

 

feck off! I have over a hundred used saws, some might be well worn, but none are stolen.