Best all round thinning saw

[Brushcutter]

For less wear on you the new 346xpg with a 13" bar. If you want something a little bigger a 357xpg with a 15" bar they are a little slow with an 18" one.

 

I'd go with the 346 as i love them to bits also a semi chisel chain just as Beech is normally as hard as nails and takes the edge of a chain real quick.

[Doug Blease]

I am sure I just said using the 660 for the heavy work (makes sense to me) and swapping to a 260 for the lighter ones for very valid reasons.

 

The 372/044 are 70cc saws which are capable of carrying a wide range of bar sizes, not overly heavy with good fuel economy.

 

With professional saws from 30-100cc, 70cc is about middle of the range in my book?

 

The 254 is a good saw in my opinion also. I am purely listing what worked for us. You wouldnt have been laughed out of our woods with your saw. Isnt it a 60cc? Only 10cc in it. Dont understand your reaction?

[Doug Blease]

Apologies I didnt see the 6-12 inch quote. Just the 18 inch. Presumed it was average 18inch, therefore sometimes more.

[alex_m]

when i worked in the woods i used a husky 346xp 15", perfect power/weight ratio for lugging about all day and you can fell anything upto 30" of course.

[Frankie Lawrence]

when i worked in the woods i used a husky 346xp 15", perfect power/weight ratio for lugging about all day and you can fell anything upto 30" of course.

 

And it can run an 18 inch bar:thumbup1:

[Bolt]

Not a reaction Doug, simply an opinion, Which is, after all what the asking questions, giving answers purpose of the forum is.

 

 

Of couse, as I (and as it turns out you:001_smile:) don't read the posts (or read one thing, and then think something else) before submitting a reply, our opinions are often wildly different, but that what makes it interesting

[Doug Blease]

Thats cool.

 

I have a bad habit of missing small (often bracketed) details.

[Bolt]

In my life, It's often the big details I have missed

[MattyF]

357 with 15"full chisel for felling all day, awsome instant power and no worries using it all day on thinnings that sort of size.

From my experiance a 372 with 18" is to heavy great for cross cutting once winched out and the 346 just hasnt quite got the guts!

If your a stihl man go for the 361 or the newer version of it...362??

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[rorymoon]

361