Ms180

[Patchwork]

Hey guys, went to price up 2 small private jobs today. one cedar that needs deadwooding and a few snapped out branches tidying up, and another leylandii topping out. so we talked money settled it, then he asked if i was intrested in a chainsaw, thinking he was gonna wip out some haggard old electrical halfords saw he showed me a almost brand new MS180 backhanded, once used in nice condition. i took it home and said i would think about taking the saw from him and reducing the money on the 2 jobs. just wondered if any one knew much about this saw, im finishing colleage and doing a few small private jobs here and their so no need for a massive saw, it sounds like its got quite a bit of grunt in it for its small size. any advice or input would be very helpfull.

[Steve Bullman]

be ok for a little snedding saw to leave by the chipper, wouldnt consider it for any serious work.

i have one with a 12" carving bar, gets used for fine detail work, nothing more.

[Steve Bullman]

ok i should add......im not saying it couldnt do serious work.....just would use something with more power if the choice was there.

[Patchwork]

yeah, cos im only working with a mate from colleage on small private stuff, nothing to big like huge dismantles ect. how dose it handle in the tree? if u have taking it up at all.

[Steve Bullman]

havent tried, but its a nice light saw, so providing your positioning is ok and you're always using 2 hands i dont see a problem.

[Patchwork]

of course . cheers for the input, one last question how much would you pay for a 12month old one that has only done around 3hours work? no damage starts fine no problems.

[Steve Bullman]

£100.

[Charlieh]

make sure it oils ok, i have the farms 170 and 180 in bits so often as the oiler stops working (although that could be due to crud getting in the oil tank, farmers what can you do!),

 

they seem like pretty robust little saws otherwise. Recon Steves price is spot on on if its as good as you say.

[Patchwork]

yeah seems to oil fine. only problem is that the controll switch is a bit iffy. dosent click into the 0 position propperly and the only way to get it off is by going full choke. opened it up and had a look around and i cant seem to find how to fix this. any ideas?

[Charlieh]

bad earth, will pm you the workshop manual