What small Light Duty Chainsaw?

[pugwash]

Have used larger stihl chainsaws over the past few years (i'm not a tree surgeon, but have worked on land for a while), bt have found that i could do with a small light duty saw for home use.

 

Will only be used at home, and only a couple of times per year cutting up cord wood ready for hand splitting.

 

Should i totally discount electric saws, and whats the minimum i should spend? budget is extremely tight- ie £100 is expensive at the moment

[WoodED]

look at the makita range mate

[ChunksBigBro]

Stohl MS171 from jonsie's! punchy little buggers for cutting at home!

[button1803]

or go on stihl website and look at the lower range saws and take your pic....

[butler]

Sthil 171

[harvey b davison]

Makita.

[windfall]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/chainsaws/35739-small-saw-advice.html

 

I asked this question the other day...

[littlerob]

Hitachi CS33EB (35cm) 14" Chainsaw 32.3cc | eBay dont know what there like but its cheep and a bit more cc than a ms171 all i can recoment is echo saws light and built very good but there more money than a stihl in cc wise

[arbmark]

whatever you decide just remember you get what you pay for! something around the 40-45cc mark would do you. 15/16inch bar. theres a pretty reasonable tanaka, went on for ages the one i had, and abused for about five years. now a mate has it and its still going i believe. if it wasnt for the hand vibration stuff id still be using it.

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[spudulike]

At £100 you are in the Stihl 171/181 and Husky 136/141 area, you do get what you pay for and these are just in your budget secondhand. Both will do the job, the Stihl runs a flimsy 1.1mm chain, the Husky IMO feel a little more solid and am aware of their Electrolux background.

 

If you can get a few extra bucks, the 345 Husky or 023 Stihl are better saws.