Stihl MS180

[Pro Gard]

The smallest stihl Ive used is an 023, alright for knocking off fence posts but no power and the afore mentioned plastic casings.

 

For small wood i like a o26, super light, reliable and reasonably powerful, at a push you can cut reasonable dimensions albeit slowly. The 018 on the other hand wont.

 

Everything else I cut with 70cc plus saws

[Ian C]

  Dean Lofthouse said:

I was expecting Huck or someone to say "So have you progressed off the Basics yet Dean ?"

 

I left myself wide open on that one..

 

You have us all wondering now Dean! Well have you moved off the basics yet......

[Dean Lofthouse]

  IC TREES said:

You have us all wondering now Dean! Well have you moved off the basics yet......

 

I was thinking of booking in for the chainsaw maintainence ticket, and then I think I'll go for that there tree felling course this summer

[Ian C]

  Dean Lofthouse said:

I was thinking of booking in for the chainsaw maintainence ticket, and then I think I'll go for that there tree felling course this summer

 

Thought so, so from now till your legal is a silky and an axe then ........bloody cowboys........

[skyhuck]

  Dean Lofthouse said:

I have two MS170's main reason I have em is for cutting limbs at the chipper and for my groundy to learn chainsaw use with, they are a nice little saw to learn the basics on.

 

 

I keep a Silky by the chipper ..................it cuts faster than a ms170:001_tongue:

[Dean Lofthouse]

  skyhuck said:

I keep a Silky by the chipper ..................it cuts faster than a ms170

 

I thought that Dave, then Bob showed me that I had been using my saws with the chains on back to front for the last 6 years

 

I took me three and a half days to put a gob cut in with my 660 once

[skyhuck]

  Dean Lofthouse said:

I thought that Dave, then Bob showed me that I had been using my saws with the chains on back to front for the last 6 years

 

I took me three and a half days to put a gob cut in with my 660 once

 

At least your big enough too admit it, good man

[Dean Lofthouse]

It was a revelation!!

 

I was beginning to think this tree surgery lark was too much like hard work. I can now put gobs in in a matter of seconds rather than days.

[garth mc garth]

  Dean Lofthouse said:

then Bob showed me that I had been using my saws with the chains on back to front for the last 6 years

 

I took me three and a half days to put a gob cut in with my 660 once

 

had a customer the other day trying to cut some fencing up with an electric jigsaw, after smelling smoke and lots of noise i turned round to see him using a metal hacksaw blade in it and he was burning his way through:scared1:

lent him my cordless circular saw and he was thru in seconds!!