small top handle saws.

[geoff]

Ok,maybe I should have run a poll,but dipping a toe in the water instead.

 

So I use a small echo top handle saw,& have used the Makita version,I find old bones benefit from the lower weight & vibes from these 'tiny toppers',my main questions would be for those,(the majority),that do not use one.

Have you tried them?

Why would you not have one?

Have you considered one in the first place?

 

Seems like a few of us do find them a viable asset to have along side the proverbial 200t, mainly for reduction work & a bit of conny hedging,personaly I would not be without mine on some jobs,it just makes things so much more efficient.

[Big J]

Just talking about it in another thread, but I used to have the tiny Makita DCS230T and sold it in a time of need (and I didn't really need it) and have always regretted it.

 

Lovely saw. Sod all power compared to the 200T, but I think in the right job, you would be no slower and a lot less tired at the end of it. Googled it and you can get it for £294 including VAT.

 

Jonathan

[born2trot]

Think your absolutely right , a domestic tree surgeon simply wont need something as heavy and powerful as the 200T day in day out . I for one am all ears to any good ' small ' top handles .

[geoff]

Just talking about it in another thread, but I used to have the tiny Makita DCS230T and sold it in a time of need (and I didn't really need it) and have always regretted it.

 

Lovely saw. Sod all power compared to the 200T, but I think in the right job, you would be no slower and a lot less tired at the end of it. Googled it and you can get it for £294 including VAT.

 

Jonathan

 

I was on that thread too mate,its what prompted me to start this one,it's been in my mind to for a while,& I realy think it could be usefull for this to be got out in one place,a good quality small top saw is in my mind worthwhile.

 

Born2Trot,thanks, its the good quality saws in this category that I'm aiming at here.

Edited October 15, 2012 by geoff

[geoff]

Here is a good quality 26cc saw from echo,Its the one I have had for a few years,only part so far was a brake band that broke one time.

Other than that it has slogged its guts out on jobs often involving a lot larger diameter wood than it is designed for,(sectioning out limbs to say 8 inch when Iv'e decided it a hazard limb whilst undertaking a light reduction for example).

 

Echo CS-260TES Top Handle Chainsaw

[Big J]

I found the quality of the little Makita to be very good. Thing I really liked about it was that it would remain warm for a long time meaning that starting was always a one pull affair. Even cold starting was never more than two.

 

I'm now hankering after one again for this first thinning/formative pruning we are doing at the moment!

[geoff]

As I said on the 'makita thread',I have used one & it was a good quality saw,so now we have 2 known good options here,sure there are others too,the small stihl would be a nice saw I would imagine as well.

I realy hope for some input from the 'non believers' here,thats what I want to get going alongside good options on the kit.

 

Come on you heavy handed heathens,you know you want to be converted!

[J.Bailey]

I won a echo cs260 at a climbing comp, good for deadwooding nice and light and enough power.

[chopper brown]

only have experience with the 200t but am looking to get another so this thread will be helpfull in making my mind up. I currently wondering whether to start using husky saws but am unsure of what the top handled ones are like.

 

Any one use one?

[johnnyboy158]

Hi I use a husky 425 t made by how knows its ok for bashing about the rockfaces

But prity pants for power