Stihl MS 170 as a good topper?

[FlyingSquirrel]

Has anyone been using this c/saw for for topping?

[Mick Stockbridge]

Topping ? How dare you use such a word on here.........Oh and yes, I have one as a backup to my 200 and think it's great for 'toppin'

[dangerous brian]

brilliant saw cheap and bullit proof not heavy on a harness either.

[Paulthepunk]

Prefer the 180 as it is slightly more powerfull, the same weight as the 170 and almost the same price second hand! Only con, if something goes wrong, there a pig to work on!

[skyhuck]

Has anyone been using this c/saw for for topping?

 

NO!!! For topping you want an 066!!!!

[combined tree services]

NO!!! For topping you want an 066!!!!

 

great stuff mate , i ant to get an ms660 as i currently have a husky 288xp but its starting to get a bit long in the tooth and the ms880 is a bit much to be taking up a tree when there is no need to

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

piece of junk!

[geoff]

ms 170 does what it says on the tin, & then some, they keep going, vibrate a bit.

[FlyingSquirrel]

piece of junk!

 

What is it that you don't like about it?

[geoff]

got one three years ago to bring a dirty(full of old wire etc) overgrown hedge back down to 4 feet,hawthorn holly dead/live elm,oak ,et all. left some of the nicer specimens with just a crown lift,all on a steep bank into a deep ditch(running). thought it might kill the saw ,but hey no great loss. it got dropped,dunked, hit untold metal and now is comissioned for roots and anything you are shy of with pro saw. apart from that thin guage chain (cutters prone to deforming under duress) , it deffies all concerted attempts to do it in, deffo get another!