makita ea6100

[CJM]

Don't want to hijack the thread but I was thinking of getting a 576 or 372 but looking on the web I found a makita dcs9010 (90cc) for just a little more anyone have experience of this saw? What the reliability like and off the shelf parts fit as in bars chains sprockets or do these need to be makita/dolmar ordered in?

I know I'm being a bit of a snob but I'd prefer the dolmar equivalent

[harvey b davison]

Don't want to hijack the thread but I was thinking of getting a 576 or 372 but looking on the web I found a makita dcs9010 (90cc) for just a little more anyone have experience of this saw? What the reliability like and off the shelf parts fit as in bars chains sprockets or do these need to be makita/dolmar ordered in?

I know I'm being a bit of a snob but I'd prefer the dolmar equivalent

 

Ive just got a 9010, and find it a bit of a beast, heavy and built like a tank with a simple engine. There are other threads on here with more info.

[CJM]

Ive just got a 9010, and find it a bit of a beast, heavy and built like a tank with a simple engine. There are other threads on here with more info.

 

Have you had to replace any parts on it if so was it a ball ache, just asking as 9/10 if something beaks on my huskys or stihl I can get parts from the dealers straight away. I don't mind wating for the units parts it's bars and sprockets wouldn't like waiting for

[CJM]

That would be my main fear of buying a makita/dolmar

[shavey]

as Harvey and Blg J said it's a big old saw not as agile as some but built like a tank i have a photo on the chainsaw photo thread i think its on page 26

 

i have one here and i love the old hammer its totally old skool i can get parts very easy and fairly quickly if needed my prices for this saw are dearer than the makita version

but the EU version of this saw comes with d033 bar mounts i have the conversion kit that you can use D009 mounts so your options are varied and any large husqvarna bars will fit

 

iam sure mr SAW TROLL likes this saw

[SawTroll]

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I did have an MS361 for a while, that was a nice saw. If the 6100 is anything like it, it would be a winner.

 

There are no indications that it is - rather the opposite, starting with halv a kg extra weight....

[SawTroll]

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iam sure mr SAW TROLL likes this saw

 

I know just enough about the 9010 to know that it wouldn't be on my candidate list if I needed a 90cc saw.

[Eddy_t]

as Harvey and Blg J said it's a big old saw not as agile as some but built like a tank i have a photo on the chainsaw photo thread i think its on page 26

 

 

 

i have one here and i love the old hammer its totally old skool i can get parts very easy and fairly quickly if needed my prices for this saw are dearer than the makita version

 

but the EU version of this saw comes with d033 bar mounts i have the conversion kit that you can use D009 mounts so your options are varied and any large husqvarna bars will fit

 

 

 

iam sure mr SAW TROLL likes this saw

 

 

So the options are large husky or monster Stihl bar mounts? The d033 mount is very limited, 17, 21, 30, 33 and massive bars! The d009 mounts would make more sense as standard!

[harvey b davison]

So the options are large husky or monster Stihl bar mounts? The d033 mount is very limited, 17, 21, 30, 33 and massive bars! The d009 mounts would make more sense as standard!

 

I'm almost certain you can get the oregon pro bars in large d033 mount, as i'm looking into getting one after xmas.

[Eddy_t]

I'm almost certain you can get the oregon pro bars in large d033 mount, as i'm looking into getting one after xmas.

 

 

Yes, but it's large Stihl mount bars, they come in a set selection of sizes that have been that way since the 60's