"williamwright" wrote in message
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As I mentioned my Bosch 1750W electric chainsaw died a while back. I asked
a local chap, Eric, €” who has a tree surgeon business €” for advice, and I
struck gold. I'd got it in my head that I needed a long blade and a
powerful machine. He gently steered me into one of his storerooms, where
he has approx 20 saws of various types. Once I'd used a big machine of the
type I thought I wanted I realised immediately that it was too heavy and
cumbersome for me. It would also be unnecessary.
He took me to a chainsaw shop where he is a major customer and I ended up
buying:
A Stihl MS-180 saw with 14" blade
5 litre chain oil
Plastic fuel can
5 litres petrol
Chainsaw file kit
Helmet
3 x 100mm two stroke oil
3 round chainsaw files
Chainsaw gloves

Eric gave me some ballistic nylon PPE.

Now I'm having lessons from him in chainsaw use and maintenance. Having
used chainsaws for 40 years I thought I had no more to learn. How wrong I
was. I'm astonished. There's so much more to this than I knew.

What did you learn that you didnt already know ?

I now believe that no-one should use a chainsaw until they've been on a
course.

Dunno, cant see why the knowledge needs to be learned that way.

Incidentally the new saw is such a pleasure to use. It absolutely flies
through hardwood and needs very little physical effort on my part. A
revelation after the electric one.

Less than half the price of the Makita DUC353Z if you
dont already have the Makita batterys and charger too.

I hate small petrol engines tho and the electric ones are
much better when up a ladder etc when starting etc.