"TURTLE" wrote in message
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"Greg O" wrote in message
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"TURTLE" wrote in message
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This is Turtle.

I have googled it and got more bull than a truck can haul off.

I want a Good Chain saw and have a piece of Junk Poland 14" one now.
They
have
Huskey and Stiel dealers around here. I need the one that will be
forgiving for
abuse. I will listen to the sales pitches but I want to know about the
brand
names before picking out the model The salesmen will know the brands ,
money,
and sizes. I'm looking for the differences like a Pinto or a Roll
Royce.
Duriability is what I'm after.

TURTLE



Buy one from a reputable dealer! It is not the brand, but the
installation!
;-)
I had a small engine shop for a few years. If I were to buy a new saw,
it
would be a Stihl.
Greg


This is Turtle.

The reason I posted here is there is a 36" Pin Oak tree across my drive
way
after a little wind storm come by. My wife called me and said there is a
tree
across my drive way and I thought I would just pull out my hand Polock 14"
saw
and cut it and move it out of the way. Hey that Poland 1 C.C. is not made
for
adult trees. I cut the limbs out of the way to drive around it but that
mickey
mouse poland saw had hell cutting the limbs and I did not even try it out
on the
36" butt or trunk. I figured it up and i can get about $400.00 worth of
fire
wood to pay for up to a $400.00 saw. I have a fellow who will come get the
tree
for nothing but he gets the wood or sell it back to me at $40.00 a Rick or
$80.00 a Cord.

Tomorrow i will be checking out the saws and found a [ Stihl and Huskey ]
Dealer
near here and will be talking to him. I called my brother in law up and he
use
to work in the logging business and he said Stihl , but Huskey will do for
part
time use. I can't find any other type dealers around here but Polock and I
don't
need Mickey Mouse equipment.

I haven't talk to anybody yet but i went to Stihl website and it seems a
model
MS-250-C or a MS-260 might do but maybe a MS-310 or MS-390 . Do I need to
get
bigger or is these in the Tuff Boy Stuff ? I was told the bigger horse
power
saws will not over heat in Git-R-Done Work.

What do yaw'll think ?


Most the loggers around here use Stihl, you should be able to pick up a good
older saw at a pawn shop or someplace like that--we actually have "saw
shops" around here........

If your actually gonna work it and cut big stuff, get the most powerful saw
you can afford within reason.......but I suggest you should still keep the
little saw for the smaller stuff anyways.

As far as blade length, this somewhat depends on how tall you are--best is
short enough so the blade dont touch the ground when your hands are pulled
up even with your waist, else you will work yourself to death just packing
it around.

If the bar is in good condition and the chain is properly ground, you can
easily cut in 1/2 a tree thats almost twice as big around as the bar length
if you use the proper technique.

--

SVL