Is it entirely me, or does the cheap chainsaw share the blame?
 

Toller wrote:
I have never had much luck with chainsaws, but then I have always bought
junk.

Currently I have a Craftsman 16" 36cc.
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...BV Cookie=Yes

Although I haven't used it much, it barely cuts and when I push it the blade
just stops. Getting through anything more than a branch is an ordeal; but I
see professionals going through 3' logs like butter.
I concede my technique is largely responsible, I wonder if it is entirely
responsible.

My own experience in Oregon cutting a lot of wood for wood stoves over
the last 25 years is that
its chain, chain, chain (sharpen, sharpen, sharpen) chain tightness and
bar oil. Lots of bar oil.

There is an "new" Echo 440CS available locally for a very low price.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...de=cii_9324560

Since the normal price is more than twice that of the saw I have, I have to
think it is somehow better.
Will the Echo do better for me than the Craftsman; or would I be just as
unhappy with it?