favorite brand of saws.

25inch361

My first saw was a brand new Jonsered 2145s with a 16" bar. Then, two of my three BIG oak trees died in the front yard and I decided to take them down myself. Small one was 42" across at the base and the big one was 48". What did I buy for that job? A brand new Stihl MS 361 with a 25" bar! I sold my Jonsered to my father-in-law so he would retire the 80's model Homelite! My 361 is SO easy to take apart for cleaning....I loaned it out once and the guy broke my fuel cap. It leaked 50:1 EVERYWHERE. In one evening, I took it entirely down, all but the jug, piston, crank, and case. Cleaned it up and had it back together the next morning. I like a clean saw! And man, does this thing run now that it's had about five gallons of fuel run through it!

BTW, I'm just a homeowner, middle 20's....I'm not lucky enough to be making my living with a saw.

louie

I have a stihl 038 magnum that i bort new and has never let me down 72cc i cut tons of redgum fire wood with this saw also bort one of those cheap beaumar ag saws off ebay just as a back up saw i have used the hell out of that paid $120 dollars always seamed to be down on power so i drilled out the exhaust and opened it up a bit now it goes a lot better after all its just a throw away saw but still goes well i always add a little more oil to my fuel mixture.

Logger Ally

Circa pre 1970 McCulloch 250's/Super 250's
All McCulloch 80cc and bigger...don't own any plastic saws here in the PNW as all my runners are 1960's saws in yellow and don't break...never!!

25inch361

Hey Logger Ally,

Can you post a picture of your Mono? My father-in-law has one of those in his barn, minus the air cleaner and what-not. Not running, I have no idea what it would take to fire it up, but it's a monster!

Logger Ally

Sure..The full line of Mono saws and pictures are here at Mike Acres site and click on Mono and your saw is there. Chainsaw Collectors Corner..good luck!!..Need help on the Mono saw let me know..easy fix

Robert J

I voted for Husky as that's what I prefer however I am not opposed to Stihl. Both are great saws. I also like my newly acquired Shindaiwa 757 with a whopping total of 45 minutes on it that my buddy at the saw shop gave me for $275.

Serviceguy13

I vote for Stihl and I have friends in the business that speak highly of them also.

Paul Toivonen

I wonder how the Hitachi saws go?
I have a Makita hedger which is almost a Tanaka(copy) about $200 cheaper than the real thing.
The blade is not the same quality though.

Itsposs

Atm nearly all makita is coming out of the old dolmar factory in Hammberg Germany
the same factory makes some solo equipment,
Atm no Makita outdoor power products are coming out of China
Hitarchi brought Tanaka I have a new petrol/gas drill that is branded with both Tanaka and Hitachi lables and stickers
Both to me are the best valued for my money atm especially when I can get a 90cc for half the price of the stihl equiv
providing you dont drop a tree on it like I did lol worth a far closer look their top handle saws but are lacking in power compared to the Sthil.

SAWNUT

At one point just about every brand of saw was top notch so how can't a guy like them all?

Paul Toivonen

My no.1 favourite saw ATM is the Ozito top handle arb saw.
x10 for the price of one proper saw and all the door to door hacks are using them.

Rob Chace

As a broad brush-stroke comment, what you said has merrit. BUt... I'm quite unashamed to say this is the same top-handle i started with. I had the ozito then shindaiwa T/H then Stihl. I think that sometimes you are better off buying a throw away item then replacing it with the real thing, unless you can afford to buy the real thing in the first place.

I bought:
ozito T/H
stihl 260 & 660 (new)
second hand 044 and echo 420es
stihl 044 (#2) 361
stihl 088

In my opinion I'm not a hack and I dont have time to door knock. But I do also see many utes with ladders and ozito saws running around doing "palm trimming". Not that there is anything wrong with nasty palms, thtas probably 24% of our work. But I guess we all had to sart somewhere right?

nelsthorn

Does not matter, I just like chainsaws. I have a husky 330, a CS 400 Echo, a newer 46cc Homelite that is basically a piece of crap, I did not realize that they are made in China now, and a soon to be Stihl MS311 that I am really looking forward to.

johno6677

If you are having trouble with any saw maybe you need to change your serviceing procedure or service agent. I've numerous brands of saws from a "China" cheapy for light pruning to a Stihl 660, with several Huskys 350 - 365 - 570, Poulans & Dolmars in between all saws start with minimum effort, service your saw and it will serve you, don't leave fuel in it, use freshly mixed fuel to the correct ratio, after 8 weeks I dispose of any pre-mixed fuel.