What Chainsaw do you use?

This weekend I went out cutting firewood and was wondering what chainsaws other members have and what do you cut with it? I know there must be some of you out there that live in the country or venture there often. I see Pyro heads bush for hunting, how about timber cutting? At the same time I see that down Texas way they have done away with chainsaws but I see they have Hakzaw!
What about you city slickers, what do you use for cleaning up a few over grown branches around the garden?

Here are my Chainsaws A Husky 455 Rancher with an 18" bar and a Husky 395 XP which has a 32" and a 36" bar.

Cutting Australian Redgum. A eucalyptus tree.

The trees here don't grow as big as yours do. Usually the chainsaws don't need any bar longer than 18 inches. Being a lot north here means the growing season is considerably shorter for trees. Being a lot colder here means we don't let them get that big before we use em for heat ! LOL Jonsered are the main chainsaw of choice around here, the CS2166 being the favorite of loggers and homeowners alike. The wannabes use the cs2250s or stihl saws ! I am a little biased as I was the Jonsered dealer here for like 20+ years doing everything from service to parts. If I was there I could tune up that Husky in seconds. And remember the old adage that a little extra oil in your gas helps your engine? Well, in a Hushy or Jonsered this is actually not true. If it takes a 50:1 gas mix ratio then that's what you should do. These newer saws actually use the gas as a cooler and if you change the boiling point of the gas by adding extra oil, you may actually do more harm than good. I learned that in Husky/Jonsered service school as they are the same company.One more tip I learned over the years is that if you are ever stuck and your cdi (powerpak) loosens and the gap becomes wrong, the saw of course will not fire correctly.If this happens and you don't have a set of feeler gauges anywhere close, The top flap from a pack of cigarettes usually can work in a pinch! LOL

Here is my second attempt at a reply, the first one from yesterday has disappeared! Gremlins! I kinda thought Canada was full of BIG trees like Cedars and Oak's. But I guess just like here everything has to be just right for the Big Ones!
The Redgums are far the biggest in this part of OZ. They are a hardwood and when dry like this one which has been dead 20 years or more they are very hard on the chains. Sound like you have a lot of knowledge about chainsaws after being in the business for 20 years. I have had no trouble with the Huskies although they are just a few years old. At work we have a couple of little Stihl MS 230's, these little saws have literally been drowned in the ocean several times and I am amazed they still live. They get used for cutting 450mm poly pipe on an Aquaculture farm. I must say I have pulled carboy and electrics apart a few times to get them working again.
Thanks for the reply and the tips ru124t!

Well in the Pacific North West they grow em to a good size that's for sure, we had a couple come down close to our house last year and I cut them up.

I am a little biased also I like my wannabe Stihl 025 with a 18" roller bar

I can't get out any more and cut wood like I used to when I was younger but I pretty much been using a Stihl for 20+ years,
well since 1975 any way and they have never once failed me, with good care any reputable saw will last a life time

Any way here's a tree like we grow around here, this is a Douglas Fir, it makes nice timbers or fire wood.


Here is the fat end, at the widest it was 32" across.


We didn't make lumber

Oh yeah Pyro now tats what I'm talking about! Thats a tree! It is also one that has a grain in it and looks a bit easier to split than our Redgum that has no grain. Do you have some sort of mill? I bought an Alaskan portable mill last year. used it once but will use it again this winter for sure. can only cut wood here for a few months and then it gets to dry…. bush fires!
Hey nothing wrong with a Wannabe Stihl, those two we have at work should not be here, but they are and they work great!
You have the wife help out too! I give mine the easy job of loading whilst I cut, I just cut a few big ones at the end that she can't lift, that way I can say I helped her load, or did she help me!

Just biased nothing wrong with a stihl. Also I sold lots of Alaskan saw mills and another part called a log wizard. It was used to take the bark off logs. It mounts onto the bar of the saw and uses a belt instead of a chain to spin the end part which has debarking blades. Works real nice on making log cabins and sure beats doing it by hand especically them giant ones like you guys got!!!

@Flaminpyro, That is the exact same saw that I have (Stihl 025), even use the same 18" bar.
I've had mine for close to 20 yrs.; it starts and runs like the day I bought it, and it's probably got close to 200 trees under its belt!

I couldn't agree with you more, a good saw should last a lifetime.

Do these count? here's mine:
Ultimate Survival Technologies SaberCut Saw at REI.com

Sure, why not?
It just uses a different kind of fuel!

We use lasers to cut trees on these forums :eg:

tree surgeon mate of mine has a saw with a 3 foot bar, it's not easy to lift.

all it needs is this done to it:

have no big trees here so i use sweet little one-arm hecht 927R

No male over compensating there for sure! LMFAO Was that made for a smurf ??? Or a midget ? Roflmfao Frodo wants his shire's saw back!

ru124t said:

No male over compensating there for sure! LMFAO

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btw..same model was useful here 20 years ago:

Back when I didn't know anything about sane chaws, I bought a poulan because it was on sale, BIG
MISTAKE! You can't go wrong with a good Husqy or STIHL. Unless you are in Europe or AU, they have
different stuff over there.

ru124t said:

Just biased nothing wrong with a stihl. Also I sold lots of Alaskan saw mills and another part called a log wizard. It was used to take the bark off logs. It mounts onto the bar of the saw and uses a belt instead of a chain to spin the end part which has debarking blades. Works real nice on making log cabins and sure beats doing it by hand especically them giant ones like you guys got!!!

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I have nor seen the debarking blades, will have to look into that as they would come in handy for the cypress pines we have here!

BowtieGuy said:

@Flaminpyro, That is the exact same saw that I have (Stihl 025), even use the same 18" bar.
I've had mine for close to 20 yrs.; it starts and runs like the day I bought it, and it's probably got close to 200 trees under its belt!

I couldn't agree with you more, a good saw should last a lifetime.

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I do hope that mine will last that long! probably won't be able to use the bigger one by then though!:thinking:

Shakenawake said:

Do these count? here's mine:
Ultimate Survival Technologies SaberCut Saw at REI.com

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I have not seen them before but I had some Italian friends that had a similar setup using piano wire but i figured it took them a long time to cut through trees with it!

upaa27 said:

We use lasers to cut trees on these forums :e.g.:

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I did think that a laser would be good. Oh and a bucket of water to put out the fire!

trencheel303 said:

tree surgeon mate of mine has a saw with a 3 foot bar, it's not easy to lift.

all it needs is this done to it:

C'mon Eel. That was and American video. I have seen how you Scotsman do it, you just walk up to a tree, wrap both arms around it, rip it straight out of the ground and throw it 30m into the back of a truck! No-one has a chainsaw in Scotland!

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weirdmeister said:

have no big trees here so i use sweet little one-arm hecht 927R

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weirdmeister said:

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btw..same model was useful here 20 years ago:

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Oh you can have one in each hand then! Ideal if you ever move to Texas!

The Lightning Stalker said:

Back when I didn't know anything about sane chaws, I bought a poulan because it was on sale, BIG
MISTAKE! You can't go wrong with a good Husqy or STIHL. Unless you are in Europe or AU, they have
different stuff over there.

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The main two makes of Chainsaw here in order of pref would be Stihl and then Husky. More go for the Stihl because they are cheaper than a Husky, Personally I would be happy with either! Then there are heaps of lesser ones like the Poulan, McColouch and now the Chinese ebay ones. There are some other quality one like the Jonsored but they are not common, mainly due to no suppliers of parts in OZ.