Chainsaw

[shaftdrive]

what make is the best to go for , i have had a wee look around but i cant make up my mind , looked at the reviews at argos , home base , but that didnt help as there was a lot of mixed reviews ,over to you good people of carpe land who know about these things [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drinks.gif[/img]

[catsbum]

I have one for you

Ryobi Petrol. Used it once, Model number RCS 335. (Do a Ebay search)

Made me a silly offer

All part of Cat's weekend Garage clearout

[dapleb]

Wicky uses em all day, he should know whats reliable and not.

[zardoz]

<!--quoteo(post=164110:date=Fri 28th May 2010, 09:18 PM:name=divvxj)-->QUOTE(divvxj @ Fri 28th May 2010, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->what make is the best to go for , i have had a wee look around but i cant make up my mind , looked at the reviews at argos , home base , but that didnt help as there was a lot of mixed reviews ,over to you good people of carpe land who know about these things [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drinks.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


who managed to upset you so much that you want a chainsaw?

[Trotski]

I cut about 2 ton of firewood a month, for my home over winter and have done so for the last 15 years, i have 2 chain saws, a 14" homelite and a 12" Stihl, the Stihl is 10years old, the homelite 15 years, I go through a chain every 2 years and a bar 3-4 years. I think that the Homelite is the better unit for the price (It cost me AU$285 15 years ago) as the Stihl while a good unit is way over priced.

I have noticed that tha Ryobi units are Identical in manufacture to the Homelite (must be made in the same Chinese factory like every thing else)
The type and size of Chainsaw best for you depends what sort of use you are putting it to.

[shaftdrive]

<!--quoteo(post=164118:date=Fri 28th May 2010, 10:26 PM:name=danceswithmopeds)-->QUOTE(danceswithmopeds @ Fri 28th May 2010, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->who managed to upset you so much that you want a chainsaw?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->theres been a few [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ranting.gif[/img]<!--quoteo(post=164125:date=Sat 29th May 2010, 05:20 AM:name=Trotski)-->QUOTE(Trotski @ Sat 29th May 2010, 05:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I cut about 2 ton of firewood a month, for my home over winter and have done so for the last 15 years, i have 2 chain saws, a 14" homelite and a 12" Stihl, the Stihl is 10years old, the homelite 15 years, I go through a chain every 2 years and a bar 3-4 years. I think that the Homelite is the better unit for the price (It cost me AU$285 15 years ago) as the Stihl while a good unit is way over priced.I have noticed that tha Ryobi units are Identical in manufacture to the Homelite (must be made in the same Chinese factory like every thing else) The type and size of Chainsaw best for you depends what sort of use you are putting it to.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->cheers for that [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drinks.gif[/img]

[bondy]

Husqvarna or Stihl if you shop around you can get them a good price and the're reliable and easy to start. Have you tried Scatts country stores.

[wicklamulla]

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tellous what your gonna use it fur, ie; small stuff loike coppiced hazel, ash etc or small to medium sized felling ?? I think you will prolly need a 'hobby saw' as the full monty professional husky/stihl saws are ferry expensive and may well be overkill. Husky 350 is a decent home use saw in my opinion. I run a Husky 357XP, a stihl MS200T and use a stihl 066 and a mahoosive 088 (125 CC) at work. Buy CHAINSAW GLOVES, TROUSERS AND A HELMET AND WEAR SAFETY SPECS please and thank you. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/excl.gif[/img]

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=164133:date=Sat 29th May 2010, 09:07 AM:name=wicklamulla)-->QUOTE(wicklamulla @ Sat 29th May 2010, 09:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Buy CHAINSAW GLOVES, TROUSERS AND A HELMET AND WEAR SAFETY SPECS please and thank you. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/excl.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
wot he sed [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wifgeni.gif[/img]

hit a knot and the saw jumps, before you know it you've lost a limb
my cousin has a family tree felling business and has some seriously scary stories, even the eggspurts feck it up occasionally

[Guest]

"even the eggspurts feck it up occasionally"

Not just with the chain saw, our neighbour did work for the council, one tree he cut down "jumped up". He had not cleared his escape route and the tree hit him under the chin, his teeth ended up just under his eyes! Now sports a partial stainless steel jaw.

Over the winter one chap here cut down a horse chestnut which fell on him and his car - it was he car that saved his life. Trees are a lot longer on the ground than they appear when they are standing up!

[Guest]

Amen brother.

I ran my own firewood business for a year in college (made decent $ at it too), and had a small saw for the little stuff and some huge monster for the big logs/felling. Don't remember the models, but the big one was a Homelite I believe and never let me down. One thing is for sure, those things can fuck you up hard core in a split second. Get the safety gear along w/ the saw.

[aircooled68]

I love chainsaws..... think is the smell of em [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img]

[wicklamulla]

<!--quoteo(post=164162:date=Sat 29th May 2010, 04:52 PM:name=aircooled68)-->QUOTE(aircooled68 @ Sat 29th May 2010, 04:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I love chainsaws..... think is the smell of em [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] tell him PK gwan gwan gwan [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/excl.gif[/img]

[dapleb]

Would that be about Eccles needing a poo every time he smells 2 stroke or you starting up various 2stroke garden implements and revving them loike a revvy thing without actually needing to use em?

[wicklamulla]

ya sometoimes i start up me saws, strimmer, hedge trimmer and close the garden shed and get hi on the phewumes. I love the way a 2 stroke revs out so quickly and begs fer more punishment.

[Guest]

<!--quoteo(post=164181:date=Sat 29th May 2010, 07:25 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Sat 29th May 2010, 07:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Would that be about Eccles needing a poo every time he smells 2 stroke<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That musta been hill-hairy-arse when he was racing the wee things. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif[/img]

[shaftdrive]

<!--quoteo(post=164156:date=Sat 29th May 2010, 03:56 PM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Sat 29th May 2010, 03:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->wot he sed [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wifgeni.gif[/img]

hit a knot and the saw jumps, before you know it you've lost a limb
my cousin has a family tree felling business and has some seriously scary stories, even the eggspurts feck it up occasionally<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
when i was 11 years old my father and i helped our neighbour cut wood on a circular saw run off a belt from a tractor , for some reason he had the blade going up instead of cutting down , the result , hands either side of the blade pushing the wood and the saw pulled the wood up and he cut off his thumb, years later an old school friend was pruning a tree while standing on a branch he slipped and the saw catched him in the neck

[dicky1]

I lived in the New Forest (Hampshire UK) for about 15 years. My home, an old thatched place, had 6 cords of wood rights per annum which was more than enough to keep a large wood burning stove going all through the winter & to give some to my neighbour Anyway to get to the point I had a <b>Husqvarna</b> chain saw that never let me down, apart from new chains, every now & then. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

This post was last modified: 30-05-2010, 03:11 PM by dicky1.

[Trotski]

<!--quoteo(post=164241:date=Mon 31st May 2010, 01:10 AM:name=dicky1)-->QUOTE(dicky1 @ Mon 31st May 2010, 01:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->My home, an old thatched place, had 6 cords of wood rights per annum<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Hey Dicky1, how much wood is there in a <b>cord</b>, down here we measusre by the ton (or the ute load) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[ChrisG]

4' x 4' x 8', which is probably about 2 Ute loads, or here in hampshire "about yay much"