Chainsaw

[Pasty]

Know a tree surgeon who had new big saws that only ever got used two or three times a year,,he sold them and bought an ex mod husky 288 for next to nothing ,,its an animal ,,put a 32 inch bar on it ,nothing stops it

I did borrow one of those once (I think it was a 288 anyway). Starting it was.......challenging.......

 

[quavers]

Funny

Funny that a mate bought the exact same saw from the states, fecking animal of a thing. Only thing we can put it down to is the silencer or lack of, it's bloody loud.
Maybe there's less restriction in them. Any saw I buy here, the first thing I do is open up the silencer box and give them more vent makes a world of difference.EU emissions rules bugger saws IMHO. Also those electronic carbs need to be buried in big wood for a start, seems to help keep them right.

local saw guy selling a lot of echo saws because they have none of that electronic crab rubbish , happy with my echo but don't do a lot

 

[quavers]

good warranty on echo saws 5 year domestic and 2 commercial if I remember

 

[caveman]

Have been using saws on and off for nigh on fifty years.
I did actually have a couple of spells totalling probably ten years of full time timber felling, forest thinning and coppice work.
Whatever saw you buy, I would strongly recommend that you take the professional variant as opposed to the hobby or economy versions, to make sure you get real and full on anti vibration spec.
From one who suffers a lot with pins and needles in hands and arms, white fingers and nerve pains.

 

[Gong Farmer]

When I bought mine I was told the Stihl MS170 won't fell trees as the chain & bar are too thin and get pinched. Only use for pruning etc. However doing it the right way (cutting wedges) I've felled trees with mine. That said my main saw is a 14" Einhell I bought from Argos for £80 many years ago. New chain and bar every couple of years and some TLC and so far it has gone on forever.

 

[Y Fan Wen]

When I bought mine I was told the Stihl MS170 won't fell trees as the chain & bar are too thin and get pinched. Only use for pruning etc. However doing it the right way (cutting wedges) I've felled trees with mine. That said my main saw is a 14" Einhell I bought from Argos for £80 many years ago. New chain and bar every couple of years and some TLC and so far it has gone on forever.

I have an Einhell which has done quite a bit of work over the last few years. Good spares service from them as well when I had to replace the brake handle after it was broken in a fall down the slope.

 

[fiesta]

Stihl ms 231 14inch bar with a 325 pitch chain and chisel cutter does very well.heard huskys in the property maintence ones are crap the ones in forestry section are better

 

[Landy Nick]

Has anyone on here own or used a battery powered chainsaw.
What are your views and opinion on them. Have been tempted on getting one, more then once.

 

[Pasty]

I think the problem with battery saws s always going to be the recharge time. It's alright if you are super organised and have it all set up but with a petrol machine, as long as you have a can of 50:1 and a can of oil, you can go all day. Haven't really looked into it but I suspect we are still some way off the battery tech that would make this realistic. ie you can plug in 1 or 2 batteries and they will last you a full days cutting. It will happen I suspect.

 

[Pasty]

Second vid is impressive. I use an electric saw on one of those saw horse things where the saw is fixed and it's very good for that. No energy used while you are picking up the next billet or clearing logs.

 

[joe soapy]

Got a mains bosch saw, cuts at half the chain speed of a stilh 170
and softly built. Good thing is it always goes, will run happily off a genny. which i often take along together with a chopsaw for smaller stuff.
Just wish they would come out with a standard battery

 

[caveman]

That T536LiXP 12" Unit Only £316.67 RRP Ex VAT
Unit+2x recommended batteries and charger £750 RRP Ex VAT
Run time (free) >50 minutes
Charge time 37/50 minutes
Chain speed 20 m/s or 15 m/s in save mode
Weight 3.7 kg

 

[Pasty]

50 mins is not long enough though is it? You could have a couple or 5 and charge them from solar but I wonder how cost effective it is really. You can chuck a couple cans of 50:1 in the truck but you can't fill it with electric.

 

[caveman]

That's free running time.
ie.. just the chain wanging round and cutting nowt.
With the top 4.2Ah battery @ £205 including vat, would it cut as much timber as £205 worth of 50 to 1 before it was knacked? That's without charging or charger costs.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

 

[Landy Nick]

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No anti vibration, that will numb the fingers

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

No anti vibration, that will numb the fingers

Vibes possibly not so bad if you're underwater and kitted out in full diving gear.

 

[caveman]

Vibes possibly not so bad if you're underwater and kitted out in full diving gear.

Is that a Zummerzet zaw then

 

[JD-Kid]

quite a few builders useing eletric mains saws if doing work on large beams etc so the cordless ones will get snapped up by them also tree trimmers etc

strange thing we have guys doing wilding work and they run big saws with long bars eazer than bending and keeps you away from the thorns etc