Petrol cut off saw

C&Cows

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Looking into getting one. Stihl husky or makita. Makita about 400 other 2 500. Not going to be getting heavy everyday use. Will the makita be good enough or should I pay the extra. Any comments or advice welcome.
 
We had a thread on here about this not so long ago. Might be worth a search. We've got a Stihl one and I think it's easier started than the Huskie chainsaw. Worth paying a wee bit extra to get a 14" one. It gives you an extra inch of cutting depth which can be the difference between getting through any embedded rebar and not getting through the rebar.
 

Tomr10

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Looking into getting one. Stihl husky or makita. Makita about 400 other 2 500. Not going to be getting heavy everyday use. Will the makita be good enough or should I pay the extra. Any comments or advice welcome.
What model is it your looking at. For the odd bit of use I'd look at a battery one.
 

C&Cows

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Livestock Farmer
Probably wouldn't want to go less than 12 inch so battery no good. Won't be used a lot but will be biggish when it does
 

Lincs Lass

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All though I'm a devout makita junky for cordless, I've not heard anything good about the petrol saws ,,the 4 stroke is painfully heavy, I have got an old 6410 but only as a back up ,,Been using a Husky K760 for the last 5 years
 

Cowcalf

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We had a thread on here about this not so long ago. Might be worth a search. We've got a Stihl one and I think it's easier started than the Huskie chainsaw. Worth paying a wee bit extra to get a 14" one. It gives you an extra inch of cutting depth which can be the difference between getting through any embedded rebar and not getting through the rebar.
my wife says it makes all the difference
 

Sharpy

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Livestock Farmer
In my experience the Makita (still a Sach Dolmar painted blue,?) is a strong but heavy saw, the Sthil not quite as strong but lighter and better balanced. Much better on a roof etc
 

jimbo69

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I prefer the Husky over the Stihl, feels better balanced to me. Also I think the vibration figures are lower, any time I use a Stihl my fingers are tingling, I don’t get that with the husky. I’ve never used a Makita so can’t comment on that, however I don’t see many of them on building sites.
 
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