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Originally Posted by LWJ
I ended out my year cutting up some trees that fell all over the place at the family farm. My Husky saw just zipped those trees right up. Cousin Mark, who goes on and on about his battery saw mostly cut a few limbs. A good chainsaw is a thing of beauty.
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When I bought the new Stihl last year (forget the model number) I looked hard at the Husky's. The only place that carried them up here was a saw shop that I'm not fond of and my preferred shop that only carries the Stihls so I went with another one of them.
A number of guys in my off-roading club use smallish battery operated saws and I have been quite impressed with some of them. They are nice in that they do not need to carry gas powered units onboard during downed tree season in the spring and winter when out. I carry my 180 in an exterior wood carrier I made some years ago so the fuel is not inside the cabin. One tank of bar oil and fuel is all I take, if I need more to remove a tree on trail I'm turning around...
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Originally Posted by unclebilly
028 was a good saw but when I was tree topping I liked the 026 or 023 better.
I still have my climbing gear but my fallers pants are long gone.
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Ya, the 028 is an awful big saw to climb with, heavy! I have both 22" and 16" bars for the 028 and rarely use the larger bar on it. I last used the big bar when I took down the tree house....
Just missed a live water line when the house came down... Skill or luck? Your call...
