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Rusty Heap
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Stihl or Husq.

Owned 6 different stihls in my life.


It's the smoothness of them, hardly any vibration, toss the echo/homelite/sears crap in the garbage can they shake so bad that your fore-arms will ache after mere minutes of use.

a 20" bar is perfect for 95% of common homeowner or weekend warrior. Even a 16" bar. Egads I have my dads 16" stihl from ~1972ish that has never needed a piston or other major repair.

Depending on the size of your trees, a Stihl farm boss 028, incredible awesome saw with a 20" bar that will last you for a lifetime.

Dave.

Stihl 015 16" bar
Stihl MS170 16" bar
Stihl 028 20" bar.
stihl 034 24" bar.

Had another Stihl 028 20 bar and sold it to the neighbor so it wouldn't be too far from home. Neighbor also went out and bought a 28" bar........now THATS a saw.



Stihl, what everyone else says "I'm just as good as.........." and then their Crapsman POS falls to poser rank very quickly.

You can get Stihl parts very easily, try that with your MTD or YardBird brand.
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Last edited by Rusty Heap; 05-07-2012 at 06:41 PM..
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