My old Poulan Pro bit the dust recently. I have been looking at a new Stihle FarmBoss with a 20” bar. $430. Does anyone have one of these? Or does anyone have any other recommendations?
My old Poulan Pro bit the dust recently. I have been looking at a new Stihle FarmBoss with a 20” bar. $430. Does anyone have one of these? Or does anyone have any other recommendations?
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To me, chainsaws are like chewing gum; I never buy one until I need it and then I have to buy whatever is available. Last fall my old saw would just not start and keep running and it was about 15 years old, so off to hardware store. All they had was a Poulan for about $150. So I bought it. So far I have cut about 1 1/2 full cords with it and it still runs like new. So I am going with the disposable chainsaw plan until there is a reason not to. The last $150 saw I had cut far more wood than I care to remember.
That being said, you cannot go wrong with a Stihl.
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shootbrownelk (04-15-2019)
I bought a Stihl MS250 with 18" bar for $299 a couple weeks ago. The 20" bar is nice, but I'm not sure the 271 has enough cc's to pull the chain on the 20" bar.
https://www.jdequipment.com/new-mode...boss-26305742b
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shootbrownelk (04-15-2019)
We've got 4 saws, but wood is what we do. Stihl is the best; Tom treated himself to a new one this year - the MS391 - but that's probably bigger than what you need lol.
https://www.stihlusa.com/products/ch...ch-saws/ms391/
For smaller lightweight use - say just a cord or two, and dropping smaller trees (up to 12"dbh) I really like my new one
Milwaukee M18 with a 16"bar.
https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Produc...saws/2727-21HD
They cant keep them in stock up here, took two weeks to order one in, lol
Had it for about 10 days now and love it. It's 18V, plenty of power.
Kinda spendy ($399) but no fuel to buy, no rope to pull and it's clean & fast.
And quieter than the gas saws. I like that too.
But mostly what I like about it - is if there's ever a time when fuel isn't available, I can still cut.
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Mine lasted 4 hrs yesterday morning - prolly cause it shuts off between cuts, unless I'm limbing down the side. I had my doubts about that too, but the pro's up here raved about it - and we have plenty of free sunshine so I gave it a go. Glad I did.
Thanks for your feedback!
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