What kind of chainsaw are you using . . Right Now!

[Ja'chyra]

The UK army's new chainsaw of choice is the Makita DCS5000 in case anyone cares.

Incidentally if anyone knows od any faults with it please let me know.

[Beirut]

My new 290 has the toolless easy-open "tourist gas cap", anything specific that you don't like/trust about it? Anything I need to look out for?

It's my own insecurities I guess. The way I see it, any extraneous piece of plastic is bound to get snapped off at one point. Then it will also cost more to replace as well. And the price of replacing the plastic pieces on saws (which are thinner than before) is outrageous. The front (plastic) handle on my old Husky 40 cost $80!!! to replace after I cracked it. I'm going to have to replace the whole grip assembly on my 038 pretty soon I'm sure. That'll cost at least a $100 I figure. Bummer.

[mfberg]

For larger trees its a 7' two man saw (maybe 78"), 2 hand saws, a double bitted axe and a single bitted axe. If I can keep them sharp I can cut about 1/4 the speed of a decent chainsaw for the trunk and a little faster than our little (22" maybe) Stihl chainsaws when going through the branches. But of course we aren't pros.

mfberg

[Mikeus Caesar]

Sorry to necro this thread, but i had to post this!



The perfect chainsaw! It's on legs!