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No questions about them. (I know y'all are disappointed)

Just going to say that I have a couple of pretty good ones.

Have had them for a few years. One is a Jonsered 20" bar, and my other is a Husqvarna 24" bar.

Both of them are beasts. I have been cutting some behemoth trees downed by the hurricane here. I mean like full time, balls to the wall. Then removing the trees with my big tractor and the grabber. Been cutting mature oaks that even the 24" saw won't go through with one cut. Endless use and abuse. But they are both running like a top. I keep the chains razor sharp, and they cut like a hot knife through butter.

It's better to get a good saw up front before you have to put them through abuse like this...

I'm really glad I spent the money I did when I bought them.

There's a pretty significant difference in the "Pro" lines and the "Homeowner" lines. I've always favored Husqy's, but lotsa pros use Stihl as well - both are good saws (kinda Chevy/Dodge/Ford thing).

I have a Husqvarna 450 18" and it cuts like madness (always keep a spare sharp chain on hand..).

Ya never know when you're gonna need one, but when you do - there is no substitute for a good one.

Prolly, the two best saws you can buy!!!

You should PM Jeff Obama, he has "Superhuman" strength when it comes to cutting trees...........As generous a man as he is I'm sure he would run right down and give you a hand.

Big plus if ya got any Peyote growing in the pasture.

I once had a great saw. It was a Husqvarna. Some jerk stole it and my wife gave me a replacement for Christmas. It's a Poulan. I've been fighting that saw off and on for 20 years. After Irma I was thinking if the Poulan gave me the least bit of trouble I was going to treat myself to a new Husqvarna. Dang if that old Poulan didn't crank on the second pull and settled right down into a smooth idle. It cut through some downed oak like it was a brand new saw. Still got it...

I have three saws.

A Stihl 250 that I use for fencing, a Stihl 460 with a 28 inch bar and skip chain and a McCulloch 850 with the original 24 inch bar with a skip chain.

........and not a tree in sight. If'n I was ever attacked by trees I would be ready.

lifes too short to own a cheap chainsaw. i fought and killed a poulan before i wised up and got a stihl.

Funny thing today...

I was in Tractor Supply, and looked over at the chainsaw section. It was bare! None. Not even the cheap ones.

Guess everybody has downed trees.

I feel sorry for those guys that didn't have a good saw beforehand. Even sorrier for those that rushed in to buy a $125 Poulan.

You musta Skeered it with the threat of replacement

Been looking at the Husqvarna Rancher big 5. engine with an 18" bar

I purchased a Husqvarna Electric with a 16" bar and burned it up on my second small tree

As with everything, buy what can be fixed local.

If buying a husky, be sure and order a muffler kit as you can't keep a muffler tight on em without it.

Years back I had 1 of them purple Poulan Wild Thing's, hated that fuggin saw...tractor store down the road had Stihls on sale, bought a new with extra chains and case.

I took the Purple Thing out back and shot it repeatedly with a 357mag, the wife thought I was a deranged lunatic.

How many of those city boys you figure will cut themselves with what they have never owned?

Geeze, I never thought of that.

At least a set of chaps and boots........

I have three and rarely need one.

Stihl 310 with muffler mod and 20" bar
Husky 55
Stihl 170

There is he old, bad joke about the fellow that took his new new saw back to the dealer. "It took me all day to cut one cord of wood." The dealer pulled on the starter cord, and the saw roared to life, and our man jumped out of his socks.

48" bar or bust

I keep looking at the top handle arborest saws, 14". To take ice fishing to cut a little wood for a fire. In a boat as well in case of a down tree blocking a channel, but, $$$$

That McCulloch 850 brings back memories. We had an 800. Awesome saw for the times,
unfortunately they never got them quite right, and the company slow!y died. There are 3 10-10' s
out in the shed, all run and one is taken along as a pinch saw. Pretty upset when the Husky 372 is
shut down, and I have to start one of those noisy, viberating bastards.