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I have yet to find any chain that stands up to dirt.

Been looking at this chain'

http://www.stihlusa.com/products/chain-saws/saw-chains/ps3/

It didn't say full chisel but by the description I think it is.

Yes, that was lesson number 2 I got from dad when first learning how to use a saw.

http://www.stihlusa.com/products/chain-saws/saw-chains/rslhk/


I would look more at this.

metal buried in trees is hell on chains too.

Hell on chains try cutting lots of dried hedge

I don't do hedges that sounds like a landscapers job to me.

hedge osage orange much different than your yard hedges , we got some around here that is up to 3' thick and they are hard and get harder every day they dry our , hedge never rots it just kinds shrinks away , that is what most wooden post are in my area , after its been cut like oh 10 + years sparks fly off a saw chain when cutting it

In that case don't let them dry out!

What about when "the (Yukon) River runs through it"? Red logs are okay, silvery grey ones not so much; lots of fireworks and file work.

Is that from embedded silt?

Seems women are simpler than saws...

The chain is too small on a stihl ms200, or 020. Those saws are really designed for arborists, not ground cutting.. A top handle saw has no reach. I have run the 338's also, but prefer a 339 husqy.

Not sure I would recommend a 555 to regular people, but, they are FAST.

Although someone answered this question, if you don't have a pretty good idea what you're doing when running a saw, you might want to stay away from a top handle saw due to a compromised ability to handle kickback.

To the original poster, I always liked Stihl and thought the 025/ MS250 like in one of your links was a pretty ideal homeowner saw. However like all the other chainsaw threads here have said, if you don't have good product support within a reasonable distance, you might want to go with another brand.

Not to hijack this thread too much further.. But on the subject of top handle saws, I too have a Stihl 020T with a 16" bar and love it. I run the yellow labeled "high kickback" factory chain and get told I'll "cut my head off" running that every couple years when I buy another one. (I've moved a lot and haven't really developed a relationship with one dealer until pretty recently.)

Here's me and my 020T in my back yard, about 3 or 4 years ago, taking down what was about a 30" maple. (I used my MS361 for the bigger stuff.) At the start...



Near the end...



Although I'm not in the industry anymore, a few years ago Stihl came out with a slightly smaller version of the 020T (now the MS201T) at a much cheaper price, I just looked it up and they're calling it the MS192. Anyone know how they're working out?

Why are the 020t's so much more? never could figure it out. I went with an 011 25 yrs ago and lasted a long time. Not quite the same feel but half the price.

I always thought stihl never cut their price on that 020 until husky made the 338 so much cheaper. I still have my 020t but nevr use it because of the 339, that .325 chain. It works top to bottom
on big Pine.

I have this exact saw. I only use it for cutting up a poplar tree now and then when one tips over in the grove. It starts, idles and runs very good. The only knock I have on it is that it has leaked bar oil from day one so you have to watch where you set it down for storage.

If I cut wood for heating, I would probably go with the Husky XP550. That is supposed to be a badazz saw.

No flies on inexpensive saws...there is a great deal of satisfaction in running the XP for "light duty" if you don't mind parting with some xtra change....

Like driving a corvette over the family car...:)