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The buffalo berry bushes are loaded with berries.

That means the birds left early..........ahead of a bad winter.......


I am gonna start cutting wood, and Idont even heat with wood!

I loved my ported 026. Go to saw for years. The 261 CM is miles ahead of a stock 026.
And a ported 261 CM.......my new go to saw. Lol

I have 20" commercial Husky's, one here in Texas and the other in north Idaho. Same machines. Zero issues when the blades are dead nutz sharp, which they are...

Any good pro saw taken care of will last for years.

Sharp chain is good for the clutch and bearings.

The Domlar 5100 and the updated 5105 are kick ass little saws.

Dad had a Stihl 028AV Super Wood Boss. We used it for years on the farm. When I bought my first house, he gave it to me. It's cherished.

I log part time and I have used Husqvarna and Stihl chainsaws. Both have their pros and cons and I usually buy based on price point. Latest purchase is a Husky 395XP that has only about 8-9 hours on it. Too busy farming.



My favorite for big timber (Midwest) is a McCulloch Super Pro 125C with a 54" bar. Bone yards in area have kept it going for years.

I have a 5105 and it is the best saw I have ever used.

make a go cart out of that Mac. they are scary fast with the 650-850's.
at least they were 35-40 years ago.
i have 4 saws here . a 066 stihl for falling, a 029 stihl for cutting fire wood , a poulan for carving saddles for log construction and a craftsman my wife bought on a trip to Commiefornia to see her folks.
the 066 is getting harder to pull every year and harder to carry. must be gaining weight as it gets older. couldn't be i am getting weaker.

When I was logging I mostly used the 394 Husky with a 34" bar. My boss was a Husky dealer so I got a good price on them. The 288 wasn't a bad saw either it was popular as landing saw.
My dad loved his old McCulloh 125, but switched to Husky at some point.

Scott the Dolmar was the first GOOD chainsaw my Dad ever owned. Before he got one in the late seventies it was all Homelite's and Monkey Ward's and the like. I'm not sure they were worth the effort to keep them going. The Dolmar ran a long time and cut a lot of wood with a whole lot less maintenance than the previous ones.

I traded it and several other saws for this one a few years back. Then it sat around over a year before I used it. I used it on this project and it crapped out. Literally the first time I used it. The dealer claimed Dolmar wouldn't stand behind it and basically effed me over, but another dealer came to my rescue and got Dolmar to completely rebuild it. The dealer and Dolmar are to be commended. The dealer I bought it from can suck my ass.

I'm not saying that Dolmar is better than Husky or Stihl, but when I last looked they didn't have a "Pro" line and economy lines, etc. When you buy a Dolmar you just buy a good saw. The others are a maze of this quality level vs. that quality level, etc. I like to keep it simple.

I've been making sawdust for 10 years now with the Husky 455. Always works. I do a little operator maintenance to it - clean the clutch, air/fuel filters, sharpen, flip the bar.

Beautiful.

Can't tell how many cord I've taken from forest to woodshed with my Dolmar over the years. The damn thing just runs........

I've got Dolmar PS7900W and it's one badass saw.

When I am not logging I use a Stihl MS271 with a 20" bar and impressed with the easy start, balance and rpm. It is essentially the old 041 Farm Boss, which I wore out several years ago. A great utility saw around the farm and for bucking up wood in the firewood yard.

The best deal on a saw going.
The weight and speed of a 70 cc saw
but with an 80 cc powerplant.


If my 372xp died, that saw would replace it.

Kinda 031. Just sayin.

I had gotten about 10 yrs service out of stihl 029 before the piston/wrist pin failed. Daily to weekly use in demolition, and fall lap cuttings.
Replaced it with a 290 ( same saw)

Have been running a companion ms 250 to the above for over 15 yrs, just a few carb tweaks has all it ever required.

Then for bbq and 'stove wood' i've had an 017 since 1995. Missing most of the choke and throttle linkage - still runs. I did retire it with a new 017 last fall.

And finally last month bought a new, stihl HT-56 ce pole pruner. Works great for carving radial shooting lanes for all my tripod stands in the hardwood.

Won't own any other brand.

+1 on the stihl.

MS250 here, and loving it.