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I’ve come to realize a good chainsaw is a real asset..... I’m 49 now and still have and use a home lite super xl with a 20” bar that my daddy bought new when I was probably 7 or 8 years old...... it’s still a hum dinger....... I know Stihl, echo and husqvarna are all great saws but this ole home lite sure has been a good one

And they're off!....

I put several hours on an old blue homelite back in the day.

I've always bought Poulan. Thought they were the cat's meow!
Youngest kid bought a Husqvarna in '21 to cut firewood for the "Big Freeze".
It hadn't run in over a year.
I picked it I yesterday. Plenty gas, plenty bar oil.
Prime, choke, pull rope!
Fired and ran on the third pull!

This is some history for you
https://shawneepowerequipment.com/qa/how-do-i-identify-my-homelite-chainsaw.html

I run a battery operated craftsman, it’s righteous.

I’d like a battery saw for the kitchen.
Seriously used a Ryobi the other day. I was impressed.

LMAO!! That's some funny schit.

I love to cut dovetail notches with my Husqvarna.

Don't just break it down by brands. Each brand has different lines. Decide your needs and one appropriate size from the proper line to fit your needs. Local parts and dealer support is also quite important. That is why dolmar was never very popular in my area because they didn't have but very little dealer support or parts locally in my locally I mean within 50 miles or more ..

I heat solely with wood and cut an average of 12 full cord a year. That's gasser work, but for stuff around the yard, small take downs, trimming, etc. and cutting campfire wood my little 20V Craftsman is the bomb.

I have came to the conclusion that most any chainsaw(gas) is only as good as the operator that maintains it. Most chainsaws that run like schitt are owned by folks that their lawnmowers and other equipment have many of the same issues… YMMV

Dolmar is done.
That includes the blue Makita ones.

OP,
We were about the yellow saws. Still have 3 10-10s, 2 run, the other would with some effort. One is used as a pinch saw, or if I want to make noise.
Loudest saw I've ever heard, 10-10s are distinctive. Best saw ever for decibels.

Nothing wrong with that Super XL. Very good saw in its day.
Still good if it works well.

Do not however, let someone hand you a Husky 555 or 565.
You will stall it out. It won't have the torque of your saw.
But once you let it do it's thing? You don't like Old Blue quite as much.
Speed, quiet, smooth.
Not just Husky, a Dolmar(if you find one, it's gonna be an orphan) or
that other German brand. All good stuff.

See if u can find a Shindaiwa 488....... there out there and outlawed to boot....

Why did they outlaw a chainsaw?

Last too long? Start too easy? Stayed too sharp?

Fixing to sell my Stihls and go with Echo, I think. Due to local dealer with factory trained mechanic and their own shop with factory parts.

My Stihls have been good, but I have spent as much on that 193 t in the last few years as it would have cost to simply replace it. Replacement parts for Stihl around here seem to be generic, and they do not last, seems to me.

Really contemplating keeping the Echo for the five year warranty period and then sell them and get new ones. I heat multiple structures with wood I cut, and I do not have time for saws that don’t work when I need to use them.

Garcia Mitchell 300

I see what you did there

Poulan makes an EXCELLENT anti theft case. Just put your chainsaw in and nobody’ll steal it.