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Yep, his situation sounds more like a freak accident. Like a splinter causing the loss of a finger thing.

He was a good guy, raised great kids and basically raised a great nephew as well. His family will definitely miss him.

My choice would depend on what local dealers there are. I wouldn’t want to have to drive 100 miles or order a bar or chain online.

I’d recommend staying away from the big box stores for such a purchase.

Save lives and the planet, go electric.

I have an Echo Timber Wolf that has been outstanding, I would not hesitate to recommend to looking at one if you need a saw that size

Way better than my Huskys or Stihls.👍

Stihl is the best.

Echo for me, plus a 5 year warranty.

Live in a mountain forest. Use a Husqvarna 435 18" for lite stuff. Use a Stihl MS362 18" with an occasional 24" bar for bigger stuff. Both are worked hard here with the Husqvarna having more problems. The Stihl has been bulletproof. Important to have local shop to service them.

Riverc handle both and see which feels best they both are good and have subtle differences my brother and I have been running Husky's for over 20 years good and faster more compression heavier more expensive when last I looked. My dad who's been running chainsaws longer than both of us just bought a smaller Stihl last year that I had an opportunity to run and it's a nice light saw. I thought idle feature is pretty nice not crazy about all the choke positions doesn't hold much fuel so there's a trade off.

The fuel advice and dealer advice above is solid. I have to drive past more than one Stihl dealer to go to a Husky dealer. Both are pretty reliable saws so it's hard to go wrong. I thought a friend of mine who repairs a lot of small engines for a large landscape company told me the new Stihl's have a PC board in them he wasn't thrilled with. I need to see him again some of the old school small engine repair guys have good advice.

Good luck and shoot straight y'all

Go with the Echo. It has the best warranty for the homeowner and great reliability. I always owned hand me downs, pawn shop and yard sale saws. I treated myself to a brand new in the box Echo 490 with a 20” bar. I researched saws in person and on the internet before buying one in the box on EBay for
$312. I have been more than pleased with its ability and performance. We have 32 acres and plenty of blowdowns. It has enabled us to cut our way out the drive and not wait on the county.

I keep a Stihl around for yard and driveway clearance, don't burn wood anymore.

Local service for them not so much Husky.

Best plan is find someone else to run them whenever possible

Husky my timber cutting career as well. Have a few Stihls. They are OK, but I prefer the Swedes. Ethanol is the devil. Remember, opinions are like [bleep]. Some of these experts have difficulty with string trimmers.

I had an Echo cs 5000 years ago and it was a POS. Sold it and bought a Stihl 291 Farm boss. That is a good saw. My brother has the same saw and he's been cutting 10 cord of firewood with it every year for 10 years now without issue.

No Thank you they junk imo

Echo is hard to beat for the money and can be bought at Home Depot if ya don’t have a saw shop close. I like both Echo and Stihl

Another Echo Timberwolf user. For the money a very good saw that is very close to commercial grade. Much better than the cheap Stihl's and Husky's. Cutting three or four cords a year, so don't need a commercial grade saw. If I was using a saw more, perhaps a commercial Stihl. As said ethanol free gas will eliminate a lot of issues.

A chainsaw thread! Is it the first of the month again already?

Stihl

Pulan pull and pull and pull and pull

Used Poulans for years. Cheap crap never lasted over a year or two and repairs cost more than a new saw, so I just bought a new saw.
During the Texas "Deep Freeze", my youngest grabbed a Husqvarna (Husky) at a TSC so we could cut fire wood!
That thing starts in about 3 pulls and has NEVER been in a shop! ....and that's even after sitting for over a year!!!
Always bought "WeedEater" brand string trimmers. About two years and toss out and replace. Again, repairs cost more than the trimmer value.
Oldest kid bought a Homelite. It's been running and starting within 3 or 4 pulls for about 3 years now and has never been in a shop!
I no longer buy Poulan or Weedeater.
I've never owned a Stihl, but understand they are quite hardy.

I'm not a lumberjack, so don't spend my days whacking down massive trees, but I have cut down a lot of 24" to 30" red oaks for firewood over the years.
I've never used a chainsaw with more than a 14" blade.