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Homeowner
Farm/Ranch
Sort of pro (not sure what it called. Pro saw parts, detuned)
Pro saw.


You don't want to be in Homeowner.
Clamshell cases, often plastic.


Farm/Ranch gets you into something that's not junk.
60cc or less, aluminum case. Heavy for displacement.

Sort of.
Magnesium case, lighter than the above.
Usually 60-70cc, deluded. Not as fast as a pro saw, more torque
great place for casual users.

Pro saw.
Light for displacement 30cc-120cc.
Usually fast, less torque. Especially Husky and Dolmar.
They like to run!


Recently bought a Husky 543xp for yard use.
A discontinued, discounted model. $200 off, why I bought it!
Never really ran many small or anything not pro, this little guy has
blown my mind. I find myself grabbing it instead of my 372 for a lot
of stuff.

50cc or under? Go pro.
It will be lighter, faster, more torque, last longer.


60cc?
Sort of pro.
Lighter, stronger, last longer, better features.


60cc is plenty for your use.


Husky 550xp or Stihl 262cm would be my suggestion.
Both have electronic carbs, read the darn directions and follow them.
Those setups work great, if properly used.

(Just searched. 543s are mid $500 everywhere. Mine was mid $300. They aren't worth $550 compared to other offerings)

Keep a sharp chain.

Can't emphasize that enough.
It's not a hairy palmed He Man thing, it's not really about
not cutting well either.

A dull chain doesn't bite the wood, it skates across it.

That causes the saw to over rev.
Not good.


It causes you to bear down on the saw.
Hard on you. Not good.
Causes the chain and bar to get hot. Hot enough to tun blue and get soft.
Not good.


Causes that heat to be transfered into the crank seal and bearing behind the clutch.
Not good.

We just threw a bunch of trees where we are going to put up a building. To avoid them ever falling.
Some we just threw.

For firewood I usually throw them with a ported 044/046……while I’m hooking up to the big end my buddy cuts off he small stuff with a ported 150T(which he laughed at till he used it)
I tow it to a flat spot for cutting up alter. He cleans the brush up with a skid steer……then We do it again

We cut them up wit our 261 saws.

Cut a lot of wood that way. Oak, beech and locust

It was almost like the entire year was gonna go by without one.

Thanks Glynn for saving us the humility.

I'm sure the entire world wide web takes pause and reads every word of these chainsaw threads.

Where else would they find multiple individuals clustered together that have ALL actually purchased chainsaws and then used them?

It's amazing...

How far?

I have everything from a little Echo 35cc 3510 all the way to a 65cc Husky 365 with 28" bar. For clearing brush and small trees the little Echo is great. Anything bigger than 6" diamter on a regular basis and I'm grabbing the MS260, Echo 490 or Husky 359. If it were me and I needed a do-all smaller saw, I'd likely find a leftover or lightly used Echo 4910 for under $250 and run an 18-20" bar. These are older tech without stratocharging but are likley the lightest 50cc saw you wiill find. The mentioned Husky 543 would probably do it all for you but unless you find one one clearance or a good deal on the Redmax version they are overpriced as they are made by Zenoah. There's a clone version on Amazon I have been real tempted to get for $140 but I'm not certain if all the parts would interchange for future needs, plus Husky is abondoning the 543 and not sure how many parts would be available. Echo CS-400 is another great saw but getting close to 50cc weight.

Buy the pro saw. They make some that aren't 24" bars. Everything about them is better. Last year I got a Husky 562XP. It's more than I need but it will handle it all. My other saw is a Stihl 250 that will handle the tiny stuff.

lol
All the way to the ground

My buddy I cut with says that. He doesn’t like difficult trees.

I don’t understand the big deal with a longer bar.
Maybe it’s just background, I much prefer a 24” bar on a saw with the balls to run one.

They save your back, keep kickback away from your face, extra reach is never bad,”.

Exactly why I'd want one. Short bars put your face right over the work and you're hunched over like an old maid.

Those 2 saws couldn't be more dissimilar

Which one of you is this..

We know it isn't 257_X_50 because it wasn't thrown..

Done a few like that.

9 logging chains bolted together. 😃

Cut firewood for 30 yrs ya gonna run into a few that hang up.

Oh but the momma’s boy with Lance vending machine route knows more.

🤣🤣🤣

I clear a good bit of roads and fence lines every year. Smaller saws are ok for a few trees, but if I"m cutting a lot ill grab a larger saw everytime. A good saw will last a long time.

Be nice to get a McCulloch saw fixed

Had an eager beaver in the early 80s. Piece of crap saw.
Had to yank on it about 50 times to get it going.
When my old man moved and his stuff went to storage. The movers stole it.

haha, good luck with that pos

Thanks for the laugh

I know I am twisted but when you are doing dangerous work ya kinda need to think it out better than this guy.

Good to see no one was hurt.

3 10-10s down in the shed.
Could have 2 of them running in a few minutes if the diaphragms haven't went hard.
Great saws for their day,the 60s. Unfortunately Mac was selling them into the 80s.

Strong and reliable.
Heavy, slow, loudest saws I've ever heard as from the factory.



Their attempt at 80s relevancy was the 800 or 850.
Awesome saws, a match for anything of the time.
Unfortunately whoever chromed their cylinders did a crappy job.
Dad had an 800 and loved it.
It blew up under warranty, they put a jug on it.
Blew up again about a year later. (Cutting wood for 3 families. A lot, but not much of a pro saws life)

Both times the chrome flaked off the bore.

Ahhhh yessss. Another “chainsaw thread”, and the answer, as always, is, “$700 Stihl”. You need a $700 Stihl to take down trash juniper/cedar, followed closely by “$680 Husqvarna”, with honorable mention going to “really heavy $400 Echo 490”.

I’ll give the right answers, again.

1) Bicycle handled brush cutter
2) power pole saw
3) LIGHTWEIGHT limbing saw with lots of chains

Or

4) Name of a qualified Orthopedic surgeon who does knee surgeries AND rotator cuff repair (after you’ve gotten up/down for the 3000th time trying to cut down small trees with a 12-15lb saw that you’ve had to pull start each time).

Good times…