Chainsaws - All Things Related - Brands, uses, and stories

[akmnstr]

Visceral, Now that is a real man's story.  Yeah and it gave me wood (pun intended).  I always wear my hard hat, gloves, chaps, safety glasses, and hearing protection.  The logger that taught me to fall was nearly deaf from running a saw all his life without safety gear. 

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Yeah i love that whump too but this time I was out cold and missed it  

[cyrus buelton]

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Why a Husky over a Stihl?

I always thought stihl made the best power tools (when I did the landscaping we had Stihl hedge trimmers, blower/vacs, and weed whackers). They all kicked ass.


(this is actually a legit question)

or is it more of a:

why buy a John Deere over a Case Combine?

[herm]

stihl.
only good saw for cutting down burning trees

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Visceral, Now that is a real man's story.  Yeah and it gave me wood (pun intended).  I always wear my hard hat, gloves, chaps, safety glasses, and hearing protection.  The logger that taught me to fall was nearly deaf from running a saw all his life without safety gear. 

Hard hat, gloves and ear plugs. You'd think I would wear chaps after another instance where I pulled the saw out as the
tree started over and stumbled backwards and fell back with the bar coming to rest on my calf. Damn long bar.
We don't need to go to the hospital I say as I bleed, we got work to do. Don't we have some duct tape in the truck?
Yeah I slapped some duct tape on my leg and went back to work. My wife was horrified at the time.  

[GAAN]

stihl.
only good saw for cutting down burning trees

never take advice from people who run into a burning forrest

[herm]

never take advice from people who run into a burning forrest

or burning buildings...

[Doctor Woodrow]

I don't have a chainsaw b/c the owners of the complex I manage are freaking cheap tightfisted idiots. So I just borrow my father-in-laws Stihl 440 w/ a 28inch bar. Starts up on the first pull every time.
I had to rent a chipper and a polesaw from home depot and trimmed 12 trees and chipped the branches for ten hours on Saturday in 90 degree heat. I drank four Gatordaes and two gallons of water easy that day, but I got it done for a final price of $146 rental price including the damage protection. I too got made fun of for wearing a hardhat while trimming trees . . . until a tenant who decided to "help" for a while hit me in the head with a 3" branch. I,m still wondering if that was an accident.

The Doc

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AK -


Why a Husky over a Stihl?

Personally I think it's a case of John Deere vs Case thing.
They are both great saws and both are used extensively here in loggerville.
Though you do see more Stihls. Personally I think the Stihls are better built. The new Huskys have alot
more plastic parts on them, well at least cheaper plastic parts that I didn't like.
My first saw that I had was an old Stihl 029 from my dad that was made in West Germany. Yeah before the wall came down. I had a tree fall on it and drive it into the ground. It was an all steel case and didn't hurt it in the least.
It was heavy and your couldnt throw it very far was the only problem.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Stihl here.

Also, have a two man buck saw, though I want a solo one (until Jr. get older).

Sometimes, it's just easier.

[akmnstr]

Stihl vs. Husky,  Yeah they are both great saws.  I got to use a lot of different Stihls that the Forest Service supplied and I have no complaints.  However, I liked the Husky better.  At the time I got my saw the Husky's were lighter and more powerful for a given displacement.  Yes, they have a lot of plastic parts, but I see that as a good thing.  It makes for a lighter saw.  The NiCom cylinder bore on my husky was so tough that when I burned up a piston due to running too lean, I was able to just replace the piston.  Never was able to do that with a Homelite of Stihl. 

And I am bias.  Much like Ducati, Husky has the smaller market share and competes with a high performance product.  Also, it is made in Sweden, where my ancestors came from, which has made any other argument insignificant to me.   

[mitt]

Stihl VS Husky - a lot of it for me is the dealerships.  Husky you can find at some big box farm & country stores - which has advantages and disadvantages - usually dumb kids working there, but they are open late and on the weekends.  Hit or miss if they have replacement parts.  Stihl are more ma and pa shops, almost even every small town in the midwest has one.  If they are open, they can always answer questions and sell you replacement parts.

I think the saws are basically the same mechanically.  I have used both, and they are both more than capable of stopping zombies.


mitt

[akmnstr]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot.  I dig the sound the husky makes.  The rattle of the clutch and exhaust note that lets you know what your dealing with.  A lot like the attraction of a Ducati.  

[akmnstr]

Stihl VS Husky - a lot of it for me is the dealerships.  Husky you can find at some big box farm & country stores - which has advantages and disadvantages - usually dumb kids working there, but they are open late and on the weekends.  Hit or miss if they have replacement parts.  Stihl are more ma and pa shops, almost even every small town in the midwest has one.  If they are open, they can always answer questions and sell you replacement parts.

I think the saws are basically the same mechanically.  I have used both, and they are both more than capable of stopping zombies.


mitt

For the big manly saws of either brand you will have to go to a specialty store.  In the Northwest that would be a rigging store.  A place just full of the most manly stuff you can imagine.  The places just emit an odor of gasoline and testosterone. 

[mitt]

Also, it is made in Sweden, where my ancestors came from, which has made any other argument insignificant to me.   

Only the big saws and pro-grade small saws are made in the home land.  I think most of their consumer line is made in Taiwan? - which isn't a bad thing, just an observation.

Most of Stihl consumer stuff is made in the USA.  Their high end saws are made in Germany.  Made in US was a selling point for me.


mitt