northdude wrote:So its time to buy a new chainsaw, I'm talking budget saws as it will realistically get light use. I'm a husky fan and old faithful husky 40 is still sitting in the back of the shed but I dont want to spend anymore fixing it but cant bring myself to throw it away. had a mculloch as well it went ok but didn't really impress me. I live in town now so it will get used for pruning, firewood and taking away camping. would like a husky again but the 120 and 130 which is the price range I'm looking at don't get good reviews. The next one on the list is an oleo mac gsh40 any one had one of those. I know some will say I should spend the bucks on a decent husky etc and I would If I still had my lifestyle block but It wont get the use where I live now so a budget saw will do me for now..
northdude wrote:Im looking up to $550 and wont buy chinese s**t
cz515 wrote:northdude wrote:Im looking up to $550 and wont buy chinese s**t
Funny how I said Edison and did a search for chainsaw. Excisions start popping up in my ads.
Plenty of people saying Chinese crap.. never having used it. But those who have there were lots of posts saying how it's lasted 3-5 years. You can get 2 of these chainsaws and they will last you your lifetime.
Or you can buy the cheap stihl/husky/or any other battery chainsaw which is made in China
northdude wrote:saw has tackled the yard tidy up effortlessly just got some fore wood to do now. As far as electric equipment goes I do have an electric chipper shredder that I use to get rid of the stuff that's to small for fire wood and as long as you don't over load it its great just for urban yard work.
northdude wrote:Went and had a look at a few today ended up with a husky 120 bought it home and got straight into what I needed to do and it was perfect started wasn't all boggy sat there and idled when I was clearing branches could pick it up and use it straight away without the stalling bs stopped it and it would start again hot. Man the most enjoyable sawing I've done for a while. Picked it up brand new for $320 so got a spare chain 2st oil and some files for under $400. Happy with it for that price..
on_one_wheel wrote:northdude wrote:Went and had a look at a few today ended up with a husky 120 bought it home and got straight into what I needed to do and it was perfect started wasn't all boggy sat there and idled when I was clearing branches could pick it up and use it straight away without the stalling bs stopped it and it would start again hot. Man the most enjoyable sawing I've done for a while. Picked it up brand new for $320 so got a spare chain 2st oil and some files for under $400. Happy with it for that price..
Can't go wrong, I've got 3 huskies, all of them start easy every time and purr like kittens at idle, the newest one I have has 10 years on it now, it's done a bit of work... it's on its second bar, worn out about 5 chains and it's only just needed it's first tune ever last year.
A mate of mine was into sthills. All of his saws have been dogs to start, probably because none of them have had manual primers.
northdude wrote:That's the weird thing I find with priming them It shouldn't need to be reprimed if you've been using it and put it down for a bit and restart it..
northdude wrote:That's the weird thing I find with priming them It shouldn't need to be reprimed if you've been using it and put it down for a bit and restart it..
northdude wrote:That's the weird thing I find with priming them It shouldn't need to be reprimed if you've been using it and put it down for a bit and restart it..
northdude wrote:That's the weird thing I find with priming them It shouldn't need to be reprimed if you've been using it and put it down for a bit and restart it..
northdude wrote:most of the time on husky but not sure if sthill is the same set up you just pull the choke out and push it back in again and don't touch the throttle,. that usually works if everything else is working properly.