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I own 3 Stihl's 36 inch bar, 24 and a 12. The bigger machine had not been ran for about a year and a half. New gas, bar oil, 4 pulls and it fired and I cut cord of wood with out a problem. Been brushing out a couple of fence lines with the 12 inch.

My son in law( owns logging company) has about a dozen of them.

Buddy who owns a tree service has about 8 of them.

Best fucking machine made. I have owned them for over 35 years.

Husquvarna would be my second choice if I could not buy Stihl.

And there is a reason Home Depot sells Poulan..5 years and you are back to buy a new one. For a home owner and light to medium duty, not every day trimming and logging, a Stihl will last 20 years plus.

I had a 24 inch Husquvarna when I worked at Cornell where I had to go out on state land once a week, cut down and buck up a couple small diameter sugar maples to use for beetle breeding. Started like a charm and never had a kick back problem.

Here I am in the underground quarantine facility where we raised Asian Long Horn Beetles.
The 7 inch sections were used for oviposition, the twigs I cut up for the beetles to eat the new bark. I'd change logs every week and collect larvae which we raised to adults for experiments.

Here's what one looks like.

KC Scott wrote:I gotta buy a new one - the 5 year old Poulan is toast

How often did you use it? I own a Poulan 16" and used it quite a but after hurricane Ike, but have used it sparingly since. What happened to yours, Scott?

If you're drinking it won't matter what brand name you choose to lop off a few digits

Stihl is the best. End of story. Husky is probably next.

Check out one of the Dolmar dealers in the KC area, Scott. They're as good, or better, than Stihl and probably cheaper. I bought a Dolmar weed trimmer this summer for my lawn care business and will never own anything else.
I currently own a Poulan chainsaw but Dolmar will be my next purchase.

KC Scott wrote:

Go Coogs' wrote: What happened to yours, Scott?

Mine was an 18" and after a couple years, to get it to idle correctly (The idle adjust didn't work worth a fuck) I ran the mix leaner than recommended and seized up

That must have been pretty fucking lean..I run the Stihls at 40:1 and it works fine.

I use a synthetic 2 cycle oil...usually have to get it at motorcycle shops. Kid did not have what we normally had been using, so he dumped some his motorcycle gas in it ,and damn it ran nice. Less smoke, easier starting..and it seems to make this puke ass ethanol gas work a bit better. It is more expensive, but burns a lot cleaner and no plug fouling ever, but plugs foul on mixes too rich anyway.

While I was recuperating from a knee replacement, I watched a few of Paula Deen's cooking shows. Not remembering this shot of the root cellar.

Stihl. Period.

I'm pretty sure that Poulan is mady by Husky.
And Crafstman as well.

Stihl... unless they now all of a sudden suck. My dad, a few of his buddies and I during Summer "vacations" used to cut for the People's Democratic Republic of California back in the day and Stihl chainsaws were all we used. I could go Dins and get specific as I've spent every Summer in high school through college dropping Oak trees, splitting them, and loading the trucks, and finally stacking them for the gooks/Hindus/LA people that paid to visit the mountains and wanted available wood... that they couldn't light up anyway.

Stihl is the way to go. Oh, and don't let the bar hit the dirt. People that know chainsaws will know that statement.

Stihl.

Which makes it 2-for-2 for endorsements from the guys from NW Oregon, the Lumber Capital of the World. Where we live, kids learn to run a chainsaw before the learn to ride a bike.


Around here, you'd have a hard time finding anyone who would recommend anything but a Stihl saw with an Oregon chain (Oregon is the company).

And oddly enough, the Stihl and the Oregon are pretty much the two most expensive models... go figure.

Dinsdale wrote: Where we live, kids learn to run a chainsaw before the learn to ride a bike.

Pretty much...my grandson had to be right by (safe distance of course) Dad and me when we were cutting on the deck. Had him helping me run the log splitter for a bit as well. He made his first trip to the woods with Dad and me in a front pack on the 4 wheeler at 2 months old.

The funniest thing was watching people cutting wood for themselves up in the mountains. They would cut oak, pine, or cedar and then cut them into log sizes while at 6000 feet elevation on average. Better entertainment was watching them struggle...ing while not knowing the carb settings at high altitude. "Running rich eh?"

For personal use, we would cut them into about 6' logs and then bring them down from the Sierra to cut & split at a later time when they kinda cured... about a year later.

A guy that used to post here was a regional sales manager for Stihl. Scott, you can't go wrong with Stihl. Just make sure you don't let the bar and chain hit the dirt. Once you do, then change the chain or learn how to sharpen said chain. There are Dremel looking things you can hook to a car battery or a manual one. The chains don't cost that much anymore so take that into consideration if you dull the chain with a mistake.

Make sure you lube the 2 bar tip access points also so the sprocket doesn't lock upon you. Read the instructions and you will be a very happy owner of a REAL chainsaw for many years!

Props to you for getting good equipment!