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Recommend a chainsaw for firewood.

Posted by Michael Bates on November 9, 2011 at 9:10pm

Evening everyone, I had the sad news today that my little Stihl ms230 has given up the ghost. I don't do a large amount of chainsaw work but I do need one for chopping up logs for customers and the odd small tree hear and there.

Now, pretty much all my kit is stihl but i'm wondering if i'd be wise to look at something cheaper for these kinds of tasks? what do you guys think?.

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd November 9, 2011 at 9:59pm
    MS181 cracking little saw. Can be used for felling as well as sawing firewood. Low vib's as well.
  • Michael Bates November 9, 2011 at 10:30pm

    Thanks Nick, i've just been looking at the MS181, what price did you pick yours up for? did you go for the 14" or 16" bar?.

  • Chris Auld November 9, 2011 at 10:51pm

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    How much wood will you be cutting?

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd November 10, 2011 at 6:24am

    it was about £200 with 16" bar.
    Michael Bates said:

    Thanks Nick, i've just been looking at the MS181, what price did you pick yours up for? did you go for the 14" or 16" bar?.

  • Dan Frazer Gardening November 10, 2011 at 7:26am

    I would just get a used saw of better quality, might as well enjoy cutting up the firewood!

  • Michael Bates November 10, 2011 at 8:48am

    Cheers Chris, that one should do the job!. I already have the use of a ms260 with 18" bar, great saw but don't really want to cash out that much for one plus it's prob a little big for what I need. It's a bit hard to quantify how much i'll be using the saw but it probably falls into the medium use category.

    Think i'll take a trip to my local stihl dealer and have a look at the MS181, I no you can get some great second hand bargains, do you have any examples or anything to look out for Dan?.

  • Dan Frazer Gardening November 10, 2011 at 2:20pm

    Not sure why you want a second saw when you have a 260? can't you just use that? I bought Paul's Husqy 357 and it's great, does an easy job and sounds nice too.

  • Michael Bates November 10, 2011 at 7:49pm

    The 260 isn't mine, I just have the use of it from my old work place, which is o.k up until the point they need to use it.

  • Dan Frazer Gardening November 10, 2011 at 8:13pm

    Something like http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HUSQVARNA-346xp-PETROL-CHAINSAW-HUSQVRNA-...

  • Michael Bates November 10, 2011 at 8:47pm

    Cheers Dan, think i'm going to look for the best deal I can on a new ms181.

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