turnkey4099
Elite Member
When it comes to chainsaws, stick to the majore brands: Stihl, Husky, johnsered, Echo. All build great saws. Best policy is: Dealer, dealer, dealer. The best saw in the world is useless if you can't get it serviced easily. Don't buy any saw at a big box store.
Husky here was a no brainer to "don't buy". Every dealer I went to in a 50 mile radius was a rental shop and if you weren't renting something they didn't have time to talk to you. Saws seemed to be a "fall back" item "when we don't have something better to be doing". I am of the same opinion of any brand being sold at rental outfits - Echo is also off my list because of that.
Of course Stihl is on the "must buy". the dealer is only 1/2 mile from my house .
Stihl 310 is a a great homeowner saw, jusst a smidgeon below a pro-grade. I got mine right at $300 IIRC back when they first came out.Dunno what they are now but well above that.
Harry K
Husky here was a no brainer to "don't buy". Every dealer I went to in a 50 mile radius was a rental shop and if you weren't renting something they didn't have time to talk to you. Saws seemed to be a "fall back" item "when we don't have something better to be doing". I am of the same opinion of any brand being sold at rental outfits - Echo is also off my list because of that.
Of course Stihl is on the "must buy". the dealer is only 1/2 mile from my house .
Stihl 310 is a a great homeowner saw, jusst a smidgeon below a pro-grade. I got mine right at $300 IIRC back when they first came out.Dunno what they are now but well above that.
Harry K