Tractor vs. Chainsaw...you guess

[clemsonfor]

i almost never hit dirt either.... but with fence posts.. i do find odd things here and there.. nots and whatnot.

I don't like razor sharp. razor sharp dulls faster as the edge lays over easier.

soundguy

I still file at the recomemded angles to not have to fine an edge

 

[clemsonfor]

OP,

I'm glad that the cheapy is working out for you. I love my Stihl one handed saw. Weighs 7.6 pounds and cuts like a stick of dynamite. My big saw is a Craftsman that my wife gave me for Christmas and she must have been expecting me to be a logger in a Redwood Forest. It weighs almost 30 pounds but starts every time and cuts the big stuff.

So far I've been careful enough as to not damage either of them and I wore out a saw before these over a 20 year period without catastrophic destruction. If I ever replace the big one it will be with a Stihl.

A chainsaw is just not an item that I feel comfortable buying a cheap example of.

I'm glad they're working well for you.

A craftsman saw is nothing but a poulan in grey chlothes. Made in china, along with most other craftsman stuff now a days.

 

[Soundguy]

Now the plot thickens! Sounds like there's some natural, subconscious, extra care for that 36. I bet it won't ever get smashed. Your instincts will prevent it.

It sounds like there's merit in having a cheap saw. You can treat it like a Dixie Cup and if something happens to it, then Cie La Vie. Sounds workable as long as a good one is always also on hand.

for nasty cuts I have an electric chainsaw... that one gets used to cut roots out sometimes

it's near 20ys old and the plastic handle is cracked.. but it works... I have a new version of it on a pole saw.. just about the same beast.. only 18ys newer..

soundguy

 

[MBDiagMan]

A craftsman saw is nothing but a poulan in grey chlothes. Made in china, along with most other craftsman stuff now a days.

My cheap Craftsman saw is over 10 years old. Don't know where it was made. I would not have bought it myself, but it was a gift from my wife so you know how that goes. I've gotta' use it sometimes. The funny thing about it is, she bought it as a Christmas Gift, for Christmas '99. About 6PM that Christmas day we had an ice storm that downed trees all around the place and were without power for almost a week. My son was home from college for the Holidays so we broke that saw in well before he went back to school.

I bought her a very pretty crystal "Coal Oil Lamp" as a gift. We had immediate need for it as well.

Sometimes things fall perfectly into place.