But what do you guys do for Xmas trees and when you need to fix the newel post??? :dunno:
Borrowed my boss' 16" bar Stihl a few weeks ago, and that thing's a little monster. Made very short work of 8" thick limbs.
Depending on exactly what you are doing with it I would recommend a Stihl 039 but you do have to becareful because I know one year they changed the production a little and they were overheating. It's a resonably priced saw, and with an 18 inch bar you can take down pretty much any size tree if you know what your doing and can execute a good plung cut. Honestly, if you can't take something down with that size bar you probably shouldn't tackle it anyway. If you are looking for something someone of smaller proportions, Jonsered is a line manufactured by Husquvarna that actually has some features that really add to the ease of use, specifically the spin start which makes it WAY easier to cold start it. I wouldn't really recommend on for felling, but if your cutting up things on the ground the safety features also are something to consider, branches under tension can be mean to deal with.
