Chainsaws

[Machias]

What is your favorite Chainsaw make, model and size of bar for your ATV/UTV/Snowmobile/truck?  In the market.  Thanks!

[92xj]

I’m really enjoying my stihl 180cbe.  The new start pull deal is pretty freaking nice.   Barely a tug and the thing fires right up.  No more on the ground, hold with foot and yang to hell, soft slow tug while standing up and it fires up.   

[treefarmer]

I have the Stihl 022 electric and I really like it.  Got a battery charger that runs off the truck    Can’t run all day obviously but for most of the stuff I run into across a road it’s perfect. 

[hughjorgan]

Husky rancher with 20” bar or a Stihl farm boss 20” bar for the truck

[jrebel]

Two years ago....I would have vomited admitting / saying this!!     I now carry a Milwaukee Hatchet 8" chainsaw with me at all time when in the hills.  I love how small it is and the fact I don't have to carry any fuel.  I carry a 6ah battery and a small water bottle with extra bar oil.  These little saws are mighty and with sharp chains will cut more than anyone could imagine.  The battery will last a long time.  We cut trail at the cabin using these things and can run them for 8 hours w/out having to replace the battery. 

I'm looking real hard at the Milwaukee chainsaw with the 16" bar....solely for the longer bar length. 

I also carry an 18" Stihl in the back of my truck for larger jobs......though it rarely gets used anymore. 

[lewy]

If your expectations are realistic the e-saws are pretty slick for small work, I was a skeptic as well but they work

[elksnout]

Stihl 044 with 28” bar. Bought new so many years ago. Still runs hard and strong and still heating my home. I wouldn’t trade that saw for anything.

elksnout

[teanawayslayer]

I run the ms311 with a 25” bar for wood cutting and have a little 16” stihl not sure of the model that I carry when trail riding. Electric saws are slick but definitely lack power and run out of batteries. Kinda like and electric car. I’ll never own one of them either

[elkaholic123]

I have had a Stihl 034 AV Super for 30 years, never let me down!

[huntnnw]

I carry a stihl 20” farm boss everytime in the mountains. I also bought an electric stihl and it works awesome on the smaller stuff

[highside74]

So are you asking specifically for what guys like for their truck/atv saw incase we have to cut our way through a blow down or cut some road side firewood for camp?

I used to carry an 021 with a 16 in bar, now I have a 250 with an 18 inch bar. Both have been great saws.

If you are asking one saw do everything would be a 261 with a 20 or 361 with a 20-25.

[EnglishSetter]

1 of each.

YUGE difference between clearing a small trail or some camp wood vs heating your home.

I have a little 18" Echo that has been good to me.  Infrequent use and I used the canned gas mix.

[birdshooter1189]

Get the lightest/smallest chainsaw that will do the work you need to do.

I have a stihl 440 (28" bar), 362 (20" bar), and 024(18" bar).   The 024 gets used 4 times as much as the other two combined.

I spent several years working for a tree service company and I like running big saws.  But running big saws for small jobs just wears you out unnecessarily. 

I was skeptical about electric for many years.  I've heard a lot of good reviews and recently tried a little one and was quite impressed.  I'm looking at getting a dewalt 20v handheld pruning chainsaw (8") and a 60v dewalt electric chainsaw with a 16-20" bar.

[b23]

I wouldn't say it is a direct replacement for a chainsaw but I have a Milwaukee M18 Fuel Hackzall that goes in the Jeep and SxS.  I've got these 15in curved wood blades I use in it and that thing has impressed the he!! out of me with what it will all do.  This spring there was a good size blow down, probably 20-24in dia, that was across a road we were on and the length and way it was positioned I couldn't winch it out of the way so I had to cut it off on the high side then winch it off to the side.  I thought it would either take forever or my battery would go dead before I got it cut off but it buzzed right through it.  The Milwaukee's Forge batteries are impressive too.

For small gas chainsaws I've had a Stihl 026 and 034 for 25+ years both have been great saws.

[boneaddict]

Stihl 044 with 28” bar. Bought new so many years ago. Still runs hard and strong and still heating my home. I wouldn’t trade that saw for anything.

elksnout

Stihl really put out some great saws during this timeframe, this being one of them.