Power Saws? Homelite used to be the best saw in the woods- EVER-. McCullochs would kill you before they ever started, but were great cutting. I used to cut Old Growth with a 2100 Homelite with 80 inch bar and a 120 inch bar with a stinger (two man operation). The biggest tree I ever cut was 14 feet at the stump- used three 80 ton Hyd. jacks to dump it. People would see me (5'11", 165 lbs) and ask how I packed the saw. I would tell them "I drag it up hill and ride it down hill".-LOL The new saws are all RPM- no torque. Used a 750 Homelite with 54" bar for bucking and limbing. Nowadays I think they use "Mini-macs" to fell trees (if that is what they call those tooth picks). Most folks don't even know what a "chisel bit file" is anymore. The best little saw I have ever used for fire wood or brush clearing was a 031 Stilh. Lots of RPMs and good weight. Put a 32" bar on it and you don't bend over so much but you need to use full skip chain. Wife bought a Husky as a gift for me when we were engaged but the 24" bar is kinda short for me. Seems like a good little saw though. For a good firewood saw I once used a friends Shinindawa(SP?) and it was very good and he said it never broke down. I trialed a 090 Stihl with 54" bar once but for the work it did it was to heavy. Homelite was a torque saw and took a nose dive when Husky and Stihl caught the smaller saw world with their RPMs. Homelite sold out to Deere and now Deere sold Homelite to some Hong Kong outfit. A 036 Stihl is the probably the best saw for the "serious" firewood cutter, just a little heavy for me anymore. The old saws are kinda like old trucks- The best ever for the job but nobody does that job anymore-LOL.
I can look out the window from my computer and see large Old Growth trees that will never be cut. What a thrill "felling" those big things used to be. You can see some "Old Growth" in the background of this pic the wife took after the snow melted off.
no more snow
