Ashful
Minister of Fire
smokeater, I only vaguely remember the thread to which you're referring, but can say Jags is a good guy. Hang around a while, you'll actually grow to like him. Of course, I can say that for almost everyone on this forum.
1. Top-handle, with lightest-weight being more important than max HP, although I was able to find both in the Husq. T435.
2. Mid-size saw, 55 - 65 cc. I thought this would be the saw I used 99% of the time, but my 62.5cc Stihl 036 Pro is actually the one I use least. I just find I most often jump from the "too small" saw right to the "really big saw", when I'm limbing and then switch over to bucking the bigger trees I've been given.
3. Big saw, 85 - 95 cc. I debated several saws, even trying out some as big as 125 cc, but settled on the 85 cc Stihl 064 AV. It's light, screaming fast, and still has all the balls needed to run big bars.
Based on some advice from smokinj and others, I debated a two-saw plan (35cc top-handle + 75cc for everything else), but decided against this for a few reasons. One was that I've had a saw stop working on me in the woods more than once in my life, and if that 75 cc saw quit for some reason, my day would be over. With my 3-saw plan, I can do without any one of them, in a pinch. Also, while the MS440 is light, it's still more to carry with the 036, particularly as I'd be putting a 24" or larger bar on a 440, if it were my only saw.
I still say the best one-saw line-up is something around 60cc, and as light as you can afford. If I didn't have that 7 lb. T435, my days in the woods would be a little shorter.
Everyone has different needs, and different ways of working, but I settled in on a three-saw line-up:
1. Top-handle, with lightest-weight being more important than max HP, although I was able to find both in the Husq. T435.
2. Mid-size saw, 55 - 65 cc. I thought this would be the saw I used 99% of the time, but my 62.5cc Stihl 036 Pro is actually the one I use least. I just find I most often jump from the "too small" saw right to the "really big saw", when I'm limbing and then switch over to bucking the bigger trees I've been given.
3. Big saw, 85 - 95 cc. I debated several saws, even trying out some as big as 125 cc, but settled on the 85 cc Stihl 064 AV. It's light, screaming fast, and still has all the balls needed to run big bars.
Based on some advice from smokinj and others, I debated a two-saw plan (35cc top-handle + 75cc for everything else), but decided against this for a few reasons. One was that I've had a saw stop working on me in the woods more than once in my life, and if that 75 cc saw quit for some reason, my day would be over. With my 3-saw plan, I can do without any one of them, in a pinch. Also, while the MS440 is light, it's still more to carry with the 036, particularly as I'd be putting a 24" or larger bar on a 440, if it were my only saw.
I still say the best one-saw line-up is something around 60cc, and as light as you can afford. If I didn't have that 7 lb. T435, my days in the woods would be a little shorter.
