028 isnt going to be a lot lighter than your 036, but you can throw a smaller bar on it for maneuverability. I love mine, they are great saws.
I will say It again , you don't need a Husky or Stihl to cut wood
Whatever. Wildthing with 12" and Nitrous Oxide should work just fine.
For gawds sake - if you are gonna get a small limbing saw (an there is NOTHING wrong with that) at least get an equal quality machine. It only makes sense.
Here ya go Scotty STIHL ms192 top handle climbing saw$250I'm assuming that you are talking about limbing the tree AFTER it's felled, correct? Most of the saws mentioned above would get the job done just fine. But when I think of 'limbing', I'm up in the tree a lot of times when doing that. The top-handled saws are the ONLY way to go for most 'up the tree' situations. Even when the trees on the ground and I'm limbing, I like a top-handled saw. Yes, my limbers are antiques (Stihl 015's), but get the job done fine. The MS192, MS200, MS201, and even the Husky 435 are all great top handled saw. Echo makes a great top handled saw too. But for those top handled saws (which are quite capable of doing really big jobs in the right hands) are quite expensive.....even the old 015's in good shape bring pretty big money.......
Never did get that MS192 a couple month's back. Got boned on that deal. One of the reasons I'm really starting to DISLIKE Craigslist. Damm sellers not following through with the deal.....
boy, that's not a bad deal at all! I had one a while back, on the hook, for 150 bucks. Now granted it wasn't quite as nice as the one you found here, but still, it was in very good condition. The POS seller was supposed to box it up and call me when he had it ready to ship. Well, first round I waited two weeks.....no call. Called the guy, he says "oh, I forgot all about it.....I'll box it up tonight and call you tomorrow...."Here ya go Scotty STIHL ms192 top handle climbing saw$250
naw......2 saws, 12" bar, 14" bar..... hell with that, give me the 20" bar on my heavy farm boss so I am not bent over so much and have a little extra reach... man it up and give the guns a work out lol
Yeahhh, not the pink one!While I'm not crazy about my Echo in anything bigger than 8", it'll go about twice as long as the 036 on a tank of gas, takes about 2/3 of the time to file a chain, and when I'm getting tired is still easy to maneuver, whereas the 036 feels like an anchor. Faster, but heavier and more prone to close calls if tired, and potentially more dangerous. Dragging around a heavy saw in a big top gets old. I was in the top of a red maple with a 30" DBH trunk a couple of weeks ago, but I had loaned the Echo out, and I found I just wasn't comfortable with the Stihl. My buddy with his 029 tried out the Echo on a different tree and preferred it to the bigger saw to make headway in the stuff from 6" on down. Get a second, smaller saw (less than 40cc's) if you can afford it. But, for Pete's sake, NOT A PINK ONE! Sheesh...
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