Well my 041 is done, may she rest in piece. The pistion siezed tight on her.
:cheese: So onwards and upwards new saw time.
What are peoples opinons for a replacement saw. I liked the feel of the 041, heavy but solid, you didn't have to worry about where you set it either. If it fell and it will, no plastic pieces falling off from it. I also liked the high torque to it, may not have rev'ed like todays saws but I think it would out cut any of the ones I put it against. It wouldn't bog or slow, where the high rpm and low torque saws seemed to bog down under load.
What I didn't like was no chain brake and no matter how tight you set that chain, it was always going. I also didn't like the bar oil port being next to the front handle. Every time I'd fill it, some how oil would end up on that handle, regardless.
I have used the husky 455 rancher, the lowes special and was not impressed. I think this stihl out cut it any day.
I used and old Mac, super mac or mac 10 something like that. Man it sounded like a dirtbike but it cut wood.
A friend told me about the poulan pro, really talked it up, went to lowes and could palm the saw and pick it up. I am not a big guy, it felt cheap and like a tinker toy. I was affraid the bar would bend in a bad pinch. (no offense to any poulan owners)
I am a homeowner, cutting log loads of fire wood, and the occiasional tree outback. So it gets used pretty hard for several weeks then not again til the wild hair hits to drop an annoying tree out back.
Any reviews from experiance would be aprpeciated.
I'd like to stay under 400 if I go new and half that on used.
:cheese: So onwards and upwards new saw time.
What are peoples opinons for a replacement saw. I liked the feel of the 041, heavy but solid, you didn't have to worry about where you set it either. If it fell and it will, no plastic pieces falling off from it. I also liked the high torque to it, may not have rev'ed like todays saws but I think it would out cut any of the ones I put it against. It wouldn't bog or slow, where the high rpm and low torque saws seemed to bog down under load.
What I didn't like was no chain brake and no matter how tight you set that chain, it was always going. I also didn't like the bar oil port being next to the front handle. Every time I'd fill it, some how oil would end up on that handle, regardless.
I have used the husky 455 rancher, the lowes special and was not impressed. I think this stihl out cut it any day.
I used and old Mac, super mac or mac 10 something like that. Man it sounded like a dirtbike but it cut wood.
A friend told me about the poulan pro, really talked it up, went to lowes and could palm the saw and pick it up. I am not a big guy, it felt cheap and like a tinker toy. I was affraid the bar would bend in a bad pinch. (no offense to any poulan owners)
I am a homeowner, cutting log loads of fire wood, and the occiasional tree outback. So it gets used pretty hard for several weeks then not again til the wild hair hits to drop an annoying tree out back.
Any reviews from experiance would be aprpeciated.
I'd like to stay under 400 if I go new and half that on used.
