All right Im gonna try one. 5100
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outdoortype
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Mag or Plastic, their both good!!
I know you weren't asking me Ultra. But All of the Stihls seem very tough to me. Plastic is good is some ways cause it gives. I watched a good sized peice of red oak bounce of the side of my 359 near the handle cylinder cover area. Luckily, it did nothing. But I wont forget to move my saw more than 3 feet away from the splitting block next time.
I know you weren't asking me Ultra. But All of the Stihls seem very tough to me. Plastic is good is some ways cause it gives. I watched a good sized peice of red oak bounce of the side of my 359 near the handle cylinder cover area. Luckily, it did nothing. But I wont forget to move my saw more than 3 feet away from the splitting block next time.
I know Husky/Jred make a few saws with plastic lower crankcases...........Have not seen a Stihl with plastic crankcase yet....
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bookerdog
The New Champ
Just to let everyone know tried it Liked it. Now I have 3 of them
That why I bought sixpack of 5100's...............Cant beat the price and bang for the buck...
bookerdog
The New Champ
Are they cheaper in a half rack. Yes they are a great bang for the buck.
I get a great deal on them even in singles......
. I have an AWESOME dealer here.........
SawTroll
Information Collector
I get a great deal on them even in singles......
Scott&Steve sure is great, but so is Spike, I suppose - and he sell more desirable saws......
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Scott&Steve sure is great, but so is Spike, I suppose - and he sell more desirable saws......
Scott&Steve are great to deal with .......My dealer knows them too...
As for Spike60........Hes a great Dolmar dealer too IMO.
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SawTroll
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Never heard of Spike beeing a Dolmar dealer, more like Husky and Jred......
Ask Tom!
That just shows what you dont know..............
Hes also a Dolmar dealer ............
THALL10326
The Champ
Never heard of Spike beeing a Dolmar dealer, more like Husky and Jred......
Ask Tom!
So true Sawtroll, that Spike is ok 100%. Just so ya know Sawtroll he, Spike, and me have talked on the phone a few times. We laff at all the saw brand wars on here for he and I both know its all in good hearted fun. He's been picking up alot of old Stihls of late and rebuilding them. I got a few Huskies and he has a few Stihls, goes to show everything isn't as it seems to be sometime,
SawTroll
Information Collector
So true Sawtroll, that Spike is ok 100%. Just so ya know Sawtroll he, Spike, and me have talked on the phone a few times. We laff at all the saw brand wars on here for he and I both know its all in good hearted fun. He's been picking up alot of old Stihls of late and rebuilding them. I got a few Huskies and he has a few Stihls, goes to show everything isn't as it seems to be sometime,
I know that, I am "speaking" with him a lot, and he has a lot of interesting stories to tell....He's just a great guy!!!!!
THALL10326
The Champ
He's just a great guy!!!!!
Yup that he is. Now I must pose a question, how come you haven't called me, whats up with that? I'm not only jealous but I'm thinking about hopping the Lisa Marie and coming overthere and giving you a 441 spanking,grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,hahaha
Zodiac45
Paleostoveologist & Sawwhisperer
What about the 290-390's? They are plastic cased with a drop-in motor.:greenchainsaw:
LMAO!
some call it bashing, others call it enlightenment of chaps that are blinded by pure fanboism.
Ole Farmerbuck
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Man thats good! There for a while i was thinking its a good thing bullets cant travel through computers when we have a little arguement over saws. Thanks TomSo true Sawtroll, that Spike is ok 100%. Just so ya know Sawtroll he, Spike, and me have talked on the phone a few times. We laff at all the saw brand wars on here for he and I both know its all in good hearted fun. He's been picking up alot of old Stihls of late and rebuilding them. I got a few Huskies and he has a few Stihls, goes to show everything isn't as it seems to be sometime,
HUSKYMAN
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Sure!
Really cool to have you back here at a regular level, I enjoyed a lot of your posts before joining here!!!!!!
Thanks Niko, if you follow them over the last seven years you can see how I went from a wet behind the ears kid with a 55 Husky to an addicted know nothing. I read some of those old posts and I cant believe I even said some of that stuff lol.
outdoortype
ArboristSite Guru
That's true. But if you run a 5100s, you might not be so biased. I'm a huge Husky fan, but I've ran an 026 several times and briefly owned a 5100s. Both of those saws are extremely well made and the 026 was not slow at all like everyone makes it out to be!!!
I will commend you on your video. It's nice to see those saws in action no matter who's running them. After all of this bickering and arguing, some of us learned that:
The 5100s is probably the best bang for buck saw on the market and it's not made by Husky or Stihl. Hats of to Dolmar!!!!!
The 455 is a good saw for a reasonable price. It looked to me like it cut faster than the 346NE.
The motor is all metal on all Stihls.........On a few models of Husky/Jred the lower crankcase is plastic....
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