imagineero
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Hi All,
I'm looking at changing my saw lineup from a 3 saw plan to a 4 saw plan. At the moment I have 200t, 036, 044. The 200t carries a 12", the 036 a 16" and the 044 has a 20" and 36" bar, semi skip on the 36". At work we use mainly husky except for 200t climbing saws, but on my own jobs I like to keep it all stihl just to be simple. I get good dealer support, can swap all my bits and pieces around and for the most part, I prefer stihl over husky so I'll probably keep it all stihl.
I'm thinking to keep the 200t and 044, sell the 036 and get a 660 and a 260. The idea is to have a bit of redundancy so most of the saws could fill in for the one above/below if something goes wrong. The 660 is a no-brainer, though I did see an 880 for a reasonable price the other day. If I went 660 or 880 then the bigger saw would carry a 36" all the time for ripping logs to go through the chipper and bigger take downs. I don't really have any need for a bigger bar than 36" because most of my work is residential take downs. I'd go to full compliment on the chain though.
The 260 is maybe not such a clear call. It's nice to have a mid size saw for a ground saw to limb and buck smaller stuff, and I've been using my 036 for that. At work we have husky 340's which are quite nice to use, and they can still do alright up in the tree if we're short of a climbing saw for whatever reason. The 036 does ok as a ground saw but it really isnt that great in the tree, and not much lighter than an 044 anyway so I'm thinking 260 here... does anyone have other possible candidates? Again, I'm keeping it all stihl.
Any viewpoints welcome...
Shaun
I'm looking at changing my saw lineup from a 3 saw plan to a 4 saw plan. At the moment I have 200t, 036, 044. The 200t carries a 12", the 036 a 16" and the 044 has a 20" and 36" bar, semi skip on the 36". At work we use mainly husky except for 200t climbing saws, but on my own jobs I like to keep it all stihl just to be simple. I get good dealer support, can swap all my bits and pieces around and for the most part, I prefer stihl over husky so I'll probably keep it all stihl.
I'm thinking to keep the 200t and 044, sell the 036 and get a 660 and a 260. The idea is to have a bit of redundancy so most of the saws could fill in for the one above/below if something goes wrong. The 660 is a no-brainer, though I did see an 880 for a reasonable price the other day. If I went 660 or 880 then the bigger saw would carry a 36" all the time for ripping logs to go through the chipper and bigger take downs. I don't really have any need for a bigger bar than 36" because most of my work is residential take downs. I'd go to full compliment on the chain though.
The 260 is maybe not such a clear call. It's nice to have a mid size saw for a ground saw to limb and buck smaller stuff, and I've been using my 036 for that. At work we have husky 340's which are quite nice to use, and they can still do alright up in the tree if we're short of a climbing saw for whatever reason. The 036 does ok as a ground saw but it really isnt that great in the tree, and not much lighter than an 044 anyway so I'm thinking 260 here... does anyone have other possible candidates? Again, I'm keeping it all stihl.
Any viewpoints welcome...
Shaun