Richard Stewart
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In this next year I am going to undertaking a large land management project. I will taking out a large number of trees and creating trails and room for cabins.
I am looking for information concerning chain saws. I have owned stihl's, Jonsered's and Sachs-Dolmars. The Sachs-Dolmars were the best I had ever owned. I had worked them hard and I never had to rebuild any part of the engine, like I did with my Stihl's and Jonsered's. I would clean my Sachs-Dolmar saws after each use, once in a while change chains, bars, spark plugs and pull cords.
I understand that Sachs-Dolmar of Germany was bought out by Makita. Now there is a line of Dolmar and a line of Makita saws that look exactly the same. Can someone answer for me the questions of, who is Dolmar of today, where are the Dolmar saws made, are they the same as once before German, or are they being made somewhere else? If Dolmar is no longer German, then who is manufacturing the Dolmar Saw and is the quality still there?
The reason I am asking so many questions about Dolmar is because I had owned 3 Sachs-Dolmar saws in the past and they never failed me ever, whether in hot or below zero cold, wet and rainy, or your basic dry. I am currently running several Husqvarna's which so far are impressing me. But the litmus test for me is the test of time. Each of my Sachs-Dolmar saws remained bone stock except for the chains and bars for over 10 years of heavy use. That impresses me.
Finally, just out of curiosity, is John Deere really making their own chain saw, or are they farming that out to someone? If so then who? What kind of reviews have the John Deere chain saws received?
Sincerely,
--- Richard Stewart
Holyoke, Mass
I am looking for information concerning chain saws. I have owned stihl's, Jonsered's and Sachs-Dolmars. The Sachs-Dolmars were the best I had ever owned. I had worked them hard and I never had to rebuild any part of the engine, like I did with my Stihl's and Jonsered's. I would clean my Sachs-Dolmar saws after each use, once in a while change chains, bars, spark plugs and pull cords.
I understand that Sachs-Dolmar of Germany was bought out by Makita. Now there is a line of Dolmar and a line of Makita saws that look exactly the same. Can someone answer for me the questions of, who is Dolmar of today, where are the Dolmar saws made, are they the same as once before German, or are they being made somewhere else? If Dolmar is no longer German, then who is manufacturing the Dolmar Saw and is the quality still there?
The reason I am asking so many questions about Dolmar is because I had owned 3 Sachs-Dolmar saws in the past and they never failed me ever, whether in hot or below zero cold, wet and rainy, or your basic dry. I am currently running several Husqvarna's which so far are impressing me. But the litmus test for me is the test of time. Each of my Sachs-Dolmar saws remained bone stock except for the chains and bars for over 10 years of heavy use. That impresses me.
Finally, just out of curiosity, is John Deere really making their own chain saw, or are they farming that out to someone? If so then who? What kind of reviews have the John Deere chain saws received?
Sincerely,
--- Richard Stewart
Holyoke, Mass