Well my local shop gave me a great deal to try out the shindawa 358 top handle climbibg saw.
I fell for the same crab when he sold me a top handle echo.
Echo garbage.
I got this groundsman guy that I don't know how destroys every saw he tries.
Lightbold came on and decided to take her for a test run.
First test the drop test.
I climbed a 65 ft slash pine and dropped it from like 55ft.
No damages what so ever.
Sent the rope back down and dropped it again.
No damages.
I'm like ok.
Sec test.
The slam dunk.
I grabbed the saw and threw it from 20 feet in the back of my truck.
No damage
Wtf?
At this point I'm about to grad the darn saw and hit it against the concrete.
But that usually doesn't happen.
So to the next test.
Palm tree coco.
Took the saw on a job to drop some palm trees.
Kind of felt heavy during the climb but maybe that was me.
Cold start from the tree.
No it doesn't start at first pull.
I took 4 pulls to get the hesitation and 2 pulls to start.
The pull start isn't bad at all.
Light enough.
I'm like. Ok
It's not a stihl.
Warmed it up.
Chain break is good.
D ring is good.
Rev it up started cutting.
Cuts good.
But then again it's a palm tree.
Now time for the cutting power.
Start rigging.
Notch cut good
Back cut good.
Little red got power.
Skip to the end.
Bucking did good.
Pros: get a stihl lol. Oils good, good power, good ergonomics, good d ring and muffler cover design., good chain break, Better then any echo.
Cons: never starts at first pull, tensioner some how the chain kept going ltitle lose, not good balance.
Overall
The chainsaw isn't that bad given the price it retails for.
Had it for 3 months now.
Still running.
Given that I let groundy destroyer use it.
My opinion is that it will be a good beginner climbing saw.
Or backup saw.
Not bad at all shindawa.
Looks like they could be heading in the right direction.
I fell for the same crab when he sold me a top handle echo.
Echo garbage.
I got this groundsman guy that I don't know how destroys every saw he tries.
Lightbold came on and decided to take her for a test run.
First test the drop test.
I climbed a 65 ft slash pine and dropped it from like 55ft.
No damages what so ever.
Sent the rope back down and dropped it again.
No damages.
I'm like ok.
Sec test.
The slam dunk.
I grabbed the saw and threw it from 20 feet in the back of my truck.
No damage
Wtf?
At this point I'm about to grad the darn saw and hit it against the concrete.
But that usually doesn't happen.
So to the next test.
Palm tree coco.
Took the saw on a job to drop some palm trees.
Kind of felt heavy during the climb but maybe that was me.
Cold start from the tree.
No it doesn't start at first pull.
I took 4 pulls to get the hesitation and 2 pulls to start.
The pull start isn't bad at all.
Light enough.
I'm like. Ok
It's not a stihl.
Warmed it up.
Chain break is good.
D ring is good.
Rev it up started cutting.
Cuts good.
But then again it's a palm tree.
Now time for the cutting power.
Start rigging.
Notch cut good
Back cut good.
Little red got power.
Skip to the end.
Bucking did good.
Pros: get a stihl lol. Oils good, good power, good ergonomics, good d ring and muffler cover design., good chain break, Better then any echo.
Cons: never starts at first pull, tensioner some how the chain kept going ltitle lose, not good balance.
Overall
The chainsaw isn't that bad given the price it retails for.
Had it for 3 months now.
Still running.
Given that I let groundy destroyer use it.
My opinion is that it will be a good beginner climbing saw.
Or backup saw.
Not bad at all shindawa.
Looks like they could be heading in the right direction.