New to the forums. I am a fairly new home owner. Quick background is - I live in CT with some cold winters, last winter I started using my fireplace to help bring the oil costs down. I bought a cord of wood and burned through in No time. I decided instead of paying $250 a cord three times or more a winter I would like to prepare my own firewood. I have a firewood permit to a massive piece of land where I can cut as many trees and take as much wood as I would like.
I picked up my first chainsaw last year. It's a Stihl MS 211 c-be. That's what was recommended to me at the dealer. After cutting down 1 or 2 trees and cutting them up the blade will not cut any more. I end up bringing it to the dealer after about one trees worth of cutting to have the chain sharpened. This is the case every time I go to cut wood.
As I said I am new to this whole tree felling and firewood cutting environment but I love it. I have fun doing it and would like to invest some money to make my life easier. My goal is to be able to produce 10 cord a year at least. So I am picking up an Ariens 27 ton splitter and will be upgrading to a saw that can cut more than one tree at a time.
So this brings me to the question of what saw to get... I really like stihl I always have tbought he blowers trimmers ect and they last forever. I really like the home owners class of chainsaws because of the light weight, easy start, and most of all the chain tensioner. The highest model up offered in this class is the ms 251 which I have read should be all that I need. I need a saw that I can use all weekend long. Maybe I need to buy 3 chains and a tool to sharpen them all at the end of day. I have no idea so I am asking for some guidance. What would be a good saw to accomplish my needs. Thanks in advance.
I picked up my first chainsaw last year. It's a Stihl MS 211 c-be. That's what was recommended to me at the dealer. After cutting down 1 or 2 trees and cutting them up the blade will not cut any more. I end up bringing it to the dealer after about one trees worth of cutting to have the chain sharpened. This is the case every time I go to cut wood.
As I said I am new to this whole tree felling and firewood cutting environment but I love it. I have fun doing it and would like to invest some money to make my life easier. My goal is to be able to produce 10 cord a year at least. So I am picking up an Ariens 27 ton splitter and will be upgrading to a saw that can cut more than one tree at a time.
So this brings me to the question of what saw to get... I really like stihl I always have tbought he blowers trimmers ect and they last forever. I really like the home owners class of chainsaws because of the light weight, easy start, and most of all the chain tensioner. The highest model up offered in this class is the ms 251 which I have read should be all that I need. I need a saw that I can use all weekend long. Maybe I need to buy 3 chains and a tool to sharpen them all at the end of day. I have no idea so I am asking for some guidance. What would be a good saw to accomplish my needs. Thanks in advance.