i started out with only a 2145 or 49,,something like that. every 4 or 5 years i found myself "graduating" to a bigger saw. I thought the '59 was the bomb and some where along the way i'd picked up a lil' cs306(?) limbing saw as well. then came the day i was cutting with a fella running a stihl 440 or something,,71cc or thereabout and the light bulb came on. bought a 2171 and started makin' lil' ones outta big ones MUCH faster than what i previously had. the 2171 was a bit big for me to swing around brushing and limbing so i found myself using the lil' 306 saw much more than i use to and it wasn't nearly fast enough any more. ??? wasn't any doubt, but what i needed a bigger brushing/limbing saw so off to the stealership i go and found a cs400 featuring a 16" bar and chain. i didn't need no stinking 16" B&C so i out fitted the 400 with a 12" B&C and that seems to be "THE" combo for the task at hand.
Now, are you, as had been ask in the original post, a "crippled up whimp", perhaps,,,but, that isn't for me to decide, i don't know ya'!!!.:msp_tongue: i know my elbows hurt me sometimes and my feet get numb with back aches now and again, there are mornings i wake up feeling like a worn out broke down old truck that's been driven by a quaalude chompin', whiskey swillin' hill jack, but i still get out and get at it.
and i like swingin' my lil' saw around as much as i can.