I mentioned the Chain Brake, because I wasn't sure what the OP meant by:
"and not loaded up with all the new safety bs that they come with now"
A Chain Brake was the only thing that came to my mind, that would fit that statement, and to ME, a Chain Brake is "Safety BS" WELL Worth having, even more so if one expects to be working from a ladder, in all fairness, I don't know if a chain brake is the Safety BS, he was referring to or not, it was all that I could think of.
Honestly a Chainsaw is one of the most Dangerous tools that the average person is ever likely to use, and MIS-USE, and it is simply Amazing that the government HASN'T come up with more Rules, Regulations and Requirements, to protect the Stupid from themselves. The thing is, the most Dangerous thing about a Chainsaw is an Inexperienced, Uneducated, or Careless OPERATOR
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Doug