Responding to all of the responses
Thank you to all of the respondents to my chainsaw winch question.i was amazed at just how far behind all of that I am. I had a list of 4 possibles ; Husqvarna, Stihl, Jonsrud and Echo. I had bad vibes on Stihl, Jonsrud was hardly mentioned and Echo didn't have many models to choose from. I had heard little about Makita or Homelite and nothing at all about Dolmar and Efco . Poulan was a bad word. One irksome problem for me in researching different makes and models is the inability to judge 60+ cc models by their stated model number . Some are quite obvious and others are just the opposite. Stihl described their 368K as having a couple of thousand fewer RPMs than similar sized models . Good or bad for my planned usage? Then my green condition was brought home when you hit me with "inboard clutches[ where are they found?] ,reed valve motors for low end torque capability, [where are they found?],mushy AV mounts[same question] then, get all the ccs you can and finally "don't use a chainsaw winch! I am going to try to learn about the unknowns and I'm sorry ,I have to use a chainsaw winch ,it's my only option. I am going to use it short term to pull down an 1888 era ,15 room hotel on my property in two stages over the next two years and I can't afford a commercial deconstruction.Thanks again for the help and the latest lesson on just how much I don't know, very humbling. Ken