Gooserider
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Well, I'm one of those guys that was looking for a "firewood saw" - I'd been using a Poulan Woodsman, and it while it did a lot of what I needed, it really wasn't up to the job of cutting my 5-6 cords a year, mostly log length, but some felling as well. Most of the wood I get is in the 10-20" diameter range, but I get some trunks that are in the 36+" range.
I decided that I was better off going for a really large saw that would be able to handle anything I needed it to do, as opposed to getting a medium size that still wouldn't handle everything that I have unless I did a lot of extra work... Reading here and the saw threads on ********** convinced me of the value of getting a pro-grade saw, plus the problems I had with the Poulan. It seemed to me that I was better off getting one big saw now than to get a medium saw now and still need a big saw eventually - So I ended up with a Dolmar 7900 - Overkill for 90% of my cutting, but able to do 100% of it, and from what I've seen Dolmar seems to be available for a significant amount less than the comparable H&S models, and I wasn't going crosseyed trying to figure out how different models compared... It also seemed from looking at the factory spec pages that the 7900 managed to get a lot more saw into a reasonable weight - there is something to be said for an 80cc saw that has the weight of most 60's...
(Incedentally when I was asking, I had most responses seeming to advise against trying to get a used saw, so it's interesting that most of the comments in this thread seem to be advising a used purchase?)
Gooserider
I decided that I was better off going for a really large saw that would be able to handle anything I needed it to do, as opposed to getting a medium size that still wouldn't handle everything that I have unless I did a lot of extra work... Reading here and the saw threads on ********** convinced me of the value of getting a pro-grade saw, plus the problems I had with the Poulan. It seemed to me that I was better off getting one big saw now than to get a medium saw now and still need a big saw eventually - So I ended up with a Dolmar 7900 - Overkill for 90% of my cutting, but able to do 100% of it, and from what I've seen Dolmar seems to be available for a significant amount less than the comparable H&S models, and I wasn't going crosseyed trying to figure out how different models compared... It also seemed from looking at the factory spec pages that the 7900 managed to get a lot more saw into a reasonable weight - there is something to be said for an 80cc saw that has the weight of most 60's...
(Incedentally when I was asking, I had most responses seeming to advise against trying to get a used saw, so it's interesting that most of the comments in this thread seem to be advising a used purchase?)
Gooserider