treeslayer2003
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I was thinkin of the 028, sorry.
Nope, never got a 440 or 460. Came real close, but the area, conversation, and meeting places kept changing on those saws...especially when guys start calling and asking if you're the "Law & if you can meet em down by an abandoned mill late @ night!"...kinda decided I could live without em at the time!reggie, don't you have a 440 or a 460? i seem to remember you having one of those 2 saws. IMO i wouldn't even pay $40 for a used clamshell but to each there own. i might pay up to $100 if i was needing a saw that specific size badly. i have been known to diss the 029/290 saws in the highest order though. if i was forced to buy one of those 3 saws i'd probably take the one i could make the most money on in a flip
Excellent feedback! BRAVO!I am pretty sure the 029 super is the same displacement as an ms 310. For bucking bigger wood with a 20" bar I would prefer it over the 290 for that reason and I prefer the old fuel caps. If the main duty of the saw was cutting down smaller trees and limbing the ms 270 with a 16" bar would be my choice. I have used them all and no they are not my first choice although I do like the 270 with a 16" bar for what I said.
You don't need a pro saw to make money with chainsaws. There is to many good reasons to use those models to list. If I were a logger cutting big timber, I'd want bigger and better. A lot of jobs those saws are a better investment for their return, more so for the average wood cutter, but even in business situations they often make good sense.
Guys, he asked for opinions between three specific saws. Why do we always have to ignore what people are asking for?
Bossy little prick, aren't you?
I am pretty sure the 029 super is the same displacement as an ms 310. For bucking bigger wood with a 20" bar I would prefer it over the 290 for that reason and I prefer the old fuel caps. If the main duty of the saw was cutting down smaller trees and limbing the ms 270 with a 16" bar would be my choice. I have used them all and no they are not my first choice although I do like the 270 with a 16" bar for what I said.
You don't need a pro saw to make money with chainsaws. There is to many good reasons to use those models to list. If I were a logger cutting big timber, I'd want bigger and better. A lot of jobs those saws are a better investment for their return, more so for the average wood cutter, but even in business situations they often make good sense.
Bottom line. A frigging 290 will cut HUNDREDS of cords of wood if properly maintained and you don't go after wood that is too big. If all you cut is 20" and under, and don't mind a slower speed than a big pro saw, then a 290 will last most folks a lifetime.
029 Super = MS290. The standard 029 had slightly less displacement.
You don't have to come here...Just tired of seeing the same ******** half-wit pack mentality reign supreme when a guy asks a simple, but specific question and gets noise in return. Happens way too often here and doesn't help anyone...
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