Your gonna be amazed how much power and torque it has.
I shucked out the cash for a new HT131 today.Dealer threw in a spare chain all for 600.00 out the door. Tax exempt farm use.
It all depends on hard you wanna work, If your using a hand pole saw for a lot of limbing you are a bad dude. Mine is the HT131 and it will cut anything you got, I even run a 14 inch bar on mine. It will not bog down even when it's buried. I have cut some big limbs with mine. I even took a dead blackjack oak tree down with it. [except the trunk] I really like mine, If you figure what it would cost for someone to come and trim all your trees you would come out cheaper with the saw. I know that's what i did when all my big oaks needed trimming. I did trim them as far as i could reach and their was some big limbs. Stihl makes a 45 degree adapter for it, I was gonna get one but they are 200 bucks.
This is true, it is also true for the similar displacement Efco 4 cycle Honda powered trimmer with the pole pruner attachment. The twisting is on change in rpm of the engine and adds to the tiring (fatigue of muscles) effect. Strange thing is the Stihl one reminds me of a 50cc Honda mini bike made into a pit bike for adults and the Honda/Efco one sounds mild mannered.Quick story. snip One guy said it almost twisted right out of his hands. snip
This is true, it is also true for the similar displacement Efco 4 cycle Honda powered trimmer with the pole pruner attachment. The twisting is on change in rpm of the engine and adds to the tiring (fatigue of muscles) effect. Strange thing is the Stihl one reminds me of a 50cc Honda mini bike made into a pit bike for adults and the Honda/Efco one sounds mild mannered.
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