SaberzEdge
New Member
Let me start off by saying thank you to all of you who dedicate your time to this site. I have been using it to do research for two weeks on finding the right saw and thought I should let you know your knowledge is appreciated. I decided on stihl because of local support and friends that use them. I also am buying used (ebay) so I can afford a model I want. Now let me tell you what I've learned:*Buy a professional model-for quality and durability-power to weight ratio-maintenance*Based on what I've read these models are the best, respectively (correct me if I'm wrong)-026 pro-028 super-361-044To help me decide you would need to know that my budget is about $400 and my primary use would be for fire wood, 2-5 cords/year as I am moving to my new home soon, which has ten acres wooded. I am torn between 026 pro and 361 as I think starting off with a smaller saw may be a good idea, both to learn on and to possibly buy a larger model later to complement it. I am also wondering a good price for each of these models as what I've found on here are older outdated posts on pricing.Thanks for reading such a long thread and I look forward to your comments, esp. from sawtroll!
