A FRIEND ASKED ME TODAY about buyin a new poulan 50cc pro chainsaw he wants to cut his own firewood and would do 4 to 6 cords a year I have no experience with these saws,, I heard there made buy husky he would be buying it at a bigbox store type of place {Canadian tire} and I told him he would be a NOBODY after the sale if it screwed up, and try a dealer and go 50ccs anyway or at least buy a sthil ms 250 on sale right now appx 325$ US THE POULAN50CC WITH 20INBARS are pretty cheap, as there on sale to. ARE THEY AT LEAST DECENT,??? ALOT Of the guys I know hate these saws for serious firewood cutting, also I got a brand new echo ps590 timberwolf in the box for $350cdn {$260 us} I grabbed it} and im going to try it out tomorrow or I might resell it,, don't know, I want to compare it to the dolmar5105 . well see,,, but I knew if I didn't buy it,,, someone else would as on sale up here there going for $510 cdn.
AROUND here most folks hang on to the 261s,, as thy pay dearly for them ,, ive noticed that some buy the ms 250 who want to cut firewood but don't have the money for the 261, my friend went and bought the poulan 50cc saw today,,, ill be interested to see how it stands up, he hasn't a clue a bout sharpening yet so it will work very hard, USED the ms590 timberwolf this morning for a few hours, i didn't baby it even though it was new it has good tourque what a great saw for the price,, abit heavy for firewood all day, but I like it and im keeping it, I see a few echo 501s showing up around here lately.. I wonder what they run like compared to the ms 261.?? echo has a big sale up here right now and a 5 year warranty is rare i think the echo dealer here has shindaiwas on sale to I heard there the same saw different color.
yes more grunt than the dolly just abit heavier, and it has a magnesium case to how do they make such a good saw for that cheap, with that great warranty, I wonder if shindaiwas have the same echo quality they have a 5 year warranty to, someone told me the shimdaiwa 590 is a timberwolf that's red.
since it cuts like a flock of beavers, and smiles up my face using it. I am learning to load the minivan with those pieces
to simplify transfer to the ranch. With the competition over the"waste" to be the guy who shows up and mills the big stuff also lets me take away the big diameter after the smaller has disappeared.
You an save your back by noodle cutting those big rounds in half or even quarters:
Precisely why I own two Stihl 026 PRO saws. These keep on going and going. Best of all, I bought both together for less than a new MS 261 would cost today. So, I rate them a best buy even at their age.026 hands down , looks like the voters like it too
my favorite stihl is the ms 261,, I love my dolmar 51o5,,, I have 2 of them, for firewood mostly BUT I will admit that the shihl ms 261 is a bit better, it has more power and is lighter, its more money though, I used my friends 261 1 day for about 8 hours it really impressed me.
