Chainsaw Recommendations

3 Dollar Bill

Looking at getting a chainsaw to cut down some overgrown coniferous trees at my mothers house, any recommendations?

I've been looking at the following 2 models;

Kiam Sherwood 18" 45cc Petrol chainsaw
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherwood-Petrol-Chainsaw-Oregon-Walbro/dp/B003R7DNBQ/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

or

M738 McCulloch 2 stroke petrol chainsaw

http://www.amazon.co.uk/McCulloch-Stroke-Petrol-Chainsaw-38cc/dp/B0036WTELK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

paddy147

3 Dollar Bill wrote: »

Looking at getting a chainsaw to cut down some overgrown coniferous trees at my mothers house, any recommendations?

I've been looking at the following 2 models;

Kiam Sherwood 18" 45cc Petrol chainsaw
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherwood-Petrol-Chainsaw-Oregon-Walbro/dp/B003R7DNBQ/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

or

M738 McCulloch 2 stroke petrol chainsaw

http://www.amazon.co.uk/McCulloch-Stroke-Petrol-Chainsaw-38cc/dp/B0036WTELK/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

Wy dont you just hire 1 out for a day from any decent hire shop

About 25-30 euro for a day to hire 1 out.

dardevle

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no decent hire shop will rent out a chainsaw these days.





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blackharvester

i had two mccullogh chainsaws, this is good chainsaw for using some time to times, but from both oil was leaking, so I brought back to the shop becauseIwasnt happy with this leak and i got money bac so I bought husqvarna chainsaw. but husqvarna is more expensive. I never heard about this other chainsaw, but if is so cheap ....

I think If you wont hire chainsaw you need to have chainsaw license or something like this

paddy147

dardevle wrote: »

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no decent hire shop will rent out a chainsaw these days.





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Eh,yes they will.

Sam Hire or HSS will rent.I got a Sthil off of Sam Hire a few months back.

dardevle

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Sam hire up these parts do not hire out chainsaws full stop....some hire shops do but only to properly certified persons and any 'decent' hire shop that does hire a chainsaw to all and sundry i would stay clear of.



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simonj

Woodies are doing a garden shredder for 290-ish and throw in a free chainsaw worth 199

First time I used a shredder, and it was very impressive

http://www.buy4now.ie/woodiesdiy/productdetail.aspx?pid=8059&loc=P&catid=102.13

thereformer

good one about the free chainsaw worth €199 in woodies! the problem is there isn't a saw in the shop worth €20! they sell nothing but junk in the garden range anyway.

paddy147

dardevle wrote: »

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no decent hire shop will rent out a chainsaw these days.





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eh,yes they will.:)

Maybe you dont know a decent hire shop then perhaps??

celticmicky

paddy147 wrote: »

eh,yes they will.:)

Maybe you dont know a decent hire shop then perhaps??

The only hire shop I have come across that hire a chainsaw are HSS, and they require you to hire all the safety gear along with the saw which brings the price up to almost as much as buying a cheap saw from the diy shops.

magicbastarder

sounds reasonable to me, given you'd want the safety gear anyway if you were buying the cheap one.

celticmicky

magicbastarder wrote: »

sounds reasonable to me, given you'd want the safety gear anyway if you were buying the cheap one.

How many people buy the safety gear? I have been working with garden machines for 5 years and only once has someone ordered the kevlar gear, and that was a council worker.