Advice on a chainsaw please!

[CyderPig]

Hi
I am a Farmer who worked as a Tree Surgeon and Forester.
Sthil and Husky the only way to go.
Make sure it comes with a Chisel chain instead of a Chipper chain and look after it well, proper fuel mix and agood chain oil.
My Husky 61 is over 20 years old and has done thousands of hours work.
Si
Ps Why is everyone getting hung up on the oil thing?
Most, if not all of the oil that gets thrown off the chain ends up in the woodchip/sawdust, run your hand down a freshly cut piece of lumber and check for oil residue?
How do our American brethren cut their wood? Not with a handsaw I can tell you!!!!!!!!!!
Rant Over
Si

[derekmiller]

Si.
I wouldn't say I was "hung up" about the chain oil.
For big wood burns it wouldn't bother me.
For cold smoking my salmon, I am very fussy with the quality of the dust. I wouldn't want ANY residue in it.
Derek

[robgunby]

I also will be using the sawdust for cold smoking, hence my initial leaning towards a cheaper, electric chainsaw, so if I kill it cutting wood for the smoker, it's not a huge investment.

[Tiny]

Hi Chaps,
Whilst I continue to challenge the paradigm of what blind people can do, I am not allowed a chainsaw, as Keith identifies the famous fekety fek dance undertaken after disassemble of an cheap chimney starter is nothing compared to the limb removal mayhem of an out of control chainsaw.

A mate of mine hired one and under there terms had to sign several indemnify clauses that he hired this at his own risk and that he did not wish to purchase the ballistic leg armour.

So I wish you well, but ensure you maintain a firmgrip on your chopper of choice, these forums are not for folk adept in one handed typing,
Cheers
Tiny

[CyderPig]

Hi All

Derek; I understand your concerns re-contaminated wood dry said-wood, plane the wood and grind the wood as to our previous conversation.

Rob: cheap electrics chainsaw will treat you fine aslong as the wood you're cutting is not to large. I use these beast on a daily basis and meant no offence through my comments.

Ballistic trousers and boots are a MUST before using any type of chainsaw.

Cheers Si

[robgunby]

Cheers mateys, will make sure I get some leg protection before I get going.

Wood is going to be small pieces - I split logs with an axe until I have fist-width strips, then cut those up with a saw into chunks. Will need a big petrol jobby for the tree I need to fell, so rental is my first port of call.

[derekmiller]

Totally agree with Si on the PPE. Although don't use any myself.
Tinys post reminded me of when I got the Stihl.
Bearing in mind I got the McCulloch from Argos, no questions asked......
I had to sign that I refused to purchase PPE when getting the Stihl, AND I had to go outside and demonstrate I could use a chainsaw before they let me walk away with one.
Good dealer.
Derek.

[aris]

Electric saws use oil too - at least the one I had did. You put it in a little reservoir and it was dispensed automatically to the chain.

[CyderPig]

Hi All
After using a chainsaw on a daily basis for over 20 years, I still had to fork out for a certificate that said I was competant to use them!!!!
PPE A MUST!!!!!!!
My old set of Kevlar trousers look like Predator used them for a Chew Toy(Most of the damage from Brambles etc, but one slip of concentration, understanding that a chainsaw can eat a pound of flesh per second).
Don't mess with these unless you know what you are doing, they don't make band aids big enough for the damage these things do!!!!
I have seen this at 1st hand, getting someone down from 40ft up a tree with a serious cut is no joke.
Don't want to put you off, just be carefull

Be Safe
Si

[derekmiller]

Wise words Si.