I've been cleaning out old overgrown milkcow lane through hayfield that hasnt been used in 20 plus years,its about 1/4 mile long by 10 yards wide,its full of little trees 3"-6" diameter,crapload of wild roses and other brush, looks like original fences was hogwire then once that got shot a barb wire fence was built on both sides couple feet inside original fences so there is wire all over the place hidden in underbrush and grown into trees I try to be carefull but I keep hitting the crap.
Since its mostly small stuff I want a small light saw that I'm not overly worried about trashing,I have a Stihl MS391 and MS660, the 660 definite overkill, I was using my 391 with a pretty much junk 16" hard nose bar and a handfull of chains that are shot but I've kept for just this type of cutting.
The 391 be fine except my left shoulder has two ripped tendons so its pretty much just a guide cant lift much or anything with it thats why I need light saw,I've always been Stihl fan and we have a Stihl 170 that is almost perfect for what I'm doing, I bought it for my Wife couple years back and she loves it for yard use,its in perfect shape so I don't want to trash her saw,the 170's are no longer available or I'd just get another 170 to trash.
Doing little looking online I'm thinking Husqvarna 120,or Echo MS310-MS3410, the Echo 3410 has me confused it has same specs as 3510 but $80.00 cheaper ?? I'm kinda leaning towards Echo since little lighter, and $20.00 cheaper. I've also heard Echo parts are more reasonable.
Is my thinking reasonable or am I totally off base?
Is there other under $250.00 saws I should be looking at?
Does anyone know what the deal is with Echo 3410 with same specs as 3510
I have a very good Stihl dealer about 12 miles away,there is a Echo dealer (not box store ) about 15 miles away I don't know anything about him but I do like supporting small town businesses, I don't know where closest Husqvarna dealer is that isnt a box store.
Since its mostly small stuff I want a small light saw that I'm not overly worried about trashing,I have a Stihl MS391 and MS660, the 660 definite overkill, I was using my 391 with a pretty much junk 16" hard nose bar and a handfull of chains that are shot but I've kept for just this type of cutting.
The 391 be fine except my left shoulder has two ripped tendons so its pretty much just a guide cant lift much or anything with it thats why I need light saw,I've always been Stihl fan and we have a Stihl 170 that is almost perfect for what I'm doing, I bought it for my Wife couple years back and she loves it for yard use,its in perfect shape so I don't want to trash her saw,the 170's are no longer available or I'd just get another 170 to trash.
Doing little looking online I'm thinking Husqvarna 120,or Echo MS310-MS3410, the Echo 3410 has me confused it has same specs as 3510 but $80.00 cheaper ?? I'm kinda leaning towards Echo since little lighter, and $20.00 cheaper. I've also heard Echo parts are more reasonable.
Is my thinking reasonable or am I totally off base?
Is there other under $250.00 saws I should be looking at?
Does anyone know what the deal is with Echo 3410 with same specs as 3510
I have a very good Stihl dealer about 12 miles away,there is a Echo dealer (not box store ) about 15 miles away I don't know anything about him but I do like supporting small town businesses, I don't know where closest Husqvarna dealer is that isnt a box store.