SawTroll
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Those are all too small and weak for anything like "allround" use - my Stihl FS200 - 36cc (250 in the US now - 40cc) (both are 2.2hp) are about the smallest to consider, or a corresponding Husky/Jred....
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Those are all too small and weak for anything like "allround" use - my Stihl FS200 - 36cc (250 in the US now - 40cc) (both are 2.2hp) are about the smallest to consider, or a corresponding Husky/Jred....
Sounds like the project was an excuse for buying the most badass brush cutter you could afford!
We can relate to that. Good going! Stick around here and we'll help you buy some more saws as well.
You have my number for sure! I love my Husky saw. I was drooling over some of the new models today. If my wallet was a little fatter I would have picked up a new one with a bigger bar and MORE POWER. My current Husky is a Model 55 with an 18" bar. Too wimpy for some circumstances. I was also an inch away from getting the pole saw attachment for the Stihl.
I have done lots of volunteer hurricane cleanup. If we get a big storm this year I'm sure I'll be pressed into duty. Looks like an excuse to get a better saw! I have, and do, run my Husky for 8-10 hours at a time for a week straight for these volunteer cleanup projects. I'm not sure my arms could take too big of a saw for 8hrs a day so I'll just have to bring both on my next trip!
Oh, and hurricane wood is its own beast. You think a log is going to break one way and it wants to break the other because it has been twisted so much during the storm.
In this picture the first saw in bound up. The second came from the opposite side and also bound up. It took a third, a crapsman, to free these two Huskys!
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+1. The SRM400U might be worth looking at in the Echo line, else the Stihl FS250 would be the logical choice. I just can't see the smaller units having enough oomph to get the brushcutting job done. Heck, my SRM260 string trimmer is hardly overpowered as a string trimmer...
Right now I'm using a three-trimmer plan (yeah, go figure). SRM260 string trimmer, FS200 brushcutter, and a Billygoat walk-behind brush mower for the larger areas and trails. I could see maybe being able to get by with just the FS200-class machine, but I definitely could NOT get by with only a 26cc string trimmer/brush cutter to get the job done. I used to run a 1953 Graveley L-series with a sickle-bar mower and a 4-blade round deck, prior to getting the Billygoat. The sickle-bar was a pain in the behind, but the 4-blade did a good job.
If you insist on a combo-unit, the KM130 would be the only combo-unit worth looking at.
Log Splitter
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Yep, trees that are downed in any storm are some of the most dangerous to cut. FEMA gave away all those saws to the Katrina victims and the next thing you know the emergency rooms were full of people hurt by both the saws and the springpoles in the blowdowns. You've sure gotta be careful.
I was thinking that you needed the pole pruner attachment to go along with the brush cutter. They really come in handy keeping the limbs out of trails.
That Husky 55 is a bit heavy for the power it produces. You can get a lot more saw with a lot better hp/weight ratio, all it will take is some more $$$$.
Keep us updated on how the project is going. It sounds like fun, maybe more fun after the summer heat ends, but fun nonetheless.
I was thinking that you needed the pole pruner attachment to go along with the brush cutter. They really come in handy keeping the limbs out of trails.
That Husky 55 is a bit heavy for the power it produces. You can get a lot more saw with a lot better hp/weight ratio, all it will take is some more $$$$.
Keep us updated on how the project is going. It sounds like fun, maybe more fun after the summer heat ends, but fun nonetheless.
MikeInParadise
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This is just not true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why does everyone here have to always recommend the biggest product of a line.
I have an Echo 260 which works just fine! While it could use a bit more power for the big stuff for $370 Canadian including brush blade and U handlebars you just just could not beat it. No problems with anything under 2 inches. Very good on gas. I did initially have some cold starting problems with it which took 3 trips to the deal to fix but since then it has had hundredsof hours with no problems.
I would buy another one in a flash. Mine owes me nothing for all the work that is has done.
What I do for change over to string trimming is I leave the Metal brush guard on and I converted to Echos rapid change line where you just push in pre-cut lengths of line in which means you don't need the other guard with the string cutter in it. Takes 2 minutes to change over.
In these pictures about 75 percent of these piles were cut with the echo brush cutter!
Hope that the Stihl treat you purchased treats you well!
And just for grins here is gratuitous picture of a whale I took last week coming in to shore to feed off the caplain. Notice how close to shore he is!
SawTroll
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:jawdrop: The FS200/250 is far from the "biggest product" - but about intermediate, and reasonably efficient - and a good value for the money....
like that
Yes like that. Mine's 39" cut troybuilt.
Like this?
http://rochester.craigslist.org/grd/369436323.html
No, i have not thought of this type of machine. I may rent something like a DR and give that a whirl if I feel my progress is too slow with my new Stihl.
Yes like that. Mine's 39" cut troybuilt.
Woodie
"Cap'n Bullcrap'n"
And just for grins here is gratuitous picture of a whale I took last week coming in to shore to feed off the caplain. Notice how close to shore he is!
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I think that is by far the best gratuitous whale we have had on this site in a long time!
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