Love love love my 550, wouldn't take a stihl 250 if you gave me it, had one, if it ran, it did good, but super finicky. Echo seems to be good too, but not as polished as a husky / redmax. The little dolmar is impressive too.
I'm with you. I'm 57. Spine surgery, lower back problems, shoulder problems, knee problems. I like my 50cc saws too, but my biggest problem is the work that comes after the cutting is done.Not everyone's body is the same at 32, 42, or 66. I agree if you can't handle a 50cc it's best to move on to something else. For myself some days I can swing a 395 around, sometimes a 50cc saw is too much, and my right shoulder is getting near replacement time, too much baseball as a kid guess.
You are so right on that!Not everyone's body is the same at 32, 42, or 66. I agree if you can't handle a 50cc it's best to move on to something else. For myself some days I can swing a 395 around, sometimes a 50cc saw is too much, and my right shoulder is getting near replacement time, too much baseball as a kid guess.
Been fortunate to only have stuck hand in lawn mower at 14, broke hand, hit a semi head on in 1977 shattered my left femur, hung in traction for a month in McLaren, two surgeries later, quadriceps re-attachment, splenectomy, contracted Hep-C from blood transfusions, vein stripping, full knee replacement in 2005, dealt with stasis ulcers on and off for 12+ years, unna boots, hep-c treatment that failed (have to read fine print in drug ads, if virus free for 100 days, you are cured), fractured 9 ribs on right side of rib case T-boned a pipe railing at Bond Falls, dealt with pulmonary embolism and left leg blood clots, Trap-eze filter installed. I can go on with painful things, like threaded rods being removed while awake, or liver biopsies, healing after cancerous tumor removal. Yea, I am in great shape compared to my neighbor who had polio as a child and deals with a non-functioning left leg daily. It's all about one's perspective, I do not cut for a living or go at it 12+ hours a day, get to cut when I feel like it and stop whenever I want.
That's 100% spot on, the real work is after cutting. I can't/don't like lifting a whole lot after the two hernia surgeries, sometimes I still go too far though, you feel that that the next day. Yes as you age this stuff is just what happens, pacing your self is key.[emoji123]
Oh, I forgot about my hernia surgery and then there is my heart issue. I'm definitely not the man I used to be. But I am thankful for what I can still do.
Better than being in the ground for sure.
Same here. I went for many many years with a Husqvarna 50 as my only saw.
Did that also, until I purchased a 262xp in 1990. Then said WTH have I been doing. It's all about what you like to run, that's why there is so many models and sizes.
