robby26wi
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There is a makita 401 on there also for 199 
Dolmar 510
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spike60
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The 510 is a good saw, (and that's a good price), but like most "junior members" of a saw family, it gets over looked in favor of it's older brother.
spike60
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Kind of like how Eli gets overlooked for Peyton Manning, huh? Go Giants!
Yeah, you have to admit that the performance gap between the Mannings is a lot larger than between the saws!!!!
I think Eli will get better though! Maybe some muffler and porting work would bring him up to big brother's level.
Just called the local Dolmar dealer, $325 for a 510 and $404 for a 5100.
ericjeeper
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That makes it a no brainer to me.
I would walk out with a new 5100.. Might as well play with porting a lighter more powerful saw to start with.
get it going so you can bring it back to Indiana for a fall wood cutting gathering..
I would walk out with a new 5100.. Might as well play with porting a lighter more powerful saw to start with.
get it going so you can bring it back to Indiana for a fall wood cutting gathering..
510 NIB on Ebay Im sure I could get less than $225. There were two of them listed and neither sold with a starting bid of $229, and one had a BIN of $249, the other a BIN of $299. Now both are listed as regular aauctions, one is bid up to $107, the other has no bids yet.
But your logic does make sense, the 5100 is a better saw over the 510...who knows. Maybe if someone has a used 5100 for sale Id be all over it.
