Firewood saw

[WoodTick007]

Stihl 044 for $380. . . check it over good. Run it.. Remove the muffler and inspect the piston in the exhaust port. It is commercial saw that will run a 32" bar. $380 is a good price if it is mechanically sound.

 

[300zx_tt]

If you're talking about firewood for your personal use (i.e. not a business) then I seriously doubt your 455 is holding you back at all. Cutting the wood is a small percentage of the time spent getting wood to your stove. My dad's 455 will pull a 20" bar fine in anything I need to cut, and even if you sometimes have to cut from both sides it will hardly slow you down. You could even get a 24" bar for occasional use.

If you just want another saw that's cool, but don't expect it to result in bigger stacks of wood. You should decide how big a bar you want to run and pick the saw based on that. My biggest bar is 25" (84DL) and I've dropped 30" trees and bucked 36" with that, but we really don't have many trees of that size left here.

I started selling wood this winter, I've been wanting a 70ish cc saw for a while now and can justify it now, the 455 will bog down on pretty much any noodle in an oak round or similar. I run a 20" on it most of the time. And I think if I had an extra 3-4 inches it would make my life a lot easier so I'm shooting for a 70cc saw that will rip with a 25" bar on it

 

[300zx_tt]

So 3 out of those 4 saws are gone, i was wondering what the market is like for used saws and apparently it's pretty strong.

I'll keep using my husky for now but I'd like a new saw within a month or two, I'll check here and a couple other forums others have mentioned.

So pretty much any pro stihl or husky is GTG?

 

[sunfish]

Like said, buy one from the classifieds here. I've bought a bunch and never a problem.

 

[300zx_tt]

Like said, buy one from the classifieds here. I've bought a bunch and never a problem.

I'm gonna have to keep checking on here. Thanks