My New Dolmar 7900

[fatjoe]

Very nice looking saw you have there.

 

[Brushwacker]

As much as I like the Makita 6401, that has to be a great saw.
Its so much better to have a big saw to cut the big wood and noodle down the big blocks.

 

[blades]

My 7900 is almost ten years old, still spankin them other toys. 32" bar and a 24"bar. I see from you pics that the design has change a bit from mine.

 

[PA Plumber]

Nice Saw!

I do know where you can get a reasonably priced brand new full wrap handle for that, if you would like.

I used to get headaches pretty bad when limbing Hemlock trees with no breeze blowing.

Switched to Stihl Ultra and no more headaches.

 

[Treetom]

Been a long time. 7900 junk. Went back to Husky 390 xp and 395 xp. Never goin' back to Dolmar.

 

[Woodcutteranon]

What went wrong with your 7900? Mine is still going strong. No real problems to speak of. One thing of mine that I have appreciated is the 7900 probably has the best AV of any saw...big saw...I have ever run. Smooth.

 

[blades]

Being a Dolmar junkie (2-7900,2-6400, 112, had a 116si for long time ) I do not see the problem. in 18 years of the 7900 one base gasket problem, 6400 (that i got used ) was over heated and required a new oil pump. saws are used often and hard.

 

[svk]

Honestly the only knock I have ever heard of on Dolmar/Makita are that their mid range saws (42/50/60/64 cc models) are heavy compared to their Husky and/or Stihl counterparts. Other than that they seem nearly bulletproof

 

[TimberWolf530]

Yeah, I'd like to know what happened to junk the saw. There's nothing on it that can't be replaced, and 8 years before something goes wrong isn't bad. Depending on how much it's used, and or abused, that may be awesome. Anyway, they are a bit hefty (but then again, so am I), but really smooth, have good power, quality is on par with Stihl and Husky, and I really like the way they're engineered. I think they're easy to work on and clean. I'm happy with mine.