What saw would YOU get with $800?

[MOA]

Got a etra $800 laying around and just want to here what you guys would buy. I am looking for a bigger saw, but that doesnt matter, I just want to hear what you guys would spend $800 on.

 

[2000ssm6]

new 440 or 460 w/ 32" bar

 

[Ray Bennett]

Looking at your signature I think you would be happy with a Stihl 460 with a 20 or 25" bar. Shop around a little, you should be able to find it well under 800. I have even gotten some shops to come down in the low 700s this time of year. It is just like the 440 you want with more grunt.

 

[troutfisher]

372xp

 

[Big Daddy]

Hey
I wood opt for a Husquvarna 385XP or 390XP, I might even go for one of them big Stihl's...
God Bless
Big Daddy

 

[romeo]

A 7900, 24" bar, 2 chains, 2 cases of beer, and a tank full of gas. AND.. pocket the rest.

 

[MAG58]

Something like this?

 

[sawinredneck]

What do you want to cut with it MOA? I see you are in KS, if I remeber right you where outside of Manhattan? Thats a hodge podge of trees up there! Lot of large Cottonwoods, and the smaller hardwoods, hedge and I believe Oak, walnut and Hackberry.
A 440 with a 32" in Cottonwood will run great! A 440 with a 32" in a hedge or hackberry, forget it!! As I say, I have seen a stock 460 running a 32" burried in Oak, not something I would want to do all day! Give us a better idea, and we can go from there.

 

[Timberhauler]

Hey
I wood opt for a Husquvarna 385XP or 390XP, I might even go for one of them big Stihl's...
God Bless
Big Daddy

I second that.I love my 385's.I've had mine for three years which is a long time for me,we tend to wear out saws pretty quick.Mine still start on the second pull even when it's 18 degrees outside,and they both run better now than when I bought them.

 

[Trigger-Time]

If your not cutting BIG WOOD, MS361, extra bar, chains, files
and good PPE and such.

 

[ericjeeper]

7900 without a doubt

and have some change left over for some PPE

 

[begleytree]

7900 and pocket the other $200
-Ralph

 

[Justsaws]

Keep saving and buy 660, 395, 880 or 3120. You are almost there, why settle for less.

 

[Timberhauler]

Keep saving and buy 660, 395, 880 or 3120. You are almost there, why settle for less.

I'd probably settle for a grand and let someone have my 088.

 

[TooTall999]

Dolmar 7900...24" bar...pocket the change

 

[ericjeeper]

try it again

I love mine. Plenty of power

 

[IchWarriorMkII]

Im about to that cost after buying a used Ms460, bar+chains and some PPE

 

[zemmo]

I'd buy an MS200 and a 339xp and sell whichever one I liked the least...

 

[GRTimberCO]

I took mine and bought a 385xp with a 28 inch bar and an extra chain.

 

[sawinredneck]

There's always this:

http://server1.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=43556