i have 2 stihls, a woodboss and a farm boss. And they are great. I looked at jeansreds and Huskys, but they were just too weighty for me to use comfortably all day.
I have a MS 290 with a 20" bar thats 3 or 4 years old now. It has cut a ton of wood and I have never had a problem with it.
im in a class at college called heavy machinery operations and we get 3 credits to cut down trees once a week. Easily the best class ever
I have a 20" farm boss as well. After using cheap poulans for years, I invested in a Stihl.. and wow. A difference of day and night. I wish I would've spend the money a long time ago. I burn wood all winter long & go through it fast, and having a quality chainsaw saves a ton of time and especially headaches.
Do you just haul those chunks home and split it in your back yard? In our operation we have a little wood splitter that we hook up the the 4-wheeler, and then we hook up our trailer to the compact John Deere and pull the trailer right up to the splitter, and toss it on the trailer as we split. It's a decent system, and we usually have a pretty good size load cut up in about 2 or 3 hours.
Anything that is over about 12-14" in diameter I split. But otherwise I leave them as big around as what will fit in my stove... to increase the burn time. I don't have a splitter as of now.. so I currently let the wood set until it's dry. Then try to pick a cold day to get a workout. As long as it's a straight grain I can get about anything split under the right conditions. Even when I'm cutting it with the chainsaw, I'll take out the crotches if I know it needs to be split. But a log splitter is on the list of things to buy though.
