Swedish or a German guy?
I’m a Husqy guy myself, but couldn’t pass this new “old” stock 500i for $1599CAD (about $1100) with a 24”.

Added a 32” with a few chains too.

… Donner runs battery powered ryobi’s

I'm not a donner surviver , although I lived in Donner lake for awhile

And I'm a Don


Anyways , gave up a sthil for a jap saw .......bought it at the sthil dealer


Nothing but great reviews........many from tree experts

Got two huskys ...501 , 701

Trimmed trees at the boys house. Ran my saw all day. MS112C or something close. Been fighting dull chains. Carb running like crap. Said screw it took it to Ace Hardware. Said tune up and sharpen chains. They called. Hole in piston. I'm like excuse me? He's like this saw is junk we need to scrap it. I said ah hey buddy I ran that saw all day and brought it to you and it didn't have a hole in the piston when I dropped it off. Then he started him hawing around and I hung up. So I call back two hours later and was like hey I'm the guy with the saw and we lost connection and he said yeah I think we caused that damage were going to give you a new saw. MS112C or something. I had to fill out the warranty card.

I like my 365 Husky

Stay far away from the “homeowner” grade saws is all I can say. Swedish or German.
Also gotta keep that tip out of the dirt. One hit and shut er down. A swipe on each tooth is enough unless you hit a stone, up and cutting again in a couple minutes.
It’s bloody painful watching property owners clearing stuff after a storm, dangerous as heck with their dull chains and smoking bars too.
“Oh yea! I used to cut a couple cords a day on the farm every fall”
There piles of vids out there on YouTube of the action……lol

I actually used a 565 with a 32” yesterday at the base of an elm. Bar just barely made it to the inside of the bark on the other side.
She bangs!

I had a Honda with a smaller engine.

Every truck has a 500i, a 261 and a 201t in it. I've never been disappointed by a stihl professional product other than one pole saw.

I lopped a couple cords this morning with my 30” bar on the 365,and I didn’t quite beat the heat…20” blocks

… hey donner… just to let you know before you get in a bind …. Be sure to run the red button gas in them … even though it’s more expensive lol

Gotta have the good gas on those tricky jobs

This one is for you pard, went up a tree with a cowboy hat on without realizing it, ground crew got a kick outta it.

Sure was nice when I could climb them and be confident my legs were not going to give out and my arms would hold me and my saw as expected. It really stinks to have the know how, experience, and, and equipment and hesitat to climb and remove the half of a small maybe 18" and 50 foot cherry one half has fallen and smashed up a storage building. I only need to climb maybe 25' and notch it and drop the top out into the field above the lean then I can drop the rest into the lean and it will clear the rest of the building. Health problems suck. One day when no one is home( to stop me) and im feeling well I will probably take her down. Or die but I guess thats better than feeling worthless and not being able to do things.

And im a sthil guy even though my only top handle is an echo 2511 right now. ( due to light weight) same reason I bought a 261. But I absolutely love my 361 and typically am running it with a 24" bar. Have been eyeballing a 462 or 500 I . But im only cutting fire wood these days and for short periods at a time . I can't justify the expenses untill my 361 dies and I think its going to run longer than I am am out lasting me at this point.

…. Love it Partner ! lol

Stihl and Husqvarna been good to me. Love the pictures Donner. Just got done taking down a huge ash tree and replanted the area with aspen.

Enjoy the ash firewood, some of the best and splits so well. Ash borer is really hitting hard here now. Need to go bid 42 of them in 6 different parks for the county next week. Ash will buy the ranch for me one way or another...

Ash paid a lot of bills for me when the borer came throug. Next would be Bradfords breaking . Bradford that broke would often lead to a lot more work at the same location and then the people in the neighborhood would start stoping for prices to do work on their trees. Some times I would spend weeks in the same neighborhood after a call to remove or clean up a broken Bradford. I used to love those invasive things.

What would you quote the customer for full removal of this tree, minus stump grinding? Say there’s no power or comms line around. No bucket access, and with bucket access.
I’m usually pretty close to guessing our contractors quotes, but sometimes I’m off by up to $3000.

I’ll guess you’d charge $5000USDish for removal and clean up for the tree.