Best Chainsaw for Noodling
Noodling can turn a stubborn hardwood round into manageable firewood without swinging a heavy maul. The chainsaw cuts with the grain instead of across it. Long curls of…
Noodling can turn a stubborn hardwood round into manageable firewood without swinging a heavy maul. The chainsaw cuts with the grain instead of across it. Long curls of…
A farm chainsaw may cut oak firewood in the morning, clear a fallen limb after lunch, then remove cedar posts before sunset. It rides in a pickup, meets…
A wide tree trunk can make a cheap chainsaw feel powerless within seconds. The bar disappears into the wood, engine speed drops, and the chain begins making dust…
A big tree can swallow a short guide bar and drag down an undersized engine. Once the full chain enters thick oak, maple, gum, fir, or pine, weak…
Choosing between an ECHO and a Husqvarna chainsaw can feel like choosing between two good trucks. One gives you more engine for the money and asks little from…
A firewood chain lives a hard life. It meets dry oak, frozen maple, dusty bark, hidden grit, and logs that have rolled across the ground. A chain that…
Australian hardwood can turn an ordinary saw chain into a blunt strip of steel surprisingly fast. Ironbark, red gum, spotted gum, jarrah, blackbutt, blue gum, and box timber…
Hardwood punishes a weak or dull chain. Oak, hickory, maple, beech, and locust can make a small saw feel as though its brake is half engaged. The cutters…
A battery chainsaw under £100 can be far more capable than its small price suggests. The better models can cut firewood, remove storm-damaged branches, trim overgrown trees, and…
An EGO chainsaw may run on a battery, but its bar and chain still need a steady coat of lubricant. Without that slippery film, the chain rubs against…