Top 10 firewood saws

[Deets066]

Sharp chain on any saw will make a good firewood saw, run what ya got

 

[CR888]

To most normal saw users the best firewood saw is the one that starts, has enough power for the job at hand and requires minimal maintenence.

 

[tla100]

Started with my Grap's old Super XL Auto and it has cut a LOT of wood. My dad had a Poulan 245A that he ran for years. Super EZ Auto is also a little runner that has cut tons of wood for me and the old man. I love my MS440 with a 28" bar. Just picked up a 044 and threw a 20" bar I had laying around. Fun saw too.

 

[P.M.P.]

Its hard to beat this pair

 

[junkman]

The dynamic duo of firewood ..........

 

[skip sail]

I'm with mastermind- 044 is my pick,
light ,powerful ,handles any size wood i throw at it.
Around here,a lot of pro firewood cutters used them,flogged them hard,and still wont part with them.

 

[Black Dog Chainsaw]

044
6100
036/360
562
372

 

[big t double]

parts number on those spikes? please

0000 660 0850 is the kit with hardware.

 

[Ron660]

The dynamic duo of firewood ..........
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Hybrid?

 

[MustangMike]

My 044 was my only saw for 18 years, and if I had to have only one, that would still be it. That said, I love using the 362 for limbing and the ported 046/460s for bucking, but my 044s almost always seem to get heavy use.

IMO, the 044s are the best all around saw size, with a 372 being right in there with it. The 60 cc saws will not keep up with them bucking, and the heavier saws will wear you out fast if you try to limb with them.

 

[junkman]

Hybrid?

Yes ,was my first one ,i no longer have that one though,pic is a few years old.

 

[Wood Doctor]

Stihl MS 361:

But you need a Stihl 026 PRO or a top handle saw for limb cutting and an 046 or 460 for larger logs. No one saw does it all. Regardless, if I had to throw all of mine away and keep one, the MS 361 would remain on board.

 

[Glock37]

how bout the Stihl 041 and 041 super in the day they rocked and put stihl on the Map !

 

[merc_man]

038 mag. Dont use it too often but sure puts a smile om my face when i do. Its my shelf queen.

 

[redtractor]

To most normal saw users ...

You just eliminated most of this crowd.

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

038 mag. Dont use it too often but sure puts a smile om my face when i do. Its my shelf queen.

I fixed up an 038 Super AV for a friend a couple months back. Good running saw!

 

[merc_man]

I fixed up an 038 Super AV for a friend a couple months back. Good running saw!

havnt tried the new bar and chain yet. Other one was good. Put it on the 041.

 

[Mr.bear]

385xp
440 or 372
346xp
all ported
I tend to cut larger wood so i side with the bigger saws. my next saws going to be a 395 that i probably send to mastermind

 

[Spike60]

Its hard to beat this pair
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That is a great pair and a great pic, and it opens up a whole new phase of the discussion. How big is the wood that you run into? Big cube saws do give you much more capability when you run into wood that size. Lotta guys would have to pass that by. I always say that it all looks the same when it's split and stacked, but what did you start out with? The wood that we cut most often has a lot to do with what makes a good firewood saw.

Typical firewood log around here would be 10"-15", so most of the saws mentioned in this thread would have no problem. Buddy of mine gets deals on picker loads of logs that are too big or crooked to go through the loggers processor, or sell to the average customer. So it's 80+cc saws and 24" bars for that wood. He just got a load last night and we were laughing at some of the logs coming off that truck. Gonna be fun though.

 

[greendohn]

"Uncle Ache" is the Far'wood saw I have settled on. Started out with a ?2045? years ago, and about every 5 or 6 years I graduate to a bigger saw, this one seems to work for me. A bunch of good ones posted here!