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Thinking of buying a screwfix own brand chainsaw, it's a erbauer and costs €254, doing a bit of cutting wood from a hedge that was removed, not talking oak so trunks are not especially thick , hired a digger so trees are on the ground

I'll likely never need to do this kind of cutting again as we have no trees around the place bar this leylandi
 
Dewalt fan myself, but no qibbles generally with Screwfix brand.

I'm wondering though if you could borrow / hire what you need. €250 for one off use seems a lot to me.

Don't forget your PPE.
 
DannyBoyD said:
Dewalt fan myself, but no qibbles generally with Screwfix brand.

I'm wondering though if you could borrow / hire what you need. €250 for one off use seems a lot to me.

Don't forget your PPE.
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De Walt are excellent but more for someone in a trade who uses everyday, I'm well aware those Chinese brands like screwfix own stuff is not in same league as de Walt , Stihl etc but it's a third the price and if will do the job ?, I'm fine with that

It's a 50cm bar
 
I purchased this very cheap one on screwfix for about €75 five years ago. It's corded. It's even cheaper now. Cut about 10 trees about 18 inch diameter with it into logs for firewood. Worked a treat although the chain was blunt by the end. Could probably sharpen or replace the chain but haven't had to use it since.

Titan TTL758CHN-A 2000W 230-240V Electric 40cm Chainsaw - Screwfix

Order online at Screwfix.ie. 40cm chainsaw with powerful motor and automatic chain lubrication. Chain brake activates in less than 0.1 seconds for added operator safety. Automatic oil lubrication provides longer service life with minimised chain wear, and anti kick-back function offers...
www.screwfix.ie
 
Well if a saw thats effective can be bought for €62 , mine at €254 should be well capable
 
As Danny said and reiterating , if it were me I'd hire it for a day. Got to be way cheaper than buying for one off use.
 
Knuttell said:
As Danny said and reiterating , if it were me I'd hire it for a day. Got to be way cheaper than buying for one off use.
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From €50 according to this for example (although they don't clarify what "minimum rate applies" means so that may be the cheapest pro-rata daily rate or something?):

CHAIN SAW ELECTRIC

Electric Chainsaw for Home use Pruning of Trees and Large Bushing For user safety we supply a new chain with each rental - Minimum rate applies The new electric saws from STIHL make up a class of their own. Quiet, powerful and without emissions, they are ideal for indoor use, for instance in...
www.azhire.ie
 
ClubMan said:
Yes you can. See my previous post.
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Don't want an electric saw , those are for light jobs which take a short time, my job will probably take fifty hours and I intend to do it spread out over the winter
 
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Not sure whats the objective of this thread, you've already made up your mind to buy the screwfix saw so good luck with that
 
galway_blow_in said:
You cannot buy a saw for €99 that is capable of anything remotely taxing

I'm spending €254 and even that's probably too cheap to be wholesome
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Ok, sorry about that The Parkside petrol chainsaw sounded like it might do the job, you did say:

galway_blow_in said:
doing a bit of cutting wood from a hedge that was removed, not talking oak so trunks are not especially thick .........
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Ok so bought the erbauer saw and it's really not strong enough for any kind of serious cutting, I'm sure I'll manage but it's a bit like pulling a double horse box with a Fiat punto at times
 
galway_blow_in said:
Ok so bought the erbauer saw and it's really not strong enough for any kind of serious cutting, I'm sure I'll manage but it's a bit like pulling a double horse box with a Fiat punto at times
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I thought that it wasn't serious cutting in the first place?
galway_blow_in said:
doing a bit of cutting wood from a hedge that was removed, not talking oak so trunks are not especially thick
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