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there will be some substantial knots but you should get some usable material out of it. It is quite nice wood and not that hard to mill.

It's fine for pruning fruit trees. Relatively light no mixing two stroke no tugging the starter. Saw detaches from pole and accepts the battery for hand pruning. I think 100mm would be about its...

I have had a collection of Aldi tools over the years. I have never had one fail mechanically but in earlier incarnations battery replacements were made of unobtanium and the company had this...

My mate has a pile of very large Macrocarpa cypress he is keen on getting milled. Located near Batlow NSW. How much per day would be a ball park figure for having the stuff milled on site with...

I have to admit to a mixed experience with Chinese chainsaws. My fake 070 failed mainly because of quality control issues in the assembly....the flywheel/magneto had not been seated properly and...

Hi again fish,

that sounds a bit pricey and I agree with Bob's comments about the 48 inch bar being a big load for the saw to pull around.

By way of price comparisons I ended up with a very...

The stumps of the Redwood can often resprout so the big fella could well have another go at beating the beetles and the chaps with the chainsaws.:cool:

Hi Fish,

I don't know how much you want to spend but you could do worse than look at the big Dolmar 9010 now sold as Makita . You can pick one up new for under 1200 bucks and by all accounts they...

I dunno Vernon, people do stupid things and the nature of business is to convince people to buy stuff. I don't think you can blame consumers for accepting products advertised publicly at their face...

Geez Travis...the issue here is safety not whether they come from China and are less well built than brand name saws. A chainsaw...any chainsaw without a functioning inertia brake is dangerous -...

Just an update. My Fake 070 has about 8 hours on it....now the crank is stuffed and the magneto damaged. Add to that the barely functional carburetor and the replacement rewinds you should get the...

Good work Travis, I did the same thing yesterday and Grace opined as follows:

Grace xie: Hi,thank you very much for your message.
The chainsaw is Original of Stihl,made in Germany Stihl Brand. ...

Geez Ian,

Who would know? Essentially there isn't a lot of easy to access info on the net about chainsaw standards etc for Oz - the NZ stuff comes up and is very clear. Collectors are a...

If you check out ebay at the moment, there are now three "Made in Brazil" new in box MS 381's on sale. Two of them from the same seller, a guy who sold a new 070 last month and insisted at the time...

I only got the machine generated "thank you" from ebay :C

Check out Wholesale - Buy Products Online from China Wholesalers at Aliexpress.com you will find ms381's ...some have bars reading "Made in Brazil" others read " Made in Germany"....the same company...

Hey Travis if you check out the AliExpress site you'll see that some of the knockoff 381's have bars with "Made in Brazil" others with "Made in Germany" and the odds are that neither is correct. I...

Well they do turn them out like hotcakes in China and they look pretty convincing. I checked the feedback on Aliexpress and they sell a lot to Australia:

Chain saw STIHL MS381 with 25" Stihl Guide...

I blame the Oz regulators for it. The NZ legal position is very clear. It's illegal to import and sell any saw without a brake and from what is on the net it is also illegal to sell a second hand saw...

Gee Laurie, I thought you enjoyed spending your weekend swearing in chinese then charging me next to nothing for your time!

Laurie is dead right about my saw. The standard of construction and the...